Cutting the ties that bind The fuse for this abortive struggle was an order on August 10th by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) for the Central Trust of China to take over, in a blitzkrieg strike, 36 community financial institutions (like farmers 'association credit unions) whose net value was in the red. The MOF designated ten banks in which the government holds stock to absorb these community institutions.
這場流產抗爭，導火線是八月十日，財政部指派中央存保公司，以迅雷不及掩耳的速度，接管了三十六家淨值已為負數的基層金融機構，包括台中市四家信用合作社、屏東縣市十三家農漁會信用部，以及台北松山農會、金門縣農會等，並指定由十家官股銀行分頭承接，趕在颱風前夕掛上新招牌。