Julien Hothan, the owner of a general goods store, recalls that they were finally permitted to wire money back home in 1968, but only a limited amount per person. Many people wired back under other people's names, and the result was that nearly all the Chinese on the island registered to send back money.
玻里尼西亞百貨商店董事長何秉中記得，民國五十七年終於可以電寄外匯回家鄉，但限制每個人寄的數目，很多人就借別人的名額寄錢，因此幾乎所有華人都登記要寄錢回去。