In 1968, income for the year was only NT $ 2.2 billion. Four years later, it had doubled to NT $ 4.6 billion. Four years later it was NT $ 11.3 billion, and last year came to NT $ 67.5 billion, 3.5 times that for Kaohsiung, Taiwan's number two city.
民國五十七年，歲入才廿二億，四年後成倍增加為四十六億；再經過四年跳升至一百廿三億；到了去年，歲入的總收入已是六百七十五億，是台灣地區第二大城高雄市的三點五倍。