A retired serviceman contributed his life savings of NT $ 50,000. Yeh Chien-chao, a candidate for the legislature, donated NT $ 500,000, the balance of his campaign funds, to the government to build up the nation's defenses.
傾其所有獻給國家花蓮縣議會的副議長李傳芳，除了自己的住屋之外，捐出了所有的財產﹘﹘大約值新台幣五百萬元。