[anyiliang]

Sorry Allen, But I will have to disagree on your above statement. There is a need for the HSR to be extended to Nangang. The reason I am basing this off of is that when tourist or anyone coming from abroad and wants to attend the Nangang expo, it is easier for them to take the HSR from Taoyuan to Nangang instead of to Taipei and then have to transfer to the MRT. Plus if you want to take the MRT you will have to transfer at the Zhongxiao Fuxing station and take the Brown line through Neihu. Or you can take the Blue line but you will need to take a bus at the last MRT Station.

That being said, I think that by delaying the extension, it is going to delay the bigger picture if the HSR connecting to the East Coast.