Breaking the bind When Lu was writing his doctoral thesis he made several visits to places such as Singapore and Hong Kong, where he surveyed modern management methods used at international ports, to give guidance for the upgrading of the Port of Kaohsiung, and also analyzed the core competitiveness factors of free ports in various countries.
兩岸關係「突圍」當年為了完成博士論文，魯炳炎多次到新加坡、香港等地，調查國際級港口的現代管理方法，作為高雄港的升級參考，並分析各國自由港區的核心競爭力。