Director Hsu Shiang-kueen, taking the Water Resources Bureau of the MOEA as an example, argues that as the bureau has numerous tasks, that of water resource management can only be given a back seat. With the whole country focused on economic development it should not be surprising that problems of water conservancy receive little attention.
以經濟部水資局為例，局長徐享昆就表示，水資局在經濟部主管的項目之中，只能算是二軍或三軍，當整個社會關心的焦點都放在國家的經濟建設上時，水利問題便很難受到關注。