On 26 April 1986, Chiang hosted some old friends who had worked with him building the Central Cross-Island Highway in the 1950s-- Lin Tse-pin, Hu Mei-huang and Chiu Sheng. These friends with whom he battled through mountains and forests when in the prime of life were now all in advanced old age. In the photographs Chiang clasps his old friends 'hands tightly, showing the great depth of their feelings for each other.
七十五年四月二十六日，經國先生約見了民國四十年代，一起開闢中橫的老朋友林則彬、胡美璜、邱生，壯年時共同闖蕩山林的老友，如今都屆耄耋之齡，照片裡，經國先生與老友雙手緊握著，彼此的感情不言可喻。