Yet by this he doesn't mean to suggest that efforts at progress are unnecessary. To the contrary, in many respects Taiwan is already falling behind neighboring countries in Southeast Asia and should speed up its efforts to make up lost ground.
然而這並不意味這些工作不必進行，相反的，在許多項目已經落後東南亞鄰國的情況下，台灣更要加緊追趕才是。