Today's civil servants even dress differently; they used to stand out in the street with their closed-collar uniform or casual dress, but now central government civil servants dress every bit as smartly as city executives in their summer wear of trousers, shirt and tie or the western suit and leather shoes they wear in winter.
過去公務員流行穿中山裝、青年裝，走在路上，一眼就能被認出身分來；現在，尤其是中央單位的公務員，夏天西褲、襯衫、領帶，冬天更是西裝革履，體面程度比起台北東區上班族毫不遜色。