In preparation for the day when the deposits are gone, the government has invested prudently in real estate in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii, but its policy of excluding foreigners from permanent residence means that the Chinese population must disappear along with the mines, spelling the end of the history of Chinese labor on the island.
當地政府已開始把資金轉投資到澳、紐、夏威夷等地的房地產，但是當磷礦所剩無幾，又在不准外人設籍的情況下，華人在諾魯的人數勢必日減，未來也終必隨礦藏消失，寫下華人勞工諾魯奮鬥史的休止符。