Larry Chen points out that when the initial period of construction was up for tender, a small number of European firms were also interested in participating, but even just the costs of transporting the parts and facilities were so much higher than for neighboring Japan that they naturally were far inferior when it came down to the actual bids.
陳龍吉指出，第一期在招標時，其實也有少數歐洲廠商有興趣參與，但光是設備零件等的運費成本，就比鄰近的日本高出太多，在價格競爭上自然屈於劣勢。