To take one example: "The Kaohsiung MRT system will start running at the end of 2007," says Steve Tseng, standing outside the last station on the Red Line at Chiaotou in Kaohsiung County, "but still nobody knows how this piece of land is going to be used," because Chiaotou is outside Kaohsiung City's jurisdiction.
「今年底高雄捷運就要通車了，但這大片土地要如何利用卻還不知道，」站在高雄捷運紅線的最北站── R23 橋頭站──前的曾梓峰說。象徵著高雄交通現代化的捷運線，南北向的紅線將於今年底營運，捷運完工之後原本只有 151 平方公里的市區腹地馬上可以推到北端的高縣橋頭鄉。