"Besides borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, there are other problems with land reclamation on the west coast," notes Wu Chuan-an, a technician at the Construction and Planning Administration. Taiwan now has no lack of money, but is short of water.
「除了築西牆，挖壞東牆，在西海岸造海埔地還有其他困難」，營建署技正吳全安說，台灣現在不缺錢卻缺水，沿岸淡水水源缺乏。