TAKING THE BLAME:Hung Chia-wen had told Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je that he would quit after an investigation, regardless of whether it found him personally responsible
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 20, 2016
By: Liang Pei-chi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Taipei Department of Sports Commissioner Hung Chia-wen (洪嘉文) yesterday confirmed that he
Hung Chia-Wen
verbally tendered his resignation to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) last week over a recent case involving parking lots, in which a department contractor reportedly owes the city government NT$29 million (US$895,476) in premiums.
Hung’s resignation is likely to complicate the city government’s preparations for next year’s Summer Universiade, an international athletic event that is widely perceived to be a public test of Ko’s competence.
The city government is scheduled to decide today on whether to approve Hung’s resignation.
In a news conference on May 30, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Chung Hsiao-ping (鍾小平) said Chunsheng Development and Industry Co (群晟開發實業), which operates the department’s parking lots near the Taipei Gymnasium and Taipei Municipal Gymnasium, had not paid its monthly NT$3 million premiums since January last year.
Despite a total of NT$29 million in arrears, Chunsheng was again awarded city contracts in January this year, Chung said. [FULL STORY]
