What with an endemic manpower shortage and women--one third of the workforce--not readily available for night duty, "practically every male in the office under 60 is being mobilized, section heads included," chuckles Shih Jui-ch'eng of Taipei City Government's Department of Reconstruction.
由於人力原就不足，加上平均已佔總人數三分之一的女性公務員不便夜間執勤，「可說未滿六十歲的男性全局動員，連科長都跑不掉」，台北市政府建設局股長石瑞程笑著說道。