[ { "DataSN": "3339273", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=03FE9B90BD98DFD7", "title": "History", "Content": "The history of Taipei City Market Administration Office can be traced back to the 1900s, during the same period in which the Japanese ruled. It was organized under the name of Taipei Livestock Market and was founded by the State Administration along with the Police Administration. It was taken over by Prefecture Administration in 1920, and then was under another administration in 1927. In the early 40s, it had been restructured to Taipei Marketing Livestock Company which was to be responsible for livestock. To satisfy the requirements of growing population, the government established the Livestock Market Management Committee on April 1, 1951. Till February 11, 1977, the committee was combined with the Fifth Section of Construction Bureau responsible for markets management and markets construction section as the Sixth section of the same bureau to be the Markets Administration Office. It holds responsibilities of municipal planning, construction, management, and coordination of agricultural products and daily necessities in both wholesale and retail markets. According to the Agricultural Products Market Transaction Act, which was stipulated on March 29, 1988, the meat and livestock wholesale markets were operated and run by Taipei Livestock Marketing Co. Ltd. which was jointly sponsored by the Taipei City Government, the Taipei City Farmers Association, and the meat and livestock consignees. The above mentioned markets were subordinated to the Department of Economic Development of Taipei City Government.Furthermore, to solidify with the city government to construct the underground mall, the First Section of the Administration took over the responsibilities of the underground mall under the city government policy, while the construction of the underground mall was completed, the managerial affairs of the underground mall became so many that they needed a new section to manage the relevant affairs of the underground market. In January, 1999, the Taipei City Council approved the Fifth Section of the Administration.In order to improve its administrative efficiency and service quality, the Taipei City Council approved the reorganization "Taipei City Market Administration Office" on May 30, 2007. It combines and develops the market affairs, and adjusts the responsibilities of each section. It includes retail markets, wholesale markets, market construction, vendor and underground malls, operation planning, property management 6 sections and planning, administration services, accounting, government ethics, and personnel five offices. It was approved effective on September 11, 2007. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [ { "title": "1", "url": "https://www-ws.gov.taipei/001/Upload/398/relpic/19953/3339273/d4879922-78f0-4ac4-9751-287cdf5550c3.jpg" } ], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Market Administration Office" }, { "DataSN": "3339272", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=563F6B1C1F1BDA92", "title": "Taipei Zoo — Celebrating the zoo’s 100th year anniversary in 2014!【Learning from Life】", "Content": " Taipei Zoo — celebrating the zoo’s 100th year anniversary in 2014! 【Learning from Life】 Taipei Zoo, with its 100th anniversary logo, has a long history. It is Taiwan’s only century-old zoo. It not only allowing the general public to experience nature, providing suitable environments for wildlife, but also accompanied by the many precious memories of Taipei’s citizens. Whether you’ve already been here on a school field trip, a date or with family in the joyous moments of the century-old park or not, the zoo workers, colleagues and animal friends always welcome everyone to visit the Taipei Zoo, and discover new feelings during each visit! During the Taipei Zoo’s 2014 centennial memorial, “Learning from Life” is the theme for representing the elegance of this generation. The centennial logo includes twelve different kinds of animals, symbolizing the importance of biodiversity. Moreover, a picture of pangolin is composed of these logos of twelve animals, representing Taiwan’s wildlife-research and animal conservation. Come visit and see this special logo, can you point out the animals that represent the achievement of Taipei Zoo’s conservation mission?The logo of 100th anniversary of Taipei Zoo comprises different pictures of 12 animals, including the Pangolin.Taipei Zoo 100th year anniversaryThe 12 animals in the logo of 100th anniversary of Taipei Zoo. (The numbers of referred animals are labeled as below.)00 Pangolin 01 Taipei frog02 Formosan Flying Fox03 King Penguin04 Formosan Black Bear 05 Reticulated Giraffe06 White Rhinoceros 07 Formosan Serow 08 Burmese Star Tortoise09 Koala10 Asian elephant 11 Western Lowland Gorilla 12 Lion", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei Zoo" }, { "DataSN": "3339271", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=7C394FDA258D5362", "title": "History", "Content": "October 25, 1945After the restoration of Taiwan, the Taipei City government was established as a city subordinate to the provincial government. The Department of Finance was one of the organizations within the city government. There was a commissioner and the finance, assets, tax and market divisions. December 30, 1966The Taipei City Government became a municipality under the Executive Yuan and started autonomous rule.July 1, 1967The Taipei City was officially reorganized and the Department of Finance was appointed as a first grade unit under the city government with one commissioner, one deputy commissioner, four divisions and two offices.March 1991The organization charter was amended to meet business requirements, and it was necessary to add a fifth division and an administrative services. September 16, 1992The internal affairs unit of every agency was re-organized into the office of government ethics according to the Government Ethic Staff Regulations. May 16, 1994An information system team was formed. So far, Department of Finance had five divisions, four offices and one team, with the total of 149 staffs. December 1994The DOF organization remained unchanged and had five divisions , four offices and one team , with the total of 149 staffs even though the commissioner of DOF became a political appointee post after the Municipality Autonomous Act was implemented. The organization of DOF remained the same though the Local Government Organization Act implemented on January 25 1999. April 2003In accordance with the provision of the Municipality Act that the organization of Taipei City Government shall be defined by its municipal guideline, Article 1 of the organization guideline of DOF was changed to “This guideline is formulated in accordance with the provision set forth in Article 6 of the Autonomous Act on Organization of Taipei City Government” and Article 8 was rephrased as “Department of Finance shall establish the Revenue Service and the Disburse Office, of which the organization guideline shall be formulated separately; Department of Finance shall establish the Municipal Secured Small Loan Office, of which the organization guideline shall be formulated separately.” Other branches include the existing 5 divisions and 4 offices with a total of 149 staff positions.November 7, 2005The organization guideline and structure of the DOF were revised according to the “TCG Disburse Office Organization Guideline” and staffing structure abolished. The 5 divisions and 4 offices were restructured to 7 divisions and 5 offices. In accordance with the nature of the operations, the names and responsibilities of the divisions/offices were adjusted. The original Sections 1 through 5 were renamed as City Finance Division, Tobacco/Alcohol Control And Tax Administration Division, Financial Services Administration Division, Public City Property Division and City Property Management Division, with City Property Development Division and Disbursement Division and Information Office added. The total number of staff positions were expanded to 195, and the adjustment was scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2006.March 1, 2009The responsibilities and services of certain divisions of DOF were adjusted in accordance with municipal policies and related amendments on laws. The service of “the Management and Supervision of the Registration for the Chartered Accountants” was beyond the scope of DOF’s authority, after the Certified Public Accountant Act was amended. The service was originally governed by the Tobacco/Alcohol Control and Tax Administration Division. In addition, the Financial Services Administration Division’s responsibilities for “the Community Finance”, “the Guidance and Management of Secured Small Loans Service”, and “the Financial Consumer Protection” were reassigned to the Tobacco/Alcohol Control and Tax Administration Division. “The Development and Operation of City-owned Properties” conducted by the City Property Development Division was reassigned to the Financial Services Administration Division alternatively.October 1, 2012City Property Development Division commenced a new operation of “the Revitalization and Cooperative Development of Idle State-owned Lands.”July 1, 2013The responsibility for “the Lease of Shopping Arcades in the Area K, MRT Taipei Main Station” was reassigned to the Tobacco/Alcohol Control and Tax Administration Division from the City Property Development Division.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Finance, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339270", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=6302227C94576B4D", "title": "History", "Content": "I. Organizational Development??To promulgate new regulations imposed by?Taipei City Government, the Preparation Committee for New Construction Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government (NCO) was established?at No. 113, Sec. 2, Chang-an East Rd., in Taipei City on Nov. 29th, 1967, NCO was later officially relocated to No. 8, Sec. 3, Ji-nan Rd., in Taipei City ?in March of 1968.?NCO is currently under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department and?comprises?five sections and four offices, namely the Road Section, the Environmental Engineering Section, the Architectural Section, the Construction Section, the Supply Section, the Personnel Office, the Accounting Office, the Safety Office, and the General Affairs Office.?NCO is also in charge of the design, procurement, contracting, construction, and monitoring of Taipei City's?roads, bridges, and buildings.?(Source of photos: Wikipedia)??The office was relocated to No. 33, Sec. 2, Ji-nan Rd. in Taipei City, in 1973, the 5th and 6th floors of the Shui-yuan Market Building in Gongguan, in 1982, and eventually to the City Hall Building in 1993.?NCO has been restructured?fourteen ?times, and the sub-divisions that have been added, removed, or adjusted include the Traffic Construction Section, the Planning Section, the Environmental Engineering Section, the Supply Section, the Road Section. The current official structure consists of?nine sections,?one team, and?five offices with more than 850 personnel including the Planning and Design Section, the Mechanical and Electrical Section, the Architectural Section, the Construction Section, the Maintenance Section, the Quality Control Section, the Excavation Section, the Maintenance Team, the Cooperation Section, the Common Duct Section, the Systems Management Office, the Secretary’s Office, the Accounting Office, the Personnel Office, and the Government Ethics Office. These sub-divisions’ duties include the implementation of construction projects, the maintenance of new roads, and the planning, surveying, design, construction, research, and improvement of bridges, plazas, and city-owned buildings. (Source of photos: Wikipedia)II.?Staff Members1.?Exceptional Talents? The past commissioners were not only professionals in their own respective domains but also actively promoted the development of constructions and led?NCO to move forward?in becoming one of the leaders of Taiwan’s construction industry. The names and terms of the office's past commissioners are as follows: ???? 1.?Hsien-wu Yin (March, 1968 ~ Jan.,1972)???? 2.?Shiu-wu Fan (Jan., 1972 ~ Sept., 1974)???? 3.?Tsang-wen Hsiao (Sep., 1974 ~ Jan., 1981)???? 4.?Yu-wei Kang (Jan., 1981 ~ Jan., 1987)???? 5.?Wen Wang (Jan., 1987 ~ July, 1990) ???? 6.?Mao-hsien Chen (Aug., 1990 ~ July, 1994)???? 7.?Chin-ming Chen (July, 1994 ~ Oct., 1999) ???? 8.?Wu-hsiung Chuang (Oct., 1999 ~ Dec., 2005)???? 9.?Sz-chuan Li (Feb., 2006 ~ Sept., 2007)??? 10. His-hsun Huang (Feb., 2008 ~ May, 2008)????11. Jiun-hsien Wu (Sept., 2008 ~ May, 2010 )?　 12. I-ping Huang (June, 2010 ~ March, 2012)????13. Der-Yih Chen(April, 2012 ~ July, 2014 )?　?14. Chih-feng Huang(July, 2014 ~ June, 2016 )2.?Brilliant Achievements? NCO's more than four decades of experience in the design, actual practice, and?research have led to its continuous?improvement and overwhelming?success; testimony of these achievements can be seen from the fact that?NCO?was awarded the \"Public Construction Golden Quality Award\" by the Executive Yuan.(Source of photos: The Public Construction Commission) ???? ◎?Public Construction Award?for Exceptional Achievement???? 1. Stage 2 expansion construction of the Zhou-Mei Expressway.???? 2. Construction of the underground tunnel extending from Fu-xing N. Rd. to the?Songshan Airport.???? 3. Stage 1 Renovation construction of the Taipei Stadium.??????? ?Expansion construction of multifunctional stadium (The Taipei Arena). ???? 4. Renovation construction of Taipei Stadium (an athletic field).???? ◎?Public Construction?Excellence Award???? 1. Bidding of the DN174A construction of underground streets of Taipei Main?? ????? Station.???? 2. Joint Building of the Department of Land and Emergency Response Center.?????? ? New ConstructionsNCO?Deputy Commissioner I-ping Huang was?presented the Award of Exceptional Achievement in the Category of Construction of the Athletic Field Lump-sum Construction?Golden?Award for Architecture?by Mayor Hau.III.?History1.?Pioneers of Transportation? The completion of the Xin-sheng N. Rd. Overpass in 1978 and?the Jian-guo North-South Overpass in 1981 not only initiated?the completion of Taipei City’s north-south transportation network but also marked the beginning of the?expressways. Other projects completed by?NCO, listed in the chronological order of the time of their completions,?were the?Gu-ting Interchange and the Xin-hai Rd. Overpass, the?Huan-he S. Rd. Overpass Expressway, the Shui-yuan Dual-level Expressway, the Keelung Overpass, the Xin-hai Rd. and the Keelung Rd. Interchange, the East-West Expressway (Civil Blvd.), the Huan-dong Overpass Expressway, the Zhou-Mei Overpass Expressway, and the 2nd North Highway’s Xinyi Branch Expressway. All in all, each?section of Taipei City’s comprehensive transportation network is testimony of the hard work and dedication of?NCO's pioneering leadership team.2.?TunnelsThe Xin-hai Tunnel (South 1 Tunnel), the Zhuang-jing Tunnel (South 2 Tunnel) and? the Zi-qiang Tunnel (North 1 Tunnel) were originally constructed in 1970 for evacuation, emergency shelter, and air raid protection?purposes. Subsequent achievements include? the Huai-en Tunnel (South 3 Tunnel),? the Lin-sen S. Rd. underground tunnel,? the Jin-long Tunnel,? the Keelung Rd. underground tunnel,? the underground tunnel between Songshan Airport and Fu-xing N. Rd.,? the Xinyi Branch Xiang-shan Tunnel, and the Wen-shan Tunnel. The expert design and functions of these networks clearly demonstrate innovations in NCO’s tunnel-creation technology and?its steadfast dedication to national defense in?earlier years. 3.?BridgesThe construction of the Da-chi Bridge in 1969 marked the beginning of a series of bridges, including the Nan-hu Bridge, the Fu-he Bridge, the Fu-he Bridge #2, the Zhong-xing Bridge, the Min-quan Bridge, the Chong-yang Bridge, the single-arc and ?dual-level Macarthur’s Bridge,?as well as?Cheng-gong Bridge and Zhou-Mei Bridge, which both contain?dual-arcs and dual-levels. These are also witnesses to NCO’s impressive history and represent the tremendous strides?it has taken to contribute to the history of modern bridge construction.??4.?Common Ducts? The Common Duct Section of?NCO was established in February of 1991, and?was the first agency created in Taiwan that was dedicated to the laying of underground pipelines. In 1992,?NCO introduced cutting-edge techniques in the construction, design, management, and information systems management of common ducts from Japan to effectively reduce the frequency of road excavations, reduce pollution, and maintain the city’s landscape. More than a decade later, NCO has completed duct constructions, maintained, and managed projects on Civil Blvd., the straightening of Keelung Rd., the Nangang Software Park, and the Zhou-Mei Expressway.?NCO is currently in the process of completing pipeline constructions for expansions of the MRT(Mass Rapid Transit) underground railway?network.??5.?Buildings? In addition to transportation constructions, NCO?also oversees the completion?of the public building construction projects initiated by?Taipei City Government?over different stages and years. Such projects?include the following:?Fire departments, office buildings, school activity centers, education buildings, parking buildings, underground streets, sports grounds, and stadiums. The high quality of these projects have been widely-acknowledged by the Government, and?NCO?has, therefore, come to be known for its extremely efficient, high-quality standards.? Since 1991, NCO’s projects have included?Taipei City Hall,?Taipei City Council, Zhong-xing Hospital, Zheng-zhou Rd. underground streets, Taipei Main Station's underground streets, the Taipei Arena, the Emergency Operations Center, the Information Technology Building, civil sports centers in many districts, the 2009 Deaflympics Stadium, and the Taipei International Flora Expo Hall. NCO's previous granted budget for a series of projects has now been increased to more than NT$48 billion,?which bears testimony of NCO's brilliant achievements regarding architectural projects.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "New Construction Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339269", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=E24D3778BF797A2A", "title": "History of the Department of Personnel, Taipei City Government", "Content": "Before Taipei’s conversion to a centrally administered municipality in July 1, 1967, Taipei was given the administrative status of a province, and the personnel office was established with an appointed director, according to organization regulations. The Department of Personnel was founded within the Taipei City Government during the era when the city government was under the direct control of the Executive Yuan. According to law, the department administers personnel practices, and is in charge of the Mutual Aid Committee for Civil Servant Housing and Welfare. In addition, in compliance with the Law of Local Institutions, the department currently consists of 95 employees.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Personnel, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339267", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=7D8A2BB14C42412B", "title": "Historical Background", "Content": "The predecessor of the Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DBAS) of Taipei City Government was the BAS Office of Taipei, which was subordinate to Taiwan Provincial Government. With Taipei City upgraded to a special municipality on July 1 1967, the BAS office of Taipei was also upgraded to the DBAS. Subsequently, to meet the demand of developing municipal administration, the Electronic Processing Data Center of Taipei City Government, which was subordinate to DBAS, was established on July 1, 1979, renamed Information Management Center of Taipei City Government on March 1, 1996, and upgraded to Department of the Information Technology, Taipei City Government on September 11, 2007.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339268", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=97513E8659DC7EFB", "title": "The Budget, Accounting and Statistics System", "Content": "     The Budget, Accounting and Statistics (BAS) System of Republic of China (R.O.C.) was established in 1931 and adopts merits of the centralized system and the decentralized system. On one hand, the management of the BAS affairs is centralized according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) of the Executive Yuan, R.O.C., the highest BAS authority in our nation; however, the BAS duties are executed separately by setting up local offices with the size and the staff depending on the amount of the BAS affairs of each local office and the organization of its subordinate government agency.　　 Under the BAS system, DGBAS is in charge of the appointment, dismissal and transfer of BAS personnel at central government agencies, special municipality and county (municipal) governments. The authority for local agencies resides with a specially appointed personnel officer who complies with the related rules, or with superior BAS organizations with their personnel changes reported to the DGBAS for record’s purposes only. The BAS personnel not only follow the instructions from the chief of each organization but also report to the superior BAS agency, thus making the BAS system significantly independent in three different aspects: first, BAS officers act independently of the government agencies that they work in; second, the position of BAS personnel is independent and may not be changed following by any change of agency head; and third, BAS affairs are independent, which means that BAS staff members are able to execute their duties independently without being influenced by others.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339266", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=8E05665D85C00F93", "title": "History of Organizational Changes", "Content": "        To protect the residential environment and improve the quality of life in Taipei City, the Department of Environmental Protection has focused its organizational reforms on preventing pollution and maintaining environmental cleanliness.        On July 1, 1968, Taipei City was upgraded to the status of a municipality. The Department of Environmental Protection’s basic duties include sanitation maintenance and waste management, namely the treatment of sanitary sewage and trash. The Environmental Sanitation Department was established on Oct. 23rd in the same year. This department had four divisions, an accounting office and a personnel office. It was responsible for air pollution control, water pollution control, garbage and sewage disposal, supervision and evaluation, accounting and personnel affairs. A sanitary sewage processing team, sixteen district sanitation teams and a vehicle maintenance garage were set up as sub-divisions.         In May 1970, the Environmental Sanitation Department duties increased to include the control of waste from fowl and livestock. A security office was setup in response. In May 1971, the department set up an inspection office, a general affairs office as well as a research and evaluation Office. However, the research and evaluation office was soon dissolved in June 1973. The vehicle maintenance garage was also renamed the vehicle repair garage.        In the light of increasingly serious environmental pollution, the government actively promotes better environmental protection measures and public pollution control. To improve the public living environment, the Executive Yuan passed the Environmental Protection Reinforcement in the Taiwan Area Program at Meeting No. 1627 on April 19, 1979. The program required the establishment of a provincial and a municipal Department of Environmental Protection. Therefore, according to an order issued by the Executive Yuan on May 10, 1982, Taipei City Government dissolved the Environmental Sanitation Department on July 1, 1982 and set up the current Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The DEP first worked to step up control of noise, construction noise, vectors and toxic chemical substances. Division 2 was added to achieve these purposes. Furthermore, a sanitary landfill was added in 1983.         To enhance auditing, inspection, enforcement, prosecution, execution and arbitration of violations of environmental protection laws and codes, on Feb. 1, 1984 the DEP set up the Environmental Inspection Division.        In May 1986, Division 4 was added for the planning of waste management and waste management engineering, which had become increasingly important. The position of Deputy Commissioner was added.        On May 1, 1987 the Neihu Refuse Incineration Plant was set up; it was not only the first incineration plant in Taiwan, but also one of the fourteen major economic construction programs at the time. The objective of its establishment was to utilize modern facilities and the latest incineration technology to reduce the volume of waste, save landfill space, effectively control secondary pollution and recycle resources.        In keeping with the policy of prioritizing incineration over landfills and to effectively alleviate the problem of garbage disposal in Taipei City, the Muzha Refuse Incineration Plant and the Shilin Refuse Incineration Plant (renamed Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant on Aug. 7, 1995 due to administrative district adjustments) were added on July 1989 and July 1, 1991, respectively. In December 1993, Shanzhuku Sanitary Landfill was established. In April 2003, to comply with the Department’s organizational regulations, the General Affairs Office was renamed Administrative Services Office.          In August 2016, we added Comprehensive Planning Division ad Climate Change Division in response to recent emerging environmental laws and regulations where related tasks were used to assigned to temporal task groups within the department. To address the recent topics and tasks on climate change and environmental issues, we renamed our departmental structures based on their functionalities. Division 1 was renamed to Air Quality and Noise Control Division. Division 2 was renamed to Water Quality and Vector Control Division. Division 3 was renamed to Environmental Cleaning and Maintenance Division. Division 4 was renamed to Waste Treatment Division. Division 5 was renamed to Resource Recycling Division. Division 6 was renamed to Occupational Safety Division according to Occupational Safety and Health Act, labor health protection and its regulation. Landfill site was renamed to Waste Disposal Site. Vehicle repair garage was dissolved since related tasks have been taken by the private industries. Sanitary sewage processing team was renamed to Resource Recycling Team and Public Restrooms Supervision and Maintenance Team and its sanitary inspection team was also renamed to Environmental Inspection Division.            We aim to use forward-looking organization structures to solve further and more serious environmental protection challenges. At last, we strive to provide a better environmental protection service with better efficiency and lower cost to fulfill our citizens’ needs. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339265", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=207E2510903A4D7B", "title": "Introduction to the Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government", "Content": "The Department of Information and Tourism is responsible for tourism development under the auspices of the Taipei City Government The tourism industry is a promising sector with tremendous potential for high growth. Not only can a city with a well-organized tourism network accelerate its social and economic development, it can also enhance its global exposure, media publicity, and municipal diplomacy. Hence, numerous international metropolises have expended much effort in establishing professional tourism-related agencies and engaged in strategies dedicated to promoting their city’s overall tourism industry. Taipei City is rich in natural and cultural resources, giving it a number of advantages in tourism. However, the promotion process has not always been undertaken in an efficient and effective enough manner to exert Taipei's innate ascendancy in this area. One of the reasons for this lies in the overall lack of a long-term dedicated agency under the city government that is capable of deploying sufficient resources to the promotion of tourism in Taipei. In an attempt to solve this problem and to follow in the footsteps of other international cities that have successfully promoted tourism, former Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou planned the establishment of the Department of Information and Tourism (TPEDOIT). After Mayor Hau Lung-bin assumed office, the scheduled integration among agencies and departments was effectively accelerated. Finally, on May 23, 2007, the Taipei City Council granted that the former Information Department be officially changed to the \"Department of Information and Tourism (TPEDOIT)\" on September 11th of the same year with its task being to help promote Taipei City and develop its tourism industry. TPEDOIT: Turning over a New leaf for Taipei City Tourism The major short-term difference following the establishment of TPEDOIT as a single entity, was the integration of various miscellaneous units, originally under different supervisory bodies, into one department responsible for tourism promotion. TPEDOIT now plays an important role in the tourism industry by providing both guidance and support, as well as facilitating the establishment of strategic partnerships. For visitors and residents, TPEDOIT not only serves as a quality-control mechanism to ensure tourism-service quality, but also acts as an arbitrator in consumer disputes. With the establishment of TPEDOIT, Taipei City expects to see a continual rise in the number of visitors each year. The continued growth and development of a quality tourism industry will certainly be good news for Taipei as well as for everyone who loves to travel.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339262", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=A22799A136B04E43", "title": "History", "Content": "April 1969Under the direction of Executive Secretary Chang-Ching Wang and Deputy Executive Secretary W. K. Liu, the “Taipei Sewerage Planning Group” of the International Economic Cooperation Committee authorized the Chinese Institute of Engineers to recruit 58 engineers, The Taipei Sewerage Planning Group was terminated in June of 1972.July 1972“The Taipei Sewerage Systems Office” under the auspices of the “Taipei Tap-water & Sewerage System Construction Committee” was founded by Taipei City Government in January of 1977 with 60 employees.With the deactivation of the “Taipei Tap-water & Sewerage System Construction Committee”  the “Sewerage Systems Office” was transformed into a subordinated of the “Public Works Department of Taipei City Government” and continued to be directed by Director W. K. Liu with a total of 112/ workers employees in the following sections: the Design Section, the Public Works Section, the Supply Section, the Operation Management Section, the Sewage Treatment Plant, the Maintenance Engineering Group, the General Affairs Office, the Personnel Office and the Personnel Office (2).1985The Supply Section was deactivated and the Planning Section was established to implement organizational  changes that matched the increasing requirements of public affairs.1989The organization was expanded and 30 workers were added to comprise a total of 142 employees..1995Expansion of organizations including the Planning Section, the Design Section, the Public Works Section, the Operation Management Section, the First Sewage Treatment Plant, the Second Sewage Treatment Plant, the Maintenance Engineering Group, the Facilities Management Section, the Labor Security Office, the Systems Administration Section, the Administrative Services Office, the Accounting Office, the Government Ethics Office, the Personnel Office with an increase of the number of employees  to 182 (40 extra people added) in accordance with the Executive Yuan’s authorization for the running and management of the sewage piping system.March 22, 2004The expansion of organizations including the Design Section, Public Works Section, the Operation Management Section, the  Engineering Operation Assurance Section, the Maintenance Section, the Facilities Management Section, the Neihu Sewage Treatment Plant, the Dihua Sewage Treatment Plant, the Bali Sewage Treatment Plant, the Systems Administration Section, the  Administrative Services Office,the  Accounting Office, the Government Ethics Office, the  Personnel Office with the increase itn the number of employees increased to 197 (an extra 15 persons were added) for running the Neihu Sewage Treatment Plant and adjusting to administrative tasks.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Sewerage Systems Office of the Public Works Department of Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339261", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=30E17C08C127FEBC", "title": "History", "Content": "In 1938, the Taiwan Daily, a forerunner of the Taiwan Hsinsheng Daily, donated a four-inch reflecting equatorial telescope to the Taipei Military Headquarters in commemoration of the Taiwan Daily's 40th anniversary. In 1945, following Taiwan's Restoration, Kung-hui Hall was taken over by the city government, and its name was changed to City Hall, making it the precursor to Taipei Astronomical Museum.Later, before satellites were launched into orbit around the Earth, the “China Satellite Observation Committee” was founded in 1958 at the request of the American Smithsonian Observatory. Observation teams were organized and they participated in astronomical observation representing the R.O.C.The Society's quest for information regarding astronomy increased dramatically in 1957 after the first satellites were launched into orbit and human history took a leap into another era. Since the bright light emitted at night in the vicinity of the City Hall interfered with observations of the space, Taipei City Government approved the observatory's move.After the planning stages of the observatory were completed, it was decided that it should be established at the Yuanshan Scenic Area. Construction began in 1960 and was officially completed in 1963. After the city government was transformed into a directly administered region, the observatory's regulations were sent to Executive Yuan for review, and received approval in 1969. Because it was decided that the study of astronomy is an important component of scientific education and the observatory's equipment was in desperate need of upgrading, the construction of a new planetarium was commenced in 1978 and was completed on July 1, 1980.With the rapid increase of Taipei's population, however, the size of the original observatory facilities was found to be too small to meet demands. As it has on numerous occasions, the City Council responded quickly to requests to make the necessary additions to Taipei Astronomical Museum, like increasing its area, improving its exhibits and systematically enhanceing its facilities for astronomical education. In 1993, under the auspices of  Taipei City Government, construction officially began on the new Taipei Astronomical Museum on No.363 Jihe Road in the Shilin District.From 1938 to the present, with the moving of the earlier telescopes from Kung-Hui Hall to City Hall, and the relocation of the facility from the Yuanshan Observatory to the present day Taipei Astronomical Museum, astronomy education in Taiwan has become stronger and more influential in scope. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei Astronomical Museum" }, { "DataSN": "3339260", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=9F44B417AB00E23B", "title": "History", "Content": " July 1st, 1967 This department was established to be in charge of Administration and Counseling on Mining Industry and Business, Administration and Supervision of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery & Animal Husbandry along with Farmers’ Association, Administration and Supervision of Public and Private Enterprises, Traffic Administration and Supervision, Tourism Development Plan, Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock Production Administration, etc. Our subordinate units include the Taipei City Vehicle License Bureau, Bureau of Weights and Measures, Domestic Animal Disease Control Office, and the Office of Livestock Marketing Administration. March, 1969 In response to development of tourism in the city, the 5th section originally in charge of the tourism industry would be restructured into the Office of Tourism Administration. Also, the Driver Training Center would be established for maintenance of traffic safety. Public retail markets would be incorporated into this department as well. April, 1970 The Taipei Water Works and the Taipei City Bus Administration were re-affiliated to this department. May, 1973 The Transportation Section, Office of Tourism Administration, Taipei City Bus Administration, Taipei City Vehicle License Bureau, and the Driver Training Center were re-affiliated to this department. March, 1974 Section 7 and 8 were newly established to take over services in response to the abolition of Department of Transportation. All the original affiliations were re-affiliated to this department. January, 1977 The Taipei Water Works was restructured into the Taipei Water Department, directly under the supervision and management of Taipei City. The organization was streamlined and downsized, merging the Business Market Administration from Section 5, Market Administration from Section 6 as well as the Office of Meat Management to form the Markets Administration Office. May, 1978 Section 7 was newly established to reinforce the administration and development of tourism in the city. March, 1988 The Department of Transportation was established. Therefore, we transferred traffic services from Section 5, 6, and 7 of this department to the Department of Transportation. The affiliated Taipei City Bus Administration, Taipei City Vehicle License Bureau, Driver Training Center, and the Traffic Accident Evaluation Committee were all re-affiliated to the Department of Transportation. Section 5 was established from Services of Soil and Water Conservation & Industrial Road Management originally subordinated to section 3 to reinforce the administration and supervision of soil and water conservation. January 29th, 1999 Business Administration Office was newly established, with four sections and four rooms. The organization of this department was amended into 5 sections and 5 rooms. The Taipei Municipal Institute for Livestock Health was re-named "Taipei Municipal Institute for Animal Health." September 11th , 2007 This department is named “Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government” with the newly established units. All units are named after their functions, such as the Industrial and Commercial Services Section, Public Utilities Section, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Animal Husbandry Section, Slope Conservation Section, and the Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Section. January 28th, 2010 The Planning Office & the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Animal Husbandry Section were re-named “Comprehensive Planning Section” & “Agricultural Development Section,” respectively. Their services were re-adjusted. The staff members and services were transferred from the Slope Conservation Section and the Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Section to establish the Taipei City Geotechnical Engineering Office. November 2nd, 2011 11th Taipei City Council, 2nd Regular Convention, 8th Meeting approved the third and final reading of the regulations for the organization and staffing-table amendment for this bureau, which took effect on Jan. 18th, 2012. One of this bureau's institutions - the Taipei City Geotechnical Engineering Office - will change to be under the administration and supervision of the Public Works Department. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339258", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=AAE2765E8A55A1C6", "title": "Organizational Reform", "Content": "Municipal Hospital Reform – Improving Services to provide Better AssistanceThe Taipei City Metropolitan Area contains approximately 4,489 hospital beds. Taipei City Hospital employs 3,878 medical professionals and services the residents of Taipei City and surrounding municipalities. Taipei City Hospital performs about 3,850,000 clinical procedures annually.Taipei City Hospital – Organizational ChartAdministrative Departments1 Central Planning A. Combined Planning Group I. The development of short, medium, and long-term growth plans II. The active management of annual and individual plans III. The tracking and analysis of plan progress IV. The development of standard operating procedures (SOP) for the entire Hospital System V. The creation of employee handbooks, administrative white-papers and hospital publications VI. The oversight of various development centers VII. Medical reform planning and development VIII. Medical education reform – planning and development IX. The development of a multiple-user, language-friendly hospital environment X. Additional large-scale development plans B. The Research & Oversight Group I. The surveillance of medical service standards II. The improvement of medical service quality III. The receipt, response and follow-up of all written complaints and Mayoral Office medical-related inquiries IV. The preparation of all responses to requests for information from the Taipei City Council V. The review and oversight of various projects VI. Official document tracking and management VII. Hospital review and testing VIII. Patient satisfaction surveys and analysis IX. The compilation of annual official government documentation X. The conducting of international exchanges C. The Performance Management Group I. Follow-up performance management reviews II. The development of merit-based compensation methods III. Working with department leaders to create new performance indicators IV. The improvement of staff attitudes towards merit-based compensation methods V. The creation of comprehensive performance indicators for all hospital departments and procedures VI. The implement of the Rollout Executive Information System (EIS) throughout the entire Taipei Hospital system VII. The customization of the EIS system to include Key Performance Indicators as needed VIII. Performing data analyses for the Hospital Administration IX. Track hospital operational service levels to ensure high quality performance X. Calculating and analyzing operating performance data D. Community Health Promotion I. Media relations and the preparation of press releases II. Event planning and public relations III. Publication of hospital internal information IV. The tracking and reporting of English and Chinese news V. The distribution and reporting of the Emergency Room Employee Schedule VI. Planning and implementation of community-based health promotions VII. CIS planning and implementation VIII. Hospital promotions IX. Health Promotion and Education Campaigns 1. Working with the Municipal DOH and Taiwan Area DOH 2. Initiating hospital-based health promotions 3. Promoting community, school campus and workplace health4. Planning large-scale media campaigns 2) Medical Affairs OfficePatient registration, fee collection, outpatient services, patient bed management, communicable disease statistical analysis, and public inquiries A. Clinical services B. Inpatient services C. National Health Insurance services D. Patient data analysis E. Patient record Management 3) The Community Affairs OfficeA. Assisting patients and families that have experienced difficulties (mental anguish, family pressure, economic issues etc) due to medical treatment or illness. B. Assisting low-income patients and their families. C. Working with the private sector to provide better healthcare for residents of Taipei City D. Facilitating the creation of Patient and Family Groups to allow those who suffer from or care for person with a similar disease to band together and better understand each other's situation. 4) General Affairs OfficeA. Manage all Taipei City Hospital’s ambulances, parking lots, meeting rooms, public spaces, and shuttle buses B. Cashier/Property Management I. The accurate calculation and disbursement of all payroll, merit-based pay, and expenses. II. Revenue forecasting and calculation III. All property management, movement and tracking C. Purchasing I. Purchasing and requisitions for the Taipei City Hospital II. Annual purchasing forecasts III. The storage and management of supplies D. Document Tracking I. The management of official chops and stamps II. The oversight and management of Taipei City Hospital documentation flow5) Health and Workplace Safety Office A. Ensuring workplace safety and the adherence of employees to various safety codes (e.g., plumbing, HVAC, structural engineering, fire, public safety regulations, etc.) B. Being authorized to contact various public safety authorities and supervise official safety inspections C. Undertaking initial planning and supervision of safety issues related to major construction and reconstruction projects D. Medical Engineering and Technology I. Preparing engineering analyses prior to the installation of medical equipment II. Rehabilitating older medical equipment and finds suitable facilities for equipment reuse III. Managing the cleaning and regular maintenance of medical equipment IV. Training medical personnel re the proper usage of medical equipment V. Ensuring clinical practices are in-line with official regulations and laws VI. Digitization of all medical equipment manuals and instructions E. Safety & Workplace Health OfficeI. Ensure workplace safety and adherence to labor safety codes II. Ensure all employees have performed physical checkups III. Establishment of standardized working environments throughout the Taipei City Hospital System IV. Empower hospitals to perform quality self-management of workplace safety standardsF. Environmental Health Office I. Exhaust vent upkeep, management and planning II. Wastewater treatment, management and planning III. Cleaning service management, planning and service schedule IV. Drinking water machine upkeep and management G. Technology Office I. Internet/Intranet infrastructure management, planning and upkeep 1. This covers the Department of Health, the Community Health Centers, and all branches of the Taipei City Hospital 2. Ensuring uninterruptible connectivity for the abovementioned organizations 3. Responsible for data integrity, including regular backup to ensure zero data loss and comprehensive data warehousing II. Ensuring high-quality intranet/Internet connections for all users via active monitoring and management of line quality, the forecasting of loads, and the use of safe information handing techniques H. Human Resources OfficeI. Charged with the management of human resources in accordance with R.O.C. laws II. The hiring, organizing, training, re-education and notification of all Taipei City Hospital employees III. The safe management of all Taipei City Hospital human resource records IV. The calculation and distribution of benefits I. Government Ethics OfficeI. Oversight of all activities within Taipei City Hospital to ensure adherence to ethical and lawful practices II. Loss prevention to eliminate data and/or property loss III. Responsible for the security of all Taipei City Hospital employees, facilities and property IV. Internal & external surveillance to prevent fraudulent activities J. Accounting OfficeI. All accounting related activities   Medical Services1. The basic human resource management of medical personnel 2. The development of plans to improve medical service quality throughout Taipei City Hospital system 3. Planning, development, staffing, and operation of the Central Laboratory4. The creation and operation of specialty care/research centers within each Taipei City Hospital branch, in total, ten specialty centers 5. Directly responsible for all medical services performance of all departments6. The establishing and promotion of for-merit based pay structures to foster more effective medical treatment and a sense of ownership/ responsibility among medical personnel 7. Increase medical treatment efficiency and efficacy   Medical Affairs1. Oversight of the Pharmaceutical, Dietary, & Nursing Divisions 2. Quality control re communicable disease control 3. Unified purchasing control, logistics and tracking for pharmaceutical products, medical instruments and the inventory 4. Implementation of first-in-first-out inventory control to deplete vestigial stocks of non-compliant pharmaceutical products   Research & Education1. Develop annual and long-term research timelines for the Taipei City Hospital 2. Oversee all of the research and education projects within the entire Taipei City Hospital System", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Hospital" }, { "DataSN": "3339257", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=D5C5CA2B2B52141D", "title": "Blueprint for Growth", "Content": "Traces of growthJuly 2003The Taipei City Government Department of Health (TCGDOH) started planning with respect to the regulation “the amendment to the organizational regulations and chart of TCGDOH medical institutes”.August 11-September 4, 2003Commissioner Hang Chang delivered presentations to employees at each municipal hospital and explained the basis for hospital integrationSeptember 15, 2003To ensure the integration of the city hospitals, the TCGDOH set up the “Taipei City Hospital Administrative Operation United Center” which was comprised of eight teams: health care integration, administrative integration, medical quality, information integration, logistical integration, community marketing, teaching and research and international cooperation.January 8, 2004Taipei City Council initiated a formal study into the feasibility of municipal hospital integration. A commission was established to follow any developments.January 12-February 19, 2004Dr. Hang Chang, the commissioner of the TCGDOH, visited each city hospital branch and had eight face-to-face seminars with doctors on “Discussion on the Amendment to Organizational Structure and the Establishment of Incentive”.March 4, 2004“Taipei City Hospital Planning Division” was founded to replace “Taipei City Hospital Administrative Operation United Center”. The vice commissioner of the TCGDOH, Mr. Chun-Chian Hsu, was appointed as Chief of the Planning DivisionMay 6-14. 2004A face-to-face seminar was held for doctors in the presence of the Superintendent of Renai Hospital, Mr. Chen-Lung Wu, the Deputy Superintendent of Zhongxin Hospital, Mr. Shih-Nen Chuang, and the Deputy Superintendent of Hospital Branch for Women and Children, Mr. Tsung-Chen Huang, on “The Integration of City Hospitals and the Amendment to Organizational Structure”May 28, 2004Taipei City Council delivered a seminar on Taipei City Hospital Integration, inviting experts and scholars to discuss the upcoming changes. July 7, 2004Taipei City Council passed a bill allowing reorganization of the Taipei City Municipal Hospital System. August 5, 2004First selection of candidates for the Taipei City Hospital vice superintendent positions was heldAugust 15, 2004“Taipei City Hospital Planning Division” relocated to the 7th floor of Taipei City Renai Hospital. Mr. Chen-Lun Wu, the Superintendent of Renai Hospital, was appointed as the Acting Chief of the Planning Division.September 3-9, 2004Dr. Wu, the Chairman and Acting Chief, together with other city hospital chairmen, visited each hospital to conduct and promote “Taipei City Hospital Seminar Tour”.October 2-9, 2004Dr. Da-Liang Chen, Vice-Chairman of the Taipei City Hospital Planning Division and Deputy Superintendent Mr. Shih-Neng Chuang visited each city hospital to conduct workshops on the management of specialized medical departments.October 2004Selection for department directors was held.November 2004Secondary selection was held to pick additional vice superintendents.January 1, 2005Taipei City Hospital was officially founded. The Call Center was established and is available 24 hours a day all year-round.February 16,2005The establishment of the Urology Department (Zhongxiao Branch).April 28,2005- May 8,2006Visit to a Tibetan community in Bangalore in the south of India to deliver medical aid.August 16,2005Approved by the Ministry of Education to become the Teaching Hospital of National Yang-Ming University.September 26,2005Trauma Center (Zhongxing Branch) was establishedAugust 11,2005Chinese Medicine Clinical Center (Branch for Chinese Medicine) was established.October 25,2005The opening of Clinico-Biotechnology Center (Renai Branch).November 1,2005A new Bed Control Center for the intelligent control of the bed care system was established to provide better service to citizens, as well as helping to minimize the problem of bed shortages.December 12,2005The Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center (Branch for Chinese Medicine) was establishedDecember 20,2005AIDS Prevention Research and Development Center (Branch for Chinese Medicine) was established.December 30,2005The Occupational Disease Research and Development Center (Zhongxiao Branch) was established.January 10,2006The Psychiatric Center (Songde Branch) was established.January 21,2006A teaching and cooperation agreement with Taipei Medical University Hospital was signed.January 23,2006The Community Medical Center (Yang-Ming Branch) was established.February 19,2006The teaching agreement between Taipei City Hospital and National Yang-Ming University Teaching Hospital became officially effective. An oath-taking ceremony for teachers’ certificates was held at National Yang-Ming University Teaching Hospital.February 22,2006The Cardiovascular Inspection Center (Zhongxiao Branch) was established.March 1,2006Taipei City Health Service Center’s “Pharmaceutical Product Guidance & Information Out-Patient Service” began to offer the “Medicine & Health Bag”.April 1,2006A teaching and cooperation agreement with National Defense University was signeds.May 1,2006Dr. Rei-Sheng Sun was appointed as the Superintendent of Taipei City Hospital.July 27,2006At a signing ceremony, an agreement on “Emergency Medical Care System” was signed between Taipei City Hospital and Taipei School of Special Education.August 1,2006The Breast Cancer Screening Center in the Renai Branch was established.September 30,2006Taipei City Hospital and National Chengchi University signed an agreement on academic exchange while, at the same time, an opening ceremony class credits was held as part of the agreement. October 30,2006Taipei City Hospital organized the opening ceremony of the Branch for Women and Children; this was entitled “A Brand New Hospital Branch for Women and Children and Total Devotion to Service”.November 17,2006Taipei City Hospital website was elected as the “Best Health-Related Web Sites of 2006 “.November 30,2006The Department of Dentistry of Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxiao Branch, organized an opening ceremony for the “Oral Health Center for the Handicap”.December 1,2006Taipei City Hospital is your greatest neighbor. Taipei City Hospital set up a cooperation agreement with Uni-President Convenient Stores for citizens nationwide to download the most recent City Hospital’s medical forms from the convenient stores. The walk-in service is now available for citizens and helps them to gain easy access to the medical service counter. A press conference was held at 10:00am on December 1 at a demonstration store at Uni-President Convenient Store 7-11 Headquarter. This was the “iBon Convenient Lifestyle Station - City Hospital Medical Outpatient Form Download”December 7,2006Taipei City Hospital organized an opening ceremony for the Hospice Care Unit (Yongai). December 14,2006Taipei City Hospital organized an opening ceremony for the Center of Physical Medicine on the 3rd floor of the Medical Building, Yang-Ming branch. December 23,2006Taipei City Hospital held a 2nd Anniversary Event including a seminar “Creating the Harvard Job Conference in Taiwan”.December 28,2006Taipei City Hospital organized a fundraising event entitled the “Autographed Baseball of Chien-Ming Wang, the Glory of Taiwan and Gold Medal Baseball Team at the Asian Games Doha” for the Chihsiang Ward and ALS patients on the 10th floor of the Zhongxiao Branch. January 19,2007Press conference on “Connecting Matzu Heath Care” describing the implementation plan establishing the Liangchiang County medical audiovisual PACS system. February ,2007The “Music for Love at 10 O’Clock” music event began to be held regularly from February. February 6,2007Taipei City Hospital organized a flag raising ceremony for the hospital volunteer team.February 16,2007Taipei City Hospital’s two years of transformation. The renowned doctor, Dr. Reury-Perng Perng. was appointed as the Superintendent of Taipei City Hospital. He is dedicated to developing the specialized treatment centers at various hospital branches with the hope of converting the city hospital into a community medical center in the future. August 14,2007Taipei City Hospital and Taipei County Hospital signed a strategic alliance agreement on three keys issues: health care, administration and teaching and research. August 28,2007Team up with FTV (a TV channel) began broadcasting an entertainment and educational TV show “Health Combat Team” with the aim of delivering a practical health message to the public.August30-31,2007The Commissioner of the TCGDOH, Dr. Wen-Hsiang Chiu, together with the Superintendent of Taipei City Hospital Dr. Reury-Perng Perng and his team visited Matzu Island for the “2007 Liangchiang County Medical Enterprise and Service Review Conference”September 3,2007The clinical department of the Zhongxiao Branch in Nangkang Industrial Park began to provide a comprehensive outpatient-service by starting a “no lunch break service” allowing individuals to visit the medical service during their lunch break. September 13,2007The medical team conducted their 4th visit to Mongolia to provide related medical support and services in capital city, Ulaan Baatar.December 24,2007Taipei City Hospital Zhongxing Branch established the “Respiratory Care Ward”. December 26,2007The Urology Department of Zhongxiao Branch organized a ceremony to display their medal for “National Quality Award”.January 7, 2008“The Theory and Practice of a Healthy College Environment”, organized by our hospital and National Chengchi University.January 24, 2008Benefit dinner at the Taipei Arena.March 4, 2008The grand opening of “Postpartum Care” in the Zhongxiao Branch.April 15, 2008The opening of the “Addiction Prevention Research Center” in the Songde Branch.April 22, 2008”Blessing Concert and Opening Ceremony of Negative Pressure Ventilation in the Respiratory Care” is held in the Heping Branch commemorate the SARS outbreak that occurred 5 years ago.May 1, 2008“Dementia Care from a Benevolent Society”– the opening of Taiwan Alzheimer’s Disease Association in the Renai Branch.May 9, 2008The opening of “Postpartum Care” in the Yangming Branch.The opening of the Early Intervention Center.September 2, 2008The Taipei International Medical Assistance Team gave gratuitous treatment to Mongolians, with the sponsorship of DHL Express.October 2, 2008The opening ceremony of the Citizen’s Health Movement in the Linsen Branch.October 15, 2008The inauguration of the superintendent Sun-Yran Chang.November 12, 2008The Annual Awards ceremony of the 2008 Outstanding Physician Award.November 19, 2008The promotion presentation for “Prescription ATM”.January 6, 2009Benefit dinner at the Taipei Arena.February 16, 2009The anniversary and opening of the physical examination center in the Zhongxing Branch.February 21, 2009Creating activities to celebrate the establishment of the “Zhongxiao Health Center—Your Friendly Neighbor”.April 1, 2009The opening ceremony for the “Integration Outpatient Service for Geriatrics” in the Renai Branch.April 15, 2009”The 40th Anniversary Celebration and the Inauguration of the Yingkun Auditorium” was held in the Songde Branch.May 1, 2009The 56th Anniversary Celebration—“Caring for Your Health” and the Mother’s Day Fair, which offers gratuitous treatment, held in the Renai Branch.May 9, 2009The inauguration of the “Cardiac Catheter and Cardiac Electrophysiological Research Center” in the Zhongxiao Branch.June 23, 2009The opening celebration for the Chengchi University Outpatient Department, Taipei City Hospital.August 3, 2009Lin-zhong Weng was transferred to the Taipei City Hospital as the deputy superintendent, Xiu-wen Liu as hospital chief in the Renai Branch, Da-cheng Qu as hospital chief in the Zhongxing Branch, and deputy superintendent Run-qiu Chen as hospital chief in the Heping Branch.  August 5, 2009Zhongxiao Branch, Branch for Women and Children, Yangming Branch, and Renai Branch were honored by the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry with the “SNQ Symbol for National Quality Certification” and the “Biotechnology and Medicine Industry Quality Award”.November 12, 2009The awarding ceremony of the 2009 Annual Outstanding Physician Award.November 28, 2009Organizing the Shi-ren Wen Academic Seminar—the 2008 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.December 23, 2009Thanksgiving & Christmas Celebration and the Opening Ceremony of the Dementia Day Ward were held in the Renai Branch.January 6, 2010The press conference for “One-Stop Service—A Comforting Harbor for Rape Victims” was held at the Branch for Women and Children.January 15, 2010”The Launching of the Online Prescription Platform and the Celebration for 2010 Pharmacist’s Day ”.February 5, 2010The donation ceremony by Cardiovascular Health Center, Yangming Branch.April 7, 2010The first in the country to provide 1,000 smokers with 4 weeks of free medication to help them quit smoking. Our 39 physicians from 8 hospital regions teamed up to assist the public.April 20, 2010The inauguration of Taipei Psychotherapy Center-Space to Think-Way to Talk-Future to Hope-in the Songde Branch.May 6, 2010”The 2010 International Nurse’s Day Celebration and the Outstanding Staff Awarding Ceremony”.May 10, 2010The Vaccine and Calcium Tablet Donation and the 25th Anniversary Celebration held in the Yangming Branch.July 3, 2010The 23rd Anniversary Celebration in the Zhongxiao Branch promotes a neighborhood that seeks “Health, Safety, and Happiness”.August 6, 2010The inauguration of the“CCU and Multi-Functional Minimally Invasive Treatment Center”in the Renai Branch.September 6, 2010The Opening Ceremony of the Long-Term Care Services and the 42nd Anniversary Celebration were held in the Heping Branch.October 15, 2010A city/county wide film festival was held during 2010 World AIDS Day.October 30, 2010Anniversary celebrations at the Branch for Women and Children.November 4, 2010The opening of the Wanhua Outpatient Department in the Heping Branch.November 12, 2010The awarding ceremony of the 2010 Annual Outstanding Physician Award.The opening of the Clinical Study as well as the Education and Training Center.November 13, 2010The opening celebration for the renovation of the women’s and children’s ward. September 7, 2011 The Taipei City Hospital officially becomes the teaching hospital of National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Hospital" }, { "DataSN": "3339256", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=185C7D19E531CF94", "title": "Historical Development of the Public Works Department", "Content": "In August 1967, the Executive Yuan approved the establishment of the Public Works Department with three sections, one division and two offices.In November 1967 the Public Works Department set up the New Construction Office to help stimulate municipal construction. The office formally opened in March 1968.The Public Works Department set up a Maintenance Office and closed the original Public Works Bureau and Park Administration office in June 1968.The Public Works Department set up the Parks and Street Lights Office in June 1970.In order to integrate functions and complete the organization, the Public Works Department was re-organized and a fourth section added; the Public Works Department also set up the Sewerage Systems Office in January 1977.In order to strengthen its organization, the Public Works Department incorporated the Building Violations Enforcement office into the Building Administration Office in April 1978.In response to a call for the restructuring of professional teamwork, in August 2006 the Public Works Department's Maintenance Office transferred its road duties to the New Construction Office and the Parks and Street Lights Office transferred riverside parks management to the Maintenance Office, which was renamed the Hydraulic Engineering Office. Based on revised construction regulations, the Building Administration Office was incorporated into the Department of Urban Development. In the same year, the Public Works Department changed its internal organization to five sections and six offices and changed the title of the first three sections to the Civil Engineering & Architecture Division, the Hydraulic Division and the Parks Division. The Public Works Department added two more units, the Procurement Administration Division and the Quality Control Division.In view of similar attributes between the \"Taipei City Geotechnical Engineering Office\" and various units governed by the Public Works Department, such as the New Construction Office, Hydraulic Engineering Office, Parks & Street Lights Office and Sewerage Systems Office. The Taipei City Geotechnical Engineering Office under the Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government, was transferred to the Public Works Department in January 2012 and renamed as the \"Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government\". Following the transference of the Geotechnical Engineering Office, the \"Parks Division\" of the Public Works Department was renamed as the \"Parks and Geotechnical Division\", which additionally supervises the slopeland administration affairs; Moreover, the “Quality Control Division” of the Public Works Department was renamed as the \"Quality Control and Labor Safety Division\", which additionally administers and implements the occupational safety & health affairs. Besides, according to the frame of a government, the official business of Administrative Services was adjusted and the sequence of the Administrative Services was shifted behind the Systems Administration. As a result, the number of employees serving in the Public Works Department increased from 179 to 184 by adding 1 Technical Specialist, 1 Sub-section Chief and 3 Associate Technical Specialists.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Public Works Department, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339255", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=135FFD0DD9AC1649", "title": "History", "Content": "The Labor Education Center at Department of Labor  Taipei City Government, was the former \"Family of Laborers, Taipei City\" which belonged to the Bureau of Social Affairs. On January 15, 1988, the center's governing agency was transferred  to  the Bureau of Labor Affairs; and was renamed  \"Labor Education Center\" on June 30, 1998The Taipei City Council agreed to restructure it as \"the Labor Education Center\" and the new system became effective on  September 16, 1998. In recent years, social structures have evolved dramatically.and in response to address these social changes the needs of corporations and laborers alike,while enhancing labor's knowledge and professional skills, facilitating  industry development and improving labor welfare, the task of the center was shifted  from \"Labor Recreation Center\" to \"Labor Education Center\",The new focus is now on the  promoting and consulting of labor recreation and education issues of Taipei City.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "" }, { "DataSN": "3339254", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=C9238CC5C407C300", "title": "History", "Content": "1. The Social Welfare Division, which operates under the auspices of the Department of Civil Affairs of Taipei City of Taiwan Province, was declared an independent department in 1957 due to increasing demands for community-related social welfare programs.2. Taipei City was made into a direct-rule municipality under the central government, and the Department of Social Welfare was officially inaugurated.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Social Welfare,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339253", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=3BD85A3AA2F3B4F5", "title": "The Taipei Broadcasting Station Lives in the Artsy Yuanshan District", "Content": "The Taipei Broadcasting Station (TBS) is located on Zhongshan North Road in the Yuanshan District near the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and Taipei Story House. Yuanshan Park, the Taipei Children's Recreation Center, the Grand Hotel, the Taipei Astronomical Museum, and the Jiantan Overseas Youth Activity Center are also to be found in the vicinity. TBS is a veritable nexus of arts and literature, as well as a station that cares about the lives of its listeners. TBS produces a variety of shows that cater to the needs of its audience. A beautiful day begins by tuning in to FM 93.1, the Taipei Broadcasting Station. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei Broadcasting Station" }, { "DataSN": "3339251", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=FC9AB61E8868BD2F", "title": "History", "Content": " • July 1961: The Traffic Management Team was set up by members of the Police Department, the Economic Development Bureau, and the Military Police.• 1968: Taipei City underwent a status upgrade to become a special municipality, and the team was reorganized as the “Taipei City Traffic Management Team.”• 1969: In accordance with the Traffic Adjudication Office Organization Ordinance, mission-oriented teams were organized and operated jointly by the Police Department and the Motor Vehicles Office.• In March, 1997, the Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road Traffic Regulations was amended. Paragraph 3 of Article 8 of this act stipulated that road management agencies should set up traffic adjudication offices to handle related matters.• After submitting the organization policies and charts to the city council and awaiting for approval, the office was officially established on July 16, 1998, to become the first legislated traffic adjudicating agency upon approval.• The Taipei City Council approved a proposal for organizational restructure. Effective on July 1, 2008, the unit was rechristened as the “Traffic Accident Appraisal Committee, Taipei City Government” in accordance with its operational capacity, and was subsequently merged into the “Accident Investigation Section.”", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Traffic Adjudication Office" }, { "DataSN": "3339247", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=57A31B4E112409D1", "title": "Profile", "Content": "Founded on July 9, 1999, the Economic Development Commission, Taipei City Government consists of 42 members selected from the fields of industry, academia, government and research. Taipei City Mayor, is the Convener General of the Commission, assisted by two deputy Chairpersons, including a deputy mayor and one out-sourced expert. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Clean Government Committee,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339248", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=DAB0F68CBF7731E6", "title": "Operational reports", "Content": "I. Taipei City Government Commission of Economic Development was officially founded in August 1999. Since then, it has held a total of twelve Commission meetings (including an extraordinary meeting), with, on average, three meetings being held each year. In the Commission meetings, all of which were presided over by the Mayor, all Divisions delivered their respective reports for full discussion. In the twelve meetings, a total of 47 reports were delivered and 23 issues were discussed. The decisions resolved in the Commission have been referred to the Bureaus and Administrations concerned for enforcement.II. As instructed by the Mayor, the Commission functions as the exclusive window for communication between Taipei City Government and Nankang Software Industrial Park to coordinate action between the Bureaus and Administrations and businesses concerned. The Commission has endeavored to provide a forum for investors and assure close interchanges between the Mayor and Park investors. As of July 31, 2003, the Commission had sponsored a total of six symposiums. In the first five meetings, Nangng Business Park submitted 102 proposals, requesting support from the Taipei City Government. So far, Taipei City Government has supported 92 cases, including 87 cases, which have been successfully enforced and five cases are under way, demonstrating a 95 per cent enforcement efficiency. (Nine cases were outside the scope of Taipei City Government and one has been proven not to be feasible.) III. To help Nankang Software Industrial Park resolve issues related to Taipei City Government promptly and to help build an optimal climate for investors, in early 2001, Taipei City Government set up the Nankang Software Industrial Park Service Task Force. Through this mechanism, Taipei City Government is listening to and responding to the needs of Park operators and investors. After review by the Mayor, the minutes of these meetings are referred to the Bureaus and Administrations concerned for implementation and then monitored by Taipei City Government Commission of Economic Development. Since 2001, the Task Force has held sixteen meetings in which the Park Administration and Service Center submitted a total of 52 requests for support from Taipei City Government Government. As of June 30, 2003, Taipei City Government had successfully enforced 46 cases, demonstrating a 96 per cent rate of implementation efficiency. IV. Taipei City Government Commission of Economic Development has sponsored and coordinated meetings, providing assistance and resolving Taipei City Government related issues on projects such as King’s Emporiums, Breeze Plaza, Taipei Computer Association’s Information Month, the development of Wufenpu Commercial Area, International Jaycees, and Kiwanis International. V. The Commission has held three meetings for establishing Major Investment service unit, the Unit approaches potential investors expressing the Mayor’s interest in meeting their needs. When necessary, the Unit arranges meetings between Taipei City Government Bureaus and Administrations and investors to help solve problems and to provide a link between the organizations and also sponsors inter-bureau meetings.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Clean Government Committee,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339249", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=B265407E79AB2A3D", "title": "The Commission’s service hotlines:", "Content": "Executive Director’s Office 886-2-2720-6270The Secretariat’s Office 886-2-2722-6345 or 886-2-2720-8889 ext. 3347", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Clean Government Committee,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339250", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=2D183DE8EEED810E", "title": "Functions and responsibilities:", "Content": "I. The Commission is responsible for the following functions: （I） Mapping out the medium- and long-range policies of economic development for Taipei City Government.（II） Fostering an optimal business climate for enhanced economic development.（III） Combining the financial resources of Taipei City Government and the private sector to further revitalize Taipei’s economy.（IV） Approval of major economic construction related investment plans for Taipei City Government .（V） Teaming up with business sectors to hold symposiums and seminars to strengthen economic development policies ensuring increased feasibility and future focused vision.（VI） Other major economic development initiatives. II. The Commission fosters economic development through the following Divisions:（I） Industrial Development Division：Formulates Taipei’s industrial development policies.（II） Urban Development Division：Formulates Taipei’s urban development policies.（III） Transportation Development Division：Formulates Taipei’s transportation policies aimed at boosting Taipei’s economic development.（IV） Financial & Banking Division：Formulates financial & banking development policies aimed at boosting Taipei’s economic development.III. The Commission has one president appointed by the Mayor responsible for all Commission affairs, plus two to five secretaries, assigned by Taipei City Government Bureau of Finance from its own staff, to assist the president in managing the Commission’s administrative affairs.IV. The Commission meets every other month; meetings are called and chaired by the Convener-General. Each Division holds a monthly operational meeting, which is called and chaired by the Division’s own Convener. In line with the needs of the Commission and the Division meetings, the Commission may, at any time, invite representatives from Taipei City Government Department of Environmental Protection, Public Works and Labor Affairs to attend meetings as observers. The Convener-General and the Division Conveners may call an extraordinary meeting whenever necessary.V. Decisions resolved by the various Divisions are, following review and resolution by the Commission, referred in the name of Taipei City Government to the authorities concerned for enforcement. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Clean Government Committee,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339246", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=585ED049992D3501", "title": "History", "Content": "In 1976, following the central government’s decision to enhance the cultural life of the City, the Taipei Municipal Government embarked on a plan to build a high-standard museum. The construction was inaugurated in October 1980, and completed in January 1983 during the mayoral tenure of Lee Teng-hui. Ms. Martha Su from the National Palace Museum was appointed head of the museum’s Preparatory Office. The Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) officially opened its doors on August 8, and its initial exhibition was unveiled on December 24, 1983.On September 6, 1986, Dr. Huang Kuang-Nan was appointed TFAM’s first director by the Education Minister of Taipei City. Dr. Huang was later appointed Director of the National Museum of History on February 27,1995. His successor was Mr. Chang Chen-Yu who became director on September 7, 1995. On June 4,1996, Director Chang was replaced by Ms. Liu Pao-Kuei, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education. The following Museum director was Dr. Lin Mun-Lee, an associate professor of the National Taipei Teachers College who served for four years until July 31, 2000. After Dr. Lin’s departure, Mr. Huang Tsai-Lang, then the Deputy Director of the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, took up the post on September 1, 2000 and served in this position until March 26, 2007.On August 16, 2007, Ms. Hsieh Hsiao-yun (Jean Wang), former director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taoyuan County was appointed Deputy Director of the Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs and the acting Director of TFAM. On January 1, 2009, Ms. Hsieh Hsiao-yun was appointed as the Director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.On March 1,2010 , Ms. Hsieh Hsiao-yun was appointed as the Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs. After Ms. Hsieh’s departure, Ms. Chen Wen-Ling , the Deputy Director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, took up the post.On September 15, 2010 Mr. Wu Kwang-Tyng took the position of the Director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and tenure ended on July 31, 2011. Deputy director Liu Ming-Hing was appointed on August 1, 2011, as the acting director of the museum.On September 5, Weng Chih-Tsung took up the post as the acting director of the museum.On July 2,2012, Huang Hai-Ming took the position of the Director, and tenure ended on January 31, 2015. On February 1, 2015, Chiang Yu-Fang took up the post as the acting director of the museum. On April 30, 2015, Ms. Lin Ping took the position of the Director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei Fine Arts Museum" }, { "DataSN": "3339245", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=19C846D077B36A25", "title": "History", "Content": "（一） period of initiation In 1989, a child protection hotline and child protection carnation hotline were established for child protection and domestic violence cases. They continue to provide channels for those who seek help and counseling, and have officially initiated the prelude of specialized protection task with this government. （二）period of promotion In December of 1996, “Prevention Work and Facilitation Team of Domestic Violence of Taipei City” was set up, integrating elites from various domains of both the private and public sector, and they continue to be devoted into the facilitation of prevention work model and network operation against domestic violence. Besides, it has also set up a“Women’s Protection Center” on the first floor of Hsin-yi Police Station, providing 24-hour Wan-ru hotline. （三） period of integration In July 1997, the child and youth protection centers were integrated into a “24-hour protection center,” while a (carnation?) hotline, a child protection hotline, and a senior protection hotline were combined to provide a 24-hour toll-free hotline service on 0800-024-995, which became the predecessor for the“Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.” （四） period of law-enforcement When crime prevention law to tackle sexual assault was implemented in 1997, the administration based itself at Zhong-xing Hospital of Taipei City Government to set up “Taipei City Center for Prevention of Sexual Assault.” In 1999, Taipei City Government, with the implementation of Domestic Violence Prevention Law in 1999, combined a 24-hour protection center with a sexual assault prevention center, to established a“Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault” based on task organization. （五） period of development On 31st May of 2007, the organization and timetable of organization for Taipei City Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault passed the third reading at the first meeting of the 10th assembly of Taipei City Council. On 11st September of 2007, the center set up the second-level authority, combining resources in areas such as social-political, police, medical, educational, justice and other authorities to provide emergency aid, settlement, medical treatment, counseling, and legal assistance. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault" }, { "DataSN": "3339243", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=22B2CB8BD74D8835", "title": "Introduction", "Content": "MissionTo learn while playing, enlightening visitors with new knowledge, carrying on folklore traditions, and beautifying life. PrefaceWith the surrounding mountains bedecked in green and placed next to a steadily running river, running Yuanshan Park has been blessed by its breath-taking scenic backdrop. Here, the Taipei Children's Recreation Center has become a popular conversation topic among many due to its newly improved facilities. The Center’s entire renovation project, ranging from decision-making to planning, processing and official completion, was the result of the devotion and collective efforts of many of our previous supervisors and executive officers. Just as the Chinese expression says,\"One must think of the source while drinking the water,\" as we enjoy this magnificent wonderland, we, too, should remember the hardships many endured to make the Center become a reality. Geographic historyThe Recreation Center is located in the northeast of the Taipei Basin on the top of Yuanshan along the southwest banks of the Keelung River. It is located on the 25.5° North Latitude and the 121.31° East Longitude. The original name of Yuanshan was Longtonshan, which was a sandy hill in former days. Tilting from west to east, the mountain’s highest altitude is approximately 36 meters. Although it is not very tall, the view from the top of Yuanshan Mountrain is very charming and enables one to catch a glimpse of all of Taipei when standing on its peak. Yuanshan is, indeed, an ideal place to go to enjoy a bird's-eye view of Taipei City.History BackgroundIn 1934, the Children's Amusement Park adjacent to the Yuanshan Zoo was placed under the supervision of the Taipei Municipal Purchasing Office. In 1946, the Bureau of Education of the Taipei City Government assumed management of the zoo and the Children's Amusement Park was then placed under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Works. In 1958, the park management was switched to civilian management and was renamed as “The Chungshan Children's Amusement Park.” In 1967, Taipei City was reformed and, in June 1968, the Taipei City Government took back the ownership of the amusement park and placed it under the management of the Bureau of Education. In April 1970, it was combined with the zoo and, thereby, became known as the Zoo’s Subsidiary Children's Amusement Park. Due to the detailed plans of Directors Tzen Kuang Wei (from April 1970 to June 1973) and Wang Kuang Pin (from June 1973 to July 1986), the Park has become the most popular recreational site for both the young and elderly, alike, in Taipei.The Taipei Municipal Children's Recreation Center was constructed on the combined site of both the former Yuanshan Zoo and the Children's Amusement Park. In 1984, its name was changed to The Taipei Municipal Children's Recreation Center by vote. The preparation office of The Taipei Municipal Children's Recreation Center was officially founded on July 1st 1986 and completed on June 30th 1991, with its name having been officially settled on July 1st. The Center is divided into the following three theme areas that each possess their own unique characteristics: 1) \"Folk Arts World\", 2) \"Amusement World,\" and 3) \"Science World\". Folk Arts World offers visitors a glimpse of the life experiences of our ancestors and was officially opened to the public on January 1st 1991. Amusement World focuses mainly on the recreational activities of children and teenagers, while Science World emphasizes the introduction of updated scientific knowledge. The 3D Vision Theatre was opened to the public on August 1992. These three areas present the different styles and features of \"folklore,\", \"amusement,\" and \"science.\" All in all, the Park is a multi-faceted recreational center that provides ample educational and amusement opportunities for all. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "" }, { "DataSN": "3339244", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=E70FB93CE0005613", "title": "Yuanshan Site Exhibition Room", "Content": "In 1896(Kuangshui 22 Chin dynasty) a Japanese came to Taipei area for archaeological investigation and discovered the first prehistoric archaeological site in Chihshanyen. In 1897 others again discovered the Yuanshan site. Later, there were more than one hundred sites around and in the Taipei Basin discovered by the archaeologists. There are at least twenty some sited in the Taipei administration district, for example: Yuanshan, Chihshanyen, Kuandu, Chientan, Kungsha, the Observatory, the Botanic Garden, Shishenchuantz and Shetz. Moreover, some import sites in Taipei county were also discovered such as Tapenkeng, Shih San Hang, Tendi, Gotishan,Tudikungshan, Tzfa temple, Chinshan and Wanlichatou etc. some of the sites belong to the Neolithic era and some belong to the Iron Ages. However due to the rapid development of Taipei, most of the sites have already destroyed or disappeared. Among those sites, Yuanshan site is the representative of the Yuanshan culture. It has always been the focus of archaeologists. It has been excavated several times since the discovery, however due to limited manual labor and techniques it is difficult to do a complete research in a short period. The site was not kept well because of the building construction in the zoo previously, and the construction of the surrounding roads and the expansion of the children's recreation center later. Although the remains area is not very large yet it holds historic and cultural values. In 1988 it was appraised by the Ministry of the Interior as the first grade historic site. In this page we will introduce the excavation of the Yuanshan site and its cultural content, as well as its meaning in the Taiwan archaeology.Natural Ecological Environment Location of the Yuanshan Site Current condition of the Yuanshan Site The Yuanshan site is located in northwest of the Taipei Basin. It is a small hill by the Keelung River in the north section of Taipei. It was called \"Yuanshantz\" in the past and was also called \"Longdonshan\" and was eventually called \"Yuanshan\". It is a sandy rocky hill with an altitude of 36 meters from the sea. It tilts from west to east and it is not quite flat. In the ancient time when Taipei flat nowadays was then a lake, Yuanshan might be a small island or a peninsula in the lake. The presence of the convex \"islands\" such as the Taipei Lake, Yuanshan and Chihsanyen was the result of natural development of a long and continuous process.Discovery Process The Yuanshan Shell Mound In 1897, the year after the first Taiwanese site - the Chihsanyen site was discovered, a Japanese scholar named 依能嘉矩 collected stone tools at the west and east sides of the Yuanshan Park. He and 宮村榮一 together confirmed the existence of the Yuanshan Shell Mound. The terminology of the \"Yuanshan Shell Mound\" was since existed.At the same year 鳥居龍藏also did investigation at the Yuanshan Shell Mound. It attracted many archaeologists and antique collectors because of the abundant and complete archaeological specimen. But investigation and excavation were merely limited to individual specimen collection and shell mound observation.In 1918 the Lingi Temple expanded its territory and cut off a large piece slope on the west side of the Yuanshan. The slop was originally part of the Yuanshan Shell Mound and a huge rock of 2 meters long, 1.7 meter wide and 1.25meters thick was dug out from the mound.In 1928 the Taipei Empire University offered an ethnological seminar. Although there were several times of investigations and excavations in process because of the rich cultural heritage in the Yuanshan Shell Mount from 1928 to 1945, yet that was the first time an institute was in charge of the archaeological investigation and excavation. After the reparation of Taiwan from the Japanese government, residents dig out things made of clay, stone, bone and shells while building houses at the bottom of the hill. The Department of Archaeology of the National Taiwan University got to know it in 1953 and went through a ten days excavation along the zoo area and the Peidan railroad and the northwest ridge of the Yuanshan Park. However, the excavation was discontinued because of limited budget.Two Primary Culture Layers in Yuanshan SiteIn 1954, the department of Archaeology again cooperated with the Taipei Archives Council proceeded the second search. They further expanded the work area beyond the discovery site in 1953. They selected several spots in west and south side as the trial sites. The search started on March 15,1954 till April 17, and it lasted more than one month. They obtained large amount of remains and tomb stuffs. After careful research they confirmed that there were two culture layers: the upper layer Yuanshan culture layer and the lower layer Rope-Pattern Terracotta Culture.In April 1986 the remained shell mound was damaged due to individual enthusiasm of antique collection. When the news leaked out the public was very concerned and the National Science Council of the Executive Yuan asked Professor Lien, Chau-Mei from the Department of Anthropology of the National Taiwan University to convey a research on the academic value and preservation condition of the Yuanshan Site. According to the research result, the site still maintains partial primitive culture layer and four shell mounds, thus it still remains great academic value. In 1987 Yuanshan Zoo was moved to Mucha and Taipei City Government constructed Children's Recreation Center at the same site. Knowing the importance of the Yuanshan Site, the preparation office asked Professor Hwang, Shi-Chung from the Department of Anthropology of the National Taiwan University to do a trial excavation and research at the site. They selected a second site for trial excavation. The site was almost completed excavated because the area of remains was limited. In the trial excavation they found that the Rope-Pattern Terracotta Culture Layer accumulated underneath the Yuanshan Culture Layer. Again it is confirmed that there are at least two layers of culture in different period in the Yuanshan Site. They also found some man made round holes on the rock of the bottom layer. The holes were arranged in order. It is assumed they might be the pillar holes of houses in the period of Yuanshan CultureContent of the CultureBeside the two primary culture layer (the upper layer is the Yuanshan Culture, and the lower layer is the Rope-Pattern Terracotta Culture), in 1992 on the trial excavation of a deep cave on the upper layer of the Yuanshan Culture the remains probably belong to the Shih San Hang Culture and the Chihwuyuen Culture, the remains included some pane-pattern terracotta culture. The Rope-Pattern Terracotta Culture At the same period some stone tools that might belong to the pre-terracotta age were discovered in a deep cave, which was on the lower layer of the Rope-Pattern Terracotta culture in the Dapon Opera School.It is an early Neolithic Period culture in Taiwan; some scholars classified it as the Tapenkeng Culture. The characteristics of the Rope-Pattern Terracotta Culture in the Yuanshan Site are that the texture of terracotta commodities contains sand and a little mud. The colors are brown-red or orange-red; few are black or gray-white. They are jars, bowls, peas, plates, Spindles and unknown pipe objects. Most of the commodities are jars and axes. Most of the containers have wide rope patter inside. Some of the jars have thick opening and have several layers of concave patterns. Few color painting was also found. Stone tools include axes, hoes, stone knifes, bark clothe-bats, knife sharpening stone, stone hammers, stone slice tools. The stone knives and bark-clothe bats were considered the first ones been found. Some scholars think the bark-clothe bats were used to scrap off the bark and made clothes with it. It is similar to the stone tools used in South East Asia. Stone knives are assumed for harvest or for cutting, scrapping and slicing. From the discovery of stone axes (hoes) and stone knives we assume there was crop cultivation then in Taiwan. The remains of rice and planting tools were found in the Chihsanyen Site of the later periodture.This site is the most representative site of the Yuanshan Culture. For Yuanshan Culture beside the Yuanshan site, it also includes the upper culture layer of the Chihsanyen Site, the lower culture layer of the Kandu site, the upper culture layer of the Tapenkeng Site in Bali County, the upper culture layer of the Chifakong Site in Wuku County and the Gensan Site in Chungho City. They are mostly distributed along the sides of the Tanshui River and the downstream of the Hsindien River. They are probably distributed to Keelung along the Keelung River Valley. This culture lasted a long period, yet the culture change was not significant. The remains of the Yuanshan Site are rather abundant, there are commodities made of terracotta, stone, jade and bone as well as several tombs.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "" }, { "DataSN": "3339241", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=D5DD5E977DB3F3C8", "title": "History", "Content": "1. The Department was originally the military service section of the provincial city, and was upgraded to serve as the military service section of the special municipality on July 1, 1967. The Department continued to be listed as a level-one unit of the Taipei City Government and was placed in charge of the City’s military service administration. 2. On January 1, 1968, pursuant to an Executive Yuan decree, the Department was reorganized as the Department of Compulsory Military Service, Taipei City Government and subordinated to the Department of Civil Affairs. As a result, the Department was changed into a level- two unit of the City Government. As per the original regulations approved by the Executive Yuan, the business of military services was performed by four sections and the number of personnel was fifty-four. Moreover, another twenty-six people were hired as “pay-per-case personnel”. The Department’s personnel totaled eighty.3. In March of 1969, the “Organization Adjustment Inspection Task Force” of the City Government inspected the Department. In light of the inconveniences caused in implementing the current organization system and the number of the original staff members, this Department thereby proposed upgrading the Department to a level-one unit of the City Government as a special case. In 1970, the upgrading cases in respect of both the Department of Land and the Department were submitted by the City Government for the approval of the Executive Yuan; the upgrading case of the Department of Land was approved, while that of this Department was not. On June 23, 1970, the Office of Budget, Accounting and Statistics as well as the Personnel Office were established under the Department via an Executive Yuan order, along with the addition of three staff members. This brought the number of total staff members up to fifty-seven. 4. In January 1974, the Yangmingshan Administration Bureau was ordered to reduce its staff and restructure its organization. This Department took five employees from each bureau, listing them as part of the formal personnel roster, resulting in the number of employees rising to sixty-two. In 1976, pursuant to streamlining the policies of the time, two employees of the original personnel staff and four contract employees were eliminated from the staff accordingly. After such reductions, the number of total personnel reached eighty-two, consisting of sixty employees of the original personnel staff and twenty-two contract employees.5. On September 6, 1979, following the approval of the Executive Yuan, the Department was changed to a level-one unit of the City Government with the number of personnel remaining intact.6. In March of 1983, the grading of partial positions was adjusted; following the addition of one deputy director-general of the Personnel Office and nine unit chiefs, the Department’s staff remained at sixty people.7. In 1986, the Executive Yuan approved the amendment of the Organization regulations, establishing the Military Cemetery Administration Office. This office was officially established in August 1987.8. In August 1993, in line with changes taking place in the Department of Government Ethics, Taipei City Government, the Department’s regulations and organization were amended accordingly, together with the establishment of the Government Ethics Office. 9. In January 1996, the Secretariat was established and the number of staff members remained at sixty. Furthermore, as per the streamlining plan of the administrative reform, the number of contract personnel was reduced to six, and the number of the entire staff exceeded sixty-six.10. As of July 1, 2000, in terms of implementing substitute services, the amendment of the Department’s regulations and its organizational chart were approved. The fifth section was established, and the number of Organization personnel rose to eighty-six.11. On April 26, 2003, per Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 3, Article 27 of the Local Government Act, in line with the abolishment of the organic regulations, Taipei City Government, the Self-Government Ordinance of the Taipei City Government Organization was hereby stipulated. The Organization regulation of this Department was amended accordingly, and the number of staff members remained at eighty-six.12. On March 1, 2006, pursuant to the amended organization structure, in line with the deactivation of the Military Cemetery Administration Office, after reorganization, this Department was composed of three sections and one center, which reduced the number of staff members of this Department and its originally subordinated Military Cemetery Administration Office from ninety-two to seventy-seven.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department Of Compulsory Military Service (DOCMS),Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339240", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=7E0762A653376E79", "title": "History", "Content": "1973To reinforce the city's capacity for planning, the Urban Planning and Surveying Team was established. These services were removed from the Public Works Department.1976The Urban Planning and Surveying Team was expanded to form the Office of Urban Planning, which incorporated the Division of Urban Renewal with the primary duty of leading the City’s urban renewal efforts.1993The Office of Urban Planning was elevated to the status of the Department of Urban Development and was the very first municipality unit in Taiwan dedicated to urban planning.2004The Office of Public Housing merged with the Department of Urban Development, thus extending the perspectives of urban planning to incorporate housing policies.The Division of Urban Regeneration was expanded to form the Urban Regeneration Office, which is a subordinate of the Development of Urban Development.2006The Building Administration Office and the Division of Building Management became subsidiaries under the Department of Urban Development.2012On February 16th 2012, the Division of Urban Survey and Information Service was changed to Division of Urban Survey. In response to the public housing policy, the Division of Housing Policy and Service, the Division of Financial and Property Management and the Division of Housing Management were reorganized and changed into the Division of Housing Planning and the Division of Housing Service. The Division of Housing Engineering was added and the community empowerment was moved to the Urban Regeneration Office.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Urban Development Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339239", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=6A3C9739F6E25645", "title": "History", "Content": "The Department of Civil Affairs was established in November 1945 with six divisions: Administration, Civil Registry, Business Commerce and Industry, Social Welfare, Cooperation, Forestry and Livestock.After restructuring, the Department was organized into three divisions (Administrative Services, Local Governance, and Civil Registry Divisions), and two additional offices (Personnel and Accounting Offices) were established. The size of the Departmental staff was 84 employees. The Department also had two sections for Land and National Military Service Conscription, and managed two sites,Taipei Zhongshan Hall and the Martyr’s Shrine.The Department of Social Welfare was established in 1957.Those affairs originally within the jurisdiction of the Social Welfare Division of the Department of Civil Affairs were then transferred to the Department of Social Welfare.The Department of Construction was established in 1967 to manage the government portfolio transferred from the Department of Civil Affairs for administration of businesses and industries as well as forestry, fishing, and animal husbandry related guidance, and market management affairs was transferred from the Department of Finance. The Martyr’s Shrine was transferred to the Archive Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and the Civil Registry Division was transferred to the Taipei Police Department in 1969. In 1971, the Department of Land was established and the Confucius Temple Administrative Council was added to the Department.The Department of Land was administratively elevated in 1971, and Taipei Land Office expanded to three additional offices (Jiancheng, Songshan, and Guting). The Surveying Team was also expanded to a Surveying Brigade.In May 1972, Department staffing underwent a reduction in force bringing total employment to 68. In 1974,  the Executive Yuan approved the reorganization of the Departmental administrative jurisdiction portfolio. The subordinate units included the Department of Compulsory Military Service, Taipei Zhongshan Hall, Confucius Temple, and Taipei City Archives. The Department of Compulsory Military Service was administratively elevated in 1979, and Taipei Zhongshan Hall was placed under its control in 1980. In 1986, the subordinate unit of Taipei Zhongshan Hall was eliminated. To ensure the independence of civil registry matters from police affairs, all household registration offices of Taipei City were reassigned to be subordinate to the Department in 1993. Meanwhile, the Department’s Fourth Division was established to govern civil registries and oversight of all household registration offices, while the Administrative and Government Ethics Offices were also established.The Indigenous Peoples Commission was established in 1996, to provide governance and counseling for indigenous peoples affairs upon transfer of the Department’s responsibilities. The Systems Administration Office was established in 1998.The Department of Cultural Affairs was established in 1999, to which the Department transferred Taipei City Archives and Taipei Zhongshan Hall.The Taipei Hakka Affairs Commission was established in 2002, to which Hakka affairs responsibilities originally within the jurisdiction of the Department were transferred.In 2009, the Department’s 4 divisions and 5 offices were restructured as 5 divisions and 5 offices to better comport with their respective jurisdictional mandates. . The divisions were renamed the “District Administration Oversight Division”, “Local Governance Division”, “Religion and Traditions Division” and “Civil Registry Division”, with one additional “Population Policy Division”. As part of the restructuring within Taipei City Government,the Taipei Mortuary Services Office originally under the Department of Social Welfare was reassigned to this Department on September 21, 2009. This restructuring aligns mortuary services management of Taipei as a part of the municipal civil affairs portfolio conforming to the uniform practice of other localities nationwide. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Civil Affairs,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339238", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=D6F7DB40463FC04B", "title": "History", "Content": "To ensure the health and safety of residents and animals in Taipei by complying with the Animal Protection Act, Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease and enforcement to regulate pet management, animal protection, including zoonosis and raw material inspection.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Animal Protection Office" }, { "DataSN": "3339237", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=5BB86A7FDEEFB549", "title": "Research, Development and Evaluation Commission", "Content": "In the 21st century, Taipei City is poised to shine as a world-class metropolis. It is a political, economic and financial city in the Asia-Pacific region. Taipei City's mission will not only impact the whole country's growth and development, but also establish Taiwan's image and its international reputation. The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC) hopes to assist Taipei City Government (TCG) in becoming a renewed administration that focuses on efficiency and productive e-government. RDEC has a rational planning strategy, subject matter experts in various fields, various assessments and surveys in assisting decision making, and various services to assist the public. RDEC's main role is as liaison in facilitating interagency cooperation and coordination. Currently, RDEC has a Planning Office and 5 divisions, the Research and Development, Control and Evaluation, Service Enhancement, Documents, Data & Publications, and 1999 Hotline Management Division. RDEC has a medium-term project to manage the development of Taipei City. The RDEC's major future expectations are: to improve Research and Development performances, improve citizen participation, inspect and control Taipei City Government projects, evaluate and improve government agency's overall performances in the citizen services area, and verify and register Taipei City Government's publications. The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of Taipei City Government hopes to enhance the cooperation and collaboration between all government agencies. We encourage an increase in interactions between the government and citizens. An increase in interaction will help to educate the RDEC's divisions to assist in the decision-making process. RDEC aims to increase performance efficiency, enhance project quality, and implement reliable and applicable policies. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339236", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=0DB87A59759EB8A9", "title": "History", "Content": "", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Indigenous Peoples Commission, Taipei City Government, Taiwan" }, { "DataSN": "3339235", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=486A574900722A5F", "title": "History", "Content": "　　The Commission was originally the Legal Affairs Office (The Office), under the Secretariat of Taipei City Government. In response to legal reform that took place in 1977, the Law and Regulation Management Board was established under The Office in July 1977, to collate and interpret laws and regulations. After the staged task of laws and regulations collation was accomplished, The Office was once again reorganized and transformed into an executive agency independent from the Secretariat, then renamed \"The Law and Regulation Commission.\"　　Since 1977, five distinguished jurists have devoted their time and energy to lead the Commission: Chang-Ming Lin (1977 to 1979); Chiu-Shui Lin (1979 to December, 1994); Hung-Hsien Chou (December, 1994 to December, 1998); Tsong-Juh Chiu (December, 1998 to October, 1999); Ching-Hsiou Chen (October, 1999 to December 25, 2006) and Ching-Yuan Yeh (February 15,2007 to April 30,2012).The current interim chairperson Li-Wen Tsai has been in office since May 1,2012.　　The function of the Commission was originally limited to advices on laws and regulations; however, it was then expanded to include the review of state compensation claims in 1982; consumer protection matters were included in 1997; assisting the Human Rights Consultative Committee was accommodated in 2004; and in 2008, procurement disputes resolution assistance was introduced. As our functions increase, the total number of staff members have grown from seven to more than sixty. Our high-caliber and extremely-competent officers include 1 employee with a doctorate degree, twenty with master's degrees.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Law and Regulation Commission of Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339234", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=061B7AF806FC4526", "title": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government", "Content": "The predecessor of the Department of Land Administration was the Taipei City Land Administration Section, formerly affiliated with Taipei City Government, when the City itself used to be a provincial municipality. It comprised four divisions (land cadastral, land value, land rights and land use), governed one land office (the Taipei Land Office) and had 21 staff members. After Taipei City was upgraded to the status of a municipality on July 1, 1967, the Department of Land Administration was established under the Department of Civil Affairs (Note: The establishment was pursuant to Executive Yuan Order Tai-Nei-Tzu No. 1471 on February 24, 1968.); it comprised five sections and three offices and governed the Taipei Land Office and Survey Division. To improve the equalization of land rights and to implement the land-to-the-tiller, the Department of Land Administration was upgraded as a first-level agency of the Taipei City Government as the Department of Land Administration on May 5, 1971 pursuant to the Executive Yuan Order Ren-Zheng-Er-Tzu No. 19620 on August 29, 1970. The Department comprised five sections and four offices, and governed three land offices (Jiancheng, Songshan and Guting). Meanwhile, the Survey Division was expanded and renamed the Survey Division of the Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government. In January 1974, with the reform of the Yangmingshan Administration, the Shilin Land Office was merged into the Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government. In January 1977, the Land Readjustment Commission originally under the Taipei City Government then came under this Department of Land Administration and was reformed as the Taipei City Land Readjustment Division. In response to the increased needs due to rapid economic growth, the Zhongshan Land Office was admitted to be established on July 1, 1981. The Technology Office was renamed as the Systems Administration to promote the information affairs and the Da’an Land Office was established in November 1988. On September 6, 2005, the Land Readjustment Division and the Survey Division were united to form the “Land Development Agency, Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government,” which takes charge of affairs for zone expropriation, urban land readjustment and cadastral survey. On July 29 2009, the Organizational Regulations Of Department Of land Administration was revised, and the 1st to 5th Division were renamed respectively as Cadaster & Cadastral Survey Division, Land Value Division, Land Rights & Real Estate Transaction Division, Land Use Division, and Land Development Division, according to their business functions and nature. The Department of Land's Chinese Title had been used for about forty years since 1971, due to the revision of “The Taipei City Government Organization Self-Government Ordinance\"; although the organization body and Chinese title of the Department of Land Administration were changed coordinately on December 20, 2011, the English title still remains the same. On January 31, 2016, in order to construct the smart city spatial data infrastructure and enhance the quality of surveying and mapping affairs, and achieve the goal of sharing the resources of surveying and mapping. We established a specialized “Division for Surveying and Mapping Affairs \" to make the planning, coordination, and policy promotion of the surveying business more convenient. \"Cadaster & Cadastral Survey Division” simultaneously amended to \" Division for Land Registration Affairs”.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339233", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=CF269538FEA38C16", "title": "The Parks & Street Lights Office", "Content": " Street LightsI. Street Light Installation 　 (I) In installing street lights throughout the City, we \"focus not only on the City’s downtown areas and suburbs, but on side streets, as well.\". We believe that street lights play a key role in upholding the City’s safety, and in reducing crimes.　(II) In recent years, crime prevention has been a top priority of the Government. Because of this policy change, we have launched a street light installation program especially designed to protect women walking on the streets at night. On trunk and secondary roads of 15 meters or more in width, we have installed high-voltage sodium lights that are 1.5 times brighter than ordinary light bulbs.　(III) When Taipei first gained its status as a full-fledged city in 1967, there were only 16,307 street lights in the entire city. That figure had grown to 143,702 by the end of 2007.II、Management and Maintenance (I) In addition to overseeing a mobile crew assigned to deal with streetlight-related emergencies, the Street Lights Engineering Team also commands the City’s Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Branches. Each of these four branches is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of street lights within their respective jurisdictional areas. (II) Nighttime maintenance is conducted on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. In the event of street light damage due to serious traffic accidents, repairs are completed by contractors who are awarded \"open-ended\" contracts. This system is extremely efficient and has reduced the \"brownout rate\" to below 0.1875 percent. (III) Citizens are encouraged to report damage to streetlights and other facilities. The Street Lights Engineering Team often contacts neighborhood chiefs to garner their opinions regarding streetlight-related issues; the team takes great care to efficiently attend to concerned citizens' opinions, as expressed either via the post or the Internet. Parks and Urban Greening:I、Parks and Green Areas　 (I) In Taipei, some 1,019 lots of land covering 1,962 hectares are reserved for parks and green areas. By the end of 2009, we had developed 814 parks and green areas (including 42 partially- developed parks). The remaining 205 parks and green areas are currently in the planning stage, as described in the City's medium and long-term development plans.　(II) Theme parks reflect the special features of local communities: In our planning efforts, we place a special emphasis on the establishment of theme parks that reflect the unique features of various communities, improve the townscape, and avoid urban-development repetition. For example, Taoyuan Park is currently being transformed into a Taiwanese native plants park, and Bangka Park located in front of Lungshan Temple, will become a folklore park. Our purpose is to both protect the environment and educate the citizenry. Moreover, we take great care to grow plants that attract birds and butterflies to help turn these parks into wildlife sanctuaries. The major parks we have developed are outlined as follows： Ａ．The \"Beitou Hot Springs Park,\" which stretches all the way from Beitou River to New Beitou Park and Hot Springs Hell Valley. Recreational activities currently in the planning stages include water sports for children, hot springs bathing, labyrinth games and sightseeing venues. Ｂ．The \"Taipei Art Park\" is an elaborately-built park intended to support the artistic activities of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Its sculptures blend well with the landscape, and the art displays embodies water-related themes and the staging of flower shows. The Park's lawns are also suitable for all types of recreational activities. Simply put, the Taipei Art Park is a very “special” park, indeed.II、Street Greening and Landscaping 　 (I) Trees, particularly pest-resistant species known to be suitable for cities, have been planted in most of the city's red-brick sidewalks having a width of 2.5 meters, in accordance with the City's greening efforts. The types of trees planted include Indian laurel figs, camphor trees, red cedar trees, Cajuput trees, and Formosan sweet gum trees. 　(II) Taipei City, aside from its greening efforts, is taking great strides in making its roads more attractive. Flowers, foliage plants and flowering shrubs have been planted on safety islands and traffic circles along major roads to make the city more lively and attractive. Flowers have also been arranged in intricate patterns on lawns bordering trunk streets linking Taipei City with other parts of the country. The idea is to promote Taipei's qualities as a truly cosmopolitan city. 　(III) We will continue the conducting of a \"Facade Greening Campaign\". Vines will be grown along the sides or facades of the City's river embankments, tunnel entrances, overpasses, bridges, underpass entrances and other areas. The purpose of these measures is to soften Taipei's image as a concrete jungle. 　(IV)In addition to greening, landscaping also forms an integral part of the Government's effort to make Taipei a more beautiful city. We emphasize growing flowers and plants in parks, and organize flower shows from time to time to provide comfortable public areas where citizens can relax.III、Maintenance of Parks and Street-side Trees 　 (I) District Offices are responsible for the maintenance of parks with an area of less than one hectare. Other parks are managed by various Park Management Divisions. 　(II) The Horticulture Engineering Team is responsible for the maintenance of street side trees and green areas. 　(III) We encourage private companies and the general public to participate in community service by voluntarily assuming responsibility for the upkeep of parks, street side trees, and green areas. To date, more than 192 parks and green areas have been adopted by private organizations and individuals.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Parks & Street Lights Office" }, { "DataSN": "3339232", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=9D106BCB0A62FAF2", "title": "Taipei City Guting Land Office", "Content": "Guting Land Office was formerly the Taipei City Land Office. When the Taipei City Government was reformed as the municipal city on July 1st, 1967 with the increasing load of land affairs, the Taipei City Land Office was then divided into Songshan, Jiancheng, and Guting which were established officially on April 1st, 1969 pursuant to Executive Yuan Order Ren-Zheng-Er-Tzu No. 8782 issued on December 27th, 1968. Originally, Guting Land Office had three divisions to manage 4 districts including Guting, Daan, Jingmei and Muzha Districts. With the frequent real estate changes, the business for registration and survey operations had fast growth. As a result, Zhongshan Land Office was established on July 1st, 1981. The administrative jurisdiction of this Land Office then included 5 districts , such as Guting, Jingmei, Muzha, Longshan, and Shuanyuan Districts. With the increasing population and fast economic development, Daan Land Office was established on July 1st, 1989. This Land Office’s administrative jurisdiction was modified to include Guting, Jingmei, and Muzha Districts with an additional division established to handle the information matters. As the reform of the administrative districts in Taipei City took place in 1990, Guting Land Office’s administrative jurisdiction was again changed to include Wenshan District and Zhongzheng District (The south of Aiguo East and West Road) and has been so till this day.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339231", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=5E24DBC70811B2BA", "title": "Taipei City Jiancheng Land Office", "Content": "Phase I: Early years after 1945In the early years after 1945, there was only one land office named as Taipei City Land Office to be in charge of affairs about real estate registration and survey in the entire Taipei area. It was the former entity of Jiancheng Land Office under the supervision of the Taipei City Government and supervised and directed by the Land Section. The administrative jurisdiction included 10 districts, such as Jiancheng, Yanping, Datong, Chengzhong, Longshan, Shuanyuan and others.Phase II: 1967~ 1980Because of the upgrade of Taipei City in 1967 and rapid growth in land affairs, the original land office was not able to handle the enormous workload by itself. As a result, in 1969, the Taipei City Government decided to divide the original Taipei City Land Office into Jiancheng Land Office, Guting Land Office, and Songshan Land Office. It was the first time when the name Jiancheng Land Office was created. The jurisdiction and workload of Jiancheng Land Office outnumbered those of the other two land offices.Phase III: After 1981Due to the increasing transactions in real estate and consideration for the citizens, the jurisdiction of Jiancheng Land Office was partially separated to Zhongshan Land Office in 1981 and Daan Land Office in 1989.For now, Jiancheng Land Office manages the affairs of Datong District, Wanhua District and part of Zhongzheng District ( The north of Aiguo East and West Road). This is the Jiancheng Land Office as the public know it as of today. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339230", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=56E256071AAC1ADE", "title": "Taipei City Songshan Land Office", "Content": "Phase I: Early years after 1945 In the early years after 1945, there was only one land office named as \"Taipei City Land Office\" to be in charge of affairs about real estate registration and survey in the entire Taipei area. It was the former entity of Songshan Land Office supervised and directed by Taipei City Land Administration Section; its administrative jurisdiction then included 10 districts, such as Jiancheng, Yanping, Datong, Chengzhong, Longshan, Shuanyuan and others.Phase II: Era of Yuan-controlled municipalityIn 1967, Taipei City was reformed to be a Yuan-controlled municipality and included Nangang Township of Taipei County among its administrative jurisdiction in 1968. However, one land office was insufficient for the expansion of administrative divisions and increasing workload. As a result, in 1969, Taipei City Government decided to divide \"Taipei City Land Office\" into Jiancheng Land Office, Guting Land Office, and Songshan Land Office. It was the first time when the name of \"Songshan Land Office of Taipei City\" was called. Phase III: Era of developmentInitially, Songshan Land office was located on the fourth section of Bade Road, governing land affairs of Songshan District, Nangang District and Neihu District.In 1976, due to the rapid expansion of land affairs, thus we moved to a three-floor building at No.2, Ln. 29, Hulin St. In 1981, as Zhongshan Land office was founded, Songshan Land Office changed its administrative jurisdiction to Songshan District and Nangang District.In 1990, the original Songshan District was divided into Songshan District and Xinyi District.In 1991, Songshan Land Office was relocated at Xinyi District Administration Center in the Xinyi District,governing land affairs of Songshan, Xinyi, and Nangang Districts. Since the office was located in the newly-developed area, the business load has outnumbered that of the other five land offices of Taipei City. In 2007, to have a spacious workplace and provide the public with better services, the land office was removed to the building of the Emergency Operation Center of Taipei City.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339228", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=640B4581A95809FC", "title": "Taipei City Shilin Land Office", "Content": "Taipei City Shilin Land Office was established on April 1st, 1951 pursuant to the approval of the former Yangmingshan Administration with a staff of 9. In 1968 when Yangmingshan Administration became a subordinate of the Taipei City Government, this land office remained to be under Yangmingshan Administration. The staff of the land office was later adjusted to be 55 persons to cope with the workload that came with the rapid economic growth and increasing population. In 1974, the Yangmingshan Administration was abolished, and Shilin Land Office became a subordinate of the Department of Land, Taipei City Government. The land office currently has 97 staffs and governs Beitou District and Shilin District.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339229", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=6A7B6C17C1F8F6CC", "title": "Taipei City Daan Land Office", "Content": "Taipei City Daan Land Office was established on July 1st, 1989 which was the latest establishment of the six land offices. In the early years, the land office was renting the gathering hall administered by the National Housing Division which was not an ideal service location with the narrow space and the fact that it was adjacent to a market. In December 2001, the office environment was improved when it was moved to a self-owned office building at 1-4 floors, No. 6, Lane 335, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Daan District, Taipei City.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339227", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=7C8050E1E9E7E3CF", "title": "History", "Content": " NEIHU DISTRICT OFFICE OF TAIPEI CITYOn July 1, 1968, Neihu Township of Taipei County was placed under the jurisdiction of Taipei City and became Neihu District. Until 1974, construction was prohibited in the entire district. In February 1976 the City Government announced a development plan for Neihu's Dahu Li. Then in February 1978, NeiGou Hsiao Keng and Wufen (both are part of Xinlizu) were designated as the first areas to be developed during the first phase of the city development plan. Following this, large-scale construction projects were carried out and numerous residential buildings sprang up \"like bamboo shoots after the spring rains.\" At the end of December 1974, the population of Neihu District was 51,369; by the end of 2009, the population had grown to 267,632. The main reason for this rapid growth is Neihu's superior living environment which includes natural resources such as rivers, lakes, and mountains. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Neihu District Office, Taipei City" }, { "DataSN": "3339226", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=5E5A448E46114C5D", "title": "Taipei City Zhongshan Land Office", "Content": "Taipei City Zhongshan Land Office was established on July 1st, 1981. With the frequent changes of real estate and fast growth of the affairs of registration/survey services, Zhongshan Land Office took over and now manages affairs in Zhongshan District and Neihu District that were originally under Jiancheng and Songshan Land Offices.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "3339225", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=01B2E8446E9503F9", "title": "History", "Content": "About XinyiHistory In order to consolidate and improve the efficiency of its districts, Taipei City Government reduced the number of the city's districts from 16 to 12 on March 12, 1990. The area from the south side of the Songshan Dist. Railway Station and the area from the north side of section 3, Heping E. Rd. of Daan Dist. were combined and given the name “Xinyi District”. Many landmark buildings are located in this area: the Taipei Financial Center (Taipei 101), Taipei City Hall, Taipei City Council, National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, World Trade Center, Taipei International Conference Center, International Commercial Building , Grand Hyatt Taipei, etc. With the greatest number of landmark buildings, Xinyi Dist. is considered the political, economic, and cultural center of Taipei City.District borders EastCenter Line of Lane 310, Fude St., the mountain walkway to Muzhi Mountain WestRailway area north of Guangfu S. Rd., and Linjiang St., Keelung Rd. (Section 2), Zhuangjing TunnelSouthBaozijiao Mountain, Poneikeng Mountain NorthRailway area north side (Along Section 5, Civic Blvd) Area 11.2077km2Population 225,410(November, 2009)Male:108,993, Female:116,417Number of Li and Lin Li: 41, Lin: 914(As communities)(Li) There are 41 Lis in Xinyi District (Lin) Each Li is further divided into Lins(Total Lin: 914) Characteristics Business, Exhibition, Office and Meeting CenterNote: The number of households in each Li ranges from 400 to 4000; and the number of households in each Lin ranges from 20 to 200.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "XinYi District Office, Taipei City" }, { "DataSN": "3339224", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=B090F776AAE110C6", "title": "The Architectural Structure", "Content": "There are five main buildings includingAdministration Hall,General Hall, Training Building ,Chang Kai Shake Hall, and Instructional Resources Center. All of the total space is around 16,500 square feet. Basic facilities are 5 classrooms,1 auditorium,2conference rooms,2 seminar rooms,1 computer lab, 1 long distance teaching center,1 library,1 dining-room and 40 bedrooms.   ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Teachers' In-Service Education Center" }, { "DataSN": "3339223", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=195F07C67A199085", "title": "History", "Content": "In 1980, Taipei Teachers' In-Service Education Center was established on the site of the Yangmingshan Administration Bureau. It was moved to the current site and formally founded on the Teachers' Day , Sep.28th in 1981.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Taipei City Teachers' In-Service Education Center" }, { "DataSN": "3339222", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=3F4D082F7079103E", "title": "History", "Content": "-- 2004-08-06 --Located in the southern suburbs of Taipei City, Wenshan District is the gateway to Xindian City, Shenkeng Town, and Ilan County. Topographically a basin, this district used to be a land of mud and brambles. During the latter half of the 18th century, the first settlers came to this area along Jingmei Stream. Later, in the beginning of the 19th century, two villages were formed. To prevent the aborigines from invading, the settlers built wooden fences along the stream, thus giving rise to the name \"Muzha\", which means \"wooden fences\" in Chinese. During the 1860s and 1870s, the Muzha area was assigned to the Tamsui local government and remained under the jurisdiction of Tamsui until the turn of the 20th century, when the Ching government established Taipei County with Tamsui subordinate to the new county. During the Japanese occupation (1895-1945), Wenshan Prefecture was established in Muzha. After the Chinese Nationalist government restored Chinese rule over the island, it decided in 1950 to divide the district into three areas: Jingmei, Muzha, and Shenkeng. Jingmei and Muzha were reassigned to Taipei City in 1968, and later combined to become Wenshan District in 1990.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Wenshan District Office, Taipei Office" }, { "DataSN": "3339221", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=F35D3F803BBB50A4", "title": "《Bangka》 Wanhua", "Content": "In ancient times, Wanhua was called “Bangka” by the people of the Pinpu Kaitakelan tribe. In 1709, immigrants from Fu-jian Province led by Lai-chang Chen renamed the area to “Mankah.” It became the most prosperous place in the Taipei area. Over a period of three hundred years, Wanhua developed into a full-fledged district of Taipei City. The district serves as a center of transportation and commerce for other districts and nearby Taipei County. In Wanhua District, Longshan Temple is perhaps the most well-known tourist site – a religious center with more than one hundred years of history. Others major landmarks in the district include the Youth Condominium Community, Xining Condominium, Loyang Parking Lot and Emei Parking Building. In addition, there are four major markets in Wanhua frequented by busy shoppers and numerous tourists. District border: E ：Zhonghua Rd. W：Tamsui River S ：Xintian River N ：Zhongxiao W. Rd. Area：8.8522k㎡ Population：190,239 (Feb. 2009） M：95,009 F ：94,190 Number of Li (Boroughs) and Lin (Neighborhood) Li：36 Lin：722 Note: The number of households in each Li ranges from 400 to 4000. The number of households in each Lin ranges from 20 to 200. District Features: service industries, commercial areas, tourism, handicrafts, clothing industries, traditional industries, food services, shopping areas and entertainment areas.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Wanhua District Office, Taipei City" }, { "DataSN": "3339219", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=E2539E2CB44D6967", "title": "History", "Content": "Department of Transportation, Taipei City Government (DOT) was established on March 1, 1988, as the planner and overseer of transportation planning, road traffic management, tourism and travel. It aims to provide city-wide transportation services that are safe, reliable, outstanding and highly efficient. To enhance the functioning of transportation planning, the 1st Division of DOT was renamed the Transportation Planning Office on September 1, 1998. A Traffic Adjudication Office was established on July 16th in the same year according to the provisions in the Act Governing the Punishment of Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act. Under a privatization policy, the city’s Bus System Management Office was reorganized on January 1, 2004, into the Metropolitan Transport Corporation. The 4th Division of DOT became a part of the city’s Department of Information and Tourism starting from September 11, 2007. In a restructuring effort initiated on July 1, 2008, the five DOT divisions, including the 5th Division that doubled as the Transportation Planning Office, were re-grouped into a Planning and Development Division, a Traffic Regulation Division, a Transportation Management Division, a Transportation Safety Division and an Information and Technology Division. Such a downsizing process resulted in the establishment of a Public Transportation Office and the elimination of two units, the Driver Training Center and Traffic Accident Investigation Committee. At the same time, DOT also reduced its workforce by 49 full-time and 33 part-time employees. As it had been decided that highway monitoring in Taipei City and Kaohsiung City was to be undertaken at the central-government level by the Directorate General of Highways (DGH), on January 1, 2012, the Taipei Motor Vehicle Office of DGH took over from DOT’s Motor Vehicles Office as the overseer of highways city-wide.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Transportation" }, { "DataSN": "3339218", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=B352DEA67E913D0C&s=4B5A19A44B8626BC", "title": "Land Development Agency, Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government", "Content": "The establishment of Land Development Agency had been prepared since 1998 by the Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government. It was meant to consolidate the agencies in charge of zone expropriation, urban land consolidation and cadastral survey, i.e., the “Land Consolidation Division of Taipei City” and “Survey Division of Department of Land, Taipei City Government”, which had been under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land of Taipei City Government, and integrated the partial functions of the Fifth Division of the Department, as the Land Development Agency. The Department of Land also started the drafting of the “Organization Rules of Land Development Agency, Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government” and the Table of the Organization Structure. The bills were approved at the Taipei City Executive meeting on July 3, 2001, passed by the Taipei City Council on January 6, 2004, and approved by the Examination Yuan on September 6, 2005 , upon the efforts made by the three Commissioners: Ren-ju, Hsu, Qing-quan, Sung and Tsong-ji, Ji. On September 6, 2005, the Land Development Agency, Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government was then established to fully promote land development and build a beautiful, superior, and happy living Taipei metropolitan with the first historical step. The Land Development Agency was renamed on December 20, 2011, due to the amendment of organization rules. However, the agency is keeping the same English name.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Land Administration, Taipei City Government" } ]