In other words, without Hong Kong, Taiwan's international trade performance would have been miserable--we would have been in the red by over US $ 10 bn, "says Thomas Chuang, director of the Fifth Department at the Ministry of Economic Affairs 'Board of Foreign Trade, unable to hide his concern." Our economic growth would have been way down too! "
「去年我國對外貿易只有八十億美元的順差，換句話說，要是沒有香港，台灣的國際貿易成績將慘不忍睹，會出現高達一百多億美元的赤字」，經濟部國貿局第五組組長莊正元難掩憂心，「影響所及，經濟成長率也會大幅滑落！」