Ye continually stressed to authorities in both Taiwan and the mainland, "Politics is for the politicians. In the meantime, our children need an education. That's all we're asking." The main obstacles were finally overcome by the end of 1999.
為此，葉宏燈常向兩岸主事官員強調「政治是你們『大人』的事，我們的孩子需要唸書受教育，如此而已」，他不斷奔走排解難關，於去年年底總算大致抵定。