"A hundred thou sand of them altogether," says section chief Shiau Jia-sheng of the Kaohsiung Dept. of Environmental Protection. Three years ago environmental departments around Taiwan began collecting used tires in an effort to counter the spread of dengue fever, by depriving mosquitoes of a common breeding ground. It was probably in Kaohsiung that the most tires were collected.
「總數有十萬個」，高雄市環保局第四科科長蕭家勝說，三年前為了驅除登革熱病媒，全台環保局均進行收集傳染的媒介﹘﹘廢輪胎工作，高雄市環保局大概是收集數量最多的單位。