1999 (July) Collapse of an electricity pylon triggers islandwide blackout. After various setbacks, the NT $ 500 billion BOT high-speed rail project at last gets finalized.
民國八十八年七月，台南左鎮一座輸電鐵塔倒塌，爆發全台首次大停電事件投資總額高達五千億的高鐵 BOT 案，幾經轉折，終於定案