Nor has the effect of the crime problem on the economy been limited to that. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the total amount of overseas investment approved during August 1989 was US $ 277.5 million, thirty times greater than the figure for the same month of 1988.
根據經濟部統計，七十八年八月核准的對外投資金額是二億七千七百五十萬美元，較七十七年同期遽漲了卅倍。許多國內企業紛紛轉移投資環境，造成民間投資意願持續低落，對外投資金額卻節節升高，除了國內工資高漲、人力不足、產業面臨轉型等經濟因素外，治安的不靖被認為是另一個重要因素。