"The gravel trucks had no choice but to come here instead," comments a Water Conservancy Bureau associate engineer, standing by the mouth of the Chuoshui River, adding: "Taipei people's lives are worth more than other people's."
為顧及六百萬人的身家安全，前年市府果然下令淡水河禁抽沙石，「沙石車隊只好轉到這兒來了」，在濁水溪口，水利局一位副工程師說，「台北人，命卡值錢。」