In 2018, the Penghu County Government planned to spend NTD 25,820,000 to demolish the park for a new road, which triggered a protest by several of local residents.[2]
Longgui Park is located in Guangfu village, Magong City, next to an abandoned power plant.[3] It was completed on July 20, 2001 and cost NTD 880,000. It was named after Deng Long-gui (Chinese:鄧隆貴) who contributed to the construction of the park.[1] Longgui Park is one of few community parks in downtown Magong, and it is also a friendly shelter to feral cats.[4]
Road Dispute
Background
During the period of magistrate Wang Chien-fa's term (2005-2014), county council member Chen Hai-shan (Chinese:陳海山)[5] proposed to open a new road from Xincun Road (Chinese:新村路) to Haipu Road (Chinese:海埔路),[6] running through Longgui Park and the nearby abandoned Taiwan Power Company power station.[7]
In 2015, Ou Zhi-cheng (Chinese:歐致誠), the Penghu power station plant manager, proposed preservation of the power station buildings. Chen Hai-shan rejected this, saying "There is not any reason to preserve Magong power station because I cannot tell any kind feature of it." He insisted on demolishing the plant and Longgui Park for construction of the new road.[8][7]
Penghu County Government and Taiwan Power Company negotiated that the company would release the land on November 8, 2016.[9]
In early October 2017, county executive Chen Kuang-fu (Chinese:陳光復) promised that "The project of opening a road from Xincun Road to Haipu Road" must begin the next March.[10][11][12]
However, by June 2018 the project had not started. County council member Chen Hai-shan asked Hsueh Hung-ying (Chinese:薛宏營, the director of Penghu county government economic affairs department) to execute the project as soon as possible. "If county council could agree to afford the advance payment (NTD 25,820,000), we might start the construction in August." Hsueh replied. Chen Hai-shan promised Hsueh the advance payment would be approved in the session, but if it didn't, construction should still start. "We'll see about that!" Chen Hai-shan threatened.[13]
Protests
Local politician Sheng Yi-che (Chinese:冼義哲) and residents from Guangfu village staged a protest of the project on July 31, 2018. They held a press conference and declared their dissatisfaction to the Penghu County Government.[14] They reasoned that Baichen Street (Chinese:北辰街) already connects Xinsheng Road (Chinese:新生路) with the Haipu Road (Chinese:海埔路), is 14-metre (46ft) wide and is just 120 metres (390ft) from Xincun Road (Chinese:新村路). "This project is very ridiculous and unacceptable! It is unnecessary to spend about 2,600 million dollars destroying a community park and an abandoned plant just for expand Xincun Road!" Said by Sheng Yi-che.[14][15]
"It is nonsense! We won't execute this project on August 15" replied Lin Wen-zao (Chinese:林文藻), the vice manager of the county government economic affairs department.[16]
On August 7, 2018, Penghu County Government announced Lu Chun-tian (Chinese:盧春田) would replace Hsueh Hung-ying as the manager of Penghu county government economic affairs department.[17][15]
1 2 Penghu County Government General Affairs Department (2001-08-31). "記事櫥窗" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Penghu County Government. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Liu, Yu-Ching (2018-07-31). "搶救隆貴公園 澎湖青年陣線要求原地保留". The Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Wang, Nancy (2018-08-03). "〈隆貴公園的故事〉". Penghu Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Zhang, Chen (2018-07-31). "〈澎湖樹黨人士抗議砍樹開路 美籍動保人士出面力挺〉". 今日新聞 NOWnews (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ "陳海山 議員" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Penghu County Council. Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Zheng, Jia-Yu (2018-10-10). "〈陳海山總質詢追任內提案進度 不負選民所託 〉". Penghu Daily (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2018-12-03.
↑ Penghu County Government General Affairs Department (2017-10-30). "陳光復主持106年第8次主管工作會報" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). The Penghu County Government. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Liu, Yu-Ching (2017-10-30). "〈澎湖推動觀光消費券 搶攻秋冬觀光人潮〉". The Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Liu, Yu-Ching (2018-07-31). "〈搶救隆貴公園 澎湖青年陣線要求原地保留〉". The Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
↑ Liu, Yu-Ching (2018-08-08). "〈選前突換將 澎湖縣政府一級主管小幅異動〉". The Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
