Yuan, in his sixties, retired from his high paying position at the bank in April 1983, applied to immigrate to Brazil in May, received his papers in June, obtained a newspaper license in August, found a location and made a trial run in September, and officially began publishing in October.
於是，年過六旬的袁方，提前從土銀專門委員的高薪職位上請退﹘﹘一九八三年四月辦妥退休、五月辦好手續移民到巴西、六月領到巴西身分證、八月申請報紙登記、九月找好社址及試刊、十月就正式出刊… …。