Panama is one of Taiwan's most important allies in Central America, and President Lee Teng-hui, during his September 1997 visit to Central America, will attend Panama's International Canal Conference; as Enrique Lai is a fervent supporter of President Lee, his act of being first to invest in Fort Davis can be seen to some extent as an endorsement of the President.
巴拿馬是我國在中美洲最重要的邦交國之一，李登輝總統又即將於九月訪問中美洲，參加巴拿馬的世界運河會議；衷心支持李總統的賴清桂，到大衛堡投資搶個第一，多少有點「捧李總統的場」的意味。