Transportation minister Yeh Chu-lan stated in early July that privatization was necessary because the government has had to appropriate NT $ 5 billion yearly to prop up TMTC.
交通部長葉菊蘭七月初表示，國家每年要支付五十億的公務預算來彌補台汽的虧損，為求擺脫此一財政包袱，必須以民營化來解決。