The Council of Agriculture, the central government agency in charge of water and land preservation, gets allotted an estimated NT $ 3 billion a year for antiflooding measures while the Forestry Bureau is hard pressed for cash to support the planting of trees, whose roots prevent erosion.
中央主管水土保持的農委會，每年治山防洪預算將近卅億，但其札根工作﹘﹘種樹，卻因林務局財力困窘而捉襟見肘，「等於是本末倒置」。