Chinan University, which the government is planning to serve the children of returned overseas Chinese, will be established there. Half of it will thus be occupied in one fell swoop; the other part is the land of opportunity for the transformation of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation.
政府計畫為歸國華僑子弟就學而設的暨南大學將設在那兒，一下子佔掉了大半；其他的部分，則成了台糖產業轉型的新契機。在埔里的赤嵌和桃米坑，台糖擁有總面積兩百餘公頃的農地，早期主要生產製糖用的白甘蔗。