Family planning workers here were pleased by the recognition, but a little abashed, knowing what lies in store. Family Planning Director Chang Ming-ch'u is not concerned. He says that the number of babies born in the years 1985 and 1986 was 45,000 less than that needed to maintain the population level, and the reproduction rate was 0.7 (at one, the population stays the same), which signifies negative growth.
台灣省家庭計畫研究所副所長張明正表示，七十四、七十五年出生人數比替代水平還少了四萬五千人，近繁殖率等於○．七（近繁殖率等於一，則人口穩定在不增不減的狀態）；經建會站在人力資源的角度，歡迎龍年到來，希望多生一些龍子，以解決勞動力下降的危機，是可以理解的。