Twenty or thirty years ago, when sugar prices were tight, almost two-thirds of Taiwan's foreign exchange relied on sugar exports. Whether or not civil servants could get a raise depended on it. And because its value was high, stealing and eating it would get one sent to the courthouse.
二、三十年前，糖價緊俏的時候，台灣一年幾乎有三分之二的外匯靠糖外銷掙來，公務員能不能調薪也全指望它；由於經濟價值高，因此當時偷吃白甘蔗被發現，是要「送官法辦」的。