Taipei Times
Date: Apr 01, 2018
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday said that he would not be pressured to make
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je yesterday talks on the telephone at an event in the city’s Beitou District marking the reopening and 102nd anniversary of the Xinbeitou Historic Station. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
concessions and let the Taipei Dome construction project pass a review just because elections are scheduled at the end of the year as contractor Farglory Group on Friday suddenly withdrew its documents from review.
The Taipei City Government in May 2015 ordered Farglory to halt construction, citing safety concerns and unauthorized changes to the blueprints.
Before construction is resumed, the modified plans must pass safety reviews by the Taiwan Architecture and Building Center and the Taipei Urban Design Review Committee, undergo an environmental impact assessment and obtain a building permit for the modified design.
An urban design review meeting was to be held on April 3, but the Taipei Department of Urban Development on Friday said that Farglory had in the afternoon asked to withdraw its documents. [FULL STORY]
