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No change in capital: Su

Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday said he has never considered moving the nation's capital from Taipei to southern Taiwan, but he is mulling relocating a number of government agencies outside Taipei.

"[Changing the capital] never crossed my mind," Su said, adding that moving the capital and relocating government agencies were two different things.

Su made the remarks while fielding questions from Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Kao Su-po (高思博) on the legislative floor yesterday.

Su and Cabinet Spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦) both denied that they had ever said anything about moving the capital.

Su said that he only proposed relocating several government offices, especially those whose services mainly cater to people living in the central and southern parts of the country.

Taipei is overloaded with government offices, and this has created a lot of problems and inconvenience for people who live in other parts of the nation, especially when they need government assistance, he added.

"But that is only a proposal," he said. "A proposal will remain a proposal if details are not discussed and agreed upon."

Kao said he was worried that "moving the capital" might become an issue during the presidential election next year and confuse the public.

Su, who is vying to represent the Democratic Progressive Party in next year's election, said this would not happen as he had no intention of pleasing some voters and irritating others with the issue.
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