Chou Chao-kuo, secretary of Kaohsiung's Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME), feels that although the city doesn't lack for financial institutions to serve local industry, most are branches of firms from the north. Some marketing companies also view their Kaohsiung offices as just another branch. He says that there are few people who put real effort into the city's financial services market.
高雄市中小企業協會秘書長周朝國指出，為了服務當地產業，高雄雖然不乏金融和財稅機構，但大多是由北部的公司來這兒設立分行、辦事處，一些行銷的公司也只把高雄當成一個分支，很少人認真看待、全力經營高雄的金融服務業市場。