Vice Premier Lin Hsin-i (
The announcement, made during Lin's inspection trip to the central city yesterday, was aimed as a friendly gesture to companies that are getting impatient about time-consuming paperwork for the project, city government officials said.
The Executive Yuan, for instance, has yet to examine and approve environmental impact assessment reports submitted by the Taichung City Government.
The examination of the reports was initially expected to take months, but Lin yesterday instructed the authorities concerned to speed up the process.
A TFT-LCD computer monitor producer, which is to be the biggest investor in the science park, is said to have been unhappy about the amount of time that the central government was spending on the paperwork.
The initial date for the park to start business operations was Oct.1, but it has been moved forward by two months, much to the delight of companies interested in investing in the park.
Some local people were worried, however, that the park might seriously pollute the city's only clean river with industrial waste water. The park is to be located on the border between Taichung City and Taichung County.
Independent city councilor Ho Wen-hai (
The city government, though aware of the situation, is trying its best to make the industrial science park become a reality since it is expected to create a lot of job opportunities in the region and can also contribute to upgrading local industry.
Meanwhile, at the last meeting yesterday of this session of the city council, Mayor Jason Hu (
The projects include the establishment of a branch of the New York-based Guggenheim Museum as well as the construction of a national opera house, a new city government office and an oval theater.
All these projects would cost the city government tens of billions of NT dollars, a figure apparently beyond the reach of a local government like that of Tai-chung.
Hu acknowledged it would be difficult to complete all these projects, but he vowed to work harder to realize the goals he has set for himself.
Hu, who has high blood pressure, said his physical condition has much improved and that he now has the strength to take up the challenge.
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