In August 2004 during the major wa-ter shutdown in southern Taoyuan, the exhausted image of Chen Shen-hsien, director-general of the Water Resources Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, was a regular sight on TV as he personally directed work at the Shihmen Reservoir construction site in a race against time and with the hopes and expectations of all society riding on his shoulders.
九十三年八月南桃園大停水時，在與時間賽跑和各界殷盼下，螢光幕上經常出現經濟部水利署署長陳伸賢坐鎮石門水庫工地指揮的疲憊身影。