Near the knuckle In 1971 the government mounted an austerity campaign, under which public servants were suddenly not allowed to visit singing halls. Then, with the protests of legislators and members of the old National Assembly who were themselves fans and who held that attending these shows was just another form of recreation, the ban was quickly lifted and live singing shows became even more popular than they had been before.
民國六十年，政府推行十大革新運動，一度禁止公務人員進入歌廳，後來經過一些本身就是歌迷的老國代、立委據理力爭，認為聽歌只是生活上的一種消遣，談不上奢靡，未久禁令解除，聽歌風氣更甚以往，成為大眾最愛的娛樂之一。