"Originally there seemed to be a great deal of enthusiasm to go back to the mainland, so one would have thought that tens of thousands of veterans would move back there. It's really been surprising," says Chen Shu-ming, a staffer at the Panchiao Veterans 'Home who helps old vets take care of the procedures for permanently moving back to the mainland.
「以當初老兵落葉歸根的強烈反應，原本以為一開放定居就會有上萬老兵擠著要回鄉，結果真是出乎意料」，輔導老兵辦理返鄉定居手續的板橋榮家輔導員陳曙明表示。