Aggrieved by the possibility of unqualified outsiders interfering with the plans he had so painstakingly created, Chiu considered resigning. However, recalling how he had made the building of the HSR his personal mission, and unwilling to allow his results of expertise to be compromised and distorted, he decided to stay and continue the struggle.
邱錦祥眼見自己嘔心瀝血的規劃案可能遭外行干預，心痛得想辭職，但想到對高鐵興建的使命感，又不忍自己的專業遭到切割、「錯」得太離譜，決定留下繼續奮鬥、力挽狂瀾。