In spite of the impressive progress made by Taiwan in past decades, there remains much too much to be desired and improved.
The reporting and handling of the rabies incidents showed incompetence, shocking inefficiency and lack of sense of crisis of the Health Ministry and various levels of the government.
The investigation of Corporal Hong's death revealed not only inefficiency but also cover-up of truth by the military, and the lack of authority and capability of minister and even the president in their effort to crack the case.
Not to mention the corporal's death itself that was the result of criminal mistreament of low ranking soldiers that has been practiced in the military for decades and decades.