Lai later said that this was the greatest honor of his life, but he had also recently passed another examination to study overseas at government expense, and was in fact preparing to study for a media and communications degree at the University of Minnesota in the US. Consequently, he never took up his position at the Voice of Free China.
賴世雄透露，這是他一生最感光榮的事，但是，當時他已通過公費留學考試，準備赴美進明尼蘇達大學大眾傳播系讀書，因此沒有到自由之聲報到。