In July, for example, the much beloved and respected Consumers 'Foundation announced that it was unable to pay its staffers' salaries and that after 25 years of serving the public, it might be forced to shut its doors.
今年 7 月，成立 25 年、在台灣人心目中具有相當地位的消費者文教基金會，因所發行的消費者報導雜誌訂閱量逐年下降、取消書面申訴收費、捐款減少等諸多因素，一度傳出發不出薪水、無以為繼的危機。