When former US president Bill Clinton visited Taiwan at the beginning of the year, President Chen Shui-bian presented him with a saxophone made in Houli. The saxophone makers of Houli, who have been making the instruments for generations, were proud to see one of their saxophones become a presidential gift.
年初時，前美國總統柯林頓訪台，陳水扁總統特別送他一把后里製作的薩克斯風，看到地方產業成為總統級禮物，后里當地代代相傳的樂器製造業者無不與有榮焉。