Tainan District Court President Lee Chang-peng (李璋鵬) yesterday expressed his support for stepping up the elevation process of transforming the old Tainan District Court building into a museum.
"The only problem now is to fix the building itself. We are still looking for the right construction company to do the job. Also, we still need more money to support the project," Lee said.
"It is an old building and needs a lot of repair work. At this moment, we welcome all kinds of donation or help to elevate the process," he said.
Lee said that according to the amended Organic Law of Judicial Yuan (
"It also means that it will be a department of the Judicial Yuan," he said.
The idea of turining the old building into a museum was first made public during a press conference on Feb. 7 last year.
The press conference was held by a group of preservationists led by Tainan District Prosecutors' Office Prosecutor Chen Chih-ming (陳誌銘). During the past year, the group has been urging the government and the public to endorse the plan to make the old court building a museum.
The old Tainan District Court building was built in 1912 by the Japanese during their 50-year rule which started in 1895. Although cultural affairs officials placed the building under protection in 1991, critics say that the government has failed to put it to proper use.
The plan to transform the building was nearly abandoned due to a conflict over jurisdiction between the Judicial Yuan and Tainan City Government.
According to the Tainan City Government, the building and the land belong to the Judicial Yuan. However, according to the legal precedent, the city government now has ownership of the building after it was put on the list of protected buildings.
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