On 3 September 1998, Taiwan's first--and last--directly elected provincial governor, James Soong, and its last provincial assembly speaker, Liu Ping-wei, stood together to raise their hands in farewell as Taiwan's provincial politics passed into a new era.
民國八十七年九月三日，第一任也是最後一任「台灣省長」宋楚瑜在省議會最後一次施政總質詢後，與「末代議長」劉炳偉揮手告別，台灣省政自此將步入另一階段。