Where does the land come from? Often the sand for filling was acquired without much regard for scruples, with sand barges just digging along the coast. Today the "filling" of stone and sand for land reclamation is best taken from within Taiwan itself.
過去填海埔地，往往一不作、二不休，抽沙船就沿海岸沙地上挖，如今土地填到外海，只好在台灣本島挖自己的沙石。