"Of course, we were only able to do it because Taichung City's own tax revenues were sufficient, and we didn't have to hold our hand out to the provincial government. But at that time if we hadn't just dared to decide on our own, and had first applied to the provincial government, I'm afraid we never would have pulled it off," says Lin.
「當然，我們能辦，是因為台中市自己的稅收夠負擔，不必向省府伸手；但那時候如果不敢決定，要請示省府，恐怕還是辦不成」，林柏榕話中難掩得意之情。