But "horizontal contacts" take a great deal of time. Each year it is necessary to once again apply to construct dikes, and wait for the water conservancy and fiscal authorities of the provincial and county governments to get together and decide, and then wait for the money to be appropriated and the bidding.
但「縱的聯繫」耗日廢時，每年重新申請建築堤防，得等省府、縣府水利和財政單位人員一起來勘驗，再等撥款、開標… … 手續繁多。