The MOI, however, put paid to any ideas of creating additional special municipalities after concluding, on the advice of scholars, that the costs of doing so would be prohibitive.
Taipei opposes any reallocation of resources saying that it deserves more as the capital of Taiwan and that it would be unfair to equalize its shared resources with smaller counties like Penghu County.
"Being a capital and being a special municipality are two separate issues, both of which are debatable. There should be and will be a special mechanism for equalizing resources. Taipei City government is just too nervous," Chen said.
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