(On salaries, for example, see the article "A Crack in the Iron Rice Bowl?" in this issue.) Statistics reveal that over the past few years the number of people registering for civil service exams of all types has fallen.
像待遇問題，從民國六十二年以來，一共調整了十四次，今年還調高百分之十二，但與民間還是有段差距（見本期「鐵飯碗貶值了」文）。