Wu Den-yih points out that Kaohsiung is, along with Singapore and Hong Kong, one of the world's three biggest container ports. Nevertheless, "Kaohsiung's wealth comes from the port, but so do its tragic aspects."
吳敦義指出，高雄港是僅次於香港與新加坡的世界第三大貨櫃港，然而，「高雄的繁榮是因為港口，悲哀也是因為港口。」