I saw Liao Hung-chi walk straight into the sea. I was sure he wouldn't go so far as to take his own life. But he suddenly just walked straight into the sea without taking off his pants or shirt, "says County Councilman Lu Po-chi. As he recalls that event of years gone by, he feels he never saw anyone so in love with the sea.
「有一次我們一同去鹽寮海邊散步，我看到廖鴻基一直往海裡走去，相信他還不至於要尋短見，然而竟然就是衣褲都沒脫，就直接走進海裡去了」，縣議員盧博基回想舊事，覺得沒見過那麼愛海的。