The challenge
for the Taiwanese government now is that the generally public does not trust
them. There are always protests and disagreements to the government’s
decisions. The public thinks that the government is only doing things to
benefit rich people while the other suffers. Questions such as why should
government only focus on developing economy but not the public welfares and why
cannot the Taiwanese government follow the examples of Finland and other country
with good social system while also maintained a stable economy were asked many
times. Although it may seems normal to a democratic society, which everyone
deserve the chance of making their statements. However, the result of these
massive amounts of sources flooded into one decision making ended up terribly.
Here we not complaining about democracy for it had proved it to be the best
types of government throughout this century. Yet, when we are making a decision
we could not take everything into consideration, or there will be no choice
made at all. Moreover, the responses received from the general public are not
always correct. For ordinary citizens does not take the whole nation into
concern, they are simply replying what changes had been done to them. Also the responses
from the people contain the risks of inconsistency, complexity and variability.
The government,
therefore, needs to maintain its original goal of bringing the best welfare to
the public as possible. The Ten Major Construction Projects for example are put on progress to enhance the
country’s infrastructure during the 1970. However, public opinions at that
time were against to the constructions. There is no denying why the general
public behaved this way, because Taiwan was experiencing significant effects
from both the 1973 oil crisis and economy crisis at that stage. Many
people strongly believed that the government should take care of the people
first than to develop economy. There were even radical words saying that the
constructions are built for the riches only for the poor people will never
afford to drive a car on the highway. However, former Premier Chiang
Ching-kuo insisted on building these key infrastructures such as highways,
airports, and power plants, to upgrade the country’s industry and to develop the
country’s economy.
Apparently, the
result speaks for itself and proved the former Premier Chiang Ching-kuo to
be correct. The project brought up the economy as it was expected and even
better. It took the whole nation into prosperity and became the well-known term
of Taiwan Economic Miracle. Moreover, many people were out of poverty and even
became successful in various businesses. But just think what if the government
did not insist on its project and listen to what the public wants. Maybe focusing
on developing economy is cruel at some point but if we just think far, perhaps
different thoughts will bounce in. Considering the circumstances of people at
the moments may be the first choice the government should do, however, if there
is a better choice in front why not give it a try.
That's true the government can't conduct its policy basing on everyone's opinion. Otherwise nothing can we accomplish. But for Taiwan, I think the subject matter is not about the courage and determination the president should have but the efficiency and adequacy. There are lots odd policies which don't fit to the problem. Moreover, our government is not efficient. They always tend postpone their job merely to undermine with political debates.
回覆刪除To your article, it is quite persuasive. But for your first paragraph, the sentence " Here we not complaining about democracy for it had proved it to be the best types of government throughout this century. Yet, when we are making a decision we could not take everything into consideration" is quite confusing to me.
I think you only focus on claiming the importance of the government and "The Ten Major Construction Projects", you missed to bring up what you really want to tell us. You didn't suggest you opinion, that makes this article looks like an introduction of the Ten Major Construction Project. I think you should state more of your opinion on this issue. And most important of all I didn't see your citation, if you can bring up some argument from your citation this will look more like a annotation then a plain introduction.
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