Alarms are again going off over public safety hazards in Taiwan. The huge fire that burned through the Eastern Science Park, and the explosion at a chemicals plant in Hsinchu, both in mid-May, caused losses in the industrial sector approaching NT $ 10 billion, forcing both the government and the public to realize the urgent need to set up an integrated and comprehensive public safety system.
台灣的公共安全再度拉警報，就在五月中旬，產業界一連發生汐止東科大火、新竹湖口福國化工爆炸兩件重大意外，損失近百億，也使政府、社會再次驚覺建立整體公共安全制度的迫切。