Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation and the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Consortium had been encountering numerous snags in the process of reaching an agreement, but after Premier Siew urged all parties concerned to do their best to cooperate, the "Contract for Construction and Operation" was quickly completed and signed.
同時，交通部與台灣高速鐵路聯盟簽訂「興建營運合約」的過程一波三折，也在蕭萬長督促各部會全力配合的情況下順利簽約。