The office did not ask delegation members to share the extra cost. All delegation members were extremely satisfied over the assistance offered by the overseas office. Commenting on the news, internet celebrity Lucifer Chu (朱學恆), blasted the delegation members for turning the trivial incident to the newspaper. "Why should Taiwanese taxpayers pay for a overseas office banquet to a group of students who attended international competition on their own," Chu said in his Facebook post. "Delegation members have money to travel to Paris for the event but had no money to pay for their own meal?"

Source: The China Post May 17, 2017 07:07 UTC