The same citizens who once welcomed the opening of a new factory by setting off strings of firecrackers are now carrying placards in front of its gates to protest the pollution. Campaigns for elected representatives are hotly contested, yet most voters seem not to know just what it is that their representatives do.
當年放著鞭炮歡迎工業界去設廠的人，如今舉起標語，抗議工廠廢水帶來的汙染；美崙美奐的文化中心難有水準相當的表演活動相匹配；每回民意代表選舉都進行得轟轟烈烈，大多數選民卻不知道民代究竟為他們做了什麼… …。