薛：盼鄉親發揮力量共促建橋預算順利過關

Fujian Provincial Governor Xue, Cheng-Tai, together with officers from the provincial government, visited the County Council to congratulate newly elected Speaker Wang, Zai-Sheng, Vice-Speaker Xu, Jian-Zhong and all the other councilors. Xue urged the county government, county council and all islanders to congregate together and voice their strong support for construction of the Kinmen Bridge to begin before the end of this year, thus boosting the integral development in Kinmen.
福建省政府主席薛承泰8日率同省府團隊拜會縣議會，向議長王再生、副議長許建中及議員同仁祝賀高票當選，並希望結合縣府與議會與鄉親力量共同發聲，爭取金門建橋如期在年底動工，帶動金門整體發展。

Speaker Wang, Zai-Sheng pointed out that the idea of constructing Kinmen Bridge was filed for the first time during the first County Council. This bridge combines the functions of tourism, medical, emergencies etc. Basically, human life is priceless. He emphasized that if the economic effectiveness is the only consideration, then the construction of Penghu Bridge would no longer be necessary from its beginning. Wang promised to cooperate with all his fellow Councilors to support all processes needed for building the bridge and defend the budget so as to accomplish construction of this bridge as soon as possible. He also exclaimed that although Kinmen Bridge is a major public construction with one third of the budget held by Kinmen County Government, there are still some grievances (about the distribution of government budget). This is surely unfair for Kinmen.　
議長王再生指出，金（烈）門大橋從第一屆金門縣議會就已提出，其功能不止觀光，還兼具醫療、救護等功能，尤其生命無價，如果只考慮經濟價值，那澎湖大橋也不必建了。王再生也強調議會將結合老幹新枝，全力支持建橋各項作業，在預算上嚴加把關，讓大橋能早日完成。不過，他也感慨地說，建橋是中央重大工程，地方政府自付三分一預算，別人還有聲音，對金門相當的不公平。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年3月9日報導