Sunday, January 14, 2007

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Outline (Draft 2) --- The High Speed Railroad Brings a Remarkable Contribution in Taiwan

Thesis:
The construction of the high speed railroad in Taiwan connects with the regional transportation system as well as shortens the traffic time between southern and northern Taiwan. Thus, it brings great improvements and promotions on the economic benefits in Taiwan, which indeed is a remarkable contribution.

I. A memorial and remarkable transportation system was born this year, 2007.
 1. The high speed railroad system operated for the very first time on Jan. 5.
2. It took six and half years and cost 48 billion dollars to complete this great transportation.
3. Bureau of High Speed Railroad in Taiwan has taken Japanese National Railway (now already taken private by the civil business) as the model for the construction.

II. The economic benefits are brought by the high speed railroad in the following aspects:
 A. High speed railroad would be more competing since the construction is administered by civil businesses (民間企業) rather than by government.
B. High speed railroad shortens the concrete distances as well as the living gaps between cities and countries.
1. It provides convenient linking transportation system near the airport.
2. Actualize the function of “One-day living community”(ㄧ日生活圈).
a. It only takes 90 minutes from northern to southern Taiwan.

C. Flourishing industry rises due to “One-day living community” in southern Taiwan.
1. The increasing real estates.
2. The increasing tourism.
3. The increasing numbers of students in schools.
4. Promotion of the regional linking transportation.

III. Comparison with JR in Japan.

IV. The opposing voices of the high speed railroad.
 A. Its ticket price may not fit the expectation of common people.
B. Regional traffic connecting system has not been ready to cooperate with high speed railroad system.
C. The substitute effect of high speed railroad:
1. According to Liou Tai Ying, the leader of Taiwan Research Institute, high speed railroad will directly replace airlift, but not promote the quantity of airlift.
a. It only influences regular numbers of customers to convey goods via the high speed railroad.
b. The economic benefits do not grow.
D. Since we already have so many highways and convenient railroad system, is it really necessary to build expensive high speed railroad system?

V. Opinions from questionnaires and interviews
A. Design questionnaires to ask the adults and college students’ impression about high speed railroad and their expectation.
B. Interview with the staff in Bureau of high speed railroad:
1. What do they think the economic benefits can be brought by this high-tech transportation system?
2. What is their expectation?

VI. High speed railroad symbolizes the progress and the evaluation of a rising and flourishing society in Taiwan.
A. It will carry out the concept and the function of “One-day community”.
B. It will make the economic benefits grow.
C. Time will prove the contributions it makes.

posted by Vivi @ 1/14/2007 11:08:00 AM 0 comments

Works Cited of the Article Review

Prohibition of Corporal Punishment on Campus --- A Better Way for Students' Education?

Works Cited
徐明珠. “零體罰入法的省思” 財團法人國家政策研究基金會. 30 Dec. 2005 3 Jan. 2007 <http://www.npf.org.tw/PUBLICATION/EC/094/EC-B-094-039.htm>.

“到底多痛？只有小孩知道” 人本教育基金會2005年校園體罰問卷調查報告. 16 June 2005 人本教育基金會新聞稿. 3 Jan. 2007

黃碩斌. “台灣道德教育問題分析－以體罰做為分析指標” 東海大學社會系研究所，碩士論文，2006:92-94 3 Jan. 2007

posted by Vivi @ 1/14/2007 11:03:00 AM 0 comments

A Third Thought

After the first outline of "A Hope But Also Hurt of High Speed Rail Road in Taiwan", I actually changed my topic in to discuss the corporal punishment in Taiwan and already had the first outline and did the article review on CP.

However, last Tuesday(9 Jan.) night, at the moment I started to revise my second outline on CP, I had a new thought suddenly which, again, was related to my first topic.

Since I found that it is in fact not really meaningful to argue whether the high speed railroad should be constructed or not, I think I can discuss the economic benefits it brings. And then, I started to work on it. And I hope I can really do this research well.

posted by Vivi @ 1/14/2007 10:46:00 AM 0 comments

My Second Outline

Dear Doris,
Sould we also pose on the first outline of our RP?

My problem is I don't have my first outline now because I revise my first outline into
the second one. Sorry about that.....

posted by Vivi @ 1/14/2007 10:40:00 AM 0 comments