In at least three buildings in Taichung County, empty salad oil drums and paint cans have been discovered inside damaged columns. One cannot help but suspect that these construction practices may have been the cause of deaths, and when the news was reported abroad it caused the entire world to wonder about the ethics and competence of Taiwanese construction firms, and to question the effectiveness of our government regulations.
台中縣豐原市向陽永照大樓、東勢鎮東勢王朝等倒塌大樓，破損的樑柱內發現了大批空的沙拉油、油漆鐵桶填塞，這種「奇觀」不但令人懷疑是否為肇事元凶，還立刻上了國際新聞版面，讓全世界都不禁質疑，台灣建築業之工作倫理與專業知識何在，政府法規又有何約束力。