"There are historical reasons for this too," says Ou Jinrong, former president of Macau's Taiwan Alumni Association and a member both of the Macau SAR's first Selection Committee, and its Preparatory Committee. Prior to the 1980s, Macau lacked its own colleges, and students had to go overseas for higher education.
「這也有歷史的原因」，上屆澳門留台大專校友會理事長、也是澳門特別行政區第一屆推選委員、籌備委員的區金蓉表示，在一九八○年代以前，澳門並未有大專院校的設立，中學生若要繼續升學，必須負笈海外。