The official National Day fireworks display on October 10th was held this year in Kaohsiung for the first time ever, as if to symbolize the new administration's determination to put more emphasis on southern Taiwan, where Kaohsiung and other cities have long played second fiddle to Taipei, seat of the ROC capital.
千禧年國慶，讓人目眩神迷的煙火首度在高雄上空耀眼放射，彷彿新政府的強烈宣示，拉近南、北差距的動作已然展開，從此不再讓大台北獨領風騷，佔盡各種資源。