"When they just came back, the refugee Chinese were empty-handed, and the children went naked since they couldn't afford clothes," describes Chuang Hsiang-lung, who was serving as deputy director of the Hai Yen Overseas Chinese Farm of Guangdong Province and working at the reception center for returnees at the time.
「剛回來的時候，難僑都是兩手空空，小孩子甚至赤身裸體，連衣服也沒得穿」，當時去接僑的廣東省海宴華僑農場副場長莊祥隆形容。