II. Mission Be the best strategic partner of the city government.

III. Key Policies

1. Expand authorization and enhance individual operations upon division and consolidate the administrative responsibility to promote administrative efficacy
2. Amend organization regulations to render the design of the organization to fit the needs of urban construction
3. Assist the personnel in various units to use their professional knowledge and skills to control the growth scheduled personnel quota (Personnel AC1.1 and Personnel AP1.1)
4. Upgrade core skills of personnel staff and select suitable staff to attend courses in professional core abilities, management core abilities, and hold trainings in professional regulations for personnel management and policies (Personnel AL1.1, Personnel BL1.1, Personnel CL1.1, Personnel DL1.1, Personnel EL1.1, and Personnel GL1.1).
5. Continue to administer dynamic operations in the appointment, dismissal, transfer and verify qualifications to consolidate the policies of examination and appointment. In addition, disabled and indigenous personnel will be appointed in full scale continuously (Personnel BC1.1 and Personnel BP1.1).
6. Continue to execute periodic transfer to promote on-the-job experience. Expand talent exchange and prevent pollution.
7. Cultivate talents for key positions and educate civil servants to understand the value and essence of democratic governance and enhance the development of their competency (Government TL1.2 and Personnel CP1.1).
8. Select and assign outstanding civil servants to further their studies, take short courses or conduct inspection trips in other countries to cultivate their international outlook, city management and marketing, the competence in policy integration, planning and analysis to execute and promote plans efficiently and provide substantial suggestions (Personnel CC1.1).
9. According to the “Civil Service Pay Act,” “Regulations for Civil Service Additional Pay,” and “Guidelines of Payment for the Military, Civil Servants, and Teachers in the R.O.C.,” wages should be paid upon verification. Monitor different units to file in the “Units and Schools Personnel Expenditure System” every month to update and maintain the accuracy of the wages (salaries) (Personnel DC1.1 and DP1.1)
10. Promote exchanges and friendships among the employees and units in the government and schools. Sponsor leisure teams and activities to increase opportunities for exchange among our colleagues to explore and expand our domains of everyday life (Personnel DC2.1).
11. Uphold the openness and transparency of policies. Regular inspection or random inspection of the online posts of work items from the various units in the government. Rolling review of the operating guidelines will be conducted to promote the accuracy of the contents of works (Government HC5.1 and Government EC1.1).
12. Promote the simplification of personnel forms and develop accurate and complete review and report-free mechanism of personnel data. Develop automatic generation of personnel forms with the information system to decrease 30% or more of the regular filing of manually filled-out forms (Personnel EP1.1).
13. 13.Plan human resource statistic service and start human resources statistics analysis and demand inventory operations. Construct a personnel databank and data analysis tool, and decision making reference indicators (Personnel EC2.1)

• Continue to implement the internal control to strengthen financial orders: not only submit the associated implementing plan to the Taipei City Government Internal Control System Implementation Committee annually, but also continue to enhance relevant guidance with training courses, and promote TCG agencies to reinforce internal control, thereby achieving high-quality internal control and ensuring the effectiveness of internal control.

• (1)Continue to implement the associated works based on the statistical work plan and the viewing of the Plan of Official Statistics for each agency to enrich the scope and contents of official statistics, to compile diverse periodicals and reports for reference purposes, and to improve the quality of official statistics through the "Taipei City Government Official Statistics Management System" and "Taipei City Statistical Information System".
• (2) Continue to compile diverse indicators regarding districts, gender, new immigrants, Global Urban Indicators, reviewing expenditure budget estimates, urban competitiveness, elderly, ISO 37120 Indicators, national and international cities for reference purposes in order to improve the statistical performance and the City’s competitiveness.
• (3)Continue to maintain "Taipei City Statistics Database Inquiry System" and to assist TCG agencies in establishing the relevant statistical systems by using the PC-AXIS software with geographic information. Have statistics and geographic information jointly illustrated so as to enforce the geographic information service on statistics.
• (4)Continue to conduct the surveys on civil economic activities such as family income and expenditure, and price indices in Taipei, and publish reports on the survey results as references for the City Government when setting social welfare policies for citizens, observing the price level, adjusting the commodities' supply, and evaluating the purchasing power.
• (5) Continue to assist the Central Government to conduct statistic surveys and provide the results to the government as references for relevant decision-making in 2017: such as the Employees’ Earnings Survey, the Manpower Survey, the Survey on Earnings by Occupation, the Motor Vehicle Freight Traffic Survey, the Employee Turnover and Movement Survey, the Manpower Utilization Survey, the Industry and Service Census, and the first Pilot survey of Population and Housing Census.

I. Vision
Make Taipei become a city of “sustainable prosperity, diversified development.”

II. Mission
Stimulate industry development, construct sustainable operating environment, as well as enhance citizens’ quality of living and industrial competitiveness.

III. Administrative Key Points

1. Provide diversified incentive subsidy and fund raising measures, guide enterprises to devote into innovative creativities, to strengthen industrial competitiveness, to construct advantageous business start-ups and investment environment, as well as to create Taipei into a cradle platform for business start-ups.
   
2. Develop exquisite, organic recreational agriculture, construct local agricultural product brand characteristics, implement organic agricultural product inspection, offer consultation to farmer groups, promote green economy, enhance economic benefits for agriculture; collaborate with civil groups and farmers’ associations to promote urban farmland, thereby enhancing the value of agriculture.
   
3. Enhance the quality for environment of conventional market, construct trading environment with integrity, create quality markets for the city.
   
4. Implement pet food safety management, offer guidance for the setup and quality management of performing animal industry, construct profitable management for wild animal feeding, breeding, processing and trading, promote animal friendly space, establish cat & dog school, execute sterilization and vaccination TNVR program for stray dogs, implement accurate capturing, plan the program for pets to live their old lives happily and leave the world with dignity, strengthen the prohibition of pet abandonment, thereby creating an animal friendly city and maintain the green ecological network.
   
5. Promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction for industrial and commercial industries; stimulate rationalized and effective usage of energy sources; popularize the setup and application of recycled energy sources; implement hot spring resource management and conservation; strengthen supervision for public natural gas business operating management as well as safety maintenance and preparation for disaster prevention and rescue.
   
6. Create urban industrial corridor, stimulate industrial cluster effect; promote international trade communication, actively recruit businesses to invest and assist enterprises in expanding the international market.
   
7. Offer guidance for business district industry transformation and upgrading, integrate diversified delicacy and shopping platform, as well as plan creative thematic tours; construct quality shopping environment, create charisma for the city’s living industry.

II. MissionBe the best strategic partner of the city government.

III. Key Policies

1. Broaden authorization and delegation, strengthen agencies’ segregation of duties, establish a culture of accountability, and implement political responsibility.
2. Carry out amendments to the organization’s laws and regulations in line with the various agencies’ business requirements, so that the organization design can be in compliance with the requirements for government development. (Chu AC2.1)
3. Reasonable allocation of the numbers of personnel to agencies (organizations) and schools, and review the personnel allocation to the various agencies with quantitative data. (Chu AP1.1)
4. Strengthen professional core competencies of human resources personnel by conducting leadership management, professional training and policy training. (Chu AL1.1, Chu BL1.1, Chu CL1.1, Chu DL1.1, Chu EL1.1, Chu GL1.1)
5. Continue to handle staff appointments, dismissals, transfers, and qualification screening; implement the policy of recruitment through examination, and continue to recruit the target number of physically challenged and indigenous people. (Chu BC1.1, Chu BP2.1)
6. Continue to handle civil servants’ job transfers, strengthen job experience, increase talent exchanges and strengthen the anti-corruption climate. (Chu BP1.1)
7. Improve the key management and talent cultivation mechanisms, strengthen various management and professional competencies of civil servants, cultivate rich and diverse learning environments, and actively plan effective programs to allow personnel to obtain job-related professional knowledge, to be in line with the requirements for strategic human resources development. (Fu TL1.1, Chu CC2.1, Chu CP2.1)
8. Increase the number of outstanding civil servants selected and sent for overseas advanced studies, research and study, to cultivate forward-looking personnel with an international perspective, and city governance, marketing, policy integration, planning and analytical capabilities; propose plans and specific recommendations that can be effectively promoted and executed, to cope with the current and future policy directions. (Fu TL1.2, Chu CC1.1, Chu CP1.1)
9. Practice proper legal procedures and implement measures that safeguard the rights and interests of civil servants, so as to make legal and proper personnel administrative decisions for the staff, thereby enabling them to have the courage to take on important responsibilities, establish core values and a belief in accountability, and cultivate an organizational culture of accountability and change. (Fu TL6.1)
10. Improve the health of the staff of the Government by providing subsidies for those who meet the health examination, safeguarding their rights and interests to further improve administrative efficiency and public service quality. (Chu DC1.1)
11. Promote exchanges between staff from the various agencies and schools; increase interaction between staff through recreational group activities, so as to expand their circle of life. (Chu DC2.1)
12. Implement an open and transparent information policy, regularly carry out spot checks and reviews on the jobs published by the agencies’ staff on the website. The rolling review of operational specifications will improve content accuracy. (Fu HC5.1, Chu EC1.1)
13. Promote simplification of personnel forms; enhance personnel information accuracy and integrity checks and exemptions from filing supporting mechanism. Plan to automatically generate personnel forms through the information system, so as to reduce more than 20% of regular manual form filling at present. (Chu EP1.1)
14. Plan for human resource statistical services, initiate human resource statistical data analysis and gathering of requirements, and build a human resource warehouse center, employing data analytical tools and decision-making indicators. (Chu EC2.1)

2015 Administration Plan of the Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government

A. Missions
“Facilitate industrial development, create a sustainable business environment and improve citizens’ quality of life as well as local businesses’ competitiveness”

B. Vision
“Making Taipei a healthy city of sustainable prosperity and cultural diversity”

C. Goals

1. Create the corridor of technology in Taipei City to shape up an excellent environment for industries and enhance the competitiveness of the industries. Stay ahead of the economic situation and industrial trends to carry out matters related to domestic/international business solicitations and economic/trade exchanges.

2. Offer diverse incentive subsidies and financing measures to assist with the upgrading and innovation for enterprises, and strengthen the competitiveness of the industries. Create an excellent environment for startup and investment to energize the economy of the City.

3. Improve hardware and software of market facilities and assist business circles in enhancing service quality and upgrading transformation. Integrate diverse shopping platforms and plan creative marketing activities. Create an excellent purchasing environment to strengthen the attractiveness of specialized businesses in the City.

4. Promote energy conservation and reduction of carbon emissions for businesses and industries, the reasonable and effective use of energy, and the establishment and use of renewable energy. Implement resource management and protection of hot springs. Make greater efforts to supervise the operation and management of public natural gas business, as well as its safety, maintenance, and disaster preventions and preparation.

5. Develop a refined organic recreational agriculture. Establish the uniqueness of local produce brands. Implement the inspection of organic produce. Provide the guidance to farmers’ groups and promote a green economy to enhance the effectiveness of agricultural economy.

6. Supervise Taipei Expo Foundation for the operation of the Taipei Expo Park. Host exhibition activities for cultural and creative, art, family-based, diverse education, senior, happiness, LOHAS living themes, etc., to offer an excellent recreational area and diverse exhibition activities to the citizens, and promote the development of peripheral industries.

7. Build a sound mechanism for managing animals. Promote the responsibility education of pet owners. Safeguard the sanitation and safety of pet food. Implement the guidance and management of the pet industry. Strengthen the control of animal rescue. Enhance the quality of sheltering and medical care for animals. Maintain the protection of wildlife and the sustainability of natural ecology. Create a city that is friendly to animals.

2014 Administration Plan of the Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government

A. Missions
“Facilitate industrial development, create a sustainable business environment and improve citizens’ quality of life as well as local businesses’ competitiveness”

B. Vision
“Making Taipei a healthy city of sustainable prosperity and cultural diversity”

C. Goals

1. Continuously recruit businesses in Taiwan and beyond, and promote international trade according to economic/industry trends; build Taipei Cloud Computing Industrial Park and the Taipei Technology Corridor to attract business investments;
   
2. Encourage local businesses to engage in innovative R&D programs and international exhibitions; assist small- and medium-enterprises with upgrading/transformation; foster young entrepreneurs by providing start-ups with helpful information, advice, subsidies and other forms of incentives; enhance the competiveness of local businesses; create a competitive investment environment; stimulate Taipei City’s economy as a whole; 
   
3. Improve shopping areas and marketplace services/facilities to build a high-quality shopping environment; introduce an integrated platform for diversified services and creatively themed marketing campaigns to effectively bolster shopping areas’ growth; rebranding Taipei as a distinctive, fascinating and commerce-oriented city;
   
4. Implement carbon-reduction initiatives across all industries for reasonable, effective energy use; raise public awareness of renewable energy; ensure that hot-spring resources are well managed, conserved and utilized in a diversified manner; oversee natural gas suppliers embrace enhanced safety, disaster prevention & rescue measures; closely monitor gasoline (and natural gas) stations and LGP barrels (in terms of the actual tonnage, pricing and air flow);
   
5. Encourage high-quality, organic and leisure-oriented farming; rebranding local farms with a focus on uniqueness; ensure organic goods are meticulously inspected; offer farming groups appropriate assistance; cultivate “green economy” solutions to further benefit local agriculture economically; 
   
6. Offer supervision to the Taipei Expo Foundation regarding Taipei Expo Park operations; provide citizens with excellent recreational facilities besides a variety of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions (MICE) activities to drive the growth prospects of MICE industry and relevant businesses; 
   
7. Introduce a comprehensive animal management system; raise awareness of responsible pet ownership; ensure pet food safety; monitor pet businesses while giving them advice; step up animal rescue & control efforts; improve veterinarian care at animal shelters; create an animal-friendly city.

I. Mission
Promote economic development, construct a sustainable environment and enhance the life quality of city residents as well as economic competitiveness

II. Vision
Make Taipei City a healthy city of sustainability, prosperity and multi-cultures

III. Major policies of 2013

1. Seize economic situations and industry trends, continually promote domestic and overseas business marketing as well as economic and trade exchanges; develop Cloud Industrial Park, building a Taipei Technology Corridor to attract foreign and Taiwanese companies for investment.
2. Encourage industries to innovate, research and develop, council SMEs(Small and Medium Enterprises) on how to upgrade and transform as well as assist the youth to start their own business, provide associated business start-up information, consultation and guidance, incentives & subsidies and preferential resources, strengthening the entire industrial competitiveness, constructing a superior environment for investment, activating the economics of Taipei City.
3. Continually improve the hardware and software facilities of shopping districts and marketplaces, construct a superior environment for shopping, and promote economics and the development of shopping districts as well as shape the brand charm reflecting Taipei City's characteristics with rich and multiple marketing themes.
4. Promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction in industry and commerce; promote reasonable and effective use of energy; publicize renewable energy; implement management and preservation of hot spring resources; supervise operation and management of natural gas business and enhance security and advanced preparation for disaster prevention and rescue.
5. Develop high-quality, organic and recreational agriculture; develop local characteristic agricultural products; implement organic agricultural products inspection; give guidance and assistance to agricultural groups; promote Green Economy; enhance the economic benefits of agriculture.
6. Entrust operation of Taipei Expo Park to Taipei Expo Foundation and thereby boost industrial development in the peripheral regions, improve the quality of the recreation industry, activate expo-designs, as well as create opportunities for Taipei City to organize international conferences, expositions or games.
7. Solidify animal management, promote education of pet owners' responsibility, safeguard hygiene of pet food, promote consultancy and management of pet industry, strengthen operations of animal shelter and animal rescue control, prevent onset of zoonosis, maintain wildlife conservation and sustainable use of natural ecosystems, create an animal-friendly city.

(I)General Administration: Administration and management

(II) Research Education:
1. Expand current collection of astronomy books, journals, and magazines for research and public access.
2. Expand astronomical data on the Internet, announce important astronomical events, etc.
3. Observe, record and research special astronomical events.
4. Add and improve astronomy learning materials online.

(III) Promotion Education:
1. Allow public use of astronomical telescopes during daytime and on Saturday nights, assist with astronomy education at schools and organizations.
2. Hold astronomy conferences, such as school teacher workshops, stargazing field trips for citizens and youths, and stargazing field trips for families.
3. Conduct activities to promote special astronomical events and lunar holidays.
4. Repair and maintain scientific equipment at Meilun Park for Department of Education.
5. Train and manage volunteers.

(IV) Exhibition Education:
1. Hold frequent astronomy exhibits and scientific film showings.
2. Train and assign museum guides to offer guided tours.
3. Open Cosmic Adventure facilities to the public; equipment maintenance.
4. Repair, maintenance, planning and design of display models and equipment.
5. Hold special exhibits, lectures, and classes.
6. Train guides and volunteers and organize study tour.

(V) Audio Visual Education:
1. Install IMAX projection system, Carl Zeiss Planetarium and the Global Immersion digital projection and planetarium system in IMAX Theater; show both of the IMAX and Digital films, and our own astronomy programs to the public.

2. Install 3D projectors in the 3D Theater; show 3D scientific films and our own astronomy programs to the public.
3. Renting of various films and maintenance of showing equipment.
4. Upgrade to digital showing equipment, purchase digital planetarium systems.

I. Mission
Promote economic development, construct an environment of sustainable operation and enhance the quality of life of city residents as well as economic competitiveness

II. Vision
Make Taipei City a healthy city of sustainability, prosperity and multi-cultures

III. Major policies of 2012

1. Seizing the opportunities of ECFA and industry dynamics, continually promoting domestic and overseas business attractions and marketing as well as economic and trade exchanges; building the Taipei Technology Corridor to attract foreign and Taiwanese companies to locate their headquarters here for investment.
2. Encouraging industry to innovate and develop, giving assistance to SMEs for upgrading and transformation as well as assistance to the youth to start their own enterprise, offering related subsidies and favorable policies, strengthening the entire industrial competitiveness, constructing a superior environment for investment, activating the economics of Taipei City.
3. Continually improving the physical and software facilities of shopping districts and markets, constructing a superior environment for consumption and shopping, promoting the development of economics and shopping districts with rich and multiple marketing themes activities, shaping the brand charm reflecting Taipei City's characteristics.
4. Promoting energy-saving and carbon-reduction in industry and commerce; promoting reasonable and effective use of energy; promoting renewable energy; implementing management and preservation of hot spring resources.
5. Developing exquisite, organic and recreational agriculture; developing locally specific produce; implementing organic agricultural products inspection; giving guidance and assistance to farmer groups; promoting Green Economy; enhancing the economic benefits of agriculture.
6. Continuing the experience of organizing the flora exposition and establishing the "Taipei Expo Foundation" to continuously manage Taipei Expo Park and thereby promote industrial development in the peripheral regions, enhancing the quality of the recreation industry, activating expo-designs, as well as creating opportunities for Taipei City to organize international conferences, expositions or games.
7. Making Taipei City an animal-friendly city; guaranteeing pet food sanitation and safety; completing the mechanism of pet industry guidance and management; guarding against zoonoses and externally invasive species; maintaining ecological preservation and creating a sustainable ecological environment

Departmentof Land, Taipei City Government

I.Objective

Theobjective is to perfect the administration of cadaster, improve survey effectiveness, reasonablyestimate land value, manage public land, promote the use of farmland, implementthe administration of real estate service industry, improve the real estate transaction environment, and handle landexpropriation, public land appropriation, zone expropriation, and urbanreadjustment.

II.Vision

Good-qualityand effective land administration services

III. Key Policies for 2011

I. Enhancing of cadaster administration, enforcingcadastral cleaning operations, improving land registration operations, managinginformation of unregistered inherited land and buildings, assuring public’sreal property rights, elevating the quality of services.

II. Promotingthe innovation program of land and building survey, handling green andbeautiful measuring marks and education, improving cadastral survey results andmaintaining the accuracy of the results.

III. Announcingthe current land value of 2011 as the basis for the compensation for landexpropriation and land value increment tax charged and following up the preparation work forannouncing the current land value of 2012.

IV. Continuouslydealing with the registration of the 37.5% arable land rentalreduction,management of our farm land, and foreigners’land rights.

V. Handlingreal estate service industry’s applications for permits, practice, and changes,enhancing the administration of real estate appraisers, real estate brokers and brokings, and land administrationagents, securing real estate transaction orders, implementing association autonomy, protecting consumers’ rightsand benefits.

VI. Cooperatingwith the city land use plan for public facilities and public construction, actively handling privateland expropriation and public land appropriation, controlling and assisting eachagency to timely acquire land to facilitate municipal infrastructure.

VII. Continuouslyhandling our land administration integration information system, computerizinghistorical information of land administration, and actively promoting onlineland administration services.

VIII. Performing zone expropriation and urbanland readjustment according to the urban planning, continuously handling thezone expropriation operations of the northern area of Shilin Presidential ResidenceLandscape, Chiyannew community, Beitou-Shilin Science Park, and fully promoting the first phaseof urban land readjustment of Wenshan District and supervising self- conducted urban land readjustmentoperations.

IX. Enhancingthe maintenance of our basic control points and cadastral resurvey results,accelerating the division of land use for public facilities and the informationtechnology of cadastral survey related operations.

X. Handling the training and research ofland administration operations, effectively using our land administrationconference room, improving professional knowledge, and innovating good-quality and effective services.

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• Eastern Management Station of High Riverbank: Riverside Parks in Keelung River Basin (except for Bailing Left Bank and Right Bank Riverside Parks) 02-27181564、02-27126390
• Northern Management Station of High Riverbank: Bailing Left Bank and Right Bank Riverside Parks in Keelung River Basin, Riverside Parks in Shuangxi River and Tamsui River (North of Taipei Bridge) Basins 02-28834360、02-28834372
• Southern Management Station of High Riverbank: Riverside Parks in Tamsui River (South of Taipei Bridge), Jingmei River and Xindian River Basins 02-23087318、02-23086457

1. strengthen the safety inspection of public places, strengthen the safety management and inspection of the places that sell goods that may pose as threats to the public, such as firecrackers and fireworks as well as flammable high-pressure gas.
2. examine and repair fire safety equipment and flame protection marking, carry put fire prevention management, and actively promote fire prevention and safety management.
3. maintain the running of the Taipei City Emergency Operations Center, keep building the Disaster Prevention and Rescue Database, complete the Disaster Prevention and Rescue System.
4. improve the efficiency of the Intelligent Computer Aided Dispatch System, enhance the functions of hearing cases, dispatching and duty performance, and improve the quality of disaster rescue tasks in times of natural disasters, emergency medical service and public service.
5. further improve emergency medical service skills, establish high-quality, dedicated emergency medical stations, implement the emergency medical service grading system.
6. focus on fire investigation and analysis, establish the standard procedure for evidence processing and analysis in laboratories to improve the credibility of fire identification.

]]>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMThttps://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=2E52D43B50D870D0&s=CA3127EABCDDA4761. Taipei E-Services Online
　(1) Review online inquiry applications.
　(2) Investigate and evaluate online inquiry applications.
2. Conduct Taipei City Government Service Quality Awards Event
3. Conduct non-periodical Citizen Service inspections
4. Evaluate staff’s telephone etiquette
5. Verify agencies’ processing in service applications
6. Review Taipei City Government's innovative proposals.
7. Organize and analyze Citizen Service satisfaction surveys. ]]>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMThttps://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=2E52D43B50D870D0&s=DE2EC84C1C7D27B91. Compile and publish RDEC annual evaluation reports and create an employee principle guidebook.
2. Verify and register Taipei City Government’s publications.

Information Management
1. Conduct the RDEC computer equipment procurement, application training, network maintenance, and website management.

Archive Inquiries and Audit
1. Archives statistics and analysis.
2. Evaluate archive processing time.
　(1) Review overdue case evaluations.
　(2) Conduct periodical and non-periodical inspections on archive evaluations.
3. Training workshops on Document Processing.
4. Implement E-Archive System.
5. Compile the Contact Directory of Inspection Employees.
6. Revise Regulation Amendments on Archive Processing Time.

The Medium-term Plans
- Develop the Taipei City Government's Medium-term Public Construction Plans.

Annual Administrative Plans
1. Formulate guidelines of the annual administrative plan.
2. Compile and review the annual administrative plan.
3. Conduct the performance evaluation of city-owned businesses.
4. Conduct the performance evaluation of city-owned non-profit funds.

The Office is responsible for sewerage system constructions. Since its establishment in 1975, the Office has been dedicated to the active handling of sewerage-related projects in order to achieve effective waste and polluted water control, environmental sanitation, and raising resident living quality in addition to raising the City’s global image. The order of sewerage system construction will start from main pipe construction followed by secondary pipe, pipe network, and user drainage facility construction. In an attempt to utilize pipe functions and treatment facilities and to speed up household pipe-connection, this year’s plans are as follows:

1. Accomplish Tamsui River water quality and quantity improvement and enlivenment by aiming to achieve a medium pollution level (RPI<6) in overall river water quality to construct a water-friendly environment both pleasant to the eyes and nose. The Office will strive to achieve 6 major tasks: “ensure source water quality”, “stench-free river during the summer”, “ garbage-free river”, “create a charming river environment”, “create multiple spots for leisure and recreation”, and “build a nice spot for rafting and reel fishing”.
2. Continue to promote sewerage system projects to raise citizen living quality before serving as one of the indicators for national competitive advantages.
   (1) City secondary pipe construction completion rate has reached 100%.
   (2) It is planned to raise household pipeline connection to up to 30,000 households each year. The Office will also target households failing to comply with pipeline connection by filing for audits by the City’s Environmental Protection Bureau with accordance to the Water Pollution Control Act while simultaneously pre-announcing a $6,000 NTD fine for households failing to comply with pipeline connection starting December 7th, 2010 with possible consecutive penalties until household pipeline connection is completed.
   (3) Sewerage interception: Installation of 9 interception stations is expected by the end of 2010 with 2 stations (Liukuan, Zhongxiao) installed along Taipei City’s mainstream Tamsui River and 7 stations in Taipei County. Interception stations along Tamsui River will total up to 35 stations with sunny day interception capacity to reach up to more than 2.14 million CMD for operational allocation.
   (4) On-site treatment: Installation of 5 in-situ treatment facilities are expected by the end of 2010 with 2 treatment facilities (Zhongxiao, Guiyang bed treatment facility) installed along Taipei City’s mainstream Tamsui River and 1 bed treatment facilities and 2manmade wetlands in Taipei County. On-site treatment facilities along Tamsui River will total up to 23 facilities, with the expected treatment capacity to reach up to more than 240,000 CMD.
3. Landscape beautification; create a water-friendly space:
   (1) Carry out outer wall greenification, beautification, and reconstruction for the Dihua and Jingmei wastewater pumping station: advocate urban renewal, revitalize the City’s major activity spots and create a unique urban landscape.
   (2) Handle the Dihua cross-breakwater scenic platform project: In consideration of flood prevention and transportation demands, the platform will merge with the sewerage treatment plant to raise everyday life culture as well as building a new landmark for visitors entering Taipei city via highway.
   (3) Back-alley beautification: Beautification in a total of 450 alleys is expected to be completed by the end of 2010 to raise citizen living quality.
4. Develop a comprehensive greater Taipei City sewerage system, stabilize and raise sewage treatment system capacity:
   (1) Enhance Dihua and Neihu Sewage Treatment Plant water treatment ability.
   (2) Shilin and Minsheng sewerage flow project.
   (3) Install water wells to alleviate excess water overflow.
   (4) Install more water pumps at Xinzhuang Sewerage Pumping Station, and improve interception station functions.
   (5) Emergency countermeasure plans for Tamsui River sewerage system.
   (6) Upon tunnel by-pass pipe completion, overall treatment capacity for Tamsui River sewerage system shall reach up to 2 million CMD.
5. A sustainable sewerage system:
   (1) Handle the sludge reduction project and achieve reduction.
   (2) Handle the pipe network planning and design project for areas neighboring Gezhi Road and Xingyi Road.
6. Entrusted construction projects:
   (1) Renovation construction for the Taipei Fine Art Museum southwest 2nd exit and Taipei Story House.
   (2) Continue with the entrusted construction project for school drainage facilities under the jurisdiction of Taipei City Department of Education.
   (3) On-going collaboration in handling the City’s major road reconstruction projects.
   (4) Construction of commissioned sewerage pipes and permanent manhole relocation and restoration at Chenggong Road 3rd and 4th sections (from Wende Road to Jinlong Road) of Neihu District, Taipei City.
   (5) Beitou Shilin Technology Park area expropriation (including residential projects) for public sewerage system construction.
   

˙Developing instructional resources :
Offering the teachers educational books, periodicals, data banks, video-tapes, cassettes, films ,CDs and instructional materials.

˙Other teaching services include evaluating training programs and the lecturers.

Data : July 30, 2009                                                  Contact :Person: 
HSUAN-MIAO LIAO                       
Email: fbm_a10119@mail.taipei.gov.tw

Data update: August 10, 2009

Phone: 8732-9688

(Future major planned policies to be implemented and upcoming construction works to be initiated)
1. Sustainable update of funeral facilities
1.1 Full clearance of abused burials by stage and by category
The opening tendering for mowing and grave vault survey of the graves moved to the Da-An Public Cemetery (Taipei City Public Cemetery 9) and Guting Public Cemetery (Taipei City Public Cemetery 10), as allocated in the 2009 budget, was completed on March 18, 2009 and the project was initiated on 2 February 2009. The total number of moved graves was approximately 5,071 graves. By July 31, a total of 2,199 people applied for the compensation for grave moves. The total amount of compensation was NT$130,876,506, and the sum of NT$119,314,907 was compensated.
1.2 Planning of the Second Ossuary in the Yangmingshan Public Cemetery (Taipei City Public Cemetery 1) and Fude Public Cemetery
1.2.1 Second Ossuary in Yangmingshan Public Cemetery
(1) The Taipei Architects Association applied for the construction permit on January 8, 2009. The water and soil conservation plan was passed on Mach 9. The project was submitted to the Taipei City Urban Design Review Committee for review on April 14. The miscellaneous (building) license, the slope area reinforcement review, and water and the first design change of the project’s soil conservation plan are currently in progress. The TCG Department of Economic Development has also approved the design changes and notified the TCG Building Administration Office.
(2) The project’s building contract was awarded on July 2, 2009 and the contractor reported the project’s initiation on July 15.
1.2.2 Second Ossuary in Fude Public Cemetery
The approval of the budget adjustment of the Yangmingshan Public Cemetery Ossuary Construction Project is in progress. Moreover, according to resolution enacted at the Project Budget Adjustment Coordination Meeting hosted by Deputy Secretary General Tan on July 31, 2009, the need of an on-site environmental assessment will be re-assessed.
1.3 MSO Second Funeral Parlor Beautification Project
The aim of the project is to provide mourning citizens with a warm and comfortable funerary environment. The project was awarded on July 8 and initiated in mid-August.
1.4 Cremator Renewal Project
The renewal and installation of fourteen cremators and seven sets of pollution control facilities will be completed in November 2009 to ensure low smoke cremation and to provide a comfortable waiting environment for mourning families.
1.5 Provision of quality funeral services
The MSO organizes and oversees funeral home accreditation in order to facilitate citizens’ selection of quality funeral homes. Moreover, the QVL of qualified funeral homes can be accessed on the MOS website  (http://www.mso.taipei.gov.tw) to both help protect citizens’ rights and provide them beneficial assistance in times of need.

]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMThttps://english.tfam.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=2E52D43B50D870D0&s=7E07AC06A0228E831. Courses designed to help implement primary policies and teach various professional skills will be held to enhance civil servants’ competence and team execution ability to facilitate municipal development.
2. In order to nurture municipal management talent and improve the city’s competitiveness, we will strive to increase the competence of personnel at every level and enhance management training for female elites.
3. We will promote quality management with a comprehensive approach, including designing related courses, establishing a consultation system, and offering suggestions from field interviews to help city government agencies break through barriers in management development and improve their performance.
4. We provide city government personnel with diverse English learning channels and conduct overseas visits to learn from the experiences of other cities and to expand the trainees’ outlook on the world.
5. The Taipei e-Campus e-learning website will continue to develop itself as a shared platform for e-learning and knowledge management activities of the Taipei City Government. We aim to integrate all learning resources, so that municipal policies and civil servants’ key competencies can be appropriately preserved and utilized.
6. Through electronic media, new ideas and trends concerning municipal services will be disseminated to stimulate the creativity of city government personnel and raise the quality of municipal services.
7. We will continue to beautify the environment of the training facilities and decorate them with rich humanitarian elements to create a friendly and high quality environment that makes for easy learning.

Taipei City is geographically situated at the center of a basin with a low topography. It is surrounded by the Keelung, Jingmei, Xindian and Tamsui Rivers, which converge at the Guandu estuary. In addition, the tributary streams like Shuang, Huang, Huanggang, Guitzikeng, Neigou, Dakong and Sifen Streams also run across the Taipei basin.
The river channel at the estuary is naturally narrow, and due to tidal flows, the water of the river is often at a high level. During rainy seasons, or times of torrential rains and typhoons, the volume of the water in our rivers increases rapidly often causing floods. Many places got their names because of their proximity to water, such as Nangang (lit. south port), Neihu (lit. inner lake) and Xizhi (lit. ebbing of the tide). From these, we can say that Taipei City is inherently close to water due to its geographical features.
On average, Taiwan experiences 3.6 typhoons a year; the average volume of annual rainfall may be as high as 4,500 mm in mountainous regions and approximately 2,900 mm on the flat.

Fighting Against Nature for Land and Being Neighbors with Water

Due to rapid city development, the population is constantly moving towards the outer edges of Taipei basin. As a result, there hasn't been sufficient hinterland reserved to be used for flood and high water prevention purposes. Even places like Nangang, Neihu and Xizhi, which were prone to flood in the past, are now densely populated. Some houses have even been built adjacent to river courses. Once typhoons or torrential rain hits, these residences are certain to flood.
On top of that, the land area used for construction is far greater than the land used for vegetation in the Taipei basin due to rapid developments. In times of heavy rains, the soil on level ground is not able to provide sufficient seepage and floods occur in low-lying areas. Flood preventive dredging of riverbeds outside the city embankments and the construction of drainage and water pumping stations are effective ways to prevent flooding in urban areas.

Periodical Dredging to Ensure Smooth Flowing Rivers

Since Taipei City is situated at the middle-down streams of the surrounding waterways, the mud and sand sediments from upstream tend to accumulate and build up in the river channels. Periodical dredging can prevent severe accumulation of sediment that hinders water from running smoothly.
In the single year of 2014, the amount of soil dredged up from the river sections and channels in the city's jurisdiction was as high as 43,778 m3.

River Running in Front of My Home

Many major rivers and minor tributaries run across the Taipei Basin. The river-dredging project has been progressing section by section every year. Residential areas adjacent to riverbanks have always been the first victims of flooding during typhoons and high waters. But after dredging, these residents can finally enjoy flood-free living quarters with beautiful water scenes. "River running in front of my home" is no longer a nursery rhyme, but a portrait of true life.

Simultaneous Implementation of Multiple Flood Prevention Strategies
Flood Control Construction is a Long-Term Mission That Goes on Without Pause

With consideration of the natural and modified conditions of the city, the hydraulic engineering of Taipei City must strike a balance between ideals and realities.
In order to carry out successful flood control construction in a densely populated urban area such as Taipei, relying solely on the techniques of flood-diversion invented by Yu the Great (a legendary monarch who introduced flood control techniques in ancient China) would not be sufficient; Gun's (Yu's father) strategy of confining the water must be used as well. Therefore, Taipei City's strategies of flood prevention and control must be focused on building embankments along the rivers; river dredging and management are supplementary measures. In addition, water pumping stations are to be set up at the outlet of main water drainage pipelines inside the embankments in order to draw out rainwater in the city when the water level of rivers is approaching ground level to ensure the safety of the city.

Reinforcing and Raising the Embankments; Choosing the Lesser Evil

It is truly unfortunate that Taipei City experienced two serious blows dealt by NARI and XANGSANE typhoons before the completion of flood prevention construction and mechanisms. The images of chaos and damage are still fresh in the minds of our residents. The good news is, now Taipei City has flood prevention capabilities to withstand typhoons of NARI and XANGSANE's scale!
This claim "holds water" because 109,141 meters out of the 131,231 meters of flood prevention facilities in the city jurisdiction's flood prevention construction plan have already been completed; meaning a completion rate of above 83%. The total length of newly built embankments from 1999 till now is approximately 7,380 meters, while the embankment heights have risen by about 19,560 meters; capable of preventing river water from spilling over the embankments.

Striving for Perfection in Spite of Choosing the Lesser Evil

Without a hinterland reserved for flood prevention, resorting to the building of embankments as part of Taipei City's flood prevention strategy for residential areas adjacent to rivers is inevitable.
Reinforcing and raising embankments will obstruct views from certain buildings, hinder water activities, and distance the residents from their environments; such is the price of embankment construction.
To remedy the situation in order to make water activities possible for these residents, much thought and consideration was put into the planning, including footbridges over embankments, extensive use of materials that were environmental friendly, ecological and suitable for water activities, beautification of embankments, inclusion of more recreational facilities and so forth. Also, more resting space was created.

At the Frontline Amidst Storms

Even the slightest action of the personnel on duty at the water pumping stations will make a difference to the safety of residents' lives and property. These personnel are always standing on the frontline to battle natural disasters under harsh weather conditions, and one can easily imagine the hardship and pressure they face on a regular basis. After we have been through so much rough weather unscathed, let us not forget to show our appreciation for these unsung heroes.

Water Pumping Function is Most Crucial in Battling Heavy Rains

A total of 418 water pump units are operational across 66 dedicated pumping stations and 21 temporary ones are used to safeguard the city against flood. Their primary function is to draw water from the city drains and discharge it to the rivers beyond the embankments. These machines are especially crucial when the rainwater accumulated in the city which can not drain away due to high stage of rivers.
Repairing and building of pumping stations including machinery at the appropriate time is a critical step in flood prevention strategies.
Establishing a thorough maintenance system for the water pumps is the only way to ensure the well-functioned machinery in case of emergency.

How do You Fight a Flood When the Pumping Stations are Flooded Themselves?

When NARI Typhoon struck Taipei, due to part of the embankments being incomplete, the river water managed to spill over the embankments and breached the city district, disabling a total of 35 pump units at various pumping stations. To prevent the repeat of this in the future, enhancing the defensive capabilities of the water pumping stations against floodwater has become a new focus for the flood prevention measures of Taipei City.
After reviewing the "standard height of elevation for protection against floodwaters" across the pumping stations, it was decided that facilities that were subject to flooding were raised above the standard protection height to enhance their defense against floods. Other facilities that were not suitable for increased elevation would be protected by watertight accessories or replaced with waterproof ones. The power supply system was also improved with the addition of high voltage double circuits. And now, residents do not have to worry about pumps being station's failure.

David vs Goliath

Do you still remember the severe flooding in the east area of Taipei City wrought by NARI? As the crucial embankment connecting to those at the Dakong Stream, the Sifen Stream (upstream tributaries of the Keelung River) and the Keelung River was not completed, the excessive amount of rainfall caused an influx of river water into the Nangang district. The water made its way toward the Songshan district, and pumping stations along the way were flooded. These pumping stations, which worked perfectly in drills and exercises prior to the typhoon, were unable to handle the massive overload and malfunctioned. Relying on district pumping stations to handle sudden massive amounts of flood waters is no different from expecting an underdog to take over a giant.