Unfortunately, with all the best intentions, past governments built cement dykes along the rivers, and filled in the swamps. As a result, the fish pools dried up. The thatched houses, out of sanitary considerations, were replaced with reinforced concrete residences.
可惜，過去在政府的美意下，河川築起了水泥堤防、沼澤區填了起來，魚池乾涸；茅草屋也在衛生的考量下改建成鋼筋水泥住宅。