The landlord refused at first to accept the re-survey result, and hired a private firm of his own. The outcome was the same--his land was cut by about half. It is inferred that when using the triangulation method to measure the original lot, the workmen perhaps neglected to divide by two when calculating the area. The landlord has had no choice but to accept the result.
而貨櫃廠面積縮水案，地主不服，又另外找了民間測量公司來測量，結果面積算出來也是減少一半，推測可能是以前以「三斜法」計算面積時，工作人員一時疏忽，「底乘高忘了除以二」，地主最後也只好認了。