Other hints of a general trend of rising prices include rumors of a coming hike in cable TV charges, from the present NT $ 600 to NT $ 1000 per month, and rice and gas price rises in the pipeline. The water shortage which grows more acute year by year also suggests that an era of high water charges is finally imminent.
隱隱透出漲風的，還包括有線電視揚言月費自目前的六百元調為千元，米價、瓦斯都醞釀調漲；至於一年嚴重過一年的水荒，更意味著高水價時代終將來臨。