The China Post
Date: September 9, 2016
By: Christine Chou
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said Thursday he would “give Farglory (遠雄集團) one
Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) speaks at City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 8, announcing that the government will not immediately terminate Farglory’s Taipei Dome construction contract.(Christine Chou, The China Post)
more chance” to complete construction of the Taipei Dome, one day after the company agreed to follow city regulations it had previously violated.
Although the government would not terminate the Dome contract, it would step up its monitoring of the project, Ko said.
The city government said in June that it would end the build-operate-transfer contract for the arena if Farglory failed to submit a revised construction plan within three months.
Farglory issued a statement Wednesday shortly before the 5:30 p.m. deadline, saying it had agreed to cooperate with the Taipei government and to follow the city’s safety evaluation standards.
Work on the Dome, being built for next year’s Universiade sporting competition, has been characterized by repeated safety violations, including a lack of evacuation space and escape routes. [FULL STORY]