Killer display cabinets The 21 September quake did indeed bring into the open many problems which had previously been overlooked or ignored. Huang Jenn-shin of the NCREE calls on local governments throughout Taiwan to grasp the opportunity to perform an all-round safety assessment of existing buildings, and then target priority sites--such as schools, hospitals, police stations, fire stations and shopping centers--for strengthening. But they should also strictly enforce building regulations in new buildings.
九二一大震，的確「震」出許多被忽略的盲點，黃震與組長就呼籲，各地方政府應把握時機，進行一次全面性建物安全評估，再「擇要」──優先針對學校、醫院、警察局、消防局、百貨商場等──進行補強；至於新建築則應嚴格把關。