Under enormous pressure to succeed, Mayor Ma took to toting a flimsy plastic bin-bag with him wherever he went, whether hosting a lunch for KMT Chairman Lien Chan or paying a call on president Chen Shui-bian-whom he presented with a trash bag as a gift.
在「只許成功，不許失敗」的壓力下，一隻既輕又薄的塑膠袋成為馬英九的隨身之物，邀請國民黨主席連戰吃飯時帶著它，拜會陳總統時也將之當成禮物。