Chen Ching-chi, secretary of Yuli Town Hall, points out that at the peak--after the mining was in full swing but before the logging had gone -- the town had a population of 70,000, twice the current figure.
玉里鎮公所秘書室陳清吉指出，在伐木業未衰，採礦業已盛的交鋒期，玉里人口曾多達七萬人，是今天的兩倍。