Taipei City and Taipei County signed an online land information sharing contract yesterday, allowing the provision of land and building information in the Taipei city and county area within minutes.
Officials have jokingly dubbed the move a materialization of the "small three links" across the Tamshui River.
Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
The agreement was made to give the city's 12 districts and the county's 29 townships a more convenient way of obtaining land and building information.
Under the agreement, someone wanting to obtain information about property or buildings within the region can go to the Land and Administration Office and receive the data almost immediately.
Ma said the technological breakthrough not only mirrors his long-term call to "minimize the use of roads, maximize the use of the Web" (
Su said the innovative effort is a blessing for the general public.
"Only when there is an efficient and creative government, are there fortunate citizens," he said. "The network saves citizens not only time and money, but also trouble and hassle," he said.
The city and the county have been trying to establish a city-county land information network since the Kuting land administration office in Taipei City and Hsintien land administration department in Taipei County pioneered computerization 22 years ago.
The dream did not materialize until the first trial period which started on March 15 this year, followed by the second trial period which began on April 1.
The entire system will be officially available on June 1, except the Panchiao township in Taipei County and Hsihchih district in Taipei City, whose systems will not be available until September.
Ma's likening of the relationship between the city and the county to that of China and Taiwan drew bursts of laughter.
"Today we not only witness the realization of the `small three links' across the Tamshui River, but also see the rendezvous between two leaders," said Ma, a KMT member. "I won't ask you [Commissioner Su] to stick to the `one Taipei principle' though."
Commissioner Su, a DPP member, kept the ball rolling.
"Why don't we stick to the `one Taipei principle' with individual interpretations," he said.
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