The Farglory Group has requested the Control Yuan to investigate possible administrative negligence for inappropriate punishments the Taipei City Government has imposed on the corporation in relation to the construction of the Taipei Dome.
According to a news report published by the Chinese-language Apple Daily, Farglory spokesman Jacky Yang (楊舜欽) said that the corporation had made the appeal in response to what he called the city government’s “prejudices” against, and “disproportionate” punishments over, the project.
“The Taipei City Government on the afternoon of May 20 asked us to improve the data on Taipei Dome’s construction, but later that day ... ordered the suspension of the construction,” Yang was quoted as saying.
The order to suspend the construction was given on the same day on which Ko criticized Farglory for having adopted a “complacent” attitude during talks it carried out with the city government to discuss safety issues about the project.
According to the report, the city government has sent more than 20 official documents concerning the project to Farglory from late last year to early this year, most of them notifying the company about a fine.
“This is not only unfair, but also violates the ‘principle of proportionality,’” Yang was quoted as saying.
Taipei Department of Urban Development Deputy Commissioner Chang Kang-wei (張剛維) said issues over the project’s emergency evacuation readiness have remained. The issues include stairs built without passing assessments, restricted space on a sidewalk in front of the building and an underground passage, whose capacity had prompted safety concerns after Farglory proposed a plan to rent out retail space on either side of the passage.
Chang said that construction of Taipei Dome would not be resumed until the project passes a review by the Taiwan Architecture and Building Center.
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