Tung Chuan-fa, the Puli government official who was in charge of the bioengineering efforts there, relates that he has started on his own to regularly check the hillsides behind his home. He's even made plantings and built structures to guide the water flow. "Now there are zero signs of collapse in the hills behind us!"
主導埔里鎮重建工程的農經課長童傳發表示，自從參與工程後，家住在山邊的他，也會主動到後山山頭查看，自己也進行截、導水的工程，「我家後山，現在一點崩塌都沒有！」