Unfortunately the budget for these items was eliminated, and the government never made funding for urban planning a major concern. Chang Jing-sen says that the government had little hope that urban plans could be effective, and was passive about both funding and planning.
由於土地集中在少數人手上、公共設施用地被侵佔、政府又未準備相對經費徵收，更無法有效控制人口成長，只能放任都市自己發展。台北可容一千萬人？