Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2016
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has “cried wolf” and consequently destroyed his credibility by
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je exercises his fingers in an activity organized for elderly people by the city’s Department of Social Welfare yesterday in Taipei. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
retaining the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract for the Taipei Dome complex, residents opposed to the project said yesterday.
A dozen residents staged a protest in front of the Taipei City Hall to decry Ko’s decision.
Songshan Tobacco Factory Tree Protection Union convener Arthur Yo (游藝) said Ko had made an “absurd” decision, which Yo said was based solely on a “hollow” letter of consent drafted by Farglory that stopped short of any substantial commitments to fix problems it has caused the project.
Farglory on Thursday afternoon — just hours after Ko announced the decision — “slapped the Taipei City Government in the face” by saying that it would only comply with existing city construction bylaws and raising doubts over the legitimacy of safety standards, Yo said.
“Had the lawyers hired by the city government not able to see through Farglory’s wordplay?” he asked. [FULL STORY]
