After June's floods, Provincial Governor James Soong faced the anger of the populace when he made a tour of areas swamped by the high waters. In a rare display, Soong was sharply critical of the central government's efforts to phase out the provincial government and its freezing of the provincial government's budget, actions which he said had left the provincial government unable to fully execute its mandate to manage water conservancy.
六月水患之後，台灣省長宋楚瑜巡視災區，面對連連的民怨，以罕見嚴厲的語氣批評中央政府的精省政策與凍結預算，使台灣省政府無法全力進行水利整治的工作。