A Taipei Dome was originally a landmark building in Taipei, but its fate has been tragic throughout the journey and it is still controversial, which is very regrettable!
Ke Wen-je 8 years ago since he ran for the mayor of Taipei, and he has been enjoying the dividends of "beating eggs" for a long time. He is almost stepping down. Taiwan's giant dome is still an unfinished project with only Eggshell. The promise of trial operation in October 2022 may be "stopped". Over the years, the father and son of the builder Yuanxiong Group, behind the Big Dome, has had a hard time living. He has been plagued by corruption cases and has been sued for lawsuits, even the cemetery of Miaoli’s parents.
Who is enjoying the "beating eggs" bonus?
Taipei Dome behind Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
If the most popular major construction project of Taiwan in so many years is probably the first to be promoted to Taipei Dome.
Taipei Dome is located behind the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Xinyi District, Taipei City, also known as the Taipei Cultural and Sports Park. The main building is a multi-functional indoor stadium. In order to distinguish the " Dome " that has been completed long ago, it is called the "Taipei Dome".
Taipei Dome was founded in 1991 and was listed as a key urban construction project in 1993; in 1995, when Hao Longbin was mayor, the Taipei Municipal Government planned to build the Taipei Dome at the former site of Songshan Tobacco Factory. In 2002, the Taipei Municipal Government set up a special project team for the Big Dome, and the project officially started construction. If we count from the time of filing, the Taipei Dome has been in operation for 31 years, but the current Taipei Mayor Ke Wen-je is about to step down, and the Taipei Dome has not been completed.
A large Taipei dome is a vivid portrayal of the slowness of Taiwan's major construction projects. Over the past 30 years, if all the political "slobbery" that controversy over the big dome is collected, it may fill the big dome.
Taipei Mayor and People's Party Chairman Ke Wenzhe
Taipei Dome was originally scheduled to be put into trial operation in October this year, but the DPP authorities failed to pass the reason for the failure of fire prevention performance.
Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe had previously stated that he had submitted it to review fire protection and shelter performance as early as April 2021, but he has not come back yet. Only after passing the construction and change can the fourth change of the builder Yuanxiong be approved, and subsequent projects can be carried out. Ko Wenzhe said helplessly: "I don't know why the fire protection performance review needs to be reviewed for so long? Don't let the North Section of the Great Bend and the 'Great Dome' be stuck in order to deal with Ko Wenzhe." Ko Wenzhe also pointed out that the interests of political parties (note: referring to the DPP) should not exceed the interests of Taiwan, which is not appropriate.
Even if the fire protection and shelter performance is approved, it will probably take one or two months to complete the follow-up project. After inspection and other procedures, the Big Dome will not be completed in October, it is unknown whether the trial operation ceremony can be held during Ke Wenzhe's term as mayor at the end of this year.
Ko Wen-je criticized the DPP authorities for "everything is stuck in order to deal with me". In fact, the Taipei Dome has been full of political "swallowing" and attacks over the past 30 years.
Former Taipei Mayor Hao Longbin criticized Ke Wenzhe's original "mistakes" at the beginning of the month, saying that when Ke Wenzhe took office, he listed the Big Dome as the first of the five major ill cases that must be investigated, and finally "refuse it to be innocent". However, Ke Wenzhe has been in power for 8 years, and now the Big Dome is about to become a corruption case of Ke Wenzhe. Ke Wenzhe is better to reflect on himself before questioning others.
Ke Wenzhe responded: "Oh, there are no corruption cases!" He later retorted Hao Longbin: "Oh, help him with the aftermath, he will repay his kindness!"
Hua Jingqun
Ke Wenzhe is an atypical politician on the island. Outsiders like to call him "Ke P", and his mouth has never forgiven.In recent years, for the sake of Taipei Dome, he has had many disputes with Hua Jingqun, the deputy director of the Taiwan Interior Department, who is responsible for residential and construction affairs, and has been quarreling with each other.
Because the Taipei Dome was originally scheduled to be "stopped" in trial operation in October this year, Ke P was repeatedly blocked by the internal affairs department due to the fire prevention and shelter from the Dome. He even named Chang Hua Jingqun and "don't escape"; Ke Wenzhe also shouted: Don't sacrifice the interests of the "national" for the interests of the party.
Hua Jingqun also defended himself. He said that the asylum responsibility determination, smoke exhaust review, etc. applied for by the Big Dome will be handled according to the regulations, and if you pass, you will pass, if you pass, you will pass. From the perspective of the construction authority, the city government has an obligation to state that they have what they should do.
According to the latest information, Taipei Vice Mayors Peng Zhensheng and Cai Bingkun visited Hua Jingqun, the deputy director of the internal affairs department who is responsible for construction projects, on July 7. The internal affairs department said: Yuanxiong should quickly provide information to the committee for review in July to avoid delays. From this point of view, it is still waiting to be cleared for the Big Dome Fire Inspection. As for the completion of the construction and put into trial operation in October this year, it is almost impossible.
Founder of Yuanxiong Group Zhao Tengxiong
Taipei Dome was approved for resumption of work in June 2020 after five years of suspension of work. For real estate tycoon and former chairman of Yuanxiong Group, he was also "laughing" for Taipei Big Dome and fell into several corruption cases, including Big Dome. After being prosecuted for five major ill cases including the Big Dome and the Far-Xiong hollowing case, the Taipei District Court asked him to pay NT$4.55 billion in NT$4.55 billion and he had to report to the police station regularly.
In the past, Ko Wenzhe reaped political dividends by "beating eggs" (the so-called crackdown on the big dome corruption case). However, after half of his term as the second mayor, he was also very "laughing" and hoped that the big dome would be completed as soon as possible to add color to his own political achievements. After being ordered to suspend work for nearly five years by Ko Wen-je in 2015, on June 22, 2020, the Taipei City Construction Management Office signed a construction license to change, and the Big Dome resumed work.
However, for the resumption of work of the giant dome, both blue and green criticized it. The Democratic Progressive Party’s Taipei City’s public opinion representative Wang Shijian 4 batches of Corrections. Former Chairman of Yuanxiong Zhao Tengxiong has not given up in a single step for five years. The big dome that has been suspended for five years is almost completed like a magic trick! The blue and green camp criticized Ke Wenzhe. For several years, he played counterfeit football and used the big dome to show off his reputation. Now he secretly announced the resumption of work, which is a Father's Day gift to far-reaching Xiong Zhao Tengxiong.
From Hao Longbin, who filed a case for the Big Dome project, to Ke Wenzhe, who later served as mayor for 8 years, the blue, green and white political camps on the island have been controversial over the Big Dome Group. Zhao Tengxiong, the owner of the Big Dome builder Yuanxiong Group, naturally became an air-feeling pump that all parties want to hold. Because of the "Fuanxiong hollowing case", Zhao Tengxiong, who was once glorious, became the "king of fraud" written by the media.
In addition to being involved in five major ill cases, Zhao Tengxiong's mother and ancestors' cemetery in Xiushuiduan, Houlong Town, Miaoli County, was also accused of occupying the forest land, but later the Miaoli court found Zhao Tengxiong not guilty.
Real estate tycoon Zhao Tengxiong: There are three noble people in my life
Yuanxiong Group headquarters
1969, Zhao Tengxiong, who started from scratch, founded Yuanxiong Group, which started in construction and later involved in real estate development. Over the past 53 years, Yuanxiong Group has covered eight major business groups, including construction (Yuanxiong Construction, Yuanxiong Construction, Yuanxiong Real Estate, Dongyuan Construction), financial insurance (Yuanxiong Life Insurance), air transportation logistics (Yuanxiong Free Trade Port Holdings, etc.), hotel tourism (Yuanxiong Maritime Park, Yuanxiong Yuelai Hotel (Hualian), Yuele Hotel), Dome Park (Taipei’s Dome), Yuanxiong Department Store, Yuanxiong Creative Arts, and Yuanxiong Cultural and Education Foundation. On the Forbes Taiwan Rich List, Far-Xiong boss Zhao Tengxiong is on the list of US$2.4 billion, ranking 23rd among the top 50 rich people in Taiwan.
Yuanxiong Group is one of the leading companies in Taiwan's real estate construction industry. Last year, its subsidiary Yuanxiong Construction had annual revenue of NT$33.138 billion, a record high. Revenue in the first five months of this year was NT$10.06 billion, an annual increase of 39%.
The Yuanxiong Taipei Dome Business Company, established by Taipei Dome, is a subsidiary of Yuanxiong Construction and Investment. If the Dome is completed, in addition to the Dome Stadium, there will be five major buildings in total, including the Dome Stadium, a total of five buildings, but according to regulations, they all need to obtain a license one by one.
, the Taipei Dome, which had a 30-year birth period, once brought the Yuanxiong Group and the Zhao Tengxiong family to the forefront of public opinion. At the end of May this year, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe made a decision on the Big Dome’s Dome’s Dome’s Dome’s Dome’s Dome’s Dome’s annual revenue will be returned by 0.6% of the Taipei Dome’s annual revenue, which will exceed 0-20% of the revenue each year, and the proportion will be increased to 1%, and the proportion will exceed 20% to 1.6% of the profit.
Judging from the current process of the Taipei Dome project, the ribbon cutting ceremony that was launched may be hosted by the next mayor. Even though the journey is bumpy and even falls into a lawsuit, for the boss of Far-Xiong Zhao Tengxiong, once the big dome is completed and put into use, the benefits will inevitably be considerable. At present, the Taipei Dome Park is in the countdown to completion. The Far East Dome Building alone has renamed the regional high of Zhongxiao East Road, the introduction of the Taipei InterContinental Hotel and the office building began to rent it out. The monthly rent of NT$3,400-3,800 per square meter alone has been rewritten.
Founder and former chairman of Yuanxiong Group, Zhao Tengxiong
In the past few years, Zhao Tengxiong, founder and former chairman of Yuanxiong Group, was plagued by five major ill cases, and it is said that the pressure was so great that he lost less than 50 kilograms. Because he couldn't get rid of the "big dome corruption case" that was still chaotic with Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe, he had to resign as chairman of Yuanxiong Group and handed over the baton to his eldest son Zhao Wenjia for full power to deal with it.
In 2017-2019, in addition to Zhao Tengxiong being busy with lawsuits every year, his second son Zhao Xinqing was also involved and resigned from his position as a group director including Yuanxiong Life Insurance. In 2017, Yuanxiong Group fell into the biggest crisis in history. Due to five major ill cases including the hollowing out of Yuanxiong Life Insurance, the big dome and the leak of secrets by the integrity officials, Zhao Tengxiong, then chairman of Yuanxiong Group, Zhao Wenjia, chairman of his eldest son Yuanxiong Construction, and Zhao Xinqing, director of the second son Yuanxiong Life Insurance, were all prosecuted. The five major ill cases of
are the "emptying of Yuanxiong Life Insurance Case", " Big Dome Case ", "Tucheng and Xinzhuang City Replacement Case", and "Hong Jiahong, former Director of the Urban and Rural Development Branch of the Construction Office", and the charges include suspected embezzlement of funds for the Big Dome project, false financial reports, concealing transactions by related persons, and suspected of bribery.
In 2017, the Taipei District Procuratorate Office filed a 24-year prison sentence against Zhao Tengxiong, the founder of Yuanxiong Group, who was suspected of multiple corruption cases, in accordance with the Anti-Corruption Regulations and the crime of forging documents.
Of course, every so-called corruption case on Taiwan is often "lifting up high and letting go" in the end, but after years of lawsuits, "there is no need for people to die when the money is gone", and the physical, mental and mental blow is also a big blow.
Zhao Tengxiong, who was detained and banned in 2017, was born in a farmer's house by the Miaoli beach in October 1944. Later, he went north to start a business and started from scratch. He founded Far East Construction and Far Xiong Group in Taipei. In addition to developing real estate on the island, Yuanxiong Group also extended its career tentacles to the mainland, the United States, France and the Middle East very early.
Zhao Tengxiong is known as a generation of heroes in Taiwan's construction industry. He has won the titles of "the father of factory office", "the originator of digital construction", and "the Guo Taiming of the construction industry".
Back then, Zhao Tengxiong went to Taipei to work hard from his hometown in Miaoli, and only 300 yuan was in his pocket. After his success, he was on the Taiwan Rich List every year, but he said that he was not a rich man, but an ordinary person who started from scratch.
Zhao Tengxiong once said that there are 3 noble people in his life. A noble man was his father Zhao Wanzhi. In his early years, his father took him up the mountains and seas. In order to raise money for the disease, he reluctantly sold 160 yuan of land. When he recovered from the disease, he cheered up again and bought the land back. Zhao Tengxiong said that his father's spirit of perseverance, which became more and more courageous, affected his life.
Teacher Li, who was in Miaoli Waipu Primary School when Zhao Tengxiong was young, was the second noble person in his life. In order to get students to get 100 points, Teacher Li gave free tutoring until 7 pm. If you don’t do well in the exam, the teacher will be so angry that he will break the rattan. Zhao Tengxiong said that Teacher Li laid the foundation for him to learn, and his solid style of step by step deeply influenced himself.
Zhao Tengxiong started from scratch and first made his fortune by doing construction projects. When he was just starting out to learn how to build a building, there was a Master Wei who was nailed with cement formwork. He was very strict in his work. Many apprentices could not stand his strict discipline and retreated. Zhao Tengxiong was very grateful to Master Wei who was a disciple of the arts. It was also Zhao Tengxiong who was not afraid of difficulties and achieved himself later.
Zhao Tengxiong's eldest son Zhao Wenjia
In May 2014, Zhao Tengxiong, who had been involved in Ye Shiwen's bribery case and worked hard for half a century, was detained in a detention center for two months. Inside, his mood also changed. He was originally 178 cm tall and weighed 63 kg, but after being released, he was less than 56 kg left.
In the hot room on the third floor of the detention center, after thinking about it over and over again, he decided to accelerate the intergenerational inheritance and hand over the baton to his second sons Zhao Wenjia and Zhao Xinqing. A week after his release, he handed over the throne of the chairman of Yuanxiong Construction to his eldest son Zhao Wenjia, and also allowed his second son Zhao Xinqing to join the board of directors of Yuanxiong Life Insurance. This is also a "dividing labor, industry and not family" inheritance model.
Zhao Wenjia graduated from the Department of Architecture of the University of Southern California and later obtained a master's degree in the Institute of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He was previously arranged by his father to stay in mainland China for a long time. Later, due to liver cancer , he returned to Taiwan as the general manager of Yuanxiong Construction, and later became the vice chairman of Yuanxiong Construction. During this period, he had undergone treatment in Japan, National Taiwan University Hospital and Rong General Hospital.
Zhao Tengxiong initially planned to hand over the baton to retire when he was 60 years old, but because his eldest son treated liver cancer, he had to postpone his inheritance. A few years ago, because he was deeply involved in a lawsuit against a corruption case, he originally planned to focus on Taipei's big dome, build hospitals, and do charity, so he had to retire and hide behind the scenes.
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