In January, Councilors Chen Hsueh-sheng, Chin Hui-chu and others, requested that the city government abolish licensed prostitution. Taipei mayor Chen Shui-bian, responded on the spot by asking the council to abolish the "Taipei City Licensed Prostitution Control Measure."
早在一月時，市議員陳學聖和秦慧珠等人要求市府廢除公娼，市長陳水扁當場答應，並快速提請議會廢止「台北市管理娼妓辦法」。