[Global Network Comprehensive Report] Taipei Palace Museum reconstruction project " New Palace Museum Plan" was controversial on the island. The Education and Culture Committee of the Taiwan Legislative Yuan decided last year that the plan must hold a public hearing (public listening session) to seek public opinions. However, civil groups and scholars on the island revealed that the Taipei Forbidden City is only expected to hold two "instructions" in April. The group's concern is not a public hearing, and believes that the Taipei Forbidden City cannot just use "instructions" to get confused.
Taipei Forbidden City (Photo source: Taiwan United Daily News)
Taiwan United Daily News reported on March 20 that Taiwan’s civil society group “Da Shuangxi Good Turkey Alliance” and people who submitted the application for the Taipei Forbidden City as a “cultural landscape” said that they had not received a notice from the Taipei Forbidden City to hold a “instruction meeting”. Moreover, they believe that the "instruction meeting" was not a public hearing, and questioned that the Forbidden City in Taipei avoided public supervision.
"Da Shuangxi Good Land Alliance" convener Lian Yan Village said that the "New Forbidden City Plan" proposed by Green Camp in 2017 has not held a public hearing so far. If it is only a "instruction meeting", the focus is only on informing the conclusions. Unlike the public hearing meeting, relevant departments and scholars and experts must attend.
Taipei University of Commerce concurrent assistant professor Xiao Wenjie once assisted in submitting the Taipei Forbidden City building complex and landscape to the "cultural landscape". He said that there will be experts and scholars who will "offense and defense" when they are informed, and the "instruction meeting" is just "forced to do it" after being informed. He believes that the Forbidden City in Taipei cannot just use instructions to "get confused", and based on Taiwan's "cultural landscape login and abolish review measures", the competent authority, Taipei Municipal Government, should hold a public hearing after the on-site inspection.
In addition, the United Daily News also published a commentary on the 20th to criticize the "New Forbidden City Plan" saying that the Taiwanese people had no room for participation, and there was no room for comment. Now it was almost done, and only hastily held two local government briefings on low-standard public buildings. "Is it an attitude towards the targeted buildings of a cultural power?" The article questioned whether this was the attitude towards the Taipei Forbidden City, which has a high status in the minds of the Taiwanese people.
In the face of external doubts, the Taipei Forbidden City claimed on the evening of the 19th that the two meetings planned to be held will be handled in accordance with the "Precautions for various agencies under the Taipei Municipal Government to handle public hearings", "not a general briefing."
Taipei Forbidden City President Wu Micha (former) (Photo source: Taiwan United Daily News)
Taipei Forbidden City President Wu Micha took office on February 13 and went to the Education and Culture Committee of the "Legislative Yuan" for the first time to conduct a business report. The "New Forbidden City Plan" is one of the key contents. In the "New Forbidden City Plan" approved by the "Executive Yuan" in Taiwan, the "North Campus Renovation and Expansion Plan" includes the renovation of buildings such as the main hall. It is also planned to build a new administrative building behind the main hall, a " Huabiao corridor" in the square in front, and an art and cultural service center on the south base, etc.
In response to this, Lianyan Village, the convener of the "Da Shuangxi Good Land Alliance", said that they oppose the "New Forbidden City Plan" to build the Huabiao corridor, believing that this will seriously damage the landscape of the Forbidden City in Taipei and affect the old trees. The reservation location of the new administrative building is located in the potential area of the earth and rock flow next to Houdong Creek, which endangers the safety of the slope.
