The Taipei County Council demanded yesterday that the county government discard the word "quasi" when referring to the county, as it decided to press ahead with plans to upgrade the county into a special municipality, instead of a "quasi-municipality."
A resolution calling for the Taipei County Government to remove the word “quasi” from the designation of Taipei County was submitted by 53 county councilors across party lines and cleared the council on Tuesday.
The central government upgraded Taipei County to a “quasi-municipality” last October.
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But the county council said the use of that term had increased the controversy over the county commissioner’s rights to promote personnel, creating a gray area between the central and the regional government.
The council said it would coordinate with the Taipei County Government in referring the resolution to the Executive Yuan to pave the way for the county’s upgrading to a “real” special municipality.
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The councilors were divided, however, over what the county should be called after it becomes a municipality. Some favor “Xinbei City” (新北市) or “New Taipei City,” while others said that county residents should be allowed to decide the new name.
At present, Taipei City and Kaohsiung City are the only two special municipalities in the country.
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