Government has failed to learn lesson from 1999 quake: expert

The Taiwanese government has failed to learn a lesson from a devastating earthquake that hit Taiwan in 1999, and has allowed poorly constructed buildings to continue to exist in Taiwan, an expert said Sunday, calling on the authorities to make drastic changes to prevent further quake disasters.

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