His father had been a frequent visitor to the Governor-General's Office under the Japanese occupation. When 40 years later Chen followed his father's footsteps into this same building, he was "filled with all kinds of emotions."
他在二二八事件中遇難的父親，日據時代曾是總督府的常客，事隔四十多年，他追懷著父親的足跡同樣踏進這座府邸，「感慨萬千！」