Kaohsiung's mayor Hsu Shui-teh explains that the city has greatly benefitted from government plans for economic development in the past thirty years. Combined with the united efforts of the local population, this has made Kaohsiung the booming city it is today.
這些外來者，在此地打出自己的天下，也創造了高雄的繁榮。高雄市長許水德說：「政府卅年來在經濟建設上的努力，及南部各縣市的人力，共同造就了今日的大高雄。」