Tech. institutes to set up offices at Chung Hsing New Village

Wu Ming-chi, director-general of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Department of Industrial Technology, met Nantou County Magistrate Lee Chao-ching yesterday to discuss progress on research institutes' plans to set up offices and laboratories at the former site of the Taiwan Provincial government.

In 1957, the village in mountainous Nantou County became the seat of the then-provincial government and a model community in Taiwan. In 1998, however, when the provincial administration was abolished, the village lost its enviable status and many of the buildings have remained abandoned since then.

The Executive Yuan announced last year that the central government would invest NT$29.5 billion (US$911 million) over the next 10 years to transform the old office buildings into laboratories and turn the village into a research park.

Magistrate Lee told Wu that since the establishment of a preparatory office last November, no progress had been made in implementing the plan, and many people had asked him whether the project will be realized.

Wu affirmed the government's decision, saying that at the initial stage a total of NT$5.3 billion will be appropriated to acquire land for the labs and offices and that other development plans will proceed.

The government has targeted the research park as a center for agricultural technologies that can be transferred to the agricultural and industrial sectors in Nantou County, Wu said.

Subscribe to The China Post and save 25%. Click here

PrintEmail

Write a Comment

Terms

Enter your comments - 3000 characters max

Type in image code

Submit

 Receive China Post promos
 Respond to this email