Frank J.K. Chen, director of the Motion Picture Affairs Department, sighs, "From the outside there is Hollywood and Hong Kong, while in the country there are videotapes and cable TV. The audience for domestic films is shrinking. Fortunately we have a GIO subsidy fund." But how long can a film industry survive on subsidies?
廣電處長陳志寬慨嘆：「外有好萊塢、香港；內有錄影帶、有線頻道，國片的觀眾越來越少，幸虧還有個新聞局輔導金」，然而電影工業靠輔導金能撐多久呢？