It may prove a long haul through the transitional stage, though, as many of the agencies more remote from the pulse of society have yet to feel the full brunt of pressure for change, and local organs are slower to change than central ones. But judging from trends in policy and legislation, the ripples of change are spreading fast. (Elaine Chen / photos by Diago Chiu / tr.
轉型的過程或許還很長，許多與社會脈動距離較遠的單位，也尚未受到全面波及；地方單位蛻變的速變也遠不如中央機構，但從許多現象政策與法規的趨勢看來，蛻變的漣漪正在擴散。