Lin, who as vice-chair- man of the Management Planning Committee is involved in paving the way for privatization, admits that after the big private corporations begin eating away at the market, the billions in profits that SREs earn each year will disappear. "If we don't get down to business, when the time comes who will want to invest in us and buy our stock?"
中油負責民營化規劃的經營制度設計委員會副主委林博仁也坦承，民間財團來分食市場大餅後，各國營事業每年上百億元的盈餘必然急速縮水，「再不振作，到時候誰要投資我們、買我們的股票？」