The China Post
Date: July 14, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Farglory (遠雄) Chairman Chao Teng-hsiung (趙藤雄) hit back at the Taipei
Farglory Chairman Chao Teng-hsiung speaks at a company-held press conference in Taipei, Wednesday, July 13. Chao blasted the ongoing halt to construction of the Taipei Dome, saying that the incomplete structure was a public safety risk, especially due to the upcoming typhoon season.
(CNA)
City Government Wednesday over the beleaguered Taipei Dome project, saying that the halt to construction of the project posed a major public safety risk.
Chao, who held a press conference in Taipei, said that as construction on the stadium was ordered to a halt by city officials last May, the unfinished structure was a safety risk, especially with the approaching typhoon season.
A major concern is the 6-by-2-meter steel plates that make up part of the stadium’s roof structure. Each weighs 500 kilograms and 23 were ripped off by a powerful typhoon last year, Farglory said.
Although no one was injured in that incident, Chao implied that only with completion of the project could public safety issues be avoided. [FULL STORY]