行政概況 - 高雄市政府

高雄市

行政概況九十四年版

OVERVIEW OF KAOHSIUNG CITY ADMINISTRATION 2005

高雄市政府編印 PUBLISHED BY

THE KAOHSIUNG CITY GOVERNMENT

Preface On July 1, 1979, Kaohsiung City was transformed into a municipality. Since then

the municipal administration and its construction projects have become highly developed. The City also won the right to host the 2009 World Games. Kaohsiung is consistently working to develop its local character, municipal administration and infrastructure. It is also endeavoring to maintain international standards. The municipal administration is continuing to grow and develop.

This report is created to give all people insight into the various municipal projects the City has recently undertaken. Results of all projects and evaluations are provided by the relevant authorities and compiled into an annual almanac known as “An Overview of the Administration of the Kaohsiung City Government.” This almanac is published in both Chinese and English. The information in the report includes administrative reforms, improvements in services and quality control. It also incorporates infrastructure progress, promotes urban development, outlines advancements made in education and culture, social welfare developments and improvements to public safety and protection. Industrial and commercial developments, amendments to the rights of laborers and fishermen and the advancements in the quality of life for all Kaohsiung’s residents are also included in this yearly manual.

The municipal administration states the yearbook should include five major categories. These are as follows: A General Overview, Political, Economic, Social, Cultural and Educational Developments. Statistics and charts are also attached and are easy to understand.

Due to dramatic changes in economic and social structures, municipal construction projects and services have become more diversified. Public expectation has become greater, therefore compelling administrative quality and services to improve accordingly. With the support of the Central Government, supervision of the City Council and a collaborative effort of City Government officials, the planning and implementation of the municipal administration will follow guidelines and procedures stipulated for infrastructure projects. It is Kaohsiung City’s goal to continue to develop as a floral and fragrant harbor city.

If this almanac is found to be incomplete or offers insufficient information, the public is encouraged to send in their comments, contributions and suggestions. This assistance is truly valued and essential for on going improvements. As much public input and advice as possible is needed in compiling quality, up-to-date and accurate almanacs.

Acting Mayor Yeh, Chu-lan August 2006

CONTENTS

I、Introduction

Brief History and Local Characteristics ----------------------------------------------- 259

Humane Condition------------------------------------------------------------------------ 260

Family Income & Expenditure, Housing Expenditure, Price index---------------- 262

Geographical Environment -------------------------------------------------------------- 263

Climate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 264

Traffic Transportation -------------------------------------------------------------------- 265

Organization and Functions of Kaohsiung City Government----------------------- 272

Organization and Functions of the City Council ------------------------------------- 280

II、Political Development

Local Autonomy and Election ---------------------------------------------------------- 285

Administration for District and Ward -------------------------------------------------- 287

Household Administration--------------------------------------------------------------- 288

Basic Level Infrastructure --------------------------------------------------------------- 290

Research and Development-------------------------------------------------------------- 291

Activate Human Resources of Government------------------------------------------- 299

Human Resource Development For Civil Servants ---------------------------------- 301

Rules and Regulations ------------------------------------------------------------------- 305

Rectification of the Government Ethics ----------------------------------------------- 307

Military Service Administration -------------------------------------------------------- 308

City Diplomacy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 322

Land Administration---------------------------------------------------------------------- 323

Indigenous Affairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 325

Hakka Affairs------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 331

III、Economic Development

Financial Management ------------------------------------------------------------------- 341

Industry and Commercial Activities---------------------------------------------------- 352

Transportation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 354

Tourism ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 368

Agriculture and Natural Resources Management ------------------------------------ 372

Marine Development --------------------------------------------------------------------- 373

Urban Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 377

Building Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- 390

IV、Education And Culture

Educational Development --------------------------------------------------------------- 409

School Education ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 413

Social Education -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 415

Cultural Activities ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 419

Mass Communication -------------------------------------------------------------------- 429

V、Social security

Social Security Welfare ------------------------------------------------------------------ 445

People Organizations and Religion Activities ---------------------------------------- 454

Community Development and Social Work------------------------------------------- 455

Labor Service and Welfare -------------------------------------------------------------- 458

Public Health and Medical Care -------------------------------------------------------- 464

Environmental Protection---------------------------------------------------------------- 495

Public Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 507

I、Introduction 257

I、Introduction

An Overview of the Administration of Kaohsiung City Government 2005 258


Brief History and Local Characteristics Divided by Taiwan Strait on the West, Taiwan is opposite to Fujian Province of

China. Taiwan Strait is where the cold and the warm currents meet together, nice for fishery . This area has been fraquented by merchant vessels and fishermen since the end of 16th century. Kaohsiung, a harbor is located near by fishing plants black mullet between December and January. Besides, there came more and more seasonal immigrants from China. For nearly the 400 years , this city has developed the number Ⅱ metropolitan of Taiwan.

Kaohsiung, preferred as Takau or Taka, was originally dwelled by a tribe of Takau. It has been said that Takau was the aboriginal Makattao’s word “bamboo”.

The city population exceeded 1 million on July 1st 1979 whence it became a municipality , 11 administrative districts subject to with dimension 153.6029 sq. kl..


Humane Condition 1. Total Population and Rate of Expansion The whole population of our city was only 130,000 during the initial period of retrocession (at the end of 1946), then after the government moved here to Taiwan in 1949, the population expanded suddenly to a number of already 240,000 persons at the very year. There had been more than 1,000,000 people till the end of 1978. On the 1st of July 1979, our city was promoted into a special municipality. Till the end of 2005 the de facto population for the whole city accounted for 1,510,649. The total households reached 543,892 with average 2.78 persons in each.

2. Rate of Birth, Death and Natural Expansion The birth population was 11,904 in 2005 with a birth rate of 7.890/00, the numbers of deaths accounted for 8,531 persons, with a death rate of 5.650/00, whereas the natural increased population was 3,373, with a natural increased rate of 2.230/00.

3. Rate of Moving Out and In, and Rate of Social Increase and Decrease The moving-in population was 110,509 till 2005, with a moving-in rate of 7.32%, whereas the moving-out population was 115,910, with a moving-out rate of 7.67%.

4. Annual Increase of Population and Condition of Movement The population of our city is increasing year after year, at the end of 1972, the population for the whole city was 906,527, which had increased to 1,063,797 persons before the change of jurisdiction (at the end of 1978). The population increased by 35,144 persons for the past six years, with an average increase by 5,857 persons annually. The population accounted for 1,510,649 till the end of 2005, and the population has increased by 84,614 persons for the past ten years with an average increase by 8,461 persons annually at an expansion rate of 0.56%.

5. Age Distribution of The Population At the end of 2005, the population for the age of 0~14 was 269,778, occupying 1,510,649 persons of the total population at a rate of about 17.86%, whereas the population for seniors above 65 years old was 129,833, occupying 8.59% of the total population. If comparison is made between 1979 and 2005, the child population has decreased by 16.03%, whereas the senior population increased by 4.13%.

6. Distribution and Density of The Population For the original density of population of our city, there were only 1,162 persons


per sq. km during the initial period of retrocession (at the end of 1946). It was then rose year by year. Till the end of 2005, the total land area of the whole city was 153.5927 sq. km, with a population density of 9,835 persons per sq. km. In comparison by the division of district, the highest density of population falls at Hsinhsing Dist., with 29,706 persons per sq. km, and Hsiaokang Dist. the lowest with 3,800 persons per sq. km.

7. Gender Ratio and Marital Status At the end of 2005, the de facto population of our city was 1,510,649, among which males occupied 755,971 persons, and females 754,678 persons, the gender rate (number of male among every hundred females) was 100.71%. According to the marital status analysis, the unmarried persons occupied 47.44%, persons with spouses 42.50%, whereas the divorced 5.75%, and the widowed 4.31%.

8. Educational Status of The De Facto Population According to the household registration data, till the end of 2005, the population above 15 years old counted at 1,240,871, occupying 82.14% of the total population. If distinguished in accordance with the education accepted, the number of persons with above college level was 363,970; and 419,793 with senior high school and senior vocational school levels, 219,369 with junior high school level, and 237,739 with primary school level.


Family Income & Expenditure, Housing Expenditure, Price index

The Family Income and Expenditure Survey in Kaohsiung city indicates that the

average courrent receipts per household is NT$1,146,394 in 2004 statistics also shows that of the total current receipts wages and salaries stand at 56.61% in the first place, followed by entrepreneurial income at 15.08%, property income at 13.72% and current transfer receipts combined with others at 14.59%. Besides, the average annually consumption per household in 2004, which is NT$680,840, increased by 3.10% compared to that in 2003. and among the total consumption, food and beverage stand at 25.25%, clothing & footwear at 2.82%, housing (including rent, water charges, electric rate, fuel, light, furniture, family facilities and household operations) at 25.59%, transport & communications at 12.34%, education and entertainment at 13.08% and health care & medical combined with others at 20.92%.

According to the data revealed by local survey over the years, the ratio of food expenditure to total consumption decrease year by year. Along with the popularity of the electrical equipment, the sharp rise in mobile phones and internet expenses simultaneously boost the ratios of transport and communications expenditure.

And recreation, education and service expenditure of culture increase by 6.25% compared with last year, the main fact is that the reason causing the travel expenditure to Reduce because influenced by the War on Ira and SARS epidemic situation incident of 2003 has already disappeared.


Geographical Environment Kaohsiung City is located on the plain of south-western Taiwan, with the

jurisdiction district in a narrow and rectangular shape, it is about 27.8 km long and 10.4 km at its widest point. It has an area of 153.5927 sq. km, among which Hsiaokang Dist. is the biggest with an area of 39,8573 sq. km, and Yencheng Dist. the smallest with an area of 1,4161 sq. km. In the east lies the Fengshan City of Kaohsiung County, with Taiwan Seas in the west; Linyuan Hsiang of Kaohsiung County in the south; Chiaotou Hsiang and Tzukuan Hsiang of Kaohsiung Country in the north. It stretches from the 120o 14'30''E~120o 23'30''E, to 22o 30'30''N~22o 45'30''N, with Pinting Li of Hsiaokang Dist. at the extreme east (120o 23'30''E and 22o 30'30''N), Shoushan of Kushan Dist. at the extreme west (120o 21'30''E and 22o 39'00''N); Fengming Li of Hsiaokang Dist. at the extreme south (120o 21'30''E and 22o 30'30''N), and Chingfeng Li of Nantzu Dist. (120o 19'00''E and 22o 45'00''N) at the extreme north.

The stratum of our city is kind of the limestone of tertiary age, which constitutes of most plains no elevations and lands between 0 and 20 meters above sea level making up 91%. Of which, Shoushan in the west ranks the highest with a height of 356 meters, followed by Panpinshan in the north-eastern side with a height of 223 meters. The coast is kind of swelling sand shore, which is straight and plain with many lagoons and sandbars, both the Kaohsiung Harbor and Tsoying Military Harbor were constructed from lagoons, whereas the island of Chichin was also formed by sandbar.


Climate Due to the low latitude and the influence of warm currents along the coast, the

temperature of our city is a bit higher than the middle and northern parts of Taiwan, the coldest month falls in January, whereas the hottest in July, and the annual rainfall is 2,549.4 millimeters. There are distinct seasons of dry and wet, the rains appears through May to October, and when the south-west monsoon prevails, downpours will even brought by typhoon in July, August and September. The dry season appears through November to next April when the north-east monsoon prevails.


Traffic Transportation 1.Air Transport

a. Air Transportation The air routes of Kaohsiung International Airport include:

(1)Domestic Air Routes: Currently there are 4 airliners, namely Mandarin Airlines, Far Eastern Air Transport, TransAsia Airways and Uniair, having flights flying to and from the 4 cities of Taipei, Makung, Kinmen and Hualien, as well as 2 outlying-island air routes of Wang-An and Chimei. Every day there are about an average of 144 aircraft-times taking off and landing on various airports, and an average of about 11,273 man-times of arrival and departure passengers.

(2)International Air Routes: There are 13 airliners, namely China Airline, Evergreen Air, TransAsia Airways, Japan Asia Airways, Uniair, Far Eastern Air Transport, Thai Airway International, Malaysia Airlines, Vietnam Pacific Airlines, VietNam Airline, Macau Airline, Dragonair and Mandarin Airline, operating 12 air routes to and from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Macau, Manila, Osaka, Hochiminh City, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bali, Laoag …etc. Besides, there are 5 airlines, namely Uniair, Mandarin Airlines, Far Eastern Air Transport, Evergreen Air and TransAsia Airways arranging irregular direct-flight air routes to and from Laoag, Bali, Subic, Japan and Korea. As for air cargo transportation, FedEx, China Airline and Mandarin Airlines are the three operators. Every day there are about 79 aircraft-times taking off and landing, about 8,925 man-times of arrival and departure passengers, and about 310 metric tons of air cargoes transported.

b. Number of Passengers, Aircraft-Times, and Cargo Tonnage In 2005 there were 7,372,816 man-times of passengers, which was decreased

by 209,894 man-times when compared with 2004; 81,718 arrival and departure aircraft-times, which was 4,449 aircraft-times less than that of 2004; and 128,502.3 metric tons of air cargoes, which was decreased by 4,713.9 metric tons (please refer to Tables 1, 2 and 3).


Table 1 Statistical Table of Number of Passengers unit: man-times

No. of Passengers Year Local Flights International Flights Total Growth Rate

1995 6,955,846 2,401,781 9,357,627 20.57% 1996 9,054,938 2,570,947 11,625,885 24.23% 1997 9,223,316 2,905,388 12,128,704 4.32% 1998 8,410,598 2,640,861 11,051,459 -8.88% 1999 7,951,764 2,793,367 10,745,131 -2.77% 2000 6,068,834 3,075,010 9,143,844 -14.90% 2001 5,275,379 3,007,572 8,282,951 -9.41% 2002 4,737,308 3,062,007 7,799,315 -5.8% 2003 4,325,795 2,310,382 6,636,177 -15% 2004 4,555,977 3,026,733 7,582,710 14.26% 2005 4,115,009 3,257,807 7,372,816 -5.76%

Table 2 Statistical Table of Aircraft-Times unit: aircraft-times

No. of Flights Year Local Flights International Flights Total Growth Rate

1995 104,713 19,599 124,312 19.02% 1996 118,039 22,560 140,599 13.10% 1997 114,711 27,908 142,619 1.43% 1998 97,943 26,452 124,395 -12.77% 1999 94,737 22,701 117,438 -5.59% 2000 83,220 22,706 105,926 -9.80% 2001 71,229 23,302 94,531 -10.75% 2002 69,038 23,575 92,613 -2% 2003 61,018 20,802 81,820 -12% 2004 59,930 26,237 86,167 5.31% 2005 52,724 28,994 81,718 -5.16%

Table 3 Statistical Table for Tonnage of Air Cargo Volume unit: metric tons Tonnage of Air Cargo Volume Year Local Flights International Flights Total Growth Rate

1995 17,001.6 78,384.9 95,386.5 20.89% 1996 19,348.7 91,401.9 110,750.6 16.10% 1997 21,057.0 104,184.0 125,241.0 13.08% 1998 18,514.0 108,045.0 126,559.0 1.05% 1999 18,642.5 121,850.7 140,493.2 11.01% 2000 17,552.0 132,723.4 150,275.4 6.96% 2001 16,081.9 117,561.1 133,643.0 -11.06% 2002 17,583.0 124,579.0 142,162.0 6.3% 2003 14,019.9 106,358.2 120,373.1 -15% 2004 16,694.5 116,521.7 133,216.2 10.67% 2005 15,107.4 113,394.9 128,502.3 -3.53%


2.Sea Transport a. Shipping

Kaohsiung Harbor transportation net covers more than 100 countries. Above 60% of the cargoes are operated in Kaohsiung Harbor. It is an important door for the import and export of cargoes of Taiwan. It is the largest international commercial harbor, as well as the major container harbor in the world. Kaohsiung Harbor has favorable port conditions and complete port facilities, and offers low shipping cost and high operation efficiency, providing the best services to the shippers.

b. Cargo Handling Capacity, Cargo Stevedoring Volume, In-Port and Out-Port Vessel-Times and Total Deadweight:

In 2005 the total cargo handling capacity was 137,944,331 metric tons, with a decrease of 15,024,401 metric tons when compared with 2004. In 2005 the total cargo stevedoring volume is 455,425,749 charged metric tons, with a decrease of 13,868,860 charged metric tons when compared with 2004. In 2005 the vessels sailing in and out of the harbor are 38,223 vessel-times, with a decrease of 822 vessel-times when compared with 2004. In 2005 the total deadweight of vessels sailing in and out of the harbor is 720,129,038 tons, with an increase of 16,518,453 when compared with 2004 (please refer to Tables 4, 5 and 6).

Table 4 Cargo Handling Capacity Unit: metric tons

Year Total In-Port Cargo Out-Port Cargo 90(2001) 127,919,231 92,842,546 35,076,683 91(2002) 129,413,525 95,422,786 33,990,739 92(2003) 138,832,208 100,916,018 37,916,190 93(2004) 152,944,732 108,931,457 44,013,275 94(2005) 137,920,331 943,755,576 43,544,755

Table 5 Cargo Stevedoring Volume unit: charged metric tons

Loading Volume Discharging Volume Year Total Sub-Total No. of

ContainersBulk

Cargoes Sub-Total No. of Containers

Bulk Cargoes

84(1995) 261,654,432 100,797,961 91,477,665 9,320,296 160,856,471 90,436,932 70,419,53985(1996) 266,929,121 102,032,336 91,409,472 10,622,864 164,896,785 90,860,256 74,036,52986(1997) 310,038,615 119,669,897 103,634,910 16,034,987 190,368,718 101,325,294 89,043,42487(1998) 328,288,682 130,584,310 115,508,646 15,075,664 197,704,372 110,249,271 87,455,10188(1999) 358,123,785 146,247,394 129,112,290 17,135,104 211,876,391 122,360,715 89,515,67689(2000) 375,405,503 153,983,390 136,479,312 17,504,078 221,422,113 130,850,622 90,571,49190(2001) 373,746,857 154,345,242 137,166,570 17,178,672 219,401,615 134,292,312 85,109,30391(2002) 410,687,169 170,122,538 153,751,599 16,370,939 240,564,631 151,998,273 88,566,35892(2003) 429,643,614 177,869,385 158,926,356 18,943,029 251,774,229 159,434,793 92,339,43693(2004) 468,912,579 195,393,105 174,268,440 21,124,665 273,519,474 175,439,709 98,079,76594(2005) 455,425,749 190,851,146 170,145,378 20,705,768 264,574,603 170,812,638 93,761,965


Table 6 In-Port and Out-Port Vessel-Times, and Total Tonnage

Total In-Port Out-Port Year Vessel-

Times Total

Deadweight Vessel- Times

Total Deadweight

Vessel- Times Total Deadweight

84(1995) 28,622 481,047,149 14,317 240,123,544 14,305 240,923,605 85(1996) 29,679 510,957,022 14,753 254,746,344 14,926 256,210,678 86(1997) 32,685 552,028,135 16,345 276,368,901 16,340 275,659,234 87(1998) 34,956 589,861,340 17,498 295,413,882 17,458 294,447,458 88(1999) 36,293 597,697,535 18,159 299,259,708 18,134 298,437,827 89(2000) 36,007 617,006,106 18,012 309,021,498 17,995 307,984,608 90(2001) 36,358 635,010,871 18,196 317,905,291 18,162 317,105,580 91(2002) 36,484 654,932,229 18,241 327,674,447 18,243 327,257,782 92(2003) 37,718 685,449,691 18,878 343,221,677 18,840 342,228,014 93(2004) 39,045 703,610,585 19,520 352,019,106 19,525 351,591,479 94(2005) 38,223 720,129,038 19,120 360,134,262 19,103 359,994,776

3.Land Transport

a. Vehicles In 2005 there were 93,153 new licenses issued for 39,873 vehicles and 53,280

motorcycles. b. Bus and Ferries

Bus Administration Office of this City has taken up the responsibility of mass transportation of Kaohsiung City for a long time. Owing to the change of overall environment and impact of internal and external factors, the operation income does not increase with the improvement of service in quality and quantity. However, firmly holding the servicing idea, the Bus Administration Office always makes efforts to improve the bus service and continuously makes business reforms and innovation to improve the “tangible” facilities of bus terminals and stations and promote the “intangible” service enthusiasm and service qualities. By making use of the Bus Dynamic Information System and the planning of software and hardware of the administration facilities, the Office effectively integrates the transportation resources. With a general and prospective vision, it comprehensively reviews the connection and cooperating development among the bus, High Speed Rail and Mass Rapid Transit systems in order to form a sound transportation network, expand the bus system to area service, and achieve the goal of “creating a port city full of flower fragrance and with fascinating bus service”. It is the purpose of the Office to increase the utility rate of public transportation system in Kaohsiung City and further improve the downtown transportation. Besides, to carry out the “Bus Service Reformation Program” of Kaohsiung City Government, the Office improved its overall service quality, reduced operating cost, increased traffic capacity, and promoted the efficiency of public transportation system through three reformation schemes: adjustment of


road network, routes opened to traffic, and implementation of enterprise-like management by reducing the size of the Office.

In 2005, “Dynamic Bus Information System Installation Plan of Phase 4” was implemented. In addition to the installation of 100 additional LED intelligent station boards, which makes the total number of LED intelligent station boards reaches 230, there were 200 buses equipped with the LED bus destination display system and voice report system. Now, most city buses in Kaohsiung have the LED bus destination display system. In 2004, there were 90 city buses equipped with Smart LED Route Display Board Systems in front of the buses, and 162 city buses equipped with the mobile television sets DIMO. With those systems, passengers may know where the bus was and the name of each bus stop at any time, get ready to get off the bus, receive information while the bus is running, know how to spend their time on the bus, and thus have a happy mood. What’s more, the ITS Exploration Zone was established in the Traffic and Civilization Hall of the National Science & Technology Museum on a long-term basis in order to promote the Dynamic Bus Information System and develop the prospective customers. The Dynamic Bus Information System Installation Plan of Phase 4 had completed and inspected for acceptance in February 2006. The plan of phase 5 is in progress.

Dynamic Bus Information System offers services to the public. Through LED intelligent station board or voice mail hotline (Tel. No.: 7497100) or the internet (website: www.khbus.gov.tw), people can inquire about the latest dynamic status and grasp the bus running information, so as to “break through the spatial limitation, and provide the latest information services of buses which is available everywhere. The number of calls was more than 177,000 calls in a single month, far more than that for the public transportation system of Taipei County (only more than 40,000 calls in a single month) during the same period. The total number of voice inquiry for dynamic bus information as of Oct. 20, 2005 was over 1,000,000 calls. To increase the capacity of the invoice inquiry system, the Office has expanded the 8 service lines to 12 lines. This will help solve the problem of busy line during peak hours. The city also works hard to promote the policy of “creating a port city full of flower fragrance and with fascinating bus service” and improve the public transportation quality of the city.

Besides, the IC smart card electronic payment system was installed to fulfill the ideal of going everywhere in Southern Taiwan with just one card. Starting from December 5, 2005, the test run of the system was conducted. After the installation of the system is completed, all people living in the 7 counties and cities of Southern Taiwan may go everywhere by city bus (ferry) or regional bus and use the parking lots with only one card in hand. It saves the trouble of ticket


purchase and cash payment. With the card, transaction can be completed rapidly through sensor. Meanwhile, the electronic wallet can be used in transactions related to living consumption and transportation to realize the vision of “one card for all”. In order to meet the current trend of diversified operation, exert the greatest servicing effects of buses and form a new scene, the future bus and ferry operation will not merely meet the needs of general passengers, but also play a role of assisting the citizens to get close to different cultures, leisure and recreations, so as to make it become a convenient, practical and creative transportation tool. This year there were 452 buses running in 63 bus routes. There was a monthly bus-times of 69,086 in average, running for 1,835,291 kilometers, carrying 2,720,113 passenger-times, and bringing in an income of NT$26,139,360.

Table 7 Quantity and Operational Status of Buses of Kaohsiung City

No. of Routes Year No. of

Buses Large Bus

Medium Bus

Small Bus

No. of Runs (Bus-Time)

Operational Income (NT$)

No. of Passengers

Average No. of Passengers Per

Bus 1979 306 49 837,781 174,235,902 95,552,985 312,264 1981 365 44 5 1,064,093 310,463,862 72,641,615 199,018 1986 540 47 3 3 1,232,923 401,552,246 81,235,268 150,436 1991 516 46 2 3 1,084,492 372,312,459 50,864,422 98,574 1992 514 46 2 2 982,020 343,846,410 48,657,658 94,664 1993 502 46 1 3 864,484 301,380,571 36,852,981 80,530 1994 492 47 1 3 773,882 269,403,753 32,638,794 66,339 1995 483 49 1 3 781,548 266,500,298 30,817,693 63,805 1996 480 61 1 3 774,646 272,690,251 30,887,051 64,348 1997 485 63 1 3 758,694 274,108,155 31,228,529 64,389 1998 485 62 0 2 885,867 305,863,704 34,563,722 71,265 1999 473 61 2 0 1,325,075 537,625,178 56,059,488 118,519 2000 471 61 2 0 884,055 391,844,475 38,828,087 82,438 2001 465 60 2 0 833,746 389,327,143 39,107,870 84,103 2002 436 58 2 0 840,651 380,708,833 38,143,325 87,485 2003 435 59 2 0 790,586 332,424,207 33,723,130 72,523 2004 445 59 2 0 756,468 321,265,475 32,698,925 73,480 2005 452 61 2 0 829,039 313,672,325 32,631,359 72,215

Source: Transportation bureau, Kaohsiung City

Table 8 Number and Operational Income of Ferries in Kaohsiung City

Year No. of Ferries

No. of Routes

No. of Runs (Ferry-Time)

Operational Income (NT$)

No. of Passengers

Average No. of Passengers per Ferry

1979 9 2 185,364 23,453,667 18,898,376 2,099,819

1981 15 3 173,549 37,585,367 19,411,970 1,294,131


1986 11 3 160,721 25,767,744 12,216,284 1,110,570

1991 10 3 155,913 32,490,220 4,791,179 479,118

1992 9 3 155,328 34,085,625 3,585,301 398,366

1993 10 3 158,754 33,955,316 3,753,097 357,310

1994 9 3 155,014 30,900,527 3,164,271 351,586

1995 9 3 159,041 30,485,374 3,099,250 344,361

1996 9 3 159,235 35,335,840 3,532,132 392,459

1997 9 3 160,253 37,448,950 3,649,855 405,539

1998 9 3 157,245 40,821,474 3,616,351 401,817

1999 9 3 235,483 62,968,589 5,517,869 613,097

2000 9 3 158,171 44,480,530 4,176,827 464,091

2001 9 3 155,394 54,376,343 5,101,227 566,803

2002 9 3 155,998 61,195,006 5,776,552 641,839

2003 9 3 154,343 55,985,299 5,280,892 586,765

2004 9 3 145,209 53,219,165 5,341,333 593,481

2005 9 3 131,979 51,444,678 5,269,295 585,477

Source: Transportation bureau, Kaohsiung City


Organization and Functions of Kaohsiung City Government

1. Organizational System and Functions Kaohsiung City Government was reorganized in July 1979 and instituted as a city under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan. Before reorganization, it was an administrative component under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Provincial Government. On Jan. 2005 Hakka Affairs Commission was established, The Secretariat was incorporate into Kaohsiung City Government, and Kaohsiung Harbor Authority was renamed as Marine Bureau. Currently, there are 109 component agencies in Kaohsiung City Government (Table 9).

2. Personnel Disposition and Number of Civil Servants In 2003 and 2004 there were 13,452 and 13,458 civil servants respectively being disposed to different component agencies of Kaohsiung City Government, and the expected personnel were 12,045 and 12,021 respectively (excluding those of business organizations subordinating to Kaohsiung City Government). Ever since the reorganization in 1979 the qualifications of the personnel of the various component agencies of Kaohsiung City Government have been apparently promoted (see Table 10, Figure 9).

Table 9 Table of the Functions of First-Tier Component Agencies and District Offices of Kaohsiung City Government

Name of Department Functions

Headquarters of Kaohsiung City Government

1. Administer the public affairs, receive visitors and liaise with other units.

2. Administer the confidential and synthetic businesses. 3. Administer the investigation and handling of the complaints,

statements of grievance and reports of offence from the public.

Civil Affairs Bureau

1. Be in charge of the division of administrative districts, and administration of districts and subwards.

2. Be in charge of the self-governance administration, household registration administration, grand meeting of subward residents, meeting of foundation level, small-size construction project of subward, and the coordinating and cooperating items of citizen-based organizations.

3. Be in charge of the registry, guidance and management of religions, temples and churches, survey and guidance of spiritual altar, mediation business, cemetery management and supervision of funeral services.



Finance Bureau

1. Be in charge of financial administration, planning and examination of annual budget, financial supervision and tax administration of the government-run (public) utilities, and the planning and supervision of the profits of construction project.

2. Be in charge of monetary management, tobacco and wine management, issue of bonds, the management, planning, profit and use of city-owned properties, inspection and auditing of the use, and management of property registration data, etc.

3. Be in charge of concentrated payment of public funds, and examination and auditing of Kaohsiung City Government.

Education Bureau

1. Be in charge of formal education at different levels, social and special education, physical and hygienic education, etc.

2. Be in charge of training, registration and certification of teachers. 3. Be in charge of the supervision, evaluation and development

policies of schools of different levels and social education agencies, and military training and health care education of schools.

Reconstruction Bureau

1. Be in charge of the industrial, mine and commercial administration, and their registration, management and guidance.

2. Be in charge of agricultural, forestry and livestock farming, water and soil preservation, water conservancy administration, and supervision of government- and private- run public utilities.

3. Be in charge of tourism, wholesaling and distribution of agricultural products, and management and supervision of markets.

Marine Bureau

1. Be in charge of coordination for and planning of city-owned land of fishing port and public facilities, the planning, reconstruction, maintenance, operation and management of fishing port.

2. Coordination and handling of the related marine affairs, exploitationand use of marine resources, ecological preservation, maintenance and management, and planning and management of sea-going tourism as well as leisure and recreational activities.

3. Approval, renewal and issue of certificates of fishing boats and sailors, harbor immigration and emigration management of fishing boats and sailors, mediation of disputes arisen from fishing operation.

Urban Development Bureau

1. Be in charge of the major, detailed and landscape planning, formulation and review of city renovation plans.

2. Be in charge of urban renovation, and the capital collection of urban development fund and national residential building fund, the use, keeping and loan of fund, and the collection of capital and interest.

3. Be in charge of the formulation of residential policies and plans, implementation of urban renovation plans, evaluation, inspectionand acceptance of valued projects, and urban calibration.

Public Works Bureau

1. Be in charge of the examination, approval, guidance and supervision of public works, research and development (R&D) of construction techniques, and integration of construction interfaces.

2. Be in charge of building management, series of inspection of construction work, issue of construction license, disposal of illegally constructed buildings, new business registration of architect, registration of residential building, interior decoration, erection of business plate, and management of advertisement.


Name of Department Functions 3. Be in charge of auditing of government purchases, examination,

random checking and analysis of construction materials, survey, approval and control of piping and wiring, and planning of public facilities.

Social Affairs Bureau

1. Be in charge of social administration, organization and training of private organizations.

2. Be in charge of welfare service, social and educational assistance and cooperation, and community development.

3. Be in charge of statistical analysis of social surveys, social services, etc.

Labor Affairs Bureau

1. Be in charge of labor organization, guidance and education. 2. Be in charge of labor conditions, labor safety and hygiene, labor

inspection, relationship between labor and employer, and resolution of labor disputes.

3. Be in charge of labor welfare, insurance, employment guidance, vocational training and skill examinations.

Police Bureau

1. Be in charge of city cleaning, specific business management, maintenance and control of economic order, planning of security police measures, and wartime police work.

2. Be in charge of traffic order management, planning and implementation of household visits, synthetic organization, training and protection of civil defense corps, and supervision of civil defense groups.

3. Be in charge of management of alien residents or visitors; handling events involving aliens, security defense, and collection andprocessing of security information.

Fire Bureau

1. Be in charge of fire prevention plan, inspection of firefighting and safety equipments, handling of violation cases against fire prevention, and management, grouping and training for fire controllers.

2. Planning and guidance of rescue in disaster and emergency aid, measures of emergency response, and educational training for firefighters.

3. Investigation of fire causes and identification work.

Public Health Bureau

1. Be in charge of business and occupational health, anti-epidemic health care, management of medical organization, and emergency aid in disaster.

2. Be in charge of pharmaceutical administration, health management of drugs, cosmetics and food hygiene, public health care, family plan, women’s and children’s hygiene.

3. Be in charge of health planning, health education, and public health inspection.

Environmental Protection Bureau

1. Be in charge of prevention and control of public harm, such as air, water and noise pollution; burial of pollutant; control of insect harm, dredging of conduit, and sterilization of environment.

2. Be in charge of excrement disposal, management of public toilets, management of poultry and livestock raising, and biochemical inspection of air, water quality and organic fertilizer.



Mass Rapid Transit Bureau

1. Be in charge of various development plans of mass rapid transit (MRT) system, management and planning of united development and operation, collection of fund, income and expenditure planning of finance, and fixing of rate.

2. Be in charge of civil engineering construction and environmental facilities of MRT system.

3. Be in charge of power supply, environmental equipment, trains, communication and control system.

4. Be in charge of land requisition for MRT project, negotiation and distribution of compensation for demolishment, and management of road right.

Cultural Affairs Bureau

1. Be in charge of study and formulation of cultural policies, systems, and regulations, planning and promotion of cultural exchanges, and training of cultural talents.

2. Be in charge of the survey, research and maintenance of cultural resources, cultural and historical information, ancient relics and products, and folk customs, and also the planning and promotion of tribal culture, life, rituals and activities.

3. Be in charge of the planning and implementation of public arts and environmental landscapes.

Transportation Bureau

1. Be in charge of formulation of traffic and transportation policies, and general planning of land-sea-air transportation systems.

2. Be in charge of auditing of parking management, planning, design, construction and operation of government-operated parking places, and management of road vehicle transportation industry.

3. Be in charge of supervision of the investigation of traffic accidents, review of accident, road traffic control, and the planning, design, construction and maintenance of traffic signs, signals and safety facilities.

Civil Service Development Bureau

1. Be in charge of the training for civil servants and teachers. 2. Be in charge of counseling services for civil servants and teachers,

study of public service and education problems, and the collection, editing and publication of civil service and teaching data.

Legal Affairs Bureau

1. Be in charge of examination, study, formulation and explanation of general administrative, financial and economic laws and regulations.

2. Be in charge of the collation, editing and printing of city ordinances.3. Be in charge of examination and discussion of complaints and

appeals.

Military Service Office

1. Be in charge of organization and training of citizen soldiers, planning and implementation of enlisting of Kaohsiung City, planning of soldier quota allocation, handling of anti-enlisting cases, emergency disposition of soldiers.

2. Be in charge of the rights and benefits of the soldiers of Kaohsiung City, planning and maintenance of allowance for soldiers’ family, and the management, training and enlisting of reservists, and preparation of equipments for emergency measures.



Land Administration Office

1. Be in charge of survey of land ownership, land measurement, land registration, fixing of land value, land requisition according to declared land value, and deadline for use of vacant land.

2. Be in charge of clearance and restriction of land right, assistance for farmers, land requisition, use of public land, re-planning of land, and land requisition in lots and sections.

Information Office

1. Be in charge of administration and management of publications, films, video programs, and cable television businesses.

2. Be in charge of promulgation of administrative orders and achievements, collection of the promotion information of urban policies, announcement of city government news, news liaison, the editing, printing and issue of various books of urban administration, collection of news information, and editing and translation of foreign materials.

Accounting and Statistics Office

1. Formulation, examination, execution and review of the preliminary estimate, budget and budget settlement of various component agencies.

2. Implementation of formulated accounting systems, supervision and improvement of accounting affairs, and the planning, execution, supervision and auditing of government statistical affairs.

Personnel Office

1. Implementation and management of component agency organization, power and responsibilities division, job systemization and task simplification.

2. Examination, distribution, appointment, dismissal, transfer and recruitment examination of civil servants, and the training, in-service education, reward, punishment and evaluation of civil servants.

3. Salary, fringe benefits, insurance, retirement, severance and compensation for civil servants, assistance of construction of residential buildings for civil servants and teachers, and management of personnel data.

Civil Service Ethics Office

1. Promotion of administrative integrity; suggestions for reforms; evaluation, reward and punishment.

2. Prevention, detection and handling the disclosed cases of malfeasance.

3. Enforcement of confidentiality of government secrets.

Research, Development and Evaluation Commission

1. Be in charge of development of intermediate- and long-term plans, and implementation, formulation and examination of annual administrative plans.

2. Be in charge of research and development (R&D) of city administrative work, demonstration of administrative reforms, and the planning, supervision and evaluation of services for the public.

3. Be in charge control and evaluation of major administrative plans and businesses, and evaluation of the promptness of official document processing.

Indigenous Affairs Commission

1. Be in charge of cultural heritage of indigenous peoples, cultivation of talents, and formulation of indigenous medical system.

2. Be in charge of protection of rights and privileges of indigenous peoples, survey and analysis of socio-economic data, and employment advice for indigenous peoples.



Kaohsiung Urban Planning Commission

1. Formulation of changes of urban plans, examination and review of old-downtown renovation plans and new-downtown construction plans.

2. Examination and review of urban plan applications or suggestions, and urban planning businesses invested by individuals or private groups.

3. Actual implementation of the existing urban plans, and research and suggestions for implementation of urban plans.

Hakka Affairs Commission

1. Be in charge of planning of Hakka affairs and policies, and the cooperation and exchanges of local and foreign Hakka affairs.

2. Be in charge of preservation and promotion of traditional Hakka culture, development of Hakka language, studies of Hakka rituals, cultivation of traditional Hakka folk customs and fluent Hakka language talents, Hakka artistic and cultural creation, and guidance for Hakka groups.

Kaohsiung Municipal Open University

1. Provide Kaohsiung residents with adult education and continuing education.

2. Be in charge of the instruction affairs, and the guidance, planning, studying, implementation and promotion of lifelong education.

District Offices

Each has sections separately dealing with civil affairs, social services, economic construction, compulsory military service, etc. dealing with various businesses and the tasks authorized by Kaohsiung City Government.

Source: Personnel Office, Kaohsiung City Government.

Table 10 Current Status of Civil Servants of Kaohsiung City Government (Age)

Year Total Below 19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Above 60 Average 1987 9,779 0 2,983 3,631 1,453 1,174 538 37.65 1988 10,088 0 2,982 4,035 1,505 1,035 531 38.28 1989 10,178 0 3,051 3,316 2,119 1,311 381 37.67 1990 10,909 1 2,883 4,431 1,962 1,140 492 40.10 1991 10,929 0 2,884 4,405 2,024 1,121 495 39.39 1992 10,055 0 2,351 3,963 2,225 1,121 395 38.09 1993 10,277 1 2,395 3,946 2,425 1,158 352 38.21 1994 10,309 3 1,574 3,968 2,990 1,397 377 39.68 1995 10,369 0 2,230 3,577 3,000 1,198 354 38.99 1996 10,394 0 2,278 3,365 3,185 1,222 344 39.12 1997 10,448 4 2,180 3,225 3,485 1,404 287 39.20 1998 10,527 0 845 4,401 3,736 1,271 274 40.86 1999 10,530 0 843 4,394 3,745 1,297 251 40.86 2000 10,623 0 691 4,156 4,067 1,472 237 43.13 2001 10,433 0 616 3,812 4,256 1,514 235 42 2002 10,828 0 569 3,973 4,506 1,575 205 42.06 2003 10,777 0 495 3,957 4,484 1,662 179 42.23 2004 10,840 0 546 3,997 4,506 1,637 154 41.57 2005 10,816 0 526 3,810 4,573 1,768 139 42.11


(Education Level)

Year Total Above University College Military

AcademyPolice

AcademyTeacher’s College

Senior (Vocational) High School or Teacher’s

School

Junior High

School or

Below

Primary School Others

1987 9,734 1,887 2,095 362 2,921 36 2,187 167 70 9 1988 10,088 2,024 2,230 344 3,062 48 2,143 166 62 9 1989 10,178 2,158 2,234 309 3,110 41 2,154 132 31 9 1990 10,909 3,345 3,001 332 2,947 36 2,073 135 30 10 1991 10,929 2,318 3,043 310 2,960 53 2,075 126 36 8 1992 10,055 2,131 3,020 219 2,835 16 1,662 145 23 4 1993 10,277 2,139 3,168 197 2,957 36 1,625 132 19 4 1994 10,309 2,207 3,286 66 2,720 22 1,840 152 15 1 1995 10,369 2,263 3,741 55 2,917 4 1,529 118 12 0 1996 10,394 2,629 3,448 44 2,881 7 1,242 128 15 0 1997 10,448 2,327 3,600 52 2,863 51 1,426 118 9 2 1998 10,527 2,510 4,003 0 2,588 0 1,361 65 0 0 1999 10,530 2,621 3,730 0 2,845 0 1,266 68 0 0 2000 10,623 2,747 4,061 0 2,555 0 1,194 66 0 0 2001 10,433 2,757 3,821 0 2,690 0 1,106 59 0 0 2002 10,828 2,813 3,990 0 2,962 0 1,020 43 0 0 2003 10,777 3,138 3,805 0 2,940 0 868 26 0 0 2004 10,840 3,458 4,001 0 0 0 3,357 24 0 0 2005 10,816 3,688 3,939 0 0 0 3,167 22 0 0

(Examination)

Year Total A Class Special

Examination

Higher-GradeCivil Service Examination

Junior-Grade Civil Service Examination

Special Examination

Other Examination

Employed According to

Other Laws or Regulations

1987 7,126 3 306 641 4,859 271 1988 7,394 5 336 592 5,022 386 1989 7,075 7 301 483 5,154 291 1990 10,180 5 410 770 5,933 1,735 1991 9,797 5 460 739 6,217 874 1992 8,317 4 442 622 5,723 521 1993 8,815 4 580 676 5,841 616 1994 8,115 4 621 759 5,613 85 1995 8,402 4 657 774 5,792 99 1996 9,069 3 700 844 6,107 358 1997 9,358 3 704 876 5,942 748 1998 10,527 0 881 862 5,537 1,108 2,139 1999 10,530 0 934 911 5,734 1,098 1,853 2000 10,623 0 1,082 927 5,721 1,219 1,674 2001 10,433 0 1,095 923 5,573 1,171 1,671 2002 10,828 0 1,074 904 6,196 1,119 1,595 2003 10,777 0 1,063 864 6,168 1,162 1,520 2004 10,840 0 899 812 5,764 1,901 1,464 2005 10,816 0 921 799 5,637 2,078 1,381


Figure1 Examinatim Classification for Civil Servants of Kaohsiung City Government in 2005

Source: Personnel Office, Kaohsiung City Government

Special Examination:

5,637 staff, 52%

Employed in Accordance with Other Laws or

Regulations: 1,381 staff 13 %

Total: 10,816 staff,

100%

Higher-Grade Civil Service Examination: 921 staff, 9%

Junior-Grade Civil Service Examination: 799 staff, 7%

Other Examinations: 2,078 staff, 19%


Organization and Functions of the City Council

Kaohsiung City Council has been evolved through four stages: 1. Kaohsiung City Senate: since April 13, 1946. 2. Kaohsiung City Council (provincial city): since January 11, 1951. 3. Kaohsiung City Provisional Council: since July 1, 1979. 4.Kaohsiung City Council (special city under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan): since December 25, 1981. In accordance with the Law for Local Systems, the city councilors are elected by

citizens. The tenure of the councilors is four years; councilors can be reelected unlimited times. The number of councilors should be no more than 52 and no less than 41 according to the quota given by the Law for Local Systems based on the size of the city’s population. One seat of aboriginal councilor is reserved when aboriginal population is between 4,000 and 10,000. When the population is over 10,000, every 10,000 aboriginal population will increase one additional aboriginal councilor seat.One out of every four seats of councilors must be reserved for females.

The Council sets one speaker and one deputy speaker who are elected separately by fellow councilors. They lead the Council and chair meetings of various kinds. One secretary general is set to supervise the Council’s functioning units in accordance with the Speaker’s direction.

A regular session will be convened by the Speaker once every six months. Each session including holidays and unplanned suspensions should not exceed 70 days.However, in the regular session, if there are budgetary bills to be reviewed and resolved, or the proposals can not be completely resolved within 70 days, an extension of no more than 10 days is applicable at the request of the Mayor or the Speaker or over one third of the total councilors and passed by the assembly. Moreover, a provisional session no more than 10 days may be held at the request of the Mayor or over one third of the total councilors, or deemed necessary by the Speaker, the Speaker is obliged to convene within 10 days. No more than eight provisional sessions in every 12 months can be held.

In order to facilitate the fulfillment of the councilors’ duty, the Council sets seven committees including civil affairs, finance, education, reconstruction, public security, local public works and unitary statute processing to review relevant proposals. Yet, all reviewed proposals will have to be resolved by the assembly.

The authorities and duties of the Council are as follows: a. Resolution To resolve city unitary statutes, city budgets and to review final account reports,


to resolve the special levies, temporary levies and additional levies, to resolve the disposal of the City's properties, to resolve autonomy regulations of the city government organizations and subordinate business organizations and to resolve proposals made by councilors or city government.

b. Investigation To clarify certain problematic cases, a task force can be authorized by the

council assembly to carry out necessary investigations. A task force desinghated by the assembly or appointed by the speaker consists of 3 to 7 members. An investigation report has to be submitted to the assembly in 6 months, another 6 months can be extended if necessary.

c. Interpellation Councilors are entitled to interpellate mayor and subordinate department chiefs

and other personnel during each session. The interpellation should be answered orally right away; if restrained by time, written answers are applicable.

d. Right to propose Councilors can make proposals to request the city government to do or not to

do certain administrative activities. A proposal must be co-signed by at least 2 other councilors. At least 4 co-signers are required if the proposal is made during provisional session.

e. Right to receive citizen petitions Citizens are entitled by law to petition the Council verbally or in written ; a

petition becomes a proposal after receiving and passing committee review. f. Right to hold public hearings The Council may hold public hearings to collect opinions from relevant

authorities, interest groups, persons involved, experts and scholars so as to help reviewing and resolving important proposals.

g.Other authorities granted by laws.


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II、Political Development



Local Autonomy and Election 1. Election for the President and Vice President

The Central Election Commission made the announcement of the election for the President and Vice President in accordance with Item 1, Article 32 of the Recall Law of the President and Vice President on the 23rd of November 1995. And the President and Vice President for the 9th term were elected on the 23rd of March 1996, and inaugurated on the 20th of May on the same year. The announcement of the election for the President and Vice President was made on the 15th of November 1999, with the President and Vice President for the 11th term being elected on the 20th of March 2004, and inaugurated on the 20th of May on the same year.

2. Election for the Central People's Representatives

In order to improve the elective affairs, and disseminate the democratic constitutional rules, the government managed the reelection for the additional Central People's Representatives in December of 1980. The reelection for the additional Legislators was held on the 3rd of December of 1983. The elections for the additional National Assemblyman and Legislators were held on the 6th of December 1986, with the election for the additional Member of Control Yuan held on the 10th of January 1987. And the election for the additional Legislators was held on the 2nd of December of 1989. In 1991, since the period of mobilization for the suppression of communist rebellion was called to its end, the election for Representatives of National Assembly for the 2nd term was held on the 21st of December, whereas the election for the National Assembly for the 3rd term held on the 23rd of March 1996. The election for the Legislators of the 2nd term was held on the 19th of December of 1992 accordingly, with the election for the 3rd term Legislators on the 2nd of December 1995, the election for the 4th term Legislators on the 5th of December 1998. And the election for the 6th term Legislators on the 11 of December 2004. And the election for the National Assembly hold on the 14th of May 2005.

3. Election for the Local Government Officials

a. Election for head of ward Before the change of jurisdiction, there were originally 411 wards governed in

our city, then after several adjustments of the administrative districts were done, the administrative districts of wards were adjusted into 464 wards. A number of 464 heads of ward of the 5th term were voted on the 13th of June 1998, and inaugurated on the 1st of August of the same year. Since the Haikuang Li of


Tzoying Dist. was merged into the Weipei Li in December 2002, the total number of ward for the whole city was decreased into 463 wards. A number of 463 heads of ward for the 6th term were voted on the 8th of June 2002, and inaugurated on the 1st of August of the same year.

b. Election for the city councilmen The 1st term election for the Councilmen of the Kaohsiung City Council after

the change of jurisdiction was held on the 14th of November 1981, with a number of 42 councilmen elected who took the oath to inaugurate on the 25th of December of the same year. Whereas the president and vice president of the council were voted simultaneously. Then the City Councilmen for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th term were voted respectively in 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1998, who were all inaugurated on the 25th of December of the same years, with the elections for the president and vice president of the council being completed simultaneously. The election for the 6th term City Councilmen was held on the 7th of December 2002, with a number of 44 Councilmen elected (including one aborigine) who were inaugurated on the 25th of December of the same year, whereas President and Vice President of the Council were voted simultaneously.

The City Councilmen’s by election was hehl on 16th of Juny, 2004 and the expiration of the terms will be the save as 5th term meantime mr. Tsa. Was elected for president of the council.

c. Election for the mayor The notice for the election of the 1st term Mayor was announced on the 26th of

September 1994, and the vote was held on the 3rd of December of the same year with the swearing-in ceremony held on the 25th of December. The notice for the election of the 2nd term Mayor was announced on the 30th of September 1998, and the vote was held on the 5th of December of the same year with the swearing-in ceremony held on the 25th of December. The notice for the election of the 3rd term Mayor was announced on the 1st of November 2002, and the vote was held on the 7th of December of the same year with the swearing-in ceremony held on the 25th of December.


Administration for District and Ward

1. Organization of District and Ward Our city divided and established 11 district offices according to the

administrative districts, and assigned chief to each district office, who follows the command of the Mayor and the guidance of the Chief for Department of Civil Affairs to supervise and handle all the district administrations. And who commands and supervises his staffs. Group within the district is ward, and a ward office is established for the ward with the allocation of a ward chief with no salary paid, who is to be elected by the ward residents for a four year term of office. The post will be held for another term after being reelected. The ward chief is under the command and supervision of the district chief to manage the official affairs of the ward and items on duty. Group within ward is Lin (a basic community unit which consists of a number of families in the same neighborhood), a chief of Lin is allocated to the Lin with no salary paid, who is adult resident in the very Lin reported by the ward chief to the district chief to employ with a four year term of office. The post will be held for another term after being reelected. The head of Lin is under the command and supervision of the ward chief to manage the official affairs of the ward and items on duty. There are 11 administrative districts, 459 wards and 8,460 Lin divided in our city.

2. Official Functions of the District Office

Offices of Civil Affairs, Social Affairs, Economic Development & Planning, Military Service, Secretary, Accounting and Personnel are established in each district office (district with a population of less than 100,000, Sections of Social Affairs, Economic Development & Planning will be combined to establish temporary section of Social Affairs, Economic Development & Planning) to be in charge in all kinds of official functions and items authorized by the municipal government respectively.


Household Administration The official functions of household administration hold the purposes of

implementing the household registration, managing a strict household administration, assisting in promoting the numerous affairs of the state, reinforcing the measures for public service and wining the centripetal force of the public. There were altogether 543,892 households with a number of 1,510,649 persons in the whole city till the end of 2005.

1. Strict Household Administration

a. Reinforce the management of household registration for the entry and exit population.

b. Reinforce the examining task on household registration. c. Reinforce on preventing the occurrence of false report on migrating population

and liaison task with the household police.

2. Reinforce the Measures for Public Service The outcomes of services for public in 2005 are as follows:

a. Managed the applications for household register and household book by correspondence or phone totaling at 4,393 cases.

b. Managed the registration for moving out on behalf of the public totaling at 2,448 cases.

c. Helped the handicapped with all kinds of household applications totaling at 519 cases.

d. Implemented flexible office hour during noon break handling cases totaling at 88,408 cases.

e. Found population with unknown whereabouts totaling at 1,646 cases. f. Provided home services for seal or identity card to the seniors or those with

confinements totaling at 620 cases. g. Registrations made for cases consigned by the public totaling at 165,398 cases.

3. Easy and Convenient Household Official Functions

a. Scheme a humane official environment. b. Carry out service for cases handled during flexible office hour.

In order to solve the trouble of the working people and those who fail to apply for managing the household cases with the household administration office during the daytime, our government took the lead to implement flexible office hour at noon (12:00~13:30) since 1987, and the implementation effect was quite good. Based on the requirement of the public, the Department of Civil Affairs of


our government will reinforce on supervising and urging the household administration office of each district to persist on the ultimate purpose of an overall service to perform this behavior of facilitating the public well with the existing good foundation.

c. Carry out home service to the community For any people who are elder or with confinements, and who may not apply for

registration of seal or have the identity card reissued personally known by the household administration office of each district, the household administrative officials will go to check the facts and deal with the cases at the dwelling or hospital in person during the lunch break or after work to solve the public's problem.

d. Give out birthday, wedding cards and couplets pasted on doors.

4. Simplify the Operations of Naming the Roads and Organizing and Nailing for Doorplates.


Basic Level Infrastructure 1. Foreword

As early as in 1973, the Government began to allocate budgets in succession on small construction projects specifically for urgent propositions submitted to village assembly, and ad hoc public constructions, in order to promote citizen participation in village assembly meetings, and strengthen implementations of motions concluded in village assembly meetings. Since 1974, the Bureau of Civil Affairs of the Government began to allocate NT$33 million of small construction budgets for village assemblies; this was the new page in history of small constructions in the City. When the City was upgraded to direct subordinate city in 1979, population in the City increased rapidly.; new communities in the City formed one after another, and prosperous signs could be seen everywhere. Therefore, old tribes and sub urban areas fell behind relatively due to environmental and geographical constraints. Small construction budgets then came to aide as indispensable supplements to insufficient funds for critical infrastructure projects. The small construction budget has been functioning as an important role that balances development gap between metro and rural areas. As our society evolves and civil living standard rises, small construction budget has yielded great effectiveness in improving civil living environment and enhancing life quality.

2. Status of Implementation Since small construction projects in basic-Level infrastructure is designed to

make up insufficient critical construction projects, therefore, public lanes less than 6-meter of width, small maintenance of drainage covers, opening industrial roadways, and building and maintaining village halls are all applicable items in small construction budget. Use of small construction budget requires compliance of preliminary operational plan in annual policy implementation plan promulgated by the Government, and execution agencies are coordinated.

3. Small Construction Projects Based on conclusions made in village assembly meeting, and opinions submitted

by civil representatives, information is established. After assessment is made in conjugation of Bureau of Civil Affairs officers, priority of implementation is determined. It is then enlisted in annual plan with budget estimate, and is submitted to the Bureau of Civil Affairs for consolidation and forwarded to City Government for approval. Total NT$100 million of small construction budget has been planned for fiscal 2005. Status of execution is described in below:

Total 296 cases of 2005 annual plan were executed, including public lanes under 6-meter of width, and small drainage maintenance and servicing. Total 50 facility improvement projects were executed, including additions of equipment in village halls, and district administrative tasks of enhancing public services.


Research and Development

A. Annual Research, Subsidies and Evaluation Rewards: In order to boost research development, the City Government has drawn up

“Guidelines for Rewarding Research Cases for Kaohsiung’s City Government”. This is in accordance with the regulations for the Implementation of Research Development in all levels of Administrative Agencies. The Executive Yuan was responsible for this ruling.

At the beginning of each fiscal year (from January to March), schools and other agencies carefully examine the annual administrative plans and public opinion. Cases are selected, prioritized and subsequently researched. In 2005, fifty-four special research cases were proposed. Twenty-seven of these cases received subsidies ranging from 5,000NT to 20,000NT based on resulting benefits. The subsidies totaled 310,000NT. These subsidies are designed to encourage staff in schools and other agencies to engage in research and development projects.

At the end of each fiscal year, scholars and experts are selected to form an evaluation team. They make primary and second evaluations of research reports submitted by all agencies. After evaluation, research that has been deemed successful will receive a reward and a certificate of merit. In 2005, of sixty-four research reports sent in for evaluation, fifty were selected. These reports received the following grades: four received “A”s, 21 received “B”s and twenty-five received notoriety for Excellent Work. The selected research reports were compiled into a book and given rewards. Each of the related agencies received a book for their own reference (Table 1).

B. Commissioned Projects: In promoting municipal administration and strengthening academic and

administrative co-operation, subordinate agencies of Kaohsiung City Government; follow set guidelines for the research of commissioned projects. Kaohsiung City Government sets out theses guidelines and commissions colleges, universities, research organizations, groups or individuals with research projects related to the municipal administration. Table 3 presents the research accomplishments presented by agencies of the City Government up until 2005.

C. Public Opinion Surveys Kaohsiung City Government continues to be in charge of public opinion

surveys. Details of surveys carried out 2005 are as follows: (1) In 2005, RDEC asked Taiwan Real Survey Co. Ltd. to carry out three public

opinion surveys regarding resident’s satisfaction with Kaohsiung City Government’s Administration.


(2) RDEC and Taiwan Real Survey Co. Ltd. assisted the Police Bureau in carrying out two public opinion surveys concerning the satisfaction with public security in each of Kaohsiung’s administrative districts.

(3) RDEC also commissioned Taiwan Real Survey Co. Ltd. to carry out two surveys in each of Kaohsiung’s districts concerning the public’s satisfaction with public security.

D.The Establishment of a Municipal Administration Information Center: In order to maintain information transparency and convenience, Kaohsiung

City Government established an information center on March 7, 2005. Its purpose is to effectively pass on information regarding the municipal administration, assist in its development, support the staff in their research and distribute researched publications developed by Kaohsiung City Government. This is the first information center planned and established by the local government. It is a useful municipal administrative resource and supplies research results to government staff and the public.

Some other functions of the Municipal Administration Information Center are as follows: It offers a comfortable environment for questions, maintaining the electronic information database (Encyclopedia Americana Online, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online, The New Book of Knowledge Online, United Daily News & CEPS) and a research function (according to topic) to provide assistance to Taiwan’s doctoral and masters’ working on their thesis. It is also responsible for developing a database about Kaohsiung City Government’s research reports and collecting publications from Kaohsiung City Government, the Central Government and other local governments. It is hoped that this information center will become a “think tank” and good research resource for Kaohsiung City.

An Overview and Evaluation of Kaohsiung’s Joint Service Center A.An Overview

The Joint Service Center is a 24-7 comprehensive service window managed by the municipal administration. The center serves as a bridge of communication for residents and the City Government. The center provides services for public inquiries, complaints and appeals. It receives suggestions and provides a platform for contacting City Government agencies.

The Joint Service Center welcomes resident’s visits in person, written statements via mail, communication via telephone calls, fax or e-mails or any other channel to express their opinions. The Center is located on the first floor of the Heshu Office Building of the Kaohsiung City Government (mailing address: No.2, Siwei 3rd Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, 80203). There is 24-hour toll-free hotline available: 0800733833 and two other service lines: (07) 3360521


& 3360522; fax:(07) 3360543 Website: http://www.kcg.gov.tw/~rdec/; E-mail address: [email protected] All of Kaohsiung City’s residents are welcome to contact the center.

Suggestions and advice are appreciated. B.Services:

The Joint Service Center’s main services are divided into two main categories: (1) General Services (2) Twenty-Four-Hour Services (A) General Services include:

1. Services and inquires related to the municipal administration. 2. Guidance for various applications 3. Handles, transfers and assists the public with complaints and appeals.

Assistance with service applications 4. Legal Counseling (service times: 9:30 am to 11:30 am every Tuesday and

Wednesday; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm every Monday, Thursday and Friday) 5. Blood pressure monitoring and health care (service times: 8:00 am till noon

every Monday) (B) Twenty-Four-Hour Services include:

1. Manages malfunctions of street lamps, which have a potential impact on the safety of both people and vehicles.

2. Fixes street lamps and trees that have collapsed and subsequently threaten the safety of vehicles.

3. Deals with water overflows, which have a potential impact on traffic. 4. Deals with filling in potholes and other obstructions on the roads. 5. Repairs needed for lighting facilities in underground passages. 6. Repairs and attends to damaged traffic signs on important roads and other

objects which seriously hinder traffic. 7. Handles serious traffic accidents 8. Handles public nuisance incidents seriously threatening public property and

safety. 9. Handles public facilities, which malfunctions threaten public property and

safety. C.Join Services Center usage in 2005:

The Joint Services Center was used in the following capacities 2005: (A) Immediate services: 61,285 cases. (B) Non-online complaints and appeals: 13,074 cases. (C) E-mails to Mayor: 19,933 cases. (D) Legal Counseling: 1,915 persons.


(E) Blood pressure monitoring and health care: 1,199 persons.

Screening of Mid., Long Term and Annual Administrative Plans Kaohsiung has become Taiwan’s Maritime Capital and creates plans accordingly.

It is also the venue for the 2009 World Games. The City Government promotes its mid-term administrative plans in conjunction with the Executive Yuan. The City’s future development, as Taiwan’s Maritime Capital has been chosen as the major objective for its urban developments. Eight different aspects have come together for this development plan. These aspects include diverse education and culture, developing the industrial economy, maintaining a healthy environment, creating a superb standard of living, developing an international city which emphasizes community, integrated inter-regional cooperation, creating superb traffic infrastructures and prioritizing minorities needs. Scholars and experts will be invited to take part in eight seminars outlining the mid-term administrative plans and goals. The preliminary process for screening the 2006 administrative plans are as

follows: The rules for the preliminary process and screening of the Administrative Plans are

carried out. The Enforcement Plan of the Preliminary Process for Screening of the 2006 Administrative Plans proceeds the budgeting of the mid-term administrative plans. In 2005, one hundred thirty-four projects were proposed by various agencies. These one hundred thirty-four cases consisted of: A.Nine cases were improvements in public infrastructure and were reported to

central authorities for consideration. B.One hundred twenty-two cases were major administrative plans, two cases

consisted of purchasing equipment, and one case consisted of a plan for technological development.

The results for these proposals were as follows: (A) One hundred five cases were granted fixed amounts (The ten public

infrastructure cases, ninety-two major administrative cases, one technological development case and two cases regarding equipment purchased).

(B) Seven cases granted amounts beyond the original proposals (The three public infrastructure cases and the fourteen major administrative cases).

(C) Fifteen cases were deferred for further discussion (The proposals regarding public infrastructure design and thirteen cases regarding major administrative plans).

A written report addressed to Kaohsiung City Government is submitted for approval. A collection of results from the preliminary process and screening of the 2006 Administrative Plans is then compiled. A letter notifying the various agencies to prepare budget estimates for the 2006 plans are then sent out. Kaohsiung City


Government’s annual administrative plans and budget consideration are also presented.

The Annual Supervision Evaluation Supervision evaluation is necessary in the process of establishing objectives,

controlling execution of plans and guaranteeing objectives are achieved. The course of action for supervision evaluation is determined by information statistics. Supervision evaluation is also a process that is designed to monitor and correct the execution of a plan, and ensures administrative goals are carried out with precision. In the process of implementing supervision evaluation, knowledge of modern technology and management must also be adopted. The City Government controls various administrative plans. It monitors how the

plan is implemented and ensures the plan stays on schedule. It makes an evaluation at the end of each year and examines its strengths and weaknesses. It offers guidance to the various agencies responsible for the plans’ implementation. It is organized in such a way that plans are professionally executed. This will guarantee the future effectiveness and implementation will improve.

A.To ensure annual administrative plans are completed, the City Government created some regulations for monitoring various agencies that carry out administrative plans. Kaohsiung City Government created these regulations in 2005. Factors considered when proposing a project are as follows: Resources, obstruction to the public’s daily living, minorities and the extensiveness of the plan. The City Government will list and manage all plans, both internal projects and external constructions. In 2005 there were 106 cases under Kaohsiung City Government’s management.

B.According to policy, during the odd-numbered months the various agencies send in report about their project’s progress to the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (R.D.E.C.). The Kaohsiung City Government then prints a bi-monthly journal about progress of the projects, which are under Kaohsiung City Government’s management. Agencies must explain why projects are behind schedule. The agency must then describe adjustments being made and show how they are implementing them so the plan gets back on schedule. At the end of December there were one hundred six administrative plans under the city’s management. These cases consisted of fifteen (14.15%) which were completed, seven cases (6.60%)which had made a great deal of progress, thirty-five (33%) had only a little progress, 40 cases (37.74%) were lagging behind, five (4.72%) where completely changing their course of action and four cases (3.77％) were no longer under government management or cancelled.

C.According to the regulations for evaluating and enforcing plans for the


administration and management of Kaohsiung City Government, the City Government’s evaluation team (composed of scholars, experts and City Government staff) must conduct evaluations from February 16th until March 16th,t 2006.

D.Besides annual administrative plans, City Council resolutions, and the Mayor’s instructions and resolutions (established in City Government administrations meetings), all progress must be monitored and recorded. The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission must also monitor public appeal cases and administrative efficiency.

Monitoring the Validity of Official Documents: Official documents are important tools by which government agencies conduct

public affairs. Administrative efficiency depends greatly on the effective handling and processing of official documents. To better manage official documents, they are divided into six categories: General Documents, Legislators’ Interpellation, Public Appeals Cases, Public Applications, Petitions to Senior Government Agencies (usually challenging a decision of a subordinate office) and Management of Special Projects. Documents must be processed within limited time periods and according to relevant legal regulations. The various agencies should complete the documentation within aforementioned constrains so the municipal administration may run smoothly and efficiently.

A.The duration of validity for general and official documents (such as Legislators’ Interpellation, Public Appeals, Applications, Petitions, and Special Projects) should be sent to the agencies under its jurisdiction on a monthly basis. A bi-monthly journal depicting the City Government’s progress and management of projects is then published. When making improvements agencies are consulted (See the 2005 Statistical table for length of validity for Kaohsiung City Government’s primary-level agencies’ documents -Table 3).

B.Management units and staff responsible for processing official documents in the various agencies’ must regard time limits and restrictions, analyze individual cases, conduct an investigation and conclude who has administrative responsibility.

Construction Investigations and Quality Control. On January 19, 1996, the City Government established an “Investigation Center

for Construction Quality”. This center was created to guarantee construction quality and improve administrative results. The center’s responsibilities are as follows: A. investigating, sampling and maintaining public construction quality. B. Evaluating public construction and quality. C. Managing public construction information systems.


The center’s highly trained staff includes: One director who is appointed by the Mayor. A deputy director, selected from the engineering and technical staff. This selection is made by the director and is reported to the Mayor. The Mayor then officially appoints the deputy director. One secretary who is an officer sent by R.D.E.C. and four investigators (Public Works Department, Urban Development Department, Mass Rapid Transit Bureau and Land Administration Department each appoint one investigator). The Center’s personnel take charge of administration and perform on site inspections of public construction projects. From January to December 2005, one hundred thirty-eight major construction

projects were inspected. This surveillance has greatly improved the quality of public construction projects. In 2005, the center also performed quality evaluations on eighty-seven construction projects. All results from inspections and evaluations are reported to the Public Construction Commission of the Executive Yuan.

Strengthening Service for the Public The City Government is always working to increase administrative efficiency and

increase public satisfaction. The city is constantly enhancing its “customer-oriented” initiatives and monitoring its quality control. Its new high tech computer system has improved coordination, communication and interaction with the public. In 2005, evaluation results for the Government’s public services were as follows.

A.Unannounced evaluation visits and testing of telephone manners In order to maintain quality control of public services and government

operations, the city conducted unannounced investigations and evaluations. The city organizes these evaluation groups are responsible for conducting on the spot assessments of public agencies. In 2005, public services such as police, traffic control, culture and education were selected for unannounced evaluations. The services were assessed on items such as image, processing of applications, appeals management, public interaction and communication. From August 2-18, 2005, two teams conducted investigations and stipulated necessary improvements.

Telephone etiquette is essential for civil servants whose duty it is to directly serve the public. The R.D.E.C conducted telephone tests in June, July and October 2005. These tests were designed to strengthen staff’s basic telephone manners and guarantee the quality of telephone services. Ninety-seven agencies were selected at random for testing. Ninety-two received “A” grades and five of them received “B” grades. The test results outlined how the agencies could improve their telephone services and further training that was required for the staff. The agencies received the results by mail.


B. Making examples of agencies with the best quality of service

Agencies exhibiting the best quality of service, were presented the seventh “Executive Yuan Quality of Service” awards. In order to assist executive agencies improve their public-service businesses, the Government organized visits to Taichung County Taiping Household Registration Office, Taichung City West District Household Registry Office, Changhua County Fire Bureau, and Hsinchu City Funeral Affairs Administration in November 2005. The Government believes improvements can come about by learning from others. These agencies have become models to which others can measure their progress.


Activate Human Resources of Government

1. Control on Total Number of Civil Servants

Commencing from 1992, the 3-stage organization streamlining measure was adopted to reduce the total number of staff of the government to 1,562 persons. The streamlining rate was 15.1%.

2. Diversified Management a. Employ extra quota of indigenous people As of the end of 2005, 143 aboriginal staff were employed, reaching an

employment rate of 280%. b. Employ extra quota of the physically and mentally retarded staff As of the end of 2005, there were 864 physically and mentally retarded staff

employed, reaching an employment rate of 178%. 378 extra staff were employed. c. Positively promote women employees to be executives As of the end of 2005, there were 300 female executives in Kaohsiung City

Government (33.8%), and the first-level female executives occupied 1/4 of the total number of executives.

d. Implement the streamlining measure strictly In 2005, 772 employees were laid off, and the workforce reduction rate was

36.73%. e. Emphasize on both promotion from within and recruitment from without In 2005, there were 877 cases of public recruitment for different units on the

Internet and 581 cases of promotion from within the government. 3. Outsourcing of public affairs Kaohsiung City Government established a task force to push for a

comprehensive outsourcing of government administrative affairs. In 2005, 51 outsourcing items were approved and put under control.

4. Invigoration of human resources through lifelong learning a. Shape a learning government The "Action Plan for Shaping a Learning Government" established by the

Executive Yuan was promoted to shape the vision of the organization and attain the goal of organization learning.

b. Establish clubs and encourage part-time learning Up to now, there are 19 leisure and recreational clubs established for civil

servants, who were regularly trained after work. Every year the government also holds various large activities.


5. Acceleration of civil servant replacement for enhancement of personnel qualities

In 2005, 50 civil servants and teachers were ordered to retire, 794 retired voluntarily and 13 dismissed with severance fund. Altogether 857 employees were settled.

Regarding the situation of major rewards and punishments for the civil servants of Kaohsiung City Government in 2005, please refer to the details in Table 11.

Table 11 Statistics on Major Rewards and Punishments for Civil Servants of Kaohsiung City Government

Kind of Reward and Punishment

2 Grand Merits

for Once

One Grand Merit

One Grand

DemeritDismissal Post

SuspendedPost

Resumed Passed to Court for Punishment

No. of Civil Servants 15 163 18 9 15 6

14 (1 suspended from post, 2

degraded, 9 with demerit, and 2

warned.


Human Resource Development For Civil Servants

Led by the new wave of thinking and knowledge economy, the employees of

Kaohsiung Municipal Government should continue to develop and broaden our horizons. The Bureau of Human Resource Development, Kaohsiung Municipal Government, thus, based on the foundation of "Building a Healthy Sports City" and guided by the concept of "Re-engineering, Re-vitalization, Capacity Building," has designed five courses:

"Renewing Mental Model Management of Municipal Government Affairs (Community Development)"

"Revitalizing Vision, Plan, and Operation and Managerial Abilities of Municipal Development"

"Developing a Clear Vision for Taiwanese Culture, Ecology Conservation, and Political and Economic, and Historical Development" "Promoting the Understanding of Freedom, Democracy, and Law and Order," "Encouraging Health Management and Sports," in connection with six principles of the Close Ties between and among: "The Development of Human Resources in the Public Sector and Future Demands

for Municipal Building and Managerial Personnel," "The Development of Human resources in the Public Sector and Promotion of

Talent Cultivation for the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung" "The Development of Human Resources and the Vision of Gao-Gao-Ping Regional

Development Executive Team," "The Training of Employees in the Public Sector and the Needs of Human

Resources in Each Division, Department, and Bureau," "The Training of Employees in the Public Sector and the Building of a Healthy and

Sports City," and "Life Long Learning of Employees in the Public Sector and the Modernized

Workforce in the Public Sector" In addition, the Bureau plans and offers diversified and enriching learning

opportunities, as well as professional, step by step training courses. It is our hope that every employee of the Municipal Government can: 1. Demonstrate humanistic and law-abiding character as a modern civil servant in a

democratic country. 2. Possess managerial capability and administration ethics as a public manager in an

Entrepreneurial-oriented government. 3. Be equipped with the professionalism and passion required to operate the municipal


affairs of the Taiwan’s Martime capital. 4. Become the promoters of sustainable regional development. 5. Carry out initiatives while thinking globally and acting locally.

We cultivate "elites to make the difference and to realize our dreams" for Kaohsiung and Taiwan.

The Bureau of Human Resource Development of Kaohsiung City Government has adopted new curriculum, improved training methods, and rearranged class schedule. The purpose of these changes is to enhance the training quality, to allow government employees to more adequately and effectively handle the tasks imposed by the development of civic affairs, and to improve the effects of civic services. 308 classes were offered throughout 2005 to provide various types of training courese. The information of these classes is stated below:

Table 12. Statistics of Classes held by The Bureau of Human Resource Development of Kaohsiung City Government in 2005

categirt orientation on-the-job training teachers’ training entrusted training total classes 2 248 54 3 308 attendees 216 14,575 2,498 162 17,451 times 648 29,278 6,495 2,658 39,079

Information source: the Bureau of Human Resource Development in Kaohsiung City

The outlook of future directions: 1. We hope to create an environment of life-long learning for civil servants and

teachers; to increase their motivation for learning; to fulfuill employees' learning desires while realizing a policy of life-long learning. Ultimately, we'll create a learning-oriented government.

2. We plan to offer core courses in line with the developmental needs of municipal affairs. We'd like to train the required professionals for municipal construction, in order to enhance the competitiveness of the city.

3. In response to the advent of E-government, and the increasing needs of administrative efficiency, we will continue to offer the course:"Series of Applied Information," and increase the number of computer classes year by year. we hope this effort will improve the information technology application abilities of government officials.

4. In order to provide English speakers required for hosting the World Games in 2009, we'll continue to create an English learning environment by offering series of English training courses, including: "City Hall English Class" and "Internationalization Backstage Service Class-Public Affairs English," in order to improve government employees' command of English.

5. We will continue to enforce the administrative law, and offer classes on various law-related subjects, in order to increase government employees' knowledge of


law and law enforcement. We also hope to improve employees' work efficiency and enable them to provide high-quality service to the citizens.

6. We will meticulously advance the implementation of the Nine-Year Consistent National Education Course in order to enhance teachers' understanding of the course, so they can better prepare for their classes. This effort will help to launch this major educational reform.

7. We will organize a study series on "Moral Education" to train seed instructors, to help learners understand the value and contents of life, and to protect and build respect for human dignity in order to improve public service quality.

8. We will enhance ability and knowledge related to psychological counseling on campus; promote the Keepers of the Sheep Teaching Progran; offer courses on counseling knowledge and ability for principals, chairpersons, teacher-counselors, and military service instructiors; care for the physical and mental health of employees in the public sector; improve mental life and both marital and parental relationships; and conduct a speech tour to teach employees of the Municipal Government how to better face and solve problems.

9. We will organize a volunteer team that will combine community resources and the efforts from public and private sectors, to work to ward a new vision of a metropolis.

10."Liantan International House" has been entrusted for private operations and management to utilize the maximum effectiveness of space and facilities, to improve service quality and public interests and benefits offered by the public construction, and to enhance development industries of educational training, conferencing, and health recreation in northern Kaohsiung.

11.We will make use of nearby facilities of Lotus Pound to bring everyday-life to classroom teaching, to conduct outdoor teaching and learning activities, and to realize the goals of local biological and cultural education.

12.We plan to publish to book, "Sports and Marketing," and complie teaching material contaning "Sustainable Development," "Four Books of I love Green Building" "Introduction to the World Games,""Lives of Lotus Pound,""Wetland Corridor,""The Tour of MRT Construction,""Three Books of Cijin, the Beautiful and Winning Community Building," and "Introduction to Avian Flu,"for educational training.

13.We will systematically promote-learning with self-designed courses. Current courses include:"Administrative Law-Delivery","Fundamental Measures Compatible to Law","Civic Services and Benefits." Four other law-oriented courses are also provided to enhance government employees' knowledge in law and give diverse learning channels.

14.Besides reserved numbers of class participants in each training course for teachers


and employees from Kaohsiung and Pingtung County, we will offer the course on "Executive Project of Regional Development" to build consensus on regional development and to facilitate regional coordination and cooperation for future integration of the Gao-Ping Area.

15.To achieve the goals of "Building a Healthy and Sports-Minded City," and promoting the activities and understanding of the World Games, we will organize a series of programs and courses on "The First Experience of The World Games" to help teachers and government employees to better understand and promote the World Games and to develop the good habit of exercising regularly.

16.We will actively promote community governance and prepare to transfer the experience of Cijin Community Building into that of Taiwan Tourism Island building; become a partner with Native Plant Community (the original Association of Native Plant Value Creation), as well as advise and support Cambridge Community to engender community building of the new image of "Kaohsiung-the Door the World."


Rules and Regulations 1. Review of Appeals:

From January 2005 to December 2005, the government accepted 475cases of appeal for review and convened a total of 12 review sessions. The methods and results of handling such cases are included in Table 12.

2.Summary of Rules and Regulations: a. From January 2005 to December 2005, the Rules and Regulations Commission

convened nine meetings in which a total of 54 city regulations were reviewed and approved, including 22 institutions, 28 modifications, and 4 abolitions. The results of reviewing are included in Table 13.

b. There are 346 regulations and 901 administrative rules in effect, which are code-numbered and bound in volumes, and properly managed. On a monthly basis, any changes to city regulations and administrative rules are reported to the National Law and Regulations Database Task Force of the Ministry of Justice.

3. National Compensation: From January 2005 to December 2005, the government accepted and reviewed

97 cases appealing for national compensation and convened 12 meetings to discuss such cases. The results of handling these cases are included in Table 14.

4. Mediation of Consumption Disputes: From January 2005 to December 2005, the government accepted 238 cases

involving mediation of consumption disputes and convened 12 meetings to handle these cases. The results of mediation are included in Table 15.

Table 13 Summary of Results of Handling Cases of Appeal by Kaohsiung City Government

Item Year Type

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Cases Accepted Total cases accepted for review 452 625 691 690 481 611 630 438 353 475

Cases declined for review 0 0 0 0 26 52 105 71 67 73

Cases whose initial treatment revoked 102 206 331 246 117 117 122 132 73 50

Cases transferred jurisdiction 44 64 65 91 68 17 33 40 32 27

Cases withdrawn by appellants 49 42 8 12 25 26 11 12 12 25

Cases revoked and treated differently 0 0 0 0 0 4 86 0 0 0

Cases revoked and treated by other agencies 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0

Cases rejected 257 313 287 274 177 286 193 142 130 257

Cases withdrawn by original administering agencies

0 0 0 64 68 107 75 41 31 43

Cases concluded 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cases declined for another review 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Results of Handling

Cases rejected in another review 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0


Table 14 Examination of City Regulations and Rules by Kaohsiung City Government

Results of Examination Regulations and rules in effect

Item

Year Institutions Modifications Abolitions City regulations Administrative rules

2002 22 14 8 330 839 2003 23 34 9 305 848 2004 18 15 3 321 886 2005 22 28 4 346 901

Table 15 Summary of Results of Handling Cases Appealing for National Compensation by

Kaohsiung City Government Item Year

Type 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Total cases accepted 21 27 26 31 29 32 40 61 68 96 184 35 56 63 97

Illegal infringements by government employees 6 6 12 13 8 6 15 0 18 0 0 0 0 18 28

Nonfeasance by government employees 1 3 2 3 7 9 12 29 0 42 11 18 28 16 22

Lack of government-owned

public facilities 4 4 3 2 9 11 4 0 4 2 3 0 0 7 14

# of Cases Accepted

Mismanagement of government-owned

public facilities 10 14 9 13 5 6 9 32 46 52 170 17 28 22 33

Cases declined compensation 4 14 12 18 18 15 29 18 35 52 167 18 33 34 29

Cases withdrawn 9 1 8 7 4 5 2 6 21 17 4 3 3 11 12Cases transferred

jurisdiction 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 15Cases not established 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4

Cases in review 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 0 7 1 5 7 7 13Cases in lawsuit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 2 2

Cases being negotiated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Cases concluded 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 9

Cases awarded lawsuit compensation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Amount of lawsuit compensation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58268 0 0 0 18000 0

Cases of negotiated compensation 6 5 5 4 5 9 4 26 9 15 9 5 9 4 13

Results of Handling

Amount of negotiated compensation 2143983 2762532 450075 850617 545015 2180723 3967090 4605965 5356000 4984935 4557397 552568 2407440 754086 427571Cases claiming compensation 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Compensation

Claiming Amount of compensation claimed 327350 695000 0 637568 20000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table 16 Summary of Mediations of Consumption Disputes in Kaohsiung City

Results of Handling Type

Year

Cases Accepted for

Mediation

Cases successfully

mediated

Cases without successful mediations

Cases declined for mediation

Cases transferred jurisdiction

Cases not concluded Others

2002 81 27 35 3 1 14 1 2003 77 32 28 0 1 5 11 2004 168 63 65 1 2 7 30 2005 230 69 90 0 11 24 36


Rectification of the Government Ethics 1. Corruption Prevention

a. Reinforcement of propagation of clean behaviors. b. Proper handling the problem of request or solicitation and gift presentation. c. Correctly implement the function of government discipline supervision group. d. Praise and encourage decent behaviors. e. Carefully manage the business of property reports of government employees. f. Correct implementation of anti-corruption supervision. g. Make special research (study) publications of corruption prevention. h. Establishment (revision) of anti-corruption measures. i. Make discipline questionnaire, reform discussion meeting and discipline

investigation. j. Promptly handle the matters generally reported from the public. k. Implement the bid operation openly and publicly. l. Participation of purchase supervision activities. m.Preservation of official secrecy.

2. Investigation and Disposal of Corruption and illegality. a. Acceptance and admission of corruption and illegality information. b. Find out the illegal clue of corruption. c. Enforcement of corruption elimination.


Military Service Administration Given that military administration services are diversified, the Military Service

Office strictly complies with the rule of law, and in order to cope with the government’s objectives for founding the peaceful and safe ocean capital and healthy communities and city, this office also works with the government to maintain the public’s interest and rights voluntarily, promotes mobile services, integrates the resources of quarters for military dependents, district offices, hospitals, troops, veterans’ associations and volunteer groups to build up a healthy, happy and harmonic oceanic city. This office will spare no efforts to review the military service administration business, keep reforming the business and aggressively strengthen draftees’ interests and rights and conscription-related affairs, so as to upgrade the satisfaction of policy implementation and establish honorable military administration services.

1. Points of policy implementation a. Perfect conscription processing procedure to achieve fair foundation for national

defense human resources: (1) To fulfill military registration and perfect management of draftees: According to the military registration investigation from January to April

2005, a total of 9,950 draftees completed the military registration. (2) To perfect the conscription examination and reexamination operations, this

City’s draftees’ conscription examination is performed in Kaohsiung Municipal Ming-Sheng Hospital, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, and Zuoying Armed Forces Hospital. There were a total of 9,980 persons completing the draftees’ examination operation:

There were a total of 1,267 persons appointing this City’s examination and reexamination hospitals to be responsible for the draftees’ examination (reexamination) and dealing with draftees’ applications for reexamination and rejection from substitute services and reclassification of physical status.

(3) Proceed with draftees’ lot-drawing operation justly, fairly and openly: This office has guided the various districts in this City to carry out 63 lot-drawing operations, and a total of 8,822 draftees have taken part in the lot-drawing operations, who were recruited successively subject to their age and lot numbers.

(4) Leave and draft exemption, restriction and deferred draft operations: 1) Dealing with draftees-to-be applications for leaving the country carefully and

objectively, and controlling and following up on the ones failing to return as scheduled;


2) Issuing certificates of physical status of draftees of draft exemption and restriction;

3) Approving applications for deferred draft of draftees who are students filed by the various schools.

(5) Proceed with the enrollment of draftees accurately to meet the demand for national military staff:

1) Process annual conscription and escort operations of draftees subject to active service and substitute services;

2) Escort draftees subject to active service and substitute services to the camps for sign-in to meet the demand for national military staff;

3) Accelerate dealing with draftees’ applications for deferred enlistment made with causes.

(6) Application for substitute services: The applications for substitute services of draftees to be enrolled in 2005

were accepted from April 15, 2005 to May 10, 2005. A total of 1,378 draftees have made such applications. An open lot-drawing was held by the Ministry of the Interior on June 24, and a total of 369 draftees in this City were confirmed to be qualified for substitute services after the lot drawing.

(7) There were a total of 139 applications made by draftees for replacement service, substitute service and earlier discharge of the service on the grounds of family factors, in order to protect draftees’ interests and rights.

(8) New actions and achievement prevailing over those applicable in 2004: Since the first “Presentation and Symposium before Draftees’ Physical Examination”, there have been always some draftees carrying diseases enrolled in the military for many years, and even some that were badly hurt and died in the duration of their military service. Upon review and discussion, most of the cases were attributed to the inaccurate physical examination conducted before their enrollment. In order to minimize similar cases, this government held a symposium prior to draftees’ physical examination to enable the draftees with some ailment to prepare for the physical examination under the guidance given by professional physicians and military administrative staff, so as to identify during the formal physical examination that draftees-to-be of disqualified physical status will never be enrolled to prevent public complaints. The symposium was held by this government’s auditorium from 14:00 to 16:00 on June 10, 2005. The attendees totaled more than 600 persons. The reaction was enthusiastic beyond our expectation. Apparently, draftees and their parents paid much attention to this symposium.

b. Well-founded services to make draftees and their family members feel


comforting: (1) Attention to enrolled draftees in military camps:

1) Supervisors of all ranks pay much attention to the military service of this City’s citizens. The draftees-to-be will not only be awarded travel bags but also phone cards which will help them contact their family members and this government’s Military Service office when they have any problems. Also, the supervisors will send letters and greeting cards to the draftees to care about their life in the camps before Chinese New Year holidays after they are enrolled.

2) In order to strengthen the safety and protection of draftees subject to active service and substitute services in the duration of being escorted, each draftee will be insured for personal accidents in the amount of 2,000,000 NTD to protect the interests and rights of the draftees and their family members.

3) Printing the route charts for the new recruit training centers and providing the manual of military service to draftees and their family members together with conscription orders for reference.

4) Draftees of the Marine Corps shall be escorted to the camps by vehicles to save them from changing transportation.

(2) Take care of draftees and support their family members in order; process the affairs related to living supports; the family allowance and reimbursement for three major festivals as granted totaled 13,637,850 NTD. The beneficial family members totaled 1,519 persons.

(3) Take care of deceased military staff’s dependents and injured/disabled draftees, and grant the mayor’s consolation pension subject to the type of death and injury/disability.

(4) In order to show this City’s concern about injured and disabled retired servicemen, this government will grant consolation pensions and send greeting cards on the eves of three major festivals, and those who meet the requirements for accommodation in the veteran’s houses will be granted the consolation pension for three major festivals.

(5) Calls from military servicemen or their family members and tasks requested by the councilmen will be verified and processed promptly, and responded by official letters or returned calls. There were a total of 1,716 calls and emails from the public in 2005.

(6) Proceed with morale-boosting to harmonize military servicemen with civilians:

In order to show this City’s concern about its citizens in military service and to strengthen the reaction between military servicemen and civilians, groups formed by this government headed for Nansha Taiping Islands,


reserve recruit training units and the army, navy, military police, Reserve Command and substitute servicemen’s training programs of Cheng Gong Ling, Taichung, totaling 57 units, in the jurisdiction of this City to hold morale-boosting shows on Chinese New Year holidays, Dragon Boat Festival and Moon Festival in 2005, and awarded the consolation pension for morale-boosting totaling 5,595,311 NTD. This year, the morale-boosting groups will direct all corps of the national military and the inspection offices of Coastal Patrol Office and Nansha Taiping Islands to send regards to the military servicemen in remote areas. The achievements received are remarkable and recognized by all circles.

(7) Fulfill this City’s management of substitute services: In order to upgrade the quality of the environment where draftees subject

to substitute services are living and to fulfill this City’s management of substitute services, the Military Service office has negotiated with the Reserve Command of the Ministry of National Defense for employment of its “Shou Gang Base” as this City’s management center of substitute services. Meanwhile, most delegates from the various bureaus/departments showed their support in this regard in the meeting for “discuss about establishment of the management center of substitute services” as chaired by Deputy Mayor Tang in December 2005 and March 2006. A negotiation meeting was held at South Taiwan Joint Services Center, Executive Yuan on March 7, and the Reserve Command of the Ministry of National Defense agreed with “the occupation without consideration”. The relevant operations are being undertaken now.

(8) Strength communication between military and political men, and civic services:

1) In order to strengthen the friendship between military policy chiefs and councilmen in the jurisdiction and to exchange opinion about the city’s policies and development to build a friendly city, this government is dedicated to promoting the citizens’ awareness of national defense and its policy-implementing philosophy for a healthy city.

2) In order to strengthen the promotion of military service tasks, this government tends to boost the servicemen’s morale via get-together parties for military servicemen and citizens and for draftees subject to substitute services, so as to fulfill its care about the draftees and their family members and move towards a friendly city.

3) In order to strengthen the services to be supplied to draftees and their family members, and to cope with the visiting hours at the recruit training units, this government set up the “Kaohsiung City Government’s information desk for


draftees” in military camps to provide consulting services and care for the citizens’ interests and rights and to establish a friendly city.

(9) New actions and achievement prevailing over those applicable in 2004: 1) The firstly invented information desk exclusive for family members’ visiting

draftees successfully solved 88 cases made by draftees: In order to establish the chance to provide draftees and family members with services, this government’s Military Service office will send personnel to provide draftees with the consulting services of Kaohsiung City Government in the visiting hours at the various recruit training units. In 2005, there were a total of 77 groups, i.e. 200 persons, taking part in the consulting services.

2) Proceed with a get-together party for military servicemen and civilians and for substitute draftees to promote the military administration: The party was held at Chih Hall of the National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on October 24 (Monday). It was hosted by the Mayor, and military servicemen, draftees subject to substitute services, reserve members, juniors from quarters for military dependents and military administration staff in the jurisdiction, totaling 1,750 persons, were invited to the party.

c. Fair reservist management to found the basis for mobilization for combat readiness: (1) Enrich reservist management:

There are a total of 225,230 persons listed as reservists in this City. The audit of accidents will be carried out every six months and comparison of the master files will be made every six months too, in order to update the information and found the basis for mobilization for combat readiness.

(2) Process reservists’ deferred call: Accept the applications for deferred calls made by the only sons who have to support the family’s livelihood and carry on the family name from April 1 to April 30 per year, so as to provide the reservists with sufficient services to protect their interests and rights.

(3) Strengthen management of draftees subject to substitute services: There are a total of 3,516 persons listed as draftees subject to substitute services in this City, who will be inspected comprehensively in April every year. They are usually recorded based on the type of conditions and will be inspected from time to time to prevent any errors or omissions and for the purpose of calling.

(4) New actions and achievement prevailing over those applicable in 2004: 1) Proceed with the national defense physical sport games for reservists and

draftees subject to substitute services


In order to support the policy-implementation philosophy of a healthy city and cope with the World Games in 2009, this government integrated the reservists’ guidance centers in this City, Ching Hsi Association and this City’s units of substitute services to hold the national defense sport games for reservists and draftees subject to substitute services at National Sun Yat-sen University on April 10, 2005 to enhance the amity among comrades and train their strength and achieve this government’s policy-implementation target of a “healthy city” in 2005.

2) Hold a symposium for national defense laws and regulations for reserved (discharged) generals In order to memorize the victory of the war of resistance against aggression for the 60th anniversary, this government invited reserve (discharged) generals of the Armed Forces to discuss the “Act of All-out Defense Mobilization Preparation” and “National Defense Education Act” at Han-Hsien International Hotel on September 15, 2005, in the hopes of educating nationals by means of the generals’ experience in national defense and tactics and fulfilling the national defense policy-implementation philosophy.

d. Management of military cemetery and achievement of overall services for military cemetery: (1) This City’s military cemetery is equipped with 14,400 single bone ash

cabinets and 1,504 double bone ash cabinets (couple) to be offered to deceased military servicemen. Until the end of December 2005, 8,912 single cabinets have been occupied and those remaining are 5,488, and 309 double cabinets (couple) have been occupied and those remaining are 1,195.

(2) Upgrade the quality of military cemetery service and military cemetery engineering:

Sidewalk ecological engineering, projects for adding couples’ bone ash cabinets, altars and parking lots, renovation engineering of Chinese walls and incinerators

(3) Landscape engineering of military cemetery and establishment of military cemetery as a park:

16,500 trees are afforested in forestation engineering. The area of landscape engineering totals 16,500 square meters.

(4) Soil and water conservation of military cemetery to establish an environment of perpetual development:

In order to stabilize the geology and protect facilities, this government will continue maintaining the grass planting areas on hills and installing contour retaining walls and renovating enhanced retaining walls, and will develop


water sources to build artificial lakes to generate rain to irrigate the grass planting areas on hills.

(5) New actions and achievement prevailing over those applicable in 2004: 1) Landscape engineering of military cemetery achieves the goal of city

esthetics: Esthetics were not taken into consideration in the construction of the

various facilities at the military cemetery at the very beginning. Given that the citizens’ education degrees were upgraded, the citizens have more expectations toward the public facilities. In 2005, in order to improve the cement sidewalks between the altars and management office, walls of formative arts, floors made of colorful stones and facilities such as balconies and stone chairs were installed.

2) 3,000 bone ash cabinets for couples were added to meet the requirement of veterans and their spouses after death

3) Open parking lots to meet the public’s requirement when the public holds ceremonies at the cemetery

4) Improve the floors around altars and bone ash towers to maintain the beautiful view

e. Perfect all-out defense mobilization preparation to establish the safe environment of the City: (1) This government defined and implemented the plans for national defense

mobilization in this year in accordance with the central mobilization schemes and projects, and prepared for investigation of materials and resources and storage in peacetime, in order to meet the requirements of disaster prevention in peacetime and support military missions in war. From May to September per year, this government will proceed with the “all-out defense (Wan An) maneuver” to meet the central all-out defense mobilization preparation reporting meeting. The maneuver includes such subjects as nationals’ excavation from air defense and response to protect the nation’s safety and rescue of the nation’s safety, in order to fulfill the philosophy of national defense.

(2)Achievement and performance of mobilization business in 2005: 1) The “maneuver for distribution in the event of shortage of goods and

materials” for economic mobilization of goods and materials was held at Kaohsiung Senior High School in the morning of August 12, 2005. The achievement was remarkable and awarded a medal by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

2) The “Three-in-one joint reporting and united response command center” was established to hold the meeting for a response to the protection of the nation’s


safety in the government’s auditorium on the morning of August 18, 2005. Meanwhile, the “maneuver for response and rescue in explosion of anti-terrorism radiation bombs ” was performed at ChinaSteel, and the “maneuver for anti-assault of Kahosiung Harbor” was held at the vessels administration center of the 2nd port of Kaohsiung Harbor in the afternoon, which was awarded by a letter of merit by the control department.

3) At 2:00 p.m. on August 25, 2005, in order to cope with the national air defense excavation in southern districts, the sheltered facilities for personnel controlled by this City and shelter of residents were inspected in this government’s office building, Chung Cheng Park Apartment Houses in Ling Ya District and Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center.

f. Perfect services provided to quarters for military dependents, and establishment of the city where the various clans live peacefully: (1) Help build the recreation ground for Mingjian village:

The villagers residing in Mingjian village proposed to build a recreation ground in their village in February 2005.

(2) Hold heath symposiums for residents in quarters for military dependents: Professional physicians from Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital were invited to hold the health symposiums at the union center of Mingjian village in Zuoying District on March 31, 2005.

(3) Completion of park renovation and installation of recreation facilities: 1) Completing the mobile sheds in Mingjian new village of Zuoying District in

October 2005 2) Hold the meeting for environmental maintenance of Navy sports ground in

Zuoying District, assessment of authority and negotiation in December 2005 (4) Clean the environment of quarters for military dependents and destroy

mosquitoes carrying dengue fever (5) Contact the military to repair the dangerous fences of quarters for military

dependents caused by Haitang Typhoon: When Haitang Typhoon attacked on July 18, fences of Yongcing village

collapsed about 10M. Zuoying District Office and Zuoying Police Office excavated residents immediately. This government’s Military Service office asked the military via disaster rescue mechanism to clean up the affected areas.

(6) Solve the buildings constructed without license in Jiouru new village. (7) Request the military to recover the condition of quarters for military

dependents upon the attack of typhoon: In July 2005, the typhoon season, this government requested the military to

send its personnel totaling 1,265 persons to help clean up the collapsed fences


and road trees upon the storm in Yongcing Village of Zuoying District, Guofong Street of Guohuei Village and Sanmin District.

(8) Symposium for mothers in quarters for military dependents: The symposium for mothers was held in Mingjian village on July 11, 2005

in order to understand residents’ expectations that the government could solve problems for them.

(9) Maintenance Office of Public Works Department was asked to repair the lights in the park on Lane 3, Guofong Street of Guohuei Village Community.

(10)The military was requested to clean up collapsed road trees in Jiouru village Community.

(11)Firstly holding the event to commend model fathers in quarters for military dependents:

On August 6, 2005, the event for selection of model fathers in quarters for military dependents was held at Han-Hsien International Hotel. A total of 13 model fathers were commended.

(12)Recommend Jhongcheng Community in the selection of healthy communities held by the City’s government:

On November 11, 2005, Jhongcheng Community of Cianjhen District recommended by this government’s research, development and evaluation commission to take part in the selection of healthy communities took part in the selection of potential communities for medical treatment under the “Six Star Plan for Healthy Communities in Taiwan”.

(13)Request the military to solve environmental problems of “Sanyi New Village”:

The quantity of mosquitoes carrying disease in that community was beyond the cautious value. This government’s Military Service office invited the competent agencies and military representative to proceed with negotiation to fix the environment of the community as soon as possible.

(14)Hold “Year-end get-together party for quarters for military dependents in Kaohsiung City in 2005 and for promotion of military service administration”:

On December 23, 2005, friends from quarters for military dependents were invited to the union building of Jyunyi Jhengcin Village Community of Cianjhen District to celebrate Christmas together at night. The event was hosted by the Mayor, who also promoted the military service administration laws and municipal marketing.

(15)New actions and achievement prevailing over those applicable in 2004: The first service center for quarters for military dependents was established

on February 5, 2005, which integrates the various resources and fulfill the


services in quarters for military dependents. g. Comforting comprehensive services to citizens:

(1) Distance services: In order to help this City’s citizens at a distance or draftees enrolled in the

army or the service of other counties/cities, this government’s Military Service office will not only provide information and services on the webpages but also respond to the inquiries or messages left on the message board immediately. There were a total of 1,716 cases for the year.

(2) 24-hour service for the whole year and overtime services: Normal services will be provided at the military cemetery during normal

working hours. Special personnel will be sent to be stationed at the cemetery on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays (including Chinese New Year Eve and Chinese New Year) in accordance with the shift work plan. Flexible working mechanism will be implemented per day to prevent services from being suspended on holidays and at noon each day.

(3) Multi-language: Webpage design in Chinese and English, introduction to military cemetery

and application form for bury, and white papers for public service in Chinese and English. The Military Service office will also send volunteers and employees capable of Hakka to serve citizens speaking Hakka.

(4) Customized services: “Service center for quarters for military dependents”, “for volunteers” and

“for employees”, and “message board for draftees” are set at the website to serve the public. The messages left by the public will be responded by e-mail immediately.

(5) Call service: The persons in charge will listen to the calls from draftees and their family

members carefully. There were a total of more than 8,000 calls in 2005. The persons in charge will solve any questions about military administration laws and record the calls from draftees to solve the problems of draftees and their family members amicably upon supervisors’ approval.

2. Orientation in 2006: a. Hold reunion parties for military chiefs and councilmen:

In order to strengthen the friendship between military chiefs, political chiefs and councilmen in the jurisdiction and to exchange opinion about the city’s policies, one or two reunion parties will be held for military and political chiefs per year.

b. Strengthen promotion of the military service administration: (1) Hold community parties for promotion of policies in quarters for military

dependents:


Hold community parties in quarters for military dependents in Zuoying Community and promote policies and laws in the parties to help residents in the quarters to be adapted into the local community activities and to achieve the goal for integration of clans.

(2) Integrate reservists’ organizations via websites, media and administration systems of districts and communities to proceed with promotion of military service administration, provide information and enhance military administrative marketing.

(3) Invite the government’s supervisors and councilmen to award phone cards and comic books related to military service administration to draftees in the various activities and when the draftees were enrolled in camps, so as to enhance the interaction between draftees and the government and promote the military service administration.

c. Sport games for reservists and draftees subject to substitute services: In order to cope with the “2009 World Games in Kaohsiung” and promote all

national sports, this government’s Military Service office held the sports games for reservists and draftees subject to substitute services at National Sun Yat-sen University in 2005 and scheduled to continue holding such sports games in March 2006 to warm up for the 2009 World Games.

d. Promote the services for quarters for military dependents and fulfill the policy for integration of clans: (1) Proceed with gourmet parties of quarters for military dependents:

Quarters for military dependents and related community development associations in this City were invited to the party held at the Navy sports ground of Zuoying District. This government’s Military Service office invited residents of the quarters to prepare “exotic” snacks for such parties, so as to take the change to introduce the particular gourmet and legacy of the quarters and facilitate the integration of clans.

(2) Continue promoting the health symposiums for residents in quarters for military dependents:

In order to provide the residents of the quarters with the various health care concepts and precautionary measures, professional physicians will continuously be invited to hold health symposiums for the quarters to maintain the residents’ health.

(3) Hold symposiums for quarters’ affairs: Hold business symposiums for community heads and members of the

quarters recorded by this government are held to enable this government to understand the actual demand and problems of the various quarters and to integrate the administrative resources of the various bureaus/departments and


solve the various opinions in real time, and show this government’s care about the headquarters when engaged in the municipal marketing.

(4) Events to commend model fathers and mothers of quarters for military dependents:

By commending model fathers and mothers of the quarters, this government intends to activate the interaction between residents of the quarters and this government and to signify the model ethics.

e. Establishment of substitute service management center: There were a total of 856 draftees subject to substitute services serving this

government’s bureaus and departments. The management thereof was handled by the bureaus and departments themselves. Upon the visit paid by this government’s Military Service office, it was found that the draftees’ accommodation environment was bad and no recreation facilities were installed and specialized personnel’s guidance to the life management after they are off duty and also night education. Under such situation, the draftees lack discipline and might misconduct themselves. This government’s Military Service office should be responsible for managing their life whey they are off duty. In order to upgrade the qualified living environment of draftees subject to substitute services and to fulfill this City’s management of substitute services, the municipal management center of substitute services is now under construction.

f. Hold symposiums before physical examination of draftees: In order to enable draftees to understand the conscription examination

procedure and points thereof and to protect the draftees’ interests and rights, this government scheduled to hold three symposiums for promotion before physical examination of draftees in March 2006.

g. Hold new trainees’ fairs before enrollment of draftees: In order to enable draftees and their family members to understand the living

environment, training contents, obligations to be fulfilled and entitled rights after draftees are enrolled and to improve their knowledge about military services and solve their doubts.

h. Hold symposiums for conscription business: The processing of conscription business involves numerous laws and

regulations. Any negligence might affect the draftees’ interest and right. Besides, the military administrative staff are transferred frequently. In order to enable the military administrative staff of all ranks to understand the military administration laws and improve the conscription business, the symposiums for conscription business were held by this government to ensure the quality of military administration services and draftees’ interest and right.

i. Military cemetery business:


(1) Continue holding spring and autumn memorial ceremonies: This government’s Military Service office is used to holding spring and autumn memorial ceremonies on March 28 and September 2 each year. The office will invite military and political chiefs and the deceased’s dependents to take part in the ceremonies. The ceremonies are simple with solemnity, which are able to signify the deceased’s achievement and meet the end of education. Expected effect: Dependents will feel comforting, and their feelings and this government’s concern can be shown by means of the solemn ceremony.

(2) 24-hour service for the whole year: In order to fulfill the service, 24-hour services will be provided to the dependents participating in the ceremonies on site. Expected effect: Provision of services on holidays and Chinese New Year Eve makes the public feel the municipal comforting services and may upgrade the municipal satisfaction.

(3) Strengthen the renovation of cemetery: 1) Landscape engineering of the cemetery:

The maintenance works primarily cover cleaning and ecological engineering by planting in the cemetery. This year this government plans to focus on the ecological engineering and will plant occasional flowers in the background of perennial flowers.

2) Leakage resistance, ventilation and ecological engineering of basements of Dragon and Tiger towers and the floors are carried out in order to maintain the quality of air inside the bone ash towers.

(4) Inquiry system in network of military cemetery: Create the contact details of dependents and email the information about sacrifice to generals’ cemetery. Dependents may surf the net for inquiry and offer sacrifice on network. The service will be provided in real time by integrating with the supervision system in the cemetery.

(5) Replacement of outdoor fireproof pipes: Replace the outdoor fire proof pipes and fire hydrants in the cemetery; install additional outfalls along with the pipes to help planting and fire proof safety at the cemetery.

(6) Parking lot engineering: The parking lots are installed in Area D, which can accommodate 120

vehicles. Sidewalks and lanes are separated by planted trees in the parking lots. Staged parking lots and sidewalks of leafy shade are installed to provide the dependents with the spaces of leafy shade and safe walking.

j. Continue proceeding with all-out defense mobilization preparation business:


(1) Focus of maneuvers in this year: The “war game” will be attended by the deputy convener (Deputy Mayor)

and relevant authorities. The “anti-flood exercise” added in 2006 included the all-out defense (Wan An No. 29) maneuver, which will be fulfilled by this government’s Sewer Department, Public Works Bureau before the end of April. Further, this government’s “national air defense excavation exercise” will be demonstrated in the southern district and scheduled to be attended by Nanzih Police Office and public and private factories in the jurisdiction of the Police Office.

(2) Programming and promotion of “Meeting for mobilization, disaster prevention and general affairs reporting (three-in-one reporting):

The meetings have been called uniformly for the time being. The various authorities tend to consolidate the reporting meetings and apply the organizations with compatible authorities and responsibilities. Integrate the various resources (including military strength) to support disaster prevention and rescue in peacetime, and the military in war to strive for ultimate victory. Expected effect: The view of a safe and peaceful city can be achieved by means of the various exercises.


City Diplomacy 1. According to the concept of “ Taiwan’s Maritime Capital”, Kaohsiung is

developing its waterfront and attempting to heighten its status as Taiwan’s newly renovated port city and an international metropolis.

2. These goals are to be realized by integrating the private sectors to work with our local sister city associations in promoting exchange programs between Kaohsiung and its established. There are eleven sister city associations currently established in Kaohsiung.

3. To maintain the International Exchange ＆ Exhibition Center, which displays artifacts, gifts and agreements Kaohsiung has received from its sister cities.

4. The promotion of international exchanges and cultural activities of Kaohsiung. Each year our city hosts a variety of cultural activities including a number of festivals. These festivals include The Lantern Festival, The Container Arts Festival and The Dragon Boat Festival. Kaohsiung will often invite delegations from our sister cities or other international cities we have relations with, to attend festivals and other cultural events.

5. Strengthening sister city relationships through various exchange programs such as staff and student exchanges.

6. Marketing Kaohsiung through three dimensions: Engaging in municipal works with international perspectives; participating actively in international affairs and conducting diversified international exchange programs.

7. Kaohsiung City’s International Relations Commission would engage in international Affairs with the concerted efforts from official, industrial, and academic professionals.

8. Assisting private sectors in promoting academic, athletic, cultural, tourism and travel exchange programs with sister cities and other international cities.

9. In order to improve language proficiency, the City of Kaohsiung conducts various English and Japanese proficiency programs.

10.A joint cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Resources Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government provide various training courses for personnel in dealing with international affairs.


Land Administration Land administration is a sustainable business that serves the entire population and

creates wealth. Land Administration Office of the city government has various sections and offices as well as five land offices, responsible for land registration; cadastral survey; assessing land value; land expropriation; planning, execution and fund management of land development projects; research, planning and execution of digitizing land administration, and management of various real estate licenses and certificates respectively, so as to ensure cadastral correctness, stable land value, settlement of land rights, maximum use of land, e-land information network.

A total of 405,242 lots of land were registered by the end of 2005, with a total area of 169,349,001.18 hectares, and 530,000 houses. A total of 166,852 cases of land and building registration have been processed, involving 479,104 lots (houses). 201 lots of land have been leased on 375 Leasing Deed, involving 102 leases, 121 tenant farmers, and 203 landlords. A total of 1,543 persons have obtained the land registration agent license, 425 real estate agents, 492 permits to run real estate business, of which 299 have start-up examination completed, and 19 real estate appraisers.

There are two types of land value, the announced land value and announced current land value. According to Article 14 of the Equalization of Land Rights Act, after the land value is fixed, it will be reassessed once every three years. The last assessment of land value was in 2000, and reassessment of land value was done on January 1, 2004 according to the Ministry of the Interior’s stipulation. The result shows an average adjustment of an increase of 6.07% for the city compared with 2000, while the average announced land value of the city was $7,453/sq. ft. In addition, it is provided in Article 46 of the Equalization of Land Rights Act that assessment of announced current land value should be done on January 1, 2006. The average adjustment for the city was an increase of 1.14% compared with 2005, and the average announced current land value of the city was $22,588/sq. ft.

In 2005, a total of 19.723828 hectares of public facility land were expropriated, and about $1,241,030,000 compensation was granted. Public facility land acquired by means of appropriation totaled 179.060552 hectares.

By the end of 2005, urban land consolidation and zone expropriation involved a total area of 3477.2617 hectares, and about 2195.2284 hectares of building-usable land were developed. About 1289.3755 hectares of public facility land were acquired at no cost, on which $98.4 billion compensation for public facility land has been saved based on the accumulated announced current land value at the time of acquisition. Moreover, $28.8 billion of the government’s public work expenditure was saved,


meaning a saving of more than $127.2 billion public money for the city’s infrastructure.

The discount-price land in the urban renewal area and the sold land in the zone expropriation area are important sources of fund to recover the development costs. Land Administration Office of the city government has perfectly grasped the market trend to fix a reasonable base price for stimulating buying atmosphere and creating a bidding craze. In 2005, 43 lots of land were bidden, let or sold, which means 2.7206 hectares, and $1,050 million was received.

To establish an e-government, such electronic information as the cadastral records, land prices, cadastral maps of Kaohsiung City has been put on the web for users’ enquiries and browsing. Moreover, geographical information technology was applied in combination with topographical maps such as road system and street names, etc. to build the “Kaohsiung City integrated land information system and land use zoning system.” It integrates land administration with urban development and makes it an online information one-stop shop. With the electronic certificate safety mechanism, simple cross-county and cross-city online cases, application for electronic land registration certificate, payment of fees, checking and examination of information, transmission of files, etc. are processed.


Indigenous Affairs 1. Population and Tribes Distribution of Indigenes

In order to understand structure and movement of indigenes' population as reference of counseling service, this city has started to work on the population statistics of indigenes since 1970 when there were only 163 households – 792 persons. Up to the end December of 2005, the population has been increased to 3,091 households – 9,595 persons rating about 0.6% of total population in this city. Most of them were moving from their native place - Taitung County, and the second from Pingtung County. Based on the tribes, Amis is the biggest tribe rating to 48%, Paiwan is the second rating to 22%, and the others are Punung, Lukai, Taiya and Puyuma accordingly. In regards to population distribution in each district, there are 834 households –2,731 persons in Hsiao-Kang District, 576 households – 1,851 persons in Chien Chen District. Most of them are centrally residing at these two districts rating to 49% of the whole indigenous ' population in this city.

2.Major Administrative Policies a. Preserve the cultural legacy of aborigines, the Phase III Project of Indigenous

Theme Park provides citizens with another kind of park full of indigenous culture style and features.

b. Strengthen the Indigenous Community College, promote lifelong learning and adult education, save the indigenous culture, art, and language, upgrade economy and improve the living quality of indigenous people.

c. Carry out the housing policy and implement the state-built condominium subsidiary rental policy to establish Indigenous Naruwan State-Built Condominium Community and offer subsidies for renting houses in order to take care of the medium- or low-income indigenous families

d. Cooperate with the Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan to provide subsidies for building, purchasing or renting residences in order to solve the housing problem of the aborigines living in the city.

e. Enhance the diversified training of occupational education for aborigines, strengthen the functions of tribal workshop, and help the aborigines in Kaohsiung City to develop techniques and specialties and establish correct career concepts. Hold job training and employment matching activities and join the project of Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Project. Establish manpower database and unemployment reporting system for aborigines, and enhance the contact with the public employment service institutions in order to provide guidance and consultation in employment and reduce the unemployment rate.

f. Cooperate with schools, social clubs, and fellow tribesmen associations to provide extensive instruction of languages of different indigenous tribes, establish


indigenous language websites, and encourage the aborigines in Kaohsiung City to apply for registration of their tribes.

g. Give more guidance to social clubs and fellow tribesmen associations. Hold urban -rural cultural exchange activities to enhance the friendship and unity among different indigenous tribes, so as to increase their competitive ability.

h. Revitalize the excellent cultural sacrificial rites, promote traditional dancing and singing arts of aborigines as well as various kinds of sports and healthy leisure activities.

i. Hold indigenous economic business loan according to “Indigenous Synthetic Development Fund” and give guidance to the indigenous people of the city in the development of the economic business of indigenous tribes.

j. Encourage excellent aborigines to participate in the Nation’s higher civil service examination and ordinary examination and special examination for administrative and technical personnel in order to cultivate talents of higher level.

k. Hold legal talks so as to increase the legal knowledge of aborigines and protect their rights and benefits.

l. Enhance medical treatment and health care for aborigines, guide and assist aborigines to join the National Health Insurance program, concern for the growth and protection of women, and prevent and control family violence and sexual assault.

m.Work with the Austronesian-speaking people to strive for the subsidies from the Central Government in order to establish an Indigenous Cultural Museum and Southern Island Artist Village for carrying forward the spirit of the ocean capital - Kaohsiung.

n. Encourage the indigenous students to study hard and grant scholarships to the indigenous students in primary school, junior high school, senior high school, college or university with scholarship as well as education subsidies for pre-school education in order to reduce their parents’ economic burden.

o. Strengthen the functions of Indigenous Tribal Workshop, open diversified skill learning courses for aborigines, and improve their packing and marketing abilities.

p. Encourage the indigenous youth to study in their mother town, collect and study the indigenous culture, art, sacrificial rites, languages, etc., so as to preserve the precious culture assets of the indigenous people.

q. Promote sport participation and open the indigenous dancing courses to create different appearances for this healthy city.

3.Implementation of Indigenous Cultural Education a. Implementation of Indigenous Cultural Education

(1) Sustain the united production and broadcasting of the radio program, “Good


Afternoon, Indigenous People!” with Kaohsiung radio station, in which laws and social education are promoted.

(2) Strengthen the running of indigenous universities: Arrange cooperation among schools, communities and social groups to expand the implementation of indigenous tribal language teaching, business culture and technical training, and further improve the living quality of indigenous people. There were 525 students taking the 41 classes opened..

(3) Hold Cultural Learning Camp for the indigenous college and university students in Southern Taiwan and 2 indigenous cultural experience trips for primary students in order to enhance urban and rural interchange and tribal harmony.

b. Hold Folk Customs Rituals and Cultural Skill Activities (1) Arranged a visit trip – The Southern Island Ambassador Ship visited Batan

Island in Philippines and successfully achieved the goal of city diplomacy. (2) Organized a group to participate in the World Exposition Aichi, Japan and

presented the indigenous culture and art through successful cultural diplomacy.

(3) Hold the indigenous photo exhibition to show the works of the contemporary indigenous artists. The exhibition lasted one month, attracting 1000 visitors.

(4) Hold Southern Island Film Week together with the Australian Commerce and Industry Office and the Public Television Service to present the image records of the aborigines.

(5) Hold the activities of Southern Island Cultures Festival 2005 in Kaohsiung, attracting about 3,000 participants. The contents of activities included the performance of traditional indigenous god-worshipping rituals, traditional indigenous physical strength contest, indigenous arts display, enthusiastic Southern Taiwan evening party, etc.

(6) Hold the activity of “Hymns for Peaceful Kaohsiung,” with 500 people from 10 branches of Meigang Christian Presbyterian Church singing the hymns.

(7) Assist the indigenous social groups, churches, fellow townsmen associations and schools of the city in holding the folk customs worshipping rituals, and the cultural and social education activities. In the whole year there were 30 folk customs worshipping rituals, cultural and social education activities, and 3 physical education activities receiving the subsidies.

(8) Hold Southern Island Ocean Music Night and Southern Island Market for 20 times in total, attracting about 5000 participants.

c. Offer scholarship, grants and child education subsidy to indigenous students, and pay for them the lunch meals and school fees at school. (1) There were 232 indigenous students receiving scholarship amounting to


NT$568,000 in the second semester of the academic year of 2004. (2) There were 46 indigenous kindergarten children receiving education

subsidies amounting to NT$206,000 in the second semester of the academic year of 2004.

(3) There were 227 indigenous students receiving scholarship amounting to NT$552,000 in the first semester of the academic year of 2004.

(4) There were 49 indigenous kindergarten children receiving education subsidies amounting to NT$290,000 in the first semester of the academic year of 2004..

4. Implementation of Indigenous Economic Construction and Offer of Welfare Services a. Strengthen the vocational training and employment service

(1) To sponsor 4 recruitment & employment matching displays：199 indigenes s are registered, 325 indigenes participate in Mass Rapid Transit Construction Engineering work.

(2) According to Diversified Indigenous Vocation Training Subsidy Plan, the aborigines of the city can be subsidized to take the training courses held by public or private educational organizations. There were 11 people who were able to receive a maximum subsidy of NT$10,000 per person for school fee payment after getting a course-completion certificates and licenses.

(3) The weak tribes and races are being taken care of. According to the regulations of Aborigines’ Working Rights Protection Law, the special cases of the City Government have to employ the aborigines of the city, and there were 143 indigenous staff being employed.

(4) Open 1 Indigenous Tribal Handicraft cultural business class. There were 10 students completing these courses. They learned different kinds of cloth weaving, enhancing the employment abilities of indigenous women.

(5) Hold short-term forklift training. There were 26 students completing the training.

(6) To assist 47 indigenes in obtaining vocational licenses for promoting indigenous professional skills.

(7) Achievement of Kaohsiung Employment consulting Counter for Indigenes: employment inquiries – 250 persons, employment arrangements – 241 persons.

(8) The maintenance work of 3 parks was planned to be allocated for the indigenous people. These parks include a water-accessible park under Sewer Construction Department of Kaohsiung City Government, Pingding Park and Houching Park under Public Works Maintenance Department. The application procedures were completed. These parks were contracted to the


Cooperative Society established by the indigenous people of the city. (9) Hold career guidance conference for 3 times.

b. Guide the indigenous people to develop economic business and sell their business products (1) Hold the sale and display of traditional indigenous creative handicrafts for 4

times, and 3 delicious food display, strengthening the marketing of products and increasing the economic income to indigenous families.

(2) Establish one Indigenous Handicrafts Sales and Exhibition Center. Hold cultural industry exhibitions for 2 times and one explanation and discussion meeting on loan details.

(3) Give guidance in the establishment of 8 sales points and 2 workshops, and provide subsidies to 7 persons for exhibition and sales of the indigenous products.

(4) Hold glass bead creative design contest and publish glass bead leaflets and special calendars for special exhibitions.

(5) Promote and sale the indigenous handicrafts, agricultural products, and special products in the Southern Island Market.

c. Promotion of Aborigines Residential Policies (1) House purchase subsidies were given to 30 indigenous families, alleviating

the economic burden of aborigines. (2) There were 76 medium- and low-income indigenous families being approved

to receive rent subsidies. Their living standards were thus improved. (3) There were 12 indigenous households residing in old houses (for more than

10 years) receiving subsidies to remodel their houses and improve their household qualities.

(4) Expanding the establishment of Indigenous Naruwan State-built Condominium community in the city, a total of 42 flats of state-built condominiums were purchased for renting to medium- and low-income families at low rent (NT$3,500/month) to solve the housing problem.

(5) Hold 1 seminar with the resident families of the state-built condominium and 1 explanation and discussion meeting on the housing project.

d. Offer of emergency aid, medical subsidy and legal assistance (1) To undertake 48 indigenes emergency aids, 57 medical allowance. (2) Hire legal advisers to offer legal consultation services for the indigenous

townsmen for 50 man-times, and hold one legal talk. (3) Guide 166 indigenous people to join National Health Insurance System. (4) Hold health seminars for 2 times and health care service for 1 time. (5) Cooperate with Kaohsiung City Hsiaogang Hospital to establish a special

clinical counter of medical care for indigenous people, which mainly takes


the indigenous people as the service targets. Every month there were 95 man-times of clinical patients in average.

e. Strengthen the protection and guidance for women and juvenile women (1) Hold 3 seminars on women’s personal safety, and one activity each for the

Women’s Day and for respect to the aged. (2) To provide service to the people, there were 2,000 leaflets about services for

indigenous people published. (3) Strengthen the propaganda of the control and prevention of family violence

and sexual assault and women’s personal safety. The program of Kaohsiung Radio Station, “Good Afternoon, Indigenous People!” transmitted the related message on the air.

(4) In order to promote the rights of indigenous women taking part in the decision-making of indigenous people, the committee of the association recruited 9 female representatives. 16 of its social group leaders were indigenous women.

(5) There were 7 tribal female representatives nominated to participate the activity of Respectful Exemplified Mothers held by Social Affairs Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government.

(6) Offer the old age allowance on the Double Ninth Festival in coping with the scheme of Social Affairs Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government. Assistance was offered to a survey that found out 3 indigenous old people at the age of above 90.

5. Establishment of the First Indigenous Theme Park in South Taiwan The Phase II Project of the park was completed on February 18, 2005, the Phase

III Infrastructure Engineering Project was expected to complete at the end of March 2006, and the installation of public artwork was expected to complete in August 2006.. In the future the park will be developed as a scenic spot, providing citizens with a park of another kind of indigenous cultural topic, which is combined with human and education styles, and effective preservation of indigenous tribal cultures. It explores the new appearance of the friendly city that pays concerns for the disadvantaged tribes.


Hakka Affairs 1. Hakka Population and Distribution

In Taiwan, there are around 6,080,000 Hakka people. On the average, one out of 3.7 people are Hakka. Kaohsiung City has around 250,000 Hakka people who make up one sixth of the population of Kaohsiung City. In terms of Hakka distribution in Kaohsiung, Sanmin District has the most Hakka people, the number being around 100,000. Next are districts such as Lingya, Zuoying, Nanzih, and Siaogang – these districts have quite a lot of Hakka people.

2. Policy Implementation

a. Concerning the planning of policy project for Hakka, preservation, maintenance and promotion of Hakka cultural assets are the crucial business of the Council for Hakka Affairs. Set up on 1st January, 2005, the Council for Hakka Affairs immediately started being in charge of Hakka cultural assets and positively engaging with them. In the future, how Hakka can have surviving development space, far-sighted cultural policy projects and marketing activities in the competitive and cooperative environment depends on Hakka’s clear mastery of long-term development direction. It also depends on paying attention to cultural assets and continuing with planning dynamic development of Hakka policy projects. “Health, Vigor and New Hakka” should be adopted as the main principle for policy implementation. In addition, the task of Hakka cultural affairs also needs to be attentively scheduled. With these actions, it is expected to achieve a fine and graceful culture with multi-functions of “education,” “culture,” and “industry” so that Hakka people feel proud and confident in themselves.

b. Hakka basic data should be established and renewed. So far, Kaohsiung City has around 250,000 Hakka people. According to the survey made by the Hakka Culture Graduate Institute of National Kaohsiung Normal University, 20% of Hakka people in Kaohsiung cannot speak the Hakka language. “If Kaohsiung City does not have a Hakka village, the Hakka language will be lost even more quickly.” Renewing Hakka data is the important thing that Hakka people now need to face and positively make efforts about. The Council for Hakka Affairs estimates that within two years, the declining Hakka language will arise once more. It is expected that 20%, the present rate of being able to speak Hakka language, will be improved to 25%. According to statistics made by Council for Hakka Affairs, Executive Yuan, at the beginning of the post-war period, Taiwan had four million Hakka people. Since then, the language has declined by 5% each year. In recent years, the Council for Hakka Affairs has made great effort to improve, so now there is 1% positive growth each year.


c. Hakka folk cultural activities and relevant various contests need to be propagandized, including the present folk activities, traditional Hakka opera, festival, ceremonies of worship and other leisure and interesting contests. Through various folk cultural activities and leisure and interesting contests, it is hoped to promote Hakka’s elegant culture as well as to lead other ethnic groups to learn and recognize Hakka in order to enhance the harmony of all ethnic groups.

d. Study events of education, culture and language for Hakka children and youths should be positively organized in order to promote Hakka culture. Running-a-blockade DIY events to educate children to learn Hakka’s special virtues – diligence and frugality – can be arranged. It is hoped to achieve the purpose of passing on Hakka culture via education and enjoyment so that children can realize and identify with their Hakka culture. Deepening culture into the roots can been thus brought into reality.

e. Kaohsiung City’s Hakka societies should be guided to promote Hakka public affairs and cultural and artistic activities, to build up their ethnic identity and to improve culture construction. Kaohsiung City Government pays great attention to the situation of Hakka people’s participation in the society and also considers this as an important link for the whole Hakka ethnic group’s developing strategy. Via participation, Hakka people can sense and experience their own culture on their own, their enthusiasm can be aroused, their thinking can be inspired and cultural and artistic activities can be developed.

f. Encouraging of composition of Hakka art and culture works should be carefully studied and arranged. Since the Council for Hakka Affairs was founded until now, assistance has been obtained from all fields. Promoting Hakka art and culture becomes its mission in order to offer students a quick and convenient bridge. In Kaohsiung City, whose economy belongs to its seaport, one needs to push a good interconnection between “art and cultural innovation” and “economic development” if its Hakka culture is to survive and develop. Under the premise of the survival and development, Hakka art and cultural innovation should cooperate with the economy and trading.

g. Plans for worldwide Hakka groups’ contacts, visits and exchanges should be made – inviting overseas Hakka leaders to come to visit the city’s municipal constructions. The Council for Hakka Affairs can also appoint people to go abroad on fact-finding missions into measures related to Hakka cultural affairs. In doing so, not only can Kaohsiung be introduced to others, but also others’ successful experience can be used as a reference for scheduling policies.

III. Schedule and Study of Various Hakka Development Policy Affairs


a. Specify “Regulation for the Use of Venue of Hakka Cultural Artifacts Museum in Kaohsiung City”

b. Revive the Acts 3, 5 and 6 of “Autonomy Acts for the Setting-Up of Foundation of Hakka Cultural Affairs in Kaohsiung City”

3. Management for Cooperation and Communication of Various Hakka Cultural

Affairs a. Participation in Hakka culture and activities searching for Hakka origins can be

organized by cooperating with the City’s Hakka societies. Further, the sense of identity and affection of people in southern Taiwan can also be brought into play. (1) On 16th and 17th April, 2005, the Council for Hakka Affairs and the Hakka

Societies in Kaohsiung City and County joined together to organize an activity of heading for middle Taiwan to do communications searching for Hakka culture and relatives.

(2) On 28th April, 2005, Council for Hakka Affairs and Hakka Societies in Kaohsiung City, Hsinchu, Taoyuan and Miaoli joined together to make an exchange of folk culture and communications for searching for Hakka culture and relatives.

(3) On 29th July, 2005, the Council for Hakka Affairs and World Hakka General Association’s Kaohsiung City Branch joined together to organize a rehearsal of the Hakka culture of townships.

(4) On 29th October, 2005, Council for Hakka Affairs and Kaohsiung City Hakka Cultural Affairs Foundation joined together to organize a cultural communication about the Hakka culture of townships and cities.

(5) On 16th April, 2005, the City’s people and Hakka groups were invited to head for Meinong Township to experience the habits of its people -- such as hard work, endurance and simplicity -- and its native affections.

b. Hakka TV’s short commentary program made in Kaohsiung press conference, “Opinions of the South Spread All over Taiwan,” can be held. It starts from ‘care for Hakka heart and promotion of Hakka affection.’ Not only Hakka people but also people from all over Taiwan are able to care about Hakka ethnic group and their culture, full of love and vigour. By using this opportunity, important messages about Kaohsiung City’s public constructions and the South’s Hakka can also be advertized.

c. One of the Olympic Games’ contests, “shot-putting / javelin throwing” will be organized in 2009. Council for Hakka Affairs and Taiwan Casting Sports Association will organize a series of three activities of demonstrations promoting and cultivating the new generations for teachers.

d. The City Government’s Council for Hakka Affairs coordinates with a series of


plans for a new outlook of river-bank and flower-fragrance city. On 22nd December, 2005, 102 trees of Tung flowers were planted on the north and south banks of Love River, No.1 Park, Sanmin, Kaohsiung (another 278 trees were planted by Maintenance Office of Public Works Department after the overall schedule was implemented). Also, some trees with flowers speaking of Hakka culture were also planted. Two years later, when the Tung flowers are in blossom, people living in the South can view a beautiful ‘May Snow’ in Kaohsiung. It is believed that by combining the plan for water transportation of Love River, this place will become Kaohsiung City’s new tourist scenic spot, able to attract tourists and increasing Kaohsiung’s trading opportunities.

e. To expand non-governmental participation and improve the service quality of Hakka cultural artifacts museums, Hakka cultural artifacts museums should be entrusted to others for operation and management.

f. First issued in August 2005, Tourism in the South is a bi-monthly magazine.

4. Preservation and Promotion of Hakka Culture a. The City’s Hakka Societies and schools at all levels are guided to promote Hakka

cultural affairs in order to advance Hakka traditional culture and create novel opportunities for Hakka culture. The Council for Hakka Affairs specified “Implementation Directions for Subsidizing Hakka Organizations and Schools at All Levels to Promote Hakka Cultural Activities in Kaohsiung City” to encourage people, schools or organizations working for the City’s Hakka literature and history. Tasks related to preservation, extension, development and growth of Hakka culture are also positively promoted. In the year 2005, two schools and eleven societies applied for subsidization -- an amount reaching NT$998,811.

b. In April, to celebrate Women’s and Children’s Day, “2005 New Hakka with Health and Vigour and Women’s and Children’s Celebration of Good Day – Traditional Hakka vs. Modern Hakka.” The Council for Hakka Affairs organized an event called “2005 New Hakka with Health and Vigour and Women’s and Children’s Celebration of Good Day – Traditional Hakka vs. Modern Hakka” on 2nd April. This event demonstrated a combination of women’s traditional diligence, frugality and mastery of managing households and their modern innovation, vigour and health. A “Learning Hakka via Painting” contest was organized to let children learn and further identify with Hakka culture so that deepening of the culture can be fully exhibited. There were 205 works in the contest. These works were all exhibited on the site of the event. All the City Government’s departments’ staff, city councillors, heads of neighbourhoods and the public were encouraged to take part in the event. There was no division for into ethnic groups. All kinds of people came to appreciate the


elegant Hakka culture. In this event, there were over 2,000 people. On the site, the Hakka TV station helped by offering SNG vans for free to do live reporting. This won praise from all sides.

c. In May, to celebrate Mother’s Day, the event “Hakka Food is Served to Show Gratitude to Mother and Children Perform Filial Piety” took place. On 6th May, the Council for Hakka Affairs organized a ‘Hakka Love’ contest -- making cards for Mother’s Day in No.1 Park in Sanmin, across the way from the Cultural Artifacts Museum. On this Mother’s Day, there were activities such as arranging wonderful Hakka folk songs and music and dance performances and giving carnations to all the mothers participating in the event to express gratitude to them. In addition, the City’s councilors and different societies’ board chairmen and VIPs were invited to join in to show themselves ‘new men.’ They themselves cooked delicious food to offer for their mothers, mothers-in-law and wives to taste. They also introduced their mothers participating in the event to others and became models of how to be a dutiful son or daughter in society.

d. In July, the event at the Hakka parents-and-children summer camp called “Joyful Summer Hakka – Very Shock!” took place. To let the City’s citizens have an opportunity to understand Hakka language and culture, on 9th and 10th July, 2005, the event at the Hakka parents-and-children summer camp called “Joyful Summer Hakka – Very Exciting!” took place. There were 150 children and parents altogether joining in the event. The Council for Hakka Affairs hoped that the event would help to let all groups pay attention to and build up an understanding of Hakka culture. Through a program designed for children and parents to be able to learn via education and entertainment, it was also hoped to increase learning effects and improve affection and communication between parents and children as well as making Hakka culture prosper in a sustainable way.

e. In August, the Hakka language and literature calligraphy contest called “The First Father’s Day Hakka Cup” took place. ‘Hakka Language and Literature Calligraphy Contest of the First Father’s Day Hakka Cup in Kaohsiung City’ was held. The number of works in the contest reached as high as 845. In the preliminary screening, 350 works were selected for the final screening. Finally, 131 winners’ works were chosen. In the morning of 7th August, an award ceremony, an exhibition of calligraphic works, and a press conference for publicizing special collections took place in the hall of Council for Hakka Affairs. Over 700 guests joined in the event.

f. Soon after being founded, the Council for Hakka Affairs cooperated with Kaohsiung City’s Baozhongyiming Temple to organize the contest of ‘The 59th Divine Pig and Lamb Horn celebrating Yimin Festival of 2005’ and the event of


‘The 7th Yimin Cup for very accomplished male and female vocalists’ memorable old songs concert’ in January 2005. On 24th August, 2005, an award ceremony was held on the square in front of Baozhongyiming Temple, Sanmin. The City Mayor and VIPs from all fields came for supervision and joined in a ritual worshipping the god Yimin. This celebration was unprecedented in its grandeur. The participants included the City’s citizens, various schools’ students and representatives of all fields. By using this opportunity, Hakka people’s diligent, frugal and domestic virtues as well as Hakka folk culture could be publicized.

g. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, in September, an evening event for family members’ gathering called “Diverse Culture, the Super South, Healthy Vigour and Kaohsiung Hakka” was held. The Council for Hakka Affairs and Hakka TV station cooperated to organize “Multi-culture and the Super South,” a musical concert with multi-ethnic culture for family members’ gatherings on the outdoor square in front of the Music Hall in Kaohsiung City, in the evening of 9th September. Around 800 guests from all fields, from Hakka Societies in the South’s seven cities and counties, and from Kaohsiung City’s various Hakka Associations and Societies, also came to join in the gathering to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. There were various ethnic groups’ multicultural performances. Hakka singers, superb pop idols, and the Henchingge Music Band were invited to sing. The guests and audiences enjoyed this exciting show. All had an enjoyable and memorable Mid-Autumn Festival.

h. In November, a series of activities for the 2005 Kaohsiung Hakka Art Festival called “People Coming Here Are Guests” was held.

On 6th November, 2005, a series of activities was put on. The unique Hakka culture, especially focusing on ‘food, clothes and living,’ was introduced to Kaohsiung City’s inhabitants. The series of activities included ‘Hakka Cultural Innovative Carnival,’ a ritual of ‘ancient rites of worshipping the heaven,’ ‘light of Hakka – spotlight sculpture display,’ ‘A-ha Hakka Musical Concert on Riverbank,’ ‘Seminar for Hakka Cultural Innovative Industries,’ ‘Hakka Elites’ Challenging Contest’ and ‘Yimin Autumn Ceremonies of Offering Sacrifices.’ The last one was the best and most exciting. Its contents had ‘a thousand people carrying a load with a carrying pole and ten thousand people were singing together,’ a parade for respectfully welcoming the god Yimin and praying for blessings, and Hakka classical plays. All kinds of ethnic groups could join in this series of activities. The number of participants reached as high as ten thousand. These activities could help all ethnic groups to live together harmoniously.

i. Positive Promotion of Measures for Reviving Hakka Language


(1) Since September, 2005, the Council for Hakka Affairs and the National Open University have organized two courses for general education: ‘General Introduction to Hakka Culture’ and ‘Hakka History in Taiwan.’ It is expected to promote measures of educating talented people to be experts in Hakka language.

(2) In May 2005, some study programs were begun one after another. These programs included ‘Basic Level of Hakka language,’ ‘Study of Hakka Language Characters and Pronunciation and their employment,’ and ‘Certification of Hakka Language Ability.’ They are hoped to reverse the current gradual decline of the Hakka language.

(3) When the task of reviving Hakka language is undertaken, a deepening of Hakka learning in new generations should also be involved. The City’s junior high schools, elementary schools and kindergartens should be positively guided. Application to the Council for Hakka Affairs (under the jurisdiction of Executive Yuan) for subsidization of the project of ‘schools for learning Hakka language’ has been made. In 2005, the City’s six schools applied for subsidy. After the Council for Hakka Affairs’ began engaging and encouraging, twenty-two schools obtained the subsidy in 2006. The total subsidy has reached NT$1,500,000.

j. Popularization of Kaohsiung City’s Health, Vigour and New Hakka Culture via Media

Through interconnection with the City’s journalists working in the media, via gatherings from time to time to strengthen relationships with the media, it is hoped that they can help the Council for Hakka Affairs to publicize Hakka culture via various media channels. In addition, with continuous cooperation with Hakka TV station, it is expected to set up a recording camera studio in Hakka cultural artifacts museums in the South. Hopefully, popularization of the City’s public constructions and of the image of health, vigour and new Hakka culture can be achieved.

5. Establishment of Southern Taiwan’s First Healthy and Vigorous New Hakka Culture Park

A metropolitan-type New Hakka Culture Park in Kaohsiung City is now being scheduled. To make a cautious and careful schedule for the New Hakka Culture Park in Kaohsiung City, meetings were held as follows. a. Kaohsiung City’s Hakka Associations and performing societies were invited to

arrange and negotiate in seven discussion meetings; the committee members of Council for Hakka Affairs joined in for discussion in five meetings. ‘Kaohsiung City New Hakka Culture Park’ has been printed. The scheduling statements offer


participants references for reading. Seminars and negotiations can be adopted to discuss an issue related to the scheduling and setting-up of ‘Kaohsiung City New Hakka Culture Park’ in order to collect suggestions widely from all fields.

b. Two meetings for Kaohsiung City New Hakka Culture Park’s task team members (who are staff of Council for Hakka Affairs and representatives of Public Works Department) have been convened.

c. On 23rd March, 2006, the contract for ‘Kaohsiung City New Hakka Culture Park’s whole project and its early-stage sightseeing facilities schedule’ and its outsourcing were signed. It is estimated that the first stage of the project will be completed in April 2007 and the second stage will be finished in August 2008. It is expected to offer some communication venues for City and international tourism, traveling, business negotiation, working offices, information exchange and other cultural and educational events.

d. To achieve the ideal goal – enhancement of the City’s overall and diverse development -- depends on ideas and energy from cooperation among the Government, non-governmental organizations, institutional groups and individuals to ‘do the thing right.’

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III、Economic Development



Financial Management The municipal finance is divided into two sections-Revenue and Expenditure. The

revenue mainly comes from taxation. The government puts emphasis on the innovation of tax administration and expansion of the sources in order to enrich the tax revenue. In terms of the expenditure, the government budgets for the local administrative divisions within this city with careful deliberation on the order of priority. Each budget is conscientiously appropriated depending on the demand of municipal works. Currently this city is carrying out the system of budget project, in hope of taking care of the public demands and providing sufficient budgets. The revenue, expenditure and rate of growth of this city in the past years are specified as follows. 1. Revenue

The year of documents written by horizon is expressed by number. a. Taxation: Taxes are the main income of this city. This item includes the portion

of the national taxes allotted to the municipal treasury and the portion of the municipal taxes retained to the municipal treasury.

In 2002, the total income was NT$36,582,394 thousand accounting for 61.15% of revenue; In 2003, the total income wasNT$36,796,912 thousand accounting for 58.97% of revenue; In 2004, the total income was NT$39,684,046 thousand accounting for 52.32% of revenue. The 2005 annual tax and monopoly income is NT$42,755,522 thousand with 47.96% of annual total revenue.

b. Public work beneficial income: The total income concerning real estate benefited from the improvement on roads or other engineering, whether on land or sea, within the city. This income had been excluded from the revenue since 1991.

c. Legal fee and fine: The income from legal fee includes the education, culture, administration, police administration, land administration, household administration, traffic administration, economical construction and business, while The fines include the penalties from police administration, administration and finance. In 2002, the total income was NT$3,022,670 thousand accounting for 5.05% of revenue; In 2003, the total income was NT$3,174,959 thousand accounting for 5.09% of revenue; In 2004, the total income was NT$3,628,744 thousand accounting for 4.79% of revenue. The 2005 annual fees and fines income is NT$3,550,960 thousand with 3.99% of annual total revenue.

d. Property: The income from the accred interest, selling and retrieval of capital concerning the municipally owned properties. In 2002, the total income from this item was NT$784,971 thousand accounting for 1.31% of the whole revenue. In 2003, the total income was NT$1,074,383 thousand accounting for 1.72% of revenue. In 2004, the total income was NT$1,084,043 thousand accounting for


1.44% of revenue. The 2005 annual property income is NT$1,354,551 thousand with 1.52% of annual revenue.

e. Business profit: The interest in dividend of the Bank of Kaohsiung. In 2002, the total income from this item was NT$715,055 thousand accounting for 1.20% of the whole revenue. In 2003, the total income was NT$1,613,583 thousand accounting for 2.59% of revenue. In 2004, the total income was NT$1,658,912 thousand accounting for 2.19% of revenue. The 2005 annual operation surplus and business revenue is $1,835,467 thousand with 2.06% of annual total revenue.

f. Central subvention: The allotted subsidies granted by the national treasury. In 2002, the total income from this item was NT$12,796,348 thousand accounting for 21.39% of the whole revenue. In 2003, the total income was NT$14,776,164 thousnad accounting for 23.68% of revenue. In 2004, the total income was NT$24,477,179 thousnad accounting for 32.27% of revenue. The 2005 annual assistance income is NT$33,984,685 thousand with 38.12% of annual total revenue.

g. Other: The incomes gained from trust, donations, gifts, charges for fuel use and others. In 2002, the total income from this item was NT$5,921,843 thousand accounting for 9.90% of the whole revenue. In 2003, the total income was NT$4,957,910 thousand accounting for 7.95% of revenue. In 2004, the total income was NT$5,305,570 thousand accounting for 6.99% of revenue. The 2005 annual other incomes are NT$5,661,162 thousand with 6.35% of annual total revenue.

2.Expenditure a. Government Administration: The execution of political power, administration,

civil affairs, financial affairs and police administration are involved in this item. The executive expense of political power refers to the outgoings concerning the municipal assembly's fulfillment of its civil power over the city. The administrative expense comprehensively refers to the outgoings on the policy, investigation, enactment, accounting and statistics, personnel and information. The expense of civil affairs refers to the outgoings on public elections, military service, land administration and civil administration. The expense of financial affairs refers to the outgoings on dealing with taxes, treasury, public property, finance and liabilities. The expense of police administration refer to the outgoings on police force and fire fighting. In 2002, the total outgoings was NT$11,114,989 thousand accounting for 15.87% of expenditure; In 2003, the total outgoings was NT$11,057,837 thousand accounting for 16.14% of expenditure. In 2004, the total outgoing was NT$11,154,247 thousand, accounting for 14.24% of expenditure. The 2005 annual general administrative affairs spending is NT$11,712,273 thousand with 12.39% of annual total expenditure.


b. Education, Science and Culture: The outgoings on the maintenance and support of educational, scientific and cultural business in the city. In 2002, the total outgoings was NT$19,132,138 thousand accounting for 27.33% of the whole expenditure. In 2003, the total outgoings was NT$19,085,099 thousand accounting for 27.86% of expenditure. In 2004, the total outgoing was NT$18,204,664 thousand accounting for 23.24% of expenditure. The 2005 annual education, science and culture spending is NT$18,573,892 thousand with 19.65% of annual total expenditure.

c. Economic Development: This item includes agriculture, fishery, forest, animal husbandry, communications, other economical service and municipally-operated business funds. The outgoings on the economic development refer to the operation and support of municipal economy, industry and mining, agriculture and forest, water conservancy, fishery and animal husbandry. The outgoings on the municipally-operated business funds refer to the money invested in the public-owned business. The outgoings on the communications refer to the money used in dealing with ground, marine and air transportation, road management, and telecommunications. In 2002, the total outgoings on this item was NT$13,707,464 thousand accounting for 19.58% of expenditure. In 2003, the total outgoings on this item was NT$15,414,596 thousand accounting for 22.51% of expenditure. In 2004, the total outgoings on this item was NT$26,336,082 thousand accounting for 33.62% of expenditure. The 2005 annual economic development spending is NT$36,326,250 thousand with 38.43% of annual total expenditure.

d. Social Security: The item includes social relief, welfare service, employment, national housing, community development, medical and health care, environment protection, public servants' retirement and pension. Since 1995, the item of Social Security had been divided into Social Welfare, Community Development & Environment Protection, and Retirement & Pension.

e. Social Welfare: The item includes social relief, welfare service, employment, medical and health care; the social insurance was added in 1999. In 2002, the total outgoings was NT$6,858,926 thousand accounting for 9.80% of the whole expenditure. In 2003, the total outgoings was NT$6,627,006 thousand accounting for 9.68% of expenditure. In 2004, the total outgoings was NT$7,189,223 thousand accounting for 9.18% of expenditure. The 2005 annual social welfare spending is NT$9,298,570 thousand with 9.84% of annual expenditure.

f. Community Development & Environment Protection: The item includes community development and environment protection. In 2002, the total outgoings was NT$7,011,479 thousand accounting for 10.01% of expenditure. In 2003, the total outgoings was NT$6,579,657 thousand accounting for 9.61% of expenditure. In 2004, the total outgoings was NT$6,392,229 thousand accounting for 8.16% of


expenditure. The 2005 annual community development and environment protection spending is NT$6,687,856 thousand with 7.07% of annual total expenditure.

g. Liabilities: The outgoings include the principal repayment on liabilities and the payment of the accrued interest. In 2002, the total outgoings was NT$4,182,411 thousand accounting for 5.97% of expenditure. In 2003. the total outgoings was NT$2,464,195 thousand accounting for 3.61% of expenditure. To cater for the revised Budget Law, the principal repayment on liabilities had been excluded from this item and re-categorized into the item of Finance Distribution since the later half of 1999 and 2000 (see Table18). In 2004, the total outgoings was NT$1,981,326 thousand accounting for 2.53% of expenditure. The 2005 annual debt service spending is NT$4,212,146 thousand with 4.45% of annual total expenditure.

h. Other: Other outgoings include the money used in overall planning of the city, funds for public servants' pay adjustment, all kinds of subsidy, and funds for national indemnity. (The retirement and pension had been included since 1995.) In 2002, the total outgoings was NT$8,006,207 thousand accounting for 11.44% of expenditure. In 2003, the total outgoings was NT$7,251,907 thousand accounting for 10.59% of expenditure. In 2004, the total outgoings was NT$7,075,400 thousand accounting for 9.03% of expenditure. The 2005 annual other service spending is NT$7,723,601 thousand with 8.17% of annual total expenditure.

3.Comparison Between Revenue and Expenditure

In the four years preceding the reorganization of the City Government, the annual mean rate of growth was 17.49% in revenue, and 16.47% in expenditure. After the reorganization, the proportion of the financial allotment to a special municipality was raised according to the Financial Revenue & Expenditure Allotment Act, hence the rates of growth in revenue and in expenditure in 2005 were 17.54% and 20.68%, respectively, more than 2004.

4. Final Accounting of Revenue & Expenditure After the reorganization, the final accounting of the revenue and expenditure is as

follows. In 2002, the difference between the revenue and expenditure was NT$10,190,332 thousand made up with the amount of the distributed finance NT$8,587,197 thousand (the public loans and credit account of NT$12,208,797 thousand minus the principal repayment on liabilities of NT$3,621,600 thousand) and leaves a deficit of NT$1,603,135 thousand. In 2003, the difference between the revenue and expenditure was NT$6,086,386 thousand made up with the amount of


the distributed finance NT$8,161,990 thousand (the public loans and credit account of NT$12,236,990 thousand minus the principal repayment on liabilities of NT$4,075,000 thousand) and leaves a deficit of NT$2,075,604 thousand. The balance due of annual income and expenditure NT$2,490,677 thousand plus the financing management NT$9,513,000 thousand which is subtracted Government Bonds Issue & Borrowing NT$13,988,000 thousand from debt repayment NT$4,475,000 thousand shows a NT$7,022,323 thousand surplus of the annual revenue and expenditure at year 2004.

The balance due of annual income and expenditure NT$5,392,244 thousand plus the financing management NT$11,619,600 thousand which is subtracted Government Bonds Issue & Borrowing NT$16,600,000 thousand from debt repayment NT$4,980,400 thousand shows a NT$6,227,345 thousand surplus of the annual revenue and expenditure at year 2005.

5.Tax Structure and Analysis of Tax Implications

The budgeted amount of 2005 financial year of Kaohsiung City was NT$18.336 billion, and the actual levied tax (net) amounted to NT$20.660 billion, representing a surplus of NT$2.324 billion. The actual levied tax (net) shows a 5.5% growth over the amount of NT$19.577 billion last year.

As the economy booming recovered, the result of whole metropolis plan appeared, transactions in the real estate market were getting active. Number of new car purchases also increased. Due to above factors, the actual levied tax (net) was over levied budget and grew this year. For details of tax revenue, please refer to Table 17 and 18.

Table 17 Local Taxes Collected in Kaohsiung – Net Amount remitted

Unit: NT$1000 Fisal Year Total Business Tax Land Value

Tax

Land Value Increment

Tax House Tax Vehicle

License Tax Deed Tax Stamp Tax Amusement Tax Others Starting & Ending

Dates

1979 1980 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

6,376,451 8,703,488

10,269,596 14,510,496 23,933,607 42,693,628 34,895,046 26,271,427 17,356,458 19,576,692 20,660,392

1,173,228 1,656,270 2,046,261 3,341,945

12,204,942 21,292,169 17,308,728 9,741,798

1,122,896 1,587,949 1,616,307 1,651,843 3,566,361 4,332,056 5,168,211 4,799,321 4,795,129 5,505,940 5,488,490

1,476,6761,769,6242,352,4434,051,2292,756,5328,359,6043,345,2262,617,4533,168,7834,269,6174,999,221

443,174631,097893,311

1,579,3922,389,0023,716,1804,624,5144,388,6244,494,5094,563,9294,703,422

196,776429,891507,868737,908

1,366,2502,580,2442,999,7253,107,1273,192,1303,298,7983,435,084

271,947369,050387,223549,139

1,231,4911,675,605

838,5021,014,552

996,6571,209,7361,215,152

802,6471,151,8591,348,6461,437,364

380,399635,596510,511510,631632,801565,526608,770

83,337 101,360 117,645 111,406 25,095 85,452 99,608 91,919 76,446

163,144 210,254

805,770 1,006,388

999,892 1,050,270

13,535 16,723

21 2 3 1 0

1978/7~1979/61979/7~1980/61980/7~1981/61985/7~1986/61990/7~1991/61995/7~1996/6

2001/1~2001/122002/1~2002/122003/1~2003/122004/1~2004/122005/1~2005/12

Source: Revenue Service Office, Kaohsiung City Note: Sales tax has been levied by Kaohsiung National Tax Administration, Ministry of Finance since the

financial year of 2003.


Table 18 Local Taxes Collected in Kaohsiung – Shares Unit: % Fiscal Year

Total Business Tax

Land Value Tax

Land Value Increment Tax

House Tax

Vehicle License Tax

Deed Tax

Stamp Tax

Amusement Tax

Others Starting & Ending Dates

1979 1980 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

18.40 19.03 19.93 23.03 50.99 49.87 49.60 37.08

17.61 18.24 15.74 11.38 14.90 10.15 14.81 18.27 27.63 28.12 26.57

23.1620.3322.9127.9211.5219.589.599.96

18.2621.8124.20

6.957.258.70

10.889.988.70

13.2516.7025.9023.3122.77

3.094.944.955.095.716.048.60

11.8318.3916.8516.63

4.264.243.773.785.153.922.403.865.746.185.88

12.5913.2313.139.911.591.491.461.943.652.892.95

1.31 1.16 1.15 0.77 0.10 0.20 0.29 0.35 0.44 0.83 1.02

12.64 11.56 9.74 7.24 0.06 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

1978/7~1979/61979/7~1980/61980/7~1981/61985/7~1986/61990/7~1991/61995/7~1996/6

2001/1~2001/122002/1~2002/122003/1~2003/122004/1~2004/122005/1~2005/12

Source: Revenue Service Office, Kaohsiung City Note: Sales tax has been levied by Kaohsiung National Tax Administration, Ministry of Finance since the

financial year of 2003. 6.Management and Disposals of Municipal Properties

a. Management of Property Cadastration (1) Authorities under the City Government in charge of the management of

municipal properties shall produce two copies of property data cards distinguishing the property categories as public use or non-public use property. One copy shall be sent to the competent authority (Finance Bureau), and the other kept by respective authorities for future reference. In addition, a quarterly report shall be compiled and sent to the Finance Bureau of the City Government every three months. For the proper execution of property management work, a property management review is held every year, and the result is sent to the reviewed authority or school for discussion, improvement and actual execution of property management work.

(2) Since municipal properties are managed under independent systems of different authorities of the Government, there is no way to revise and check the properties. A complete and correct cadastration system still has to be established, and this seriously affects management effectiveness. Therefore, it is proposed that the development of a municipal property management information system should be commissioned. Knowledge management and decision support elements will be built into the system in a phased construction approach. The system will strengthen the coordination of various city administration policies and functions, and lead to the effective management and utilization of the City’s public properties. Moreover, a special team has been set up for the relevant coordination work and for monitoring the progress. Work should be done as scheduled.

(3) Considering the frequent personnel change of property managers in various authorities and schools and the disorganized keeping of relevant laws and


regulations, which constitute defects of the property management work, the Finance Bureau under the City Government has specially compiled the “Handbook of Municipal Property Management of Kaohsiung City” to solve these problems. The handbook is provided to property management personnel in various authorities and schools for their reference and compliance. Lectures on property management practices were given in December 2005, in an expectation that changes, stock-taking, inspection, accounts and financial reports of the properties can be properly managed, and the rights over municipal properties strictly protected.

b.Disposition of Public Use Property In order to reasonably release public land for civilian development, for the

purpose of boosting economic prosperity of the region and increasing tax income of the public treasury, a plan has been scheduled to make thorough investigation of all idle land/property administered by various government authorities and public schools and to review the current status of land use. For land that is used uneconomically or under-utilized, improvement should be made for better development and utilization. According to the compiled statistics, there are 268 lots of idle and under-utilized land/property administered by various authorities and schools; 661 lots of non-public-use idle land administered by the Finance Bureau under the City Government. Land meeting the criteria for development pursuant to the Autonomous Ordinance for Management of Municipal Properties of Kaohsiung City will be changed to non-public use land according to regulations, and procedures for leasing, selling or commissioned operation will be carried out to enhance the land value and increase income of the City’s treasury.

c.Management of Non-Public Use Property In view of the rapid change of the macro-environment, the government’s role

and functions have gradually shifted from management-oriented to service-oriented. Under the pressure of the enlarging budget deficit and the need to reduce administrative costs, offering public services in a business-like model, effectively utilizing human resources, introducing civilian resources and participation in public construction work and services has become the core of the governmental reform. These are also important measures that the government has adopted in recent years for administrative reform. In a situation where human resources, budget, technical skills (surveying) for the property management work are lacking, two major municipal property management services have been readily outsourced, so that investigation, surveying, leasing, impropriation, litigation, etc. of municipal properties can be effectively managed. (1) Entrusting professional surveying companies for investigation of information

related to impropriated land


There are totally 8,080 lots of non-public use land administered by the Finance Bureau (including 5,224 lots in the Sincaoya Project). With insufficient human resources and lack of professional skills, this service is entrusted to professional surveying companies for revising the property cadastration information of impropriated land.

(2) Outsourcing collection service of overdue rent and land-use compensation The Finance Bureau under the City Government was the first to start

levying land-use compensation in 1991 for unauthorized occupation of non-public use municipal property. However, due to lack of human resources, the Bureau could do nothing more than sending out payment notice at every levying period. It proves to be an ineffective method. Moreover, land-use compensation is not a tax; it is considered a private issue in legal terms. Delivery of a public notice is not applicable here. Such cases must be dealt with by civil litigation and compulsory enforcement, etc. which are extremely time-consuming procedures. If public human resources are put into these tasks, other public services will be put at risk of not being attended to. In order to assert the rights over municipal properties, collection of overdue rent and compensation of impropriated land has been contracted out since the end of August 2002. By the end of 2005, recovered rent and compensation amounted to more than NT$44.92 million. Besides, litigation work was also entrusted to outside parties for cases in which unauthorized occupants showed no intention to pay upon several prompts. By the end of 2005, there were 7,056 square meters of municipal land worth 379 millions of NT Dollars were legally retrieved by civil litigation and compulsory enforcement.

d. Sale of Non-Public Use Municipal Land (as shown in Table 19)

Table 19 Report on Sale of Non-public Use Municipal Land of Kaohsiung City

Year No. of lots Area (m2) Amount (NT$) Year No. of lots Area (m2) Amount (NT$)1981 141 22,388 115,425,160 1998 38 1,972 228,597,337 1986 19 3,420 8,895,380 1999 49 1,284 53,549,569 1991 23 8,766 73,292,252 2000 34 133,439 85,339,112 1992 250 6,215 34,377,786 2001 563 23,258 452,187,400 1993 39 10,992 43,952,411 2002 310 11,883 326,740,909 1994 16 56,095 70,358,120 2003 146 11,926 404,387,652 1995 39 4,915 735,775,826 2004 78 9,356 735,234,159 1996 89 5,287 615,106,712 2005 187 16,788 840,889,297 1997 37 1,374 234,987,448


7. Financial Overview and Management a. Financial Management at the Base Level

(1) Management of the Credit Department of Farmer’s and Fishermen’s Associations

There are three credit departments of farmer’s and fishermen’s associations in the City, namely Credit Department of Kaohsiung City Farmer’s Association, Credit Department of Kaohsiung Fishermen’s Association and Credit Department of Siaogang Fishermen’s Association. For the sake of ensuring sound and healthy operation, reinforcing internal management and effectively preventing malpractice, the credit departments are advised to stick to the “Regulations for Implementing Internal Monitoring and Auditing System in the Credit Department of Farmer’s and Fishermen’s Associations” and to exert the proper function and responsibility of their advisory council, so that the self-disciplinary role of internal auditing can be strengthened.

(2) Financial Management of Cooperatives There are two credit cooperatives in the City, namely The Second Credit

Cooperative of Kaohsiung City and The Third Credit Cooperative of Kaohsiung City. Besides the two head offices, there are 36 branch offices, and totally 38 business offices in operation throughout various districts in the City.

In order to promote a sound and healthy internal control and personnel transfer system within the City’s credit cooperatives and the clearance of non-performing loans and delinquent debts, as well as to urge cooperatives to execute the improvement advice given by the financial supervisory authority and report their execution status to the advisory council, the Finance Bureau conducts regular tracking inspection until improvement is seen. The Bureau also supervises improvement effort on education and training for entry-level officers, so that employees’ quality can be upgraded.

b.Strengthen Control over Basic Financial Institutions and Reinforce Supervisory Role of Local Competent Authority (1) Adopt shock-action approach of inspection. Select 50% of head offices of

basic financial institutions and above 20% of the branches for inspection of their cash deposits, securities, and bills of collection and negotiation. When demerits were found, the institution is to be dealt with pursuant to relevant laws and be requested to rectify and improve.

(2) Urge the basic financial institutions under the Bureau’s supervision to set up crisis management team, for a better ability to deal with crises and a better control over the flow of fund, so that timely measures could be taken to


maintain financial order of the region. (3) Match the effort of the Ministry of Finance to offer special guidance and joint

guidance to basic financial institutions with too high an overdue loan ratio. Urge them to write off bad debts and reduce the overdue loan ratio. The financial structure of basic financial institutions will then be strengthened.

(4) Ensure financial well-being of basic financial institutions under the City Government’s supervision. Actively advise them to maintain a capital adequate ratio up to 8% above the regulated standard. Credit departments of farmer’s and fishermen’s associations not meeting the regulations will be urged to propose a timed improvement plan for increasing net value and reducing risk-prone assets for compliance with the regulations.

c.Management of Government-owned Shares of Bank of Kaohsiung Privatization of the Bank of Kaohsiung has been completed on September 27,

1999. In December 2005, the City Government held 46.26% of the Bank’s shares. For better management of the Government-owned shares, the “Guidelines for the Management of Kaohsiung City Government’s Investment in Government-owned Shares of the Bank of Kaohsiung” have been instituted. Major events of the Bank will be reported to the Government by its shareholding representatives, with their opinion added. The Government is therefore well informed of any move of the Bank.

d. Collateral Office, Finance Bureau Objective of the Office is to regulate the civilian economy by providing

emergent low-interest financing service to citizens. Apart from offering low-interest short-term fund to fulfill citizens’ emergent needs, the Office also makes good use of human resources. Friendly service attitude and pleasantly bright office environment are used to break through the traditional image of a pawnshop and produce outstanding performance in terms of turnover. In addition, the high interest rate of private pawnshops can be kept in check through market mechanism, so that interest burden can be relieved and the economically disadvantaged citizens may be benefited.

e. Management of Tobacco and Alcohol (1) For our country’s accession to the WTO, we have abrogated the tobacco and

alcohol monopoly, which has existed for 50 years, in 2002. Tobacco and Alcohol Supervision Act was promulgated in the same year, changing the benefit from tobacco and alcohol monopoly into tax, i.e., the “Tobacco and Alcohol Tax”. Moreover, 18% of the tobacco and alcohol tax income is appropriated to regional governments in proportion to the population of respective municipalities and counties. The Kaohsiung City Government was allocated NT$517 million of tobacco and alcohol tax income in 2005.


(2) A joint investigation team has been established pursuant to Item 4 of the “Guidelines Governing Tobacco and Alcohol Investigation and Reporting of Violation Cases”. The team is responsible for executing investigation and seizure, while the Finance Bureau is responsible for the management of inspecting, seizing, labeling and advertising tobacco and alcohol, etc., and coordination and correspondence work, etc. among relevant authorities and agencies.

(3) For protection of citizens’ health, investigations of unlicensed and sub-standard tobacco and alcohol are carried out. And education more important than punishment when regulating the market. Publicity of relevant laws and regulations to tobacco and alcohol manufacturers, importers, vendors and sellers of under nature alcohol is emphasized according to the Tobacco and Alcohol Supervision Act. The measure aims at preventing operators in the industry from violating the law and being punished.


Industry and Commercial Activities 1.Industrial Structure:

Kaohsiung City is the largest industrial and commercial harbor city in Taiwan. Within the territory of the city there are rich manpower resources, large-scale factories like China Steel and China Shipbuilding, and the largest Linhai Industrial District and Processing Export District. It is positioned the 6th of the largest container ports of the world, and has a developing Multifunctional Commerce and Trade Park. Its potential for development is abundant.

As of end Dec. 2005 there were 1,529 factories legally registered within the territory of the city. These factories ran different kinds of businesses, including iron and steel, chemicals, machines, metals, food, transportation, electronics, telecommunications, etc. Among them, iron and steel, chemicals and machines are the major heavy industries. From now on, we shall continue giving guidance to the industries of the city to develop towards technology and high-technical industries. The marketing and business attraction activities of Kaohsiung Multifunctional Commerce and Trade Park, Kaohsiung Biotechnical Park and “lands around No.11~15 Berth and the east bank of Dock#3” shall be strengthened. To facilitate the industrial upgrading of the city, advantageous investment environment shall be created and the implementation of different development projects of Kaohsiung Multifunctional Commerce and Trade Park shall be accelerated.

2. Commercial Structure: a. About Commerce: As of end Dec. 2005 there were 126,909 companies and

shops (53,803 companies and 73,106 shops) registered in the city. Among these industries, most of them were wholesale and retail businesses, and the next are servicing industry, accommodation and restaurant business, manufacturing business, real estate and rental business.

b. Industrial and Commercial United Services Center: To simplify the registration procedures of profit-making business, the City Government revised “Main Points for Implementation of United Registration Affairs of Profit-Making Business of Kaohsiung City” on July 16, 1986. The staff of various united examination units (City Development Bureau, Public Works Bureau, Redevelopment Bureau, National Tax Administration, etc.) were concentrated in Redevelopment Bureau to handle the applications of citizens. Those cases required to be further submitted to Health Care Bureau or Fire-Fighting Bureau were handled via fax transmission. It saved the trafficking time of documents and accelerated the examination of the application cases.

3.Industrial and Commercial Guidance: a. Factory Registration: Economic Affairs Bureau is responsible for handling the


industrial administrative business of the city. At the end of 2005 the number of approved cases of factory registration was shown as follows: (1) Registration of factory changing: 102 cases (2) Registration of factory opening: 52 cases (3) Registration of factory closure: 54 cases

b. Company Registration: Before system changing, there were 19,621 companies being registered. As of end Dec. 2005 the number of registered companies was increased to 53,803, with a total capital of NT$1,025,671,000.

c. Shop Registration: Before system changing, there were 24,711 profit-making shops being registered. As of end Dec. 2005 the number of registered shops was increased to 73,106, with a total capital of NT$13,830,760,000.


Transportation 1.Mass Rapid Transit

The primary development of the KMRT network consists of the orange and red lines, with total length of 42.7 km, 37 stations, two light maintenance depots and one main maintenance depot. The 14.4 km east-west orange line runs from Hsitzuwan Beach to Taliao in Kaohsiung County, there are 13 underground stations and one at-trade station at Taliao, where also the main maintenance depot and operation control center are located. The 28.3 km north-south red line runs from Hsiao Kang to Chiaotou in Kaohsiung County, there are 15 underground stations, 8 elevated stations and a light maintenance depot at each end. a. Master Schedule of Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) Private sector participation mode is adopted in KMRT project. It is estimated

the whole of the Red and Orange Lines will start its revenue operation in October of 2007.

b. The transportation planning of the long-term system network in Kaohsiung metropolitan area (1) For the purposes of the future development in Kaohsiung metropolitan area,

KMRT has already implemented the planning of the long-term Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) transportation network. It contains several investigations, data updates on the social and economical conditions in Kaohsiung metropolitan area. At the same time, the planning would complete the MRT extension network between Kaoshiung City and its two peripheral counties such as Kaohsiung and Pingtung, and the feasibility studies for further MRT extension. Executive Yuan has permitted the planning line of Pingtung extension in 2003. Furthermore, Kaohsiung City Government has completed the planning of the long-term networks in engineering projects of public transport systems in Kaohsiung metropolitan area in 2005.

(2) The Kaohsiung Lin-kang Light Rail Construction Project of Kaohsiung Metropolitan Light Rail Transportation System

The project was passed in a review meeting held by the Council For Economic Planning And Development on the 29th December 2003 and approved in a letter dated 14th January 2004 from the Executive Yuan. It is currently in the revision process of Light Rail Construction Project at present.

c. Traffic Maintenance Plan (1) For minimiz the impact efficiently of traffic during the red / orange line of

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit being built, it is according to the construction plan and study out of traffic maintenance strategy and measures as reaction by means of Preparation and Performance of Traffic Maintenance Plan.

(2) In order to perform the Traffic Maintenance Plan, it is announced by means


of press radio, television, brochure and network. d. Land acquisition

Lands of depots and stations for the orange and red lines are all expropriated. e. Consultancy For Private Participation in the Construction of The Mass Rapid

Transit System in the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area(Part III)—Consultancy for Quality and Safety Management and Supervision. To ensure that The MRT , which is designed and built by the Concessionaire, meets the safety, quality and functional requirements of the project, The Department of Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit of Kaohsiung Municipal Government（KMRT） has being the Consultant of Mott Macdonald Limited and Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation to undertake verification and validation and to monitor and audit the project management, design quality management and construction quality management activities of the Concessionaire and to provide legal service relating to performance of the Project. The services began on 2001 September 03. The actual progress as the end of December. 2005 is 64.83%.

f. Construction Since the commencement of Red and Orange lines has been started on 30

October 2001, all the stations、depots and alignment between two stations are proceeding to construct. There are29 in 37 stations totally have been finished main structure and start the architecture and facility or E&M works. Also there are 62 in 66 sections of bored tunnel had been finished boring.

2.Major Traffic Construction Projects Major traffic construction projects administered in fiscal 2005 by the Office

include: a. Added Ramp to Da Jhong Road Express Way

This project was in connection with Parking Lot of High Speed Railway Project; the project commenced on June 27, 2003 and completed on May 31, 2005.

b. Kaohsiung Metro Express Way Project This is the second bid of the Da Jhong Road Project. Two-way high-rise bridge

(with 16 foundations) was to be built. Total length of high rise bridge is 406 meters and the length of the ramp is 104 meters. Total length of the bridge is 510 meters. Total expense of the project is NT$ 298,787,989. Commenced on October 6, 2003 and completed on September 28, 2005. This project shall solve the traffic problems in Zuoying District and Nanzih District. The Express Way connects to Tai-17 line, National Highway No. 1 (Jhongshan Highway), and National Highway No. 2; it increases outward connection function for the metro area and provides convenient traffic network for passengers of High Speed Railway.


c. Supplementary Broadening Project between Da Jhong Road Section and Cui Hua Road Section (from Chong De Road to Jhong Hua Overpass)for Kaohsiung Metro Area Express Way Phase One Construction:

Currently Cui Hua Road locates north to Chong De Road. In order to supplement the second bid of the Da Jhong Road Project of high rise construction, the section between Zeng Zih Road and Chong De Road has been broadened from 30 meters of width to 41-49 meters of width to remedy the problem of insufficient ground lanes. However, south to Chong De Road is still maintained at the width of 30 meters as defined in city planning. This composes the problem of unbalanced number of traffic lanes. In response to the increased traffic flow after the completions of High Speed Railway and the second bid of the Da Jhong Road section of express way, broadening at this section (south to Chong De Road until Jhong Hua Overpass) is desperately needed to smoothly redirect such traffic flow to southbound. Total length of this section is approximately 1,500 meters, and this section is to be broadened to 50 meters. Total construction expense for this project (including road broadening project, plantation project, landscape project, and share-rod street lamp project) is approximately NT$126,000,000. Six fast lanes and 2 mixed lands will be implemented on both ways after broadening. Left and right turn lanes will also be implemented at intersections for smoother traffic flow. Detail design will begin in this fiscal year and construction is estimated to be commissioned at the year end and completed in October 2006.

d. Bridge for 1-4 Road in the Hongmao Harbor Village Migration Project Reserved land for Hongmao Harbor Village Migration Project locates on the

limits between Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung Country and across Gang Shan Zih area of Kaohsiung City and Jhong Lun, Niou Liao areas of Kaohsiung County. Two primary roads of east and west bound with 30 meters in width are planned to connect with existing Jhong An Road and Guo Pi Road. Northbound traffic may use Tai-88 line that connects to National Highway No. 1 and No. 2; southbound traffic may use Tai-17 line that leads to Siaogang Airport and Pingdong. A complete traffic network is constructed in response to future traffic needs brought by overall development. Because Chienchen River (Fongshan Creek) lies in between Jhong An Road and the reserved land for the village migration, three river-crossing bridges will be built to connect the two, and the bridges will be jointly responsible by Fong Shan City Office, South Engineering Division of the Construction and Planning Agency, and Kaohsiung City Government. Kaohsiung City Government is responsible for the construction of the bridge that connects to the northbound completed 1-4 road of zone expropriation for public construction project administered by the Construction and Planning Agency, and the bridge southbound across 34 meters wide


Fongshan Creek and then connects to the 20 meters long and 30 meters wide planned road of city planning until the limit of Jhong An Road. Total cost of the construction project is approximately NT$ 75 million. Construction design will be conducted in this fiscal year and commissioned in February, 2006. The project is estimated to be completed in the beginning of 2007.

e. Motorcycle Lane underneath Nan Yang Overpass Project Traffic flows from Gao Nan Highway of Provincial Tai-1 Line, Nan Zih Sin

Road, Nan Yang Road, and Jia Chang Road converge into Nan Zih Overpass in Kaohsiung City. The Longitudinal Railway cuts through Houjing Creek. In the earlier years, in order to improve traffic load on Nan Zih Overpass and in consideration of traffic safety, automobiles and motorcycles lanes were separated and traffic control signs were minimized when the Overpass was being planned and constructed. Limited by the separated lanes of automobiles and motorcycles and the Longitudinal Railway, motorcycles from Nan Zih Sin Road heading Jia Chang Road must first divert to the motorcycle lane on the south side of Nan Yang Overpass and turn over underneath the Overpass to northbound, and ride onto the southbound motorcycle lane on Nan Zih Overpass and across the railway. The motorcycle lane fulfills traffic safety concern at the cost of greater traffic distance. With safety as the paramount concern the City Government plans to improve the traffic flow by reducing the diversion distance. After joint on-site inspection with local citizen representatives, chiefs of village, and concerned organizations, the agreed plan is to build a new automobile underpass along the existing u-turn path on the south side of Nan Yang Overpass and cuts through directly underneath the Longitudinal Railway, build a steel bridge across the Houjing Creek, and add an intersection at the entrance of underpass on the original route. Heading south can connect to Min Zu Road; heading straight can connect to the original route that leads to Nan Zih Sin Road. Diversion distance for motorcycle can be reduced from 1 kilometer to about 200 meters. Traffic safety is increased and traffic time is saved. The motorcycle lane is 4 meters wide and 250 meters long; total cost of construction is approximately NT$ 41 million. Construction design will be conducted in this fiscal year and commissioned in the beginning of 2006. The project is estimated to be completed and become operational in August 2006.

f. Nan Zih Sewage Disposal Factory Outward Connecting Roads Construction Project

In order to act in accordance with the project planning of construction o the Nan Zih Sewage Factory and the parks on the swamp lands along the sides of the factory for the 21-meter wide road planned in the metro establishment project that connects to De Jhong Road (Tai-17 Line), which comprises of Section A of 219


meters, Section B of 2,078 meters, and Section C of 222 meters. Regarding to the existing locations of the Sewage Factory and the outward connection traffics, they are now fishery cultivation pools where the geo-locations are low-lying and the geo-quality soft. If roads are to be built, then large amount of earth material must be first filled in and pressed until solid enough before road construction may begin. This fiscal year (2005) Section A earth filling task must be conducted first followed by filling and follow-up tasks required. Earth-filling task shall be commissioned in July this fiscal year and is estimated to be completed in January, 2006.

g. The immediate plan of the ending bottle-neck section of the National Highway that connects to the lines leading to international airport and international port (Tri-nation passage) improvement plan includes broadening of Jhong Ping Road and Cao Ya Road. The total construction cost of the tri-projects of high-rise overpasses of Jhong Ping and Jhong An roads and the ramp on the north side of the Metro-Rail and connects to highway is approximately NT$ 2.11 billion. The planning, design, and budgeting of the project have been completed, and the amendment of the city planning is being reviewed by the Ministry of the Interior. Once the review is confirmed, the project shall be commenced immediately. The improvement project of the bottle-neck of the ending section of the national highway that connects to international airport and international port (container trailer truck lane): in order to establish the proprietary traffic for the container trailer truck network between the dual-port of Kaohsiung and national highway, the Executive Yuan on December 29, 2003 has officially approved the funding for the improvement project of 18 container docks and the traffic routes to highway for the 3, 4, and 5 container centers as a relief of Jhong Shan 4th Road, the measure to reduce traffic accidents, and the increase of traffic efficiency of container trailer trucks. Such project is an immediate solution to the traffic bottle-necks between Kaohsiung Port, International Airport, and the national highway.

h. Private Investment Encouragement Plan – Modern General Gymnasium BOT project

The foundation locates on the section where Bo Ai 1st Road and Sin Jhuang 2nd Road (reserved land for Zuoying Atheletic-One). With total acreage of 57376 square meters, the project shall build one gymnasium of 6-floor above ground and 2-floor underground with 15,000-people capacity as well as attached business installations, 1,464 parking spaces for automobile and 4,175 parking spaces for motorcycle. involving an investment of NT$6.7 billion. This investment project is estimated to entering contract on January 30, 2004. The development project of the construction of the modernized Kaohsiung general gymnasium, according to


the contract, shall be completed within three years after the contract is signed and acquire usage license. Approximately 2,360 employment opportunities are expected.

i. In order to recruit domestic and international contractors, architects, technique service providers, and specialized suppliers to participate in the” Construction Project of the Main Hall for the 2009 World Game”, the National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and Kaohsiung City Government have sponsored three business recruiting seminars and athletic facility and city development conferences. This project complies accordingly with the national athletic education development strategy of the National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the National Sports Training Center, with supplementary planning of sports park, to build a national sports park promotes public athletic development. It is to integrate related businesses, such as sports, leisure, entertainment, consumption, tourism, and travel, develop sports and leisure businesses in Southern Taiwan, create employment opportunity, facilitate regional economic prosperity, and promote overall regional development. Scope of this project covers North Sheng-li Barrack of the Ministry of National Defense between Jhong-hai Road and Jyun Siao Rd. in Tzuoying District with acreage of 19.09 acres. 400-meter track and football field of international standard with capacity of 40,000 seats (with 15,000 reserved seats) is to be built; total construction cost is approximately NT$5.275 billion.

3. Facilities and Road Administration a.Transportation Plans

(1) Planning and establishment of bus transfer center: To improve the traffic situation of Kaohsiung City, the long-distance buses

in Kaohsiung City are all dispatched from the bus station near Kaohsiung Train Station on Chienkuo Road. However, this not only causes traffic chaos in the neighboring areas, but also gives inconvenience to passengers in their waiting for and transfer of bus due to lack of large transfer station. Therefore, the city is planning to construct bus transfer centers in the south, middle and north districts of Kaohsiung City in order to provide bus transfer centers which has perfect functions, increase people’s willingness to take a bus and, improve current situation of bus stations, solve the problems of conflict between urban traffic and traffic flow, and help integration and coordination in operation of the bus companies. The location selection report was completed in 2005, and it was suggested to develop the transfer center in order of the north, middle and south districts. In the future, detailed planning and business invitation operation will be conducted.

(2) Investigation and research of characteristics of traffic volume:


Investigation on Traffic characteristics is a continuous and fundamental work for transportation planning. Its purposes are to understand the traffic condition of important road sections, review traffic problem, and use them as the basis of subsequent plans and long-term traffic policy development. Kaohsiung had never carried out relevant investigation for a long time since 2000. In 2005, Kaohsiung strived for budget to carry out the traffic volume investigation at 119 intersections between important roads, 23 important road sections, 22 borders between counties and cities, 14 railroads, and 15 underground passages or overpass. 56 main and secondary roads were chosen for the investigation of driving time and speed. Among them, 35 roads were also chosen for speed investigation on the spot.

(3) Examination of traffic maintenance programs for major projects of Kaohsiung City:

To improve the examination and execution quality of traffic maintenance programs, the Synthetic Management and Examination Team of the Road Safety Commission conducts initial examination of the proposal submitted by the Road Safety Commission, and then makes suggestions to the Road Safety Committee for their reference in examination. In 2005 there were 35 proposed cases and 3 reported cases being submitted to the Synthetic Management and Examination Team for examination.

To reduce the impact of road engineering on traffic, “Regulations of Traffic Order Maintenance Plan during the Period of Road Engineering” was set up with reference to relevant regulations of different counties and cities. They stipulated clearly the administrative level to which the traffic maintenance programs will be submitted and the examination procedures. The regulations have been amended and passed by the Road Safety Committee. After the regulations are promulgated and implemented, they will help carry out the mechanism for examination and approval of traffic maintenance programs practically in order to maintain smooth traffic and driving safety.

(4) Planning of driving routes for trolley trucks and gravel trucks The large vehicles of Kaohsiung City, like trolley trucks and gravel trucks,

mainly ran on the roads downtown. But the accidental rate of large vehicles was higher. It seriously affected the safety of pedestrian. To maintain the living quality of citizens, there was a trial implementation of prohibition of trolley truck driving on Kushan 2nd and 3rd Roads and Hua-An Street. About 2 years later, the plan was formally announced for implementation on July 1, 2005.

Since Taiwan Highway No. 88 opened to traffic, large vehicles have been


running to and fro Linhai Industrial Park frequently via Kaofeng Road and Chungan Road (between Kaofeng Road and Kungfeng Road). In consideration of the needs of the forwarders, the said roads were announced to be the driving routes. After communication with the local people and discussion with relevant units, the said roads has been formally approved by the Road Safety Committee as the driving routes for trolley trucks since December 1, 2005. However, in order to protect the traffic safety, the trolley trucks are still prohibited to run on Kaofeng Road during peak hours Monday through Friday.

b. Roads and Bridges New built roads and bridges in Fiscal 2005 include 24 projects such as Nan Zih

Gao Nan Highway; total acreage 4.92 acres, 17 completed, and in-process 7.4. Traffic Installations Improvement and Management

Total acreage of roads and bridges built in fiscal 2005 is 49202 square meters and total length 3687 meters.(See table 20)

Table 20 Statistical Table of Public Construction Projects of Transportation Facilities and Roads of Kaohsiung City

Newly Built Roads and Bridges Year

Total Area (㎡) Total Length (m) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

The second half of 1999 and 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

248,976 214,716 593,583 641,210 396,466 455,604 323,049 709,668 213,320 272,795 182,397 140,446 110,637 106,778 105,213 36,826 234,183 192,119 192,217 49,202

16,626 10,426 25,771 37,200 16,896 16,886 16,626 24,170 14,543 22,098 15,065 15,629 12,581 10,561 10,554 3,750 11,105 8,805 6773 3,687

a. Tests for drivers and motorcyclists: (1) For drivers:

1) Written examination: 26,285 man-times attended, and 22,624 man-times passed.


2) Application for computer oral examination: 402 man-times attended, and 128 man-times passed.

3) Road examination: 25,280 man-times attended, and 21,916 man-times passed.

(2) For motorcyclists: 1) Written examination: 25,176 man-times attended, and 20,769 man-times

passed. 2) Application for computer oral examination: 1,060 man-times attended, and

294 man-times passed. 3) Road examination: 28,648 man-times attended, and 23,767 man-times

passed. b. Inspection of motor vehicles:

(1) Inspection of cars (including re-inspection, regular inspection, temporary inspection, first inspection): 467,780 car-times.

(2) Inspection of motorcycles: 39,119 motorcycle-times of first inspection, 1,286 motorcycle-times of re-inspection, 6,227 motorcycle-times of data change, 90 motorcycle-times of regular inspection, 19,091 motorcycle-times of temporary inspection.

c. Management of car licenses and drivers: (1) First issue of car license: 39,873 cases (2) Registration of various data change of license: 216,575 cases (3) Renewal of driving license: 75,848 cases (4) Registration of guaranteed transaction of mobile property of car: 56,694

cases (5) Renewal, reissue and registration of various data change of license:

186,511 cases (6) Issue of new driver’s license: 21,283 cases

d. Management of motorcycle license and motorcyclists: (1) First issue of motorcycle license: 53,280 cases (2) Registration of data change, change and renewal of motorcycle license:

383,028 cases (3) Issue of new motorcyclist’s license: 24,354 cases (4) Renewal, reissue and registration of data change of motorcyclist’s license:

136,833 cases e. Supervision and management of vehicle transportation industry:

(1) Application for business establishment, registration, and various data change: 361 cases.

(2) Issue of Provisional Pass: 20,464 cases (3) Establishment of private-run taxi business: 49 cases


(4) Guarantee of mobile property of business vehicle: 5,228 cases (5) Safety inspection of traffic: Spontaneous inspection of 16,135 vehicles of

different kinds, and 1,129 vehicles were found violating transportation laws. f. Collection of fuel use expenses of car and motorcycle on behalf of Central

Government: NT$3,414,427,542 actually collected. (1) Car: NT$3,139,026,786 (2) Motorcycles: NT$275,400,756

4.Planning and Management of Car Park a. Building of off-street car parks:

To solve the parking problem and maintain a good parking order and concept of “off-street parking as the main and street parking as the subsidiary”, the Transportation Bureau of Kaohsiung City opened 4 off-street parking lots (Haikuang, Park Road, Fuyu Parking Lots and the temporary parking lot on the vacant land in the east of Ku Shan Primary School) in 2005. Those parking lots provided 537 parking spaces for small vehicles and 85 parking spaces for large vehicles, effectively satisfying the demand for parking spaces. Besides, the multi-story parking tower at the northern side of Chienchin District Administrative Center was assigned as a B.O.T. case. It started operation formally on Dec. 23, 2005 and has been permitted to operate for 25 years. The location of the parking tower originally had a plane parking lot with 123 parking spaces. Built under private participation in public investment, the parking tower is a ramp parking structure with one floor underground and 8 floors above ground. F1-F3 of the parking tower are offered for multi-purpose operation. There are 665 parking spaces for cars and 63 parking spaces for motorcycles on B1 and F4-F8. The parking tower is of great help to car parking and the promotion of local prosperity.

b. Ecological traffic system: Kaohsiung people are encouraged to use bicycles which are ecological,

environment-friendly and energy-saving as transportation tool for short distance, so as to reduce air and noise pollution caused by cars and motorcycles and construct a healthy and vigorous green transportation environment. In 2004, the Transportation Bureau of Kaohsiung City received a subsidy of NT$26.6 million from the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, and promoted the “Ecological Traffic Facilities Plan” actively in 2005. After completing joint investigation with the relevant units, bicycle shelves were installed at proper locations at the request of schools, organizations and the offices of Li. The installation of bicycle shelves was completed on November 30, 2005. There were bicycle shelves installed at about 1000 places all over the city at the request of 215 units. The use of totally 23,268 bicycle shelves of


different sizes was in good condition, and positive response was received from citizens.

c. To cope with the ongoing of MRT construction and various infrastructure constructions, it was planned to build 263,116 parking spaces. Besides, to cope with the community development and the prosperity of neighboring streets, the relevant plans were made.

d. The management of public car park adopts a self-contained way. The income was added to the fund and the expenditure was deducted from the fund. Surplus of the term: NT$177,270,673

e. Parking Management Policy: Starting from September 1, 2005, the policy of “collecting high parking rate

for parking spaces” was implemented in place of the car towing policy for overtime parking at the “business rotation parking spaces”. Besides, the charging hours for high-parking rate parking space around organizations, banks, and supermarkets was changed to 7:40 a.m. ~ 18:00 p.m. every day from November 21, 2005 except for the parking spaces around hospitals and clinics, which still charged high parking rate for first-aid purpose. The parking fee of the high-parking rate parking spaces will be NT$30/hour on holidays and after 18:00 p.m. on weekdays. There have been 558 “high-parking rate parking spaces” provided along 13 main roads downtown.

5.Management of Cars and Motorcycles As of the end of 2005 there were 438,124 cars and 1,128,640 motorcycles under

the restriction of the city, and the total number is 1,566,764 motor vehicles. 6.Improvement and Management of Traffic Facilities of Road

a. Maintenance and management of traffic lights, signs, indicating lines: (1) Traffic Lights:

There were 24 spots with new traffic lights erected, 71 spots with countdown traffic lights for pedestrian, and 326 spots with old traffic lights and controllers replaced. As of the end of 2004, there were 2,548 intersections with traffic lights erected, 90 road sections and 2,548 intersections with connected traffic lights erected, and 85 spots with countdown traffic lights for pedestrian.

(2) Traffic Signs: There were 2,229 control and warning signs additionally increased

(renewed) at the major road sections, and 545 reflectors additionally erected. At the end of 2005 there were 23,372 signs of various kinds and 5,527 reflectors erected on different roads and intersections.

(3) Traffic Lines: There were traffic lines with a total length of 154,078 square meters being


turned to be reflective indicating lines, and 155,843 square meters of general indicating lines.

7.Traffic Safety a. Analysis of Traffic Accidents:

In 2005, there were 98 cases of A1 traffic accidents. When compared with the 112 accidents of the same kind happened in 2004, there was a decrease by 14 cases. The deaths were decreased by 11 persons from 114 persons in 2004 to 103 persons in 2005, and the injured were increased by 10 persons from 39 persons in 2004 to 49 persons in 2005.

b. Strict Enforcement of Law: To ensure the safety of the pedestrians and keep a smooth traffic order of roads

for vehicles, some policemen were appointed to extend the traffic order at 174 spots of major roads and intersections during the peak hours. They enforced traffic law strictly, and arrested drivers with the behaviors endangering traffic safety and violating the traffic regulations, such as drunk driving, over speed driving, red light running crash, etc. In 2005 there were 921,621 violation cases against traffic regulations. Among them, there were 171,679 over speed driving cases, 95,312 red light running crashes, 19,156 motorcyclists arrested not wearing safety helmets, 21,161 drivers arrested not carrying driver’s license, and 603,951 cases of other illegal reasons.

c. Improvement of Parking Order: (1) Strengthening of Car Towing of Illegal Parking: There were two public

towing sites and two private towing sites in the city. They have strengthened the car towing of illegal parking in the major key areas and road sections, effectively improving the parking order of the city. According to the statistics made by Bureau of Transportation, there were 119,896 cars, 75,384 motorcycles, and 32 tractor trailers and large vehicles being towed in 2005.

(2) Report of Abandoned Cars: In 2005, there were 1,067 cars and 4,291 motorcycles with licenses reported to be abandoned. Bureau of Environmental Protection was asked to take towing action and the towing of 329 cars and 1,752 motorcycles was completed.

d. Comprehensive Elimination of Illegal Road Blocks and Plates: In 2005 there were 1,207 reported cases of advertisement plates, 22,601 cases

with plates cleared, 2,125 reported cases of sidewalk occupation for business and working use, and 1,374 reported cases of product and wastes piling. Totally there were 27,307 cases being handled.

e. Arrest of Drunk Drivers: In 2005 there were 10,362 drunk drivers arrested, and 1,937 persons sued for


offending against public safety. according to Clause 185-3 of the Criminal Law. f. Implementation of “Car Plate Clearance Project”:

To prevent the evil guys from using the covered, corrected or no hanging of plates to let their cars unable to be identified, or use them as criminal tools, or let themselves evade the reporting of regulation violation, the traffic police expanded the implementation of “Car Plate Clearance Project” every month. In 2005 there were 25,133 cars and 1,439 motorcycles caught for no hanging of plates.

g. Implementation of “Safe Taxi Riding Project”: With regard to taxis violating regulations of professional driver’s license and

driving registration license, there were 6,005 taxi drivers arrested for carrying no professional driver’s licenses and 374 taxi drivers arrested for carrying no driving registration licenses in 2005.

h. Prevention and Control of Wild Car Race Behavior: Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau cooperated with the police force of

Kaohsiung County and Pingtung County to plan the tasks for prevention and control of wild car race. There were road inspection blocks put at various intersections in the cities and counties. These spots reported the latest road situations to each other and prevent the wild car racers from driving across the counties and cities. In 2005 there were 91 road block actions made, 49,213 policemen in service, 221 dangerous juvenile drivers brought to the court for endangering public security. 7,382 juvenile night wanderers brought to police stations, and 10,997 cars and motorcycles suspected to involve in racing activities. Besides, deeper investigations would be made continuously to search the car race leaders and the trouble makers behind the scene, and follow-up court actions would be made.

i. Traffic Safety Maintenance at the Construction Sections of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT):

The construction work of MRT of the city was commenced in Oct. 2001. Every route section of different districts had entered the stages of installation and drilling. During the construction period, the construction units were requested to take the relevant traffic measures to maintain traffic order according to “Road Sign, Line and Signal Installation Regulations.” Personnel were appointed to direct the traffic at the intersections around the construction area. In addition, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau strictly examined the traffic order maintenance plans submitted by various construction units, and send policemen to extend the traffic order at different MRT construction sections. Ever since the commencement of the MRT project, the traffic order of the construction sections has been smooth.

j. Continuous Promotion of the Task of “Prioritized Road Right, Safety First”:


To ensure the safety of pedestrian and drivers and cultivate the concept of prioritized road right for the protected pedestrian, several actions were taken, focusing on “driving order,” “junction clearance,” “pedestrian’s safety,” etc. Those violators offending the road rights were strictly caught. It was hoped that these actions would create safe, convenient and excellent traffic environment, and further promote the public’s satisfaction on transportation. In 2005, there were 174,628 cases caught by Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau, which were increased by 52,772 cased in comparison with the 174,628 cases in 2005.


Tourism 1. Tourism

a. Development of Tourist Resources: (1) Improvement project of the water accessible sightseeing facilities of Lotus

Pond Scenic Spot done in 2004 (2) Construction project of the water accessible facilities of Golden Lion Lake

scenic Spot done in 2003 (3) Improvement project of the sightseeing facilities of Golden Lion Lake Scenic

Spot done in 2004 (4) Sludge removal project of pond (lake) at scenic spots (5) Improvement project of Shoushan Zoo facilities done in 2005

b. Operational Management of Zoo: (1) Turn landscapes into park-like appearance, and make the facilities more

exquisite. (2) Increase exchange with other local and foreign zoos. (3) Positively market and promote animal preservation education. (4) Make overall planning of zoo.

c. Guidance and Management of Tourist Industry: The guidance to the hotel industry was enhanced in accordance with the “Regulations for Management of Hotel Industry”, so as to protect the rights and interests of the tourists and improve service quality. (1) Guidance and Management of Hotel Industry: From Jan. to Dec. 2005 there

were 125 hotels being investigated of their operation situations: 101 hotels were legal, and 24 hotels were found illegal. Among those hotels which operated against regulations, 2 hotels violated the Statute for Development of Tourism,21 violated Business Registration Act, 21 violated Architecture Law, 6 violated Fire Control Law, and 10 violated Food Sanitation Control Law. Condition of Treatment:5 hotels were ordered to make improvements within the specified period, 1 hotel was punished with fine of NT$300,000, and 1 hotel was ordered to suspend business. Besides, 39 hotels were found totally improved, 7 hotels suspended business, 7 hotels terminated business and 2 hotels completed registration according to law under guidance.

(2) From Jan. 1 to Dec.31,2005, there were totally 68 applications for issue of hotel registration certificates and special certificate for hotels were approved.

(3) Kaohsiung Hotel Association held training for foreign language talents from Sep.19 to Dec. 12, 2005 under guidance.

(4) The execution of hotel management guidance work of Kaohsiung City in 2004 was rated to be A by the Ministry of Transportation and


Communications. d. Guidance and Management of travel Industry: From Jan. to dec. 2005 there

were 2,450 workers of travel industry in the posts below Assistant Manager registering their job transfer.

e. Promotion of Tourist Activities: (1) “2005 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival Flages and Drums Carnival”

1) From Feb.21 to Mar. 6, 2005, “2005 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival Flags and Drums Carnival” was held. The activities included firework display, water-fire dance show, national lantern contest, agricultural and specialties show, street performance, performances in the music hall, and activities in the sport area. The activities at the Ocean Star Lantern Display Area included lantern coaches display and flags and drums show. There were also folk art area, folk art and delicacies show, coffee area, exhibition area of municipal construction, biotechnical park, flower and technical park, and the First Park of Kaohsiung there.

2) Effects of Activites: a) The activities attracted 5,466,000 visitors in total. b) They brought huge economic benefits to the restaurants, hotels and the

tourist industry in Koahsiung City. (2) “Beer and Music Festival”

1) On August 28,2005, the “Beer and Music Festival” was held at Kaohsiung Music Square where many famous performing artists were invited to perform on the spot.

2) Effects of Activities: Those activities strengthened the marketing of the tourist resources of Kaohsiung and was of great help to the development of the tourist industry of the city.

3) From July to Dec. 2005, biddings for various projects and meetings were held for the planning of “2006 kaohsiung Lantern Festival”.

f. Market and promote the tourist resources of the city: (1) Strengthen the tourist propaganda in foreign countries and attract more

foreign tourists to travel the city and consume here: The Tourism Bureau of Kaohsiung City cooperated with the tourist industry to organize sightseeing groups for participating in the “2005 Hong Kong International Travel Expo”from June 8 to 11,205 in order to promote and market the tourist industry of southern Taiwan. It was hope that the exhibition might attract more foreign visitors to come to Kaohsiung for sightseeing.

(2) The Tourism Bureau of Koahsiung City invited representatives of tourist agents in Taitung, Changhua, Nantou, Taichung County and Taitung City (from Jan. 12 to Dec. 14, 2005), and representative of tourist agents in


Hsinchu, Miaoli,Taoyuan, Yunlin, and Chiayi as well as representative of foreign tourist agents in Taiwan (from Jan. 19 to Jan. 21, 2005) to visit Kaohsiung in order to strengthen the marketing of the city’s tourist resources and promote the development of tourist industry in Kaohsiung.

(3) To strengthen the tourist resources of Kaohsiung City, the Tourism Bureau of the city cooperated with the tourist industry to promote the “2005 Kaohsiung Sea Port Holiday Passport”. During the period from May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2006, visitors holding the passport may visit important scenic spots of the city and stay in the international or commercial hotels at preferential conditions.

(4) The city also invited the tourist industry to participate in the Kaohsiung International travel Fair from May 12 to 15, 2005 in order to promote the tourist industry of the city and attract tourists to visit Kaohsiung.

(5) “Tour Guid of Lotus Pond, Tsoying” in Chinese, English and Japanese and “Introduction of Tourism Marketing of Kaohsiung-Love in Kaohsiung” in Chinese, English, Japancese and Korean were compiled and printed to strengthen the tourist resources of the city. They were available at the travel service centers of Kaohsiung airport and train station. They could help attract domestic and foreign visitors to Kaohsiung and further promote the tourist industry of the city.

(6) The Bureau has established a travel service center at Kaohsiung Train Station on subsidies of Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Starting from Jan. 14, 2006, the Department of Tourism Management, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences will provide Chinese, English and Japancese travel consulting service in the center.

2.Preservation of Historic Relics & Buildings In April 2005, Bureau of Cultural Affairs has designated Former Kaohsiung

Aquatic Research Station（Former British Consulate at Takao）as City Historic Site. In 2005 there are currently 21 historic relics and 16 historic buildings in total.

In April 2005, Wude Martial Arts Center is entrusted to run and manage by Kaohsiung City Sword Culture Promotion Society. There are 3 cultural heritage research and reconstructing plans undertaken in 2005, including National Relic Tangjung Brick Kiln, City Relic Sankuaicuo Train Station and Kaohsiung Museum of Military Dependents’ Village. In August 2005, Bureau of Cultural Affairs has finished the bilingual indicators of 4 historic sites, including Tangjung Brick Kiln, Wude Martial Arts Center, Cihou Tienhou Temple and Chongsheng Shrine of Old Confucius Temple.


Table 21 List of Historical Relics

Name Time Location Class

Ancient Castle at Fengshan Hsien 1722 Sheng Li Road, Tsoying District,

Kaohsiung City National Class I

Chihou Battery 1875 Top of Chihou Mountain, Chiching District, Kaohsiung City

National Class II

British Consulate at Takao 1866 Hill in Shaochuntou, Kushan District, Kaohsiung City

National Class II

Confucius Temple at the old Castle, Fengshan Hsien 1684 Chiu Cheng Elementary School, Tsoying

District, Kaohsiung National Class III

Hsiungchen North Gate 1875 No. Lienhai Road, Kushan District, Kaohsiung City

National Class III

Chihou Lighthouse 1883 No. 34 Chihsia Lane, Chiching District, Kaohsiung City

National Class III

Tienhou Temple at Chihou 1673 No. 68 Miao Chien Road, Chiching District, Kaohsiung City

National Class III

Tomb of Chen Chung-ho 1930 Fuan, Futeh, Chungcheng, Chengyen Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City

National Class III

Wuteh Hall of Martial Arts 1924 No. 36, Teng-shan Street, Kushan District, Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Takao Public School 1935 No.623, Chungchou 3rd Road, Chiching District, Kaohsiung City Civic Class

The Li’s old Mansion 1931 No. 11, Lane 379, Nei Wei Road, Kushan District, Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Tang Jung Brick Kiln Factory 1913 No. 220, Chungtwa Hen Road, Sanming

District, Kaohsiung City Civic Class

The Yang’s old Mansion 1883 Nos. 1012, 1013, 1014 and 1015, Yuchang Section, Nantzu District, Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Chiang Kai-Shek Chateau in Hsitzuwan 1937

At the National Sun Yatsen University, No.70, Lienhai Rd., Kaohsiung City Civic Class

San Kuai Tso Railroad Station 1908

No.8, Lane 3, Sande West St., Sanmin Dist., Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Takao Water Treatment Pool 1910

No.31-1, Lane 53, Kushan 1stRd.,Kushan Dist., Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Ancient Path to British Consulate at Takao 1879

At the rear area of Fisheries Research Institute, Shaochuan St., Kaoshiung City Civic Class

Kaohsiung Museum of History 1938

No.272, Chungcheng 4tu Rd.,Yencheng Dist., Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Red-cross Women & Children Care Center 1923

No.28, Tengshan St., Kushan Dist., Kaohsiung City Civic Class

Heritage of Tsoying Ancient City

5000-3000B.C.17th-18th Century

At the inersection of Tsoying Main Rd & Chunghsin Rd., Tsoying Dist., Kaohsiung City

Civic Class

Former Kaohsiung Aquatic Research Station 1901

No.7, Shao-chuan St., Dist., Kaohsiung City City Class


Agriculture and Natural Resources Management

1. To cope with the impact brought by our joining in WTO in 2002 on Taiwan’s

agriculture and the change of agricultural strategy and environment, the city government applied to Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan for funds, with which they entrusted Kaohsiung Hospitality College to provide second specialty and job change training by giving toe course of “Chinese Refreshments and Food”. There were 30 persons participating in the training, among them 26 completed the course successfully. The training also helped farmers to cultivate other professional skills and prepare them for switching to another line of business.

2. Co-Elimination of Wild Rats: Coping with the same action taken in the whole Taiwan area, united elimination of rats was carried out for one week. There were 5,660 kilograms of poisonous bait spread comprehensively all over the fields. The area of rat elimination covered 1,587 hectares.

3. Implementation of Transferred Use of Paddy Field: Give guidance for the transferred use of paddy fields so as to match the conditions of Taiwan. There were 649.09 hectares of paddy fields transferred for other usages.

4. In 2005, 3 cases of violating against the regulations of water and soil conservation were found and punished.

5. There were 43 Seedling Registration Certificates issued, 18 applications for changes of registration and reissue, and 9 applications for cancellation of registration.

6. There were 4 applications for the registration of forage sale, 3 applications for cancellation of registration and 11 applications for changes handled.

7. There were 9 veterinary clinic opening certificates issued for veterinarians (assistants), and 17 business-doing certificates issued.

8. Implementation of Farmers’ Health Insurance System: Comprehensively implement health insurance system for the farmers of the city. As of end Dec. 2005 there were 12,191 farmers joining the insurance system. The system has a positive meaning for maintenance of labor force in ruual area and protection of farmers’ livelihood.

9. Welfare Allowance for the Aged Farmers: As from Jun. 1995, the distribution of the allowance commenced. As of end Dec. 2005 there were 5,148 aged farmers collecting the allowance. The allowance is really enhanced the welfare of farmers a lot.

10.Guidance for Establishment of Recreational Farm: Assist farmers to undertake diversified use of farmland. There were 3 applications for establishment of recreational farms being approved. E other farms are still in the preparatory stage.


Marine Development Kaohsiung City is a multi-faceted harbor city that embraces industry, commerce,

and fishery, all in one. It is the original source of pelagic fishery in Taiwan and continues to play an important role in leading the development of the fishing industry. In recent years, with the support of the government as well as the efforts made by the fishermen, the fishing industry in Kaoshiung has experienced remarkable growth. Since 1979, the annual fishing harvest has grown from 286,061 metric tons to 700,000 metric tons. The fishing operation has expanded from coastline operations to the three Oceans around the globe, by establishing 71 overseas fishing bases. Our efforts have been recognized globally, and have made Taiwan one of the sixth largest pelagic fishing nations in the world. 1. Port Renovation

There are currently eleven fishing seaports in Kaohsiung. There are Cianjhen, Gushan, Cihou, Cijin, Dashantou, Jhongjhou, Shangjhuli, Siaogang Seaport, the 10th Dock of Siaogang Seaport, Siaogang Seaside Village Port, and Fongbitou. Except for Fongbitou, the other ten seaports are beside the commercial harbor. In recent years, fishing port construction as well as expansion projects have been impeded by the Commercial Harbor Law. The renovation to the wharves and the port areas can only be done based on the existing structure. However, as of 2005, there were 3,022 fishing boats in the city, with a total tonnage of 550 thousand tons. The berthing capacity is insufficient for fishing boats, especially during the peak fishing season and typhoon season, when vessels enter the ports to unload their catches, upload supplies and seek shelter, thus making the shortage in port facilities a serious issue. Therefore, the city government has completed the construction of Cijin and Fongbitou Seaports to ease the problems of overcrowded in the berthing areas. In addition, in order to increase the functions of the seaports and beautify the landscape of the harbor, Kaoshiung city government has aggressively improved the environment and facilities in these eleven seaports. Among them, the beatification projects of Gushan Seaport, Fgngbitou and Cijin Seaports have been carried out, one after another, in the hope of attracting visitors and creating added value, besides fishery itself. Furthermore, opening up these three seaports for the use of recreational vessels and Yacht berthing is also under evaluation. So far, an 80 meters long Yacht berthing wharf in Shaochuuantou Park in Gushan Seaport, a sightseeing pedestrian walk, a sea-viewing path and a performance plaza in the Cijin Seaport have been constructed. By doing this, the city government not only makes good use of the abundant resources of the seaports but also shares them with the citizens.

Kaohsiung City Government is still asking for more subsidies from the Central Government to renovate the other old seaports. The improvement projects


completed in 2005 are as follows: a. The beatification project of the south outer bank of Cijin Seaport. The

construction was completed and certified in August 2005. b. The construction of the performance plaza at the west side of Cijin Seaport was

completed and certified in August 2005. c. The completion of the floor construction for the fish market of the Siaogang

Seaside Village Port. d. The lighting improvement project in Gushan Seaport.

2.Marine Administration : An important objective in marine administration is to manage the balance

between development of the ocean resources and their conservation, and effectively protecting the marine environment. Kaohsiung Marine Bureau also strives to minimize marine casualties, prevent marine pollution, promote the development of marine affairs and enhance Kaohsiung’s view as a marine capital. In 2005, Kaohsiung Marine Bureau participated in the “Review and Inspection Program for River and Ocean Cleaning”. The Bureau won first prize in the “Prevention of Ocean Pollution Category”. In addition, Kaohsiung Marine Bureau has carried out the following activities: a Held 8 seminars on “Prevention and control of marine pollution”. b. Conducted monthly aerial surveillance over Kaohsiung’s jurisdiction of marine

space. c. Published a seasonal magazine named MARINE KAOHSIUNG. d. Held seasonal marine environment monitoring, sampling and inspection at 16

monitoring spots. e. Convened meetings for the “Committee of Construction Unification for

Kaohsiung City and Kaoshiung Harbor”. Up until 2005, 7 meetings were held, in order to consolidate 32 cases relating to the unification of Kaohsiung city and Kaohsiung harbor..

3.Counseling for Pelagic Fishery:

Kaoshiung Marine Bureau also provides counseling in building up ultra-low temperature frozen facilities, and helps to promote the sales of ultra-low temperature frozen tuna to domestic consumers in order to ease the pressure of relying solely on Japanese market.

4.Marine Industries and Coastline Tourism

The Kaohsiung Marine Bureau has completed the following tasks in 2005: a. Held “2005 Taiwan Marine Year - Kaohsiung Marine Expo” in order to pass


down our marine culture and heritage, promote the marine industry, and enhance citizens’ recognition of, and identification with, the ocean city.

b. Held “Sizihwan Marine Carnival” to introduce and promote the beauty of Sizihwan and its aquatic activities.

c. Completed the establishment of the Fishery Cultural Museum. The purpose of this museum is to help citizens understand Kaohsiung’s overall fishing industry, its culture, importance and contributions, while simultaneously providing a place for education, leisure and tourism.

d. Promoted Kaohsiung harbor tours and developed marine tourism. e. Held sailing tours, promoted healthful and vigorous ocean sports and activities. f. Held “2005 Taiwan Marine Year - Kaohsiung Marine Expo-Mid Autumn BBQ

Fun Party ’’ to promote the consumption of seafood and seafood products.

5.Outstanding Harbor The total area of Kaohsiung Harbor covers 26.7 km2. The first expansion project

started in 1958 and was completed in 1970. In 1980, the development plan for Jhong Dao New Commercial Harbor was completed. In 1975, the construction of the second harbor with multi-functional infrastructure was finished. It allowed cargo liners of up to 100 thousand gross tons to enter the harbor freely. In 1984, the Kaohsiung Cross Harbor Tunnel, connecting the City and Cijin Island, was inaugurated. Kaohsiung Harbor has since become a modernized international commercial harbor. Soon after 1969, due to increasing handling of cargo, the 5th Container Terminal was built. Currently, there are five container terminals in Kaohsiung Harbor that handle 10 million TEU every year and offer shipping companies efficient, accurate, convenient and comprehensive services. In addition, to overcome the shortage of deep-water bulk wharfs in the harbor and the emergence of super containers, Kaohsuing city government reconstructed Wharf 58 and turned it into a bulk wharf, as well as dredged the depth of Wharf 65 and 66 to 14.5 meters deep. In order to improve the transportation connecting to the outside of the harbor, a more complete traffic network is planned. After the completion of this network, the problems with customs escort, between the 3rd and the 5th Container Terminals, will be solved, transportation efficiency increased, and operating costs of shipping companies greatly reduced. In addition, the operation efficiency of foreign transit containers will be elevated in order to accelerate the formation and development of Kaohsiung Harbor as a global logistics management center.

Kaohsiung City is a multi-faceted harbor city that embraces industry, commerce, and fishery, all in one. It is the original source of pelagic fishery in Taiwan and continues to play an important role in leading the development of the fishing industry. In recent years, with the support of the government as well as the efforts


made by the fishermen, the fishing industry in Kaoshiung has experienced remarkable growth. Since 1979, the annual fishing harvest has grown from 286,061 metric tons to 700,000 metric tons. The fishing operation has expanded from coastline operations to the three Oceans around the globe, by establishing 71 overseas fishing bases. Our efforts have been recognized globally, and have made Taiwan one of the sixth largest pelagic fishing nations in the world.


Urban Development Urban Development Bureau, with "Ocean Capital- an metropolis with sea shore,

flower scent and sun shine" as its final goal for the implementation of public policy, has made its progress toward " International Oceanic City". Our bureau, following the future service from Taiwan High Speed Rail and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, are regulating the mechanism of the urban system and the needs for space, and are constantly promoting of being a city with everlasting development in "life, Ecosystem and Production" and of being a "Free Trade Port" and of being an "International Tourism Port"; with the existent advantages from the airport and seaport both possessed by the city, we are reinforcing the infrastructures of transportation system for both passengers and goods delivery between international connection, city connection and within the city, and are developing 3T industries - Transportation, Telecommunication and Tourism; with the benefits from the re-development of such as Kaohsiung old port area, side parts of 1st port, Cijing area and Kaohsiung Multi-Functional Commerce & Trade Park etc., Kaohsiung metropolis is now being shaped with new features. By doing so, we welcome the coming of "World Game 2009" and thus Kaohsiung, Taiwan would step toward the world and the world would extend into Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 1.Comprehensive Planning

a. Constructing of a Free Trade Port (1) Promotion Progress of Establishment of Free Port in Our Urban

1) Following the completion of the review for operation permission of "Free Trade Zone at Kaohsiung", the operation officially started up since January 2005; until the end of 2005, seven companies, such as ET Internet Technology Cooperation, Kaochun Stevedoring Co., Ltd, and Cargo Distribution International Taiwan Ltd. etc., have been permitted for moving into the area for the operation.

2) For Nansing Free Trade Port Area, policy lobbying, comprehensive evaluation of the feasibility, implementation of the project have been completed; and the necessary documents and letters for applying of the establishment of Nansing Free Trade Port Area has been completed.

3) Following the project of Kaohsiung Harbour International Container Center, extension constructions of Jhonglin Rd. and Haichangwaihai Rd. are now continuing to be under arrangement and a land as 27.6 hectares has been acquired. The first term of the construction was implemented in Nov. 2005; the second term of the construction is scheduled to be under an arrangement of commission in Apr. 2006; and the final completion of the construction is scheduled to be at the end of 2008.


4) Regarding the arrangement of the urban renewal plan for the land as 38.2 hectares at the east side of 2_nd Container Terminal in Kaohsiung Port, where was used to be an industrial park of Tan Eng, type A, now it has already been approved under the review of Ministry of Interior and is bounded as a special warehouse and transit shipment exclusive area.

(2) Advance of Mechanism for the Role as Being of Both International Airport and Seaport

1) To assist for winning over "Kaohsiung Harbour International Container Centre, Ten New Major Construction Projects" with 23,900 million as its budget has been approved under the review of the legislation-related department.

2) In Oct. 2005, we won over the consent from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Executive Yuan for ranking the "Kaohsiung Air Cargo Park Project" as one of the medium/long-term projects to be kept continuing of its promotion.

3) In order to response to the necessity for the industrial development in south area, the geological research work for Da-Lin-Pu Outfall/the future site of Nansing airport is now continuing under progress; in May, 2005, under "Initial Feasibility Evaluation for Geotechnical Engineering of Future Site of Nansing Airport ", works such as research analysis report of marine seismic and terrestrial drilling, and preparation work for ocean drilling work etc. have been completed.

(3) Boulevard as Keel 1) The "Boulevard as Keel", which pass through the whole city by a connection

of Chung-hua Rd. with Tai Route-17 (Tai 17 Sian) in vertical direction, now has been included under the project "The Feasibility of a Connection Between the Overpass Across Port of Kaohsiung Harbour International Container Centre with ZhongShan Exress Way, as well as the Feasibility of a Connection between Yen-hai Rd., Tai Route-17 and Overpass in Yen-hai Rd. with Kaohsiung Chao-cho Express Way (Tain Route-88) ", and the feasibility of project combination is now under evaluation.

2) This project will be covered within the overall review of major project of our city and to be planned as the newly Kaohsiung bypass road, Tai Route-171), which would be 40 to 60 meters wide and go through the boundary of the military area, Zuoying Armed Forces; The party who represents the military still has concerns about the roads planned under the existent urban plan since this involves with the reconstruction of the adjacent land where was used to be the residency of the family dependants


of the military and with the maintenance or migration of spiritual icon. The communication and coordination for this will keep going on.

b. Shaping of An International Tourism Port (1) Promotion of Plans for Kaohsiung International Tourism Port Travelling Line To aim at firmly implementing of the goal of the public policy as Doubling

of Tourist Arrivals promoted by Executive Yuan and To aim at year 2009 as the goal of the medium term project, we actively urge the "BOT project for The Facility of Tourist Transit System for Kaohsiung river/port, Tourism Cable Cars of Crossing Kaohsiung Port", while map out Cijing comprehensive development plan. The active program 2006 was proposed, including 20 projects such as environment improvement construction for the sightseeing walkway of Miaochien Rd. and Chihoushan, and international hotel for tourism, youth hotel, Tungshan Rd as art street and the plan of new Cijing administration centre etc. As so, Kaohsiung will be constructed as " The Gate to South Part for International Tourist".

(2) Promotion of "BOT project for The Facility of Tourist Transit System for Kaohsiung river/port, Tourism Cable Cars of Crossing Kaohsiung Port"

1) On July 21st, 2005, "Kaohsiung Aerial Cable Cars Set-Up and Operational Management Regulations" is issued, declared and effective.

2) The work for declaration and investment collection of "BOT project for The Facility of Tourist Transit System for Kaohsiung river/port, Tourism Cable Cars of Crossing Kaohsiung Port" has closed.

3) Because of the impact on the financial scheme of this project from the factors such as the increase of operation cost for the construction, the 500 meters as the increasing distance for the transit from the Cijing tourism service centre and the requirement as the increase of license fee etc., due that the cable route is shifted southward based on the concerns of military defence, our city government has convened 6 times of project team meeting and 5 times of project meeting according to the requirement of negotiation proposed by a letter of Oct. 25th, 2005 from the original applicant being the private company. Until now, the both parties has not yet to reach an agreement for this part, and currently the project consultants of both parties are urgently required for studying and drafting a solution.

(3) Kaohsiung Comprehensive Development Plan 1) The final report of "Cijing Area Comprehensive Development Plan" is

completed and proposed that the future position of Cijing area should be developed toward international tourism island and that 20 active programs are the basis of the promotion, including the plan model such as the initial phase of investment collection for building up international tourism hotel,


the lighting work for the sightseeing walkway of Chihoushan, and the improvement plan for the traffic etc.

2) The project –"Kaohsiung Comprehensive Development Plan – The Study of Regional Economic, Complex Transportation and National Land Renewal"

is well structured and proposed that, in response to the future service of High Speed Rail and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, the World Game 2009 which would be held by our city and Ten New Major Construction Projects etc., Kaohsiung should link with the other 8 counties/cities in south Taiwan as a powerful strength for the economic core of Taiwan, and proposed of 11 solid propositions, such as revision of law to lower the death tax of the free trade port, construction of a branch line to Kaohsiung Port from Tai Route-88, new construction of bypass road of Kaohsiung from Tai Route-17, construction of bridge across over free trade zone of Kaohsiung port, development Kaohsiung Air Cargo Park, ocean life industrial park in Kaohsiung port and green life industrial park of CPC/High Speed Railway/Rapid Transit etc.

2.Urban Planning a. Overall Review of Major Project

Regarding the area within the boundary of administration area governed by Kaohsiung city, including Kaohsiung port area and Kaohsiung Linhai Industrial Park etc., the major project under Kaohsiung city is under progress of an overall review with an area around 16, 000 hectares in total; during this period, more than 160 applications proposed by the citizens were accepted.

b. Overall Review of Secondary Project There are currently 31 areas as the secondary project in our city. 14 of those

areas, such as Aojidi etc. has been issued, declared and effected; the rest 17 of those areas is currently under the administration procedure for arranging of an overall review.

c. 11 Projects was Declared and Effective as one of Urban Renewal Plan during Year 2005.

d. Major Urban Renewal Plans (1) For "The Renewal Project for Planning and Evaluating of the Future Site of

Wenshaojuo1) school in Cianjhen District", in accordance with the drafted urban renewal plan based on the conclusion of the urban plan council of our city, parts of future sites for school are re-categorized to be the one for residency and is approved under review on Aug. 4th, 2005. The major part of the plan is now waiting for the approval from the Ministry of Interior.

(2) Since the deadline of acquisition/levy for site of Chong-chu elementary school is expired from June 2004 and it is necessary to follow the feasibility


evaluation of land acquisition being new development or re-categorization for school foundation. The evaluation report for this project is closed and will be proposed for a review under the urban plan council of our city.

(3) Chongdu1) area is scheduled to be re-categorized from industrial park area as a residency area with total area as 64 hectares, and to be overall planned following the evaluation from the Minster of Interior, which value the Jhongdu Tangrong Brick-Kiln as one of the national class historic buildings. The development feasibility evaluation of this plan has been completed of its integration and the development will be progressed by way of such as land consolidation arranged by government etc. The major part of the plan was approved under the review of City Plan Committee, Ministry of Interior on Nov. 29th, 2005 and the secondary plan will be drafted as the following arrangement.

(4) Land re-category and planning for the religious reservations in Liantan Rd. is under studying that with preservation of the current structure as being a reservation, the plan would be overall planed in a direction of regarding the different characters of communities and will be arranged phase by phase. The area adjacent to Chimintong1) and Zichigong will be maintained as a reservation, and the rest will be re-categorized as an exclusive area with proper use; the open space between two temple will be arranged by way of overall development.

(5) For the development project of world trade center as well as the international conference center, according to the letter from Executive Yuan on Nov. 2nd, 2005, the development project of world trade centre and conference centre will be planned and established at Kaohsiung with an investment limited as 3000 million as its construction budget; and require the Ministry of Economic Affairs for the evaluation and planning and for an coordination between related units, and then report it for approval following necessary administration procedures.

(6) Urban renewal plan for the main site of World Game 2009 is under arrangement. The main site of World Game 2009, in addition to be a place for training of national athletic player and for using by World Game 2009, will be in a creative and unique architecture style with a combination of features of south Taiwan in culture and scene, and will be an excellent athletic and recreational place for the citizens after the World Game.

e. Related Work for Community Migration of Hongmaogong1) (1) Our city government has drafted a multi-direction tie-in settlement program

and reward steps. Based on the conclusion of Executive Yuan, the community migration is scheduled for a completion within 2 years from


when the budget is approved and allocated. (2) For the multi-direction tie-in settlement program response to the community

migration of Hongmaogong, the application and registration was started from Sep. 20th, 2005; until Mar. 2006 so far, 6,393 of the household in total has already applied and registrated, including the 333 of the household which has migrated during 2003 by purchasing of public residence, with 93.56% as the completion rate.

(3) The registrated housholds for land： 1) The tie-in land with around 936 square feet for purchasing： 1,834

households in total, sharing 35.47%. 2) Migration by purchasing of public residence：406 households in total,

sharing 7.85%. 3) Subsides with cash in equal value：2,603 households in total, sharing

50.34%. 4) Assistance in purchasing of residency from private company：0 household in

total, sharing 0%. (4) The registrated houshold for housing：

1) Construction of housing：0 household in total, sharing 0%. 2) Subsides with cash in equal value：1,548 households in total, sharing

93.14%. 3) Assistance in purchasing of residency from private company：2 households

in total, sharing 0.12%. 3.Urban Design

a. The Investment under Developing (1) Taisugar Logistics Park The area under development is around 8.5 hectares with $4,800 million as

the total investment amount and an expectation of suppyling employment opportunity for around 2,000 persons. This park now is suspended for the operation due that the both parties are terminated of their cooperation relationship and under lawsuit procedure arisen from a disagreement between Taisugar company and the China President Logistics/CPL company for the acknowledgement of the contract. This project now is under coordination of the Export Processing Zone Administration, MOEA, and is concluded that CPL is required to evaluate of their ability for the future operation and of whether give their consent for the payment condition proposed by the bank group; Taisugar company will take it over to start up again the operation of the park as soon as possible provided that CPL decline to it.

(2) Kaohsiung Software-Based Technology Park The area under development is around 7.9 hectares with $130,000 million


as its total investment amount and an expectation of suppying employment opportunity for around 5,000 persons. This park is under the possession of Export Processing Zone Administration, MOEA. For the south part, the land lease and development contract is entered into on Oct. 2005 and now the construction goes well; Part of the G hill section of north part is scheduled to build up office building and to be completed of the construction on Apr. 2007; Furthermore, the D, E, F hill section of north part will be developed by the Export Processing Zone Administration, MOEA and now is under planning by commission.

(3) Dream Mall The total area under development is 7.8 hectares with $30, 000 million as

its total investment amount. 5 hectares of development area with $18, 500 million of the investment amount will be input as the initial phase, and it is expected to provide employment opportunity for 14,500 persons. The ferries wheel on the top being as high as 100 meters is supposed to be the new landmark of Taiwan after its completion. This is the first international super mall in Taiwan and the opening for operation is scheduled to be at the 4th quarter in 2006. The vendors have confidence for the potential market in Dream Mall. Currently, there are around 70% vendors have entered into the lease and with more than 300 vendors are now under discussion of the contract.

(4) Land Development Project under China Prosperity Development Corp. The area under development is 5.84 hectares with $8, 000 million as its

total investment amount, and is expected to provide employment opportunity for 9,570 persons. The development is divided as 4 terms; the first and second terms is hypermarket and office building, with $3, 000 million as the investment amount; the China Steel Corporation has planned to build up an office building as its headquarter and the construction are expected to be officially started on Sept. 2006.Until now, super mall such as TESCO and IKEA etc has stationed and are under development; TESCO started its construction on June, 2005 and is scheduled to be completed and begin of the operation on June, 2006; IKEA started its construction during the middle of Sept. 2005 and is scheduled to be completed and begin of the operation on Sept. 2006.

(5) Land Development Project under Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training

The area under development is 2.40 hectares with around $1200 million as its total investment amount, and is expected to provide employment opportinuity for around 100 persons after completion; in the futur, the area


will be used as the center of employment and vocational training. The development permission agreement for this project has been engaged at Dec. 8th, 2005. And the development consent letter is issued on at Dec. 14th, 2005; now it is under the process of land donation.

b. The Development Project under Reviewing (1) Business Complex Project under Taiwan Power Company

The area under development is 5.3 hectares with around 6, 400 million as its total investment amount, and is expected to provide employment opportunity for around 7, 700 persons; the integration of the land is now completed for this application. Due to an adjustment of development schedule and the overall review of secondary plan for Kaohsiung Multi-Functional Commerce & Trade Park, now Taiwan Power Company is required to revise the content of the development project and then submit it by letter to our city government for review.

(2) Living Mall at Kaohsiung under CPDC The area under development is around 20.26 hectares with 31, 100 millioin

as its total investment for an project of department store/retailer, restaurant, entertainment facility, business/office facility and service facility for office etc. It is expected to attract 22,161 persons ─ 19,200 persons as employers and 2,900 as residents after completion. In addition that the environment assessment is keeping under progress, the CPDC is reviewing for whether the business class and ecosystem matches with the needs of future development.

(3) Development Project under Southeast cement Thare area under development is 8.21 hectares with 9, 600 million as its

total investment amount for an project of sea shore tourism, recreational center, digital office park etc.; and,after completion, is expected to provide employment opportunity for around 43,200 persons. However, the proposed development project is against the existent urban plan. It is necessary to follow revision and then submit to executive committee for review.

4.Urban Renew a. First Urban Renewal Co, Ltd. at July 10th, 2005 and based on the regulations of

urban renewal, applied for the second one of urban renewal plan implemented by private company. The total area is 0.282 hectares. After review, at Oct. 12th, 2005 our city government has approved "Urban Renewal Business Summary for Land No. such as Dong-king section 1,742, Qianjin District, Kaohsiung City” applied by this company.

b. Regarding the urban renewal project for the adjacent area of R5 station of Rapid Transit, the draft of the solid development project was completed for the site on Dec. 2005. Introduction of private company by way of investment to implement


the development will be followed next. c. Chozaizwein old tribe area is around 3.58 hectares and needed to be renewal

since, within the area, the buildings are old, the roads are narrow, and residency security is in danger. The report of the renewal plan for the site was completed on Dec. 2005. Introduction of private company by way of investment to implement the development will be followed next.

d. For " The Urban Renewal Plan of chisan camp area as well as the adjacent streets", the solid development plan for the site has completed on Dec. 2005, and the following development work is under progress accordingly.

e. The public land of British Consulate at Dakao and Shaochuantou is continuing for use to lead the adjacent land of port area into re-development under plan and to connect the resource from the mountain, sea and culture/history for attracting of tourists, thus urban renewal for Shaochuantou area is declared on Aug. 23rd, 2004 and gain 4 millions, as its budget, subsidized from the Construction and Planning Agency, Ministry of Interior. The urban renewal plan for future site of commerce use in Anchuan St. and the dormitory of customs office as well as the new road area is arranged during 2006.

f. "The renewal plan for old plant of Taiwan Aluminium as a commercial design and creation centre" is arranged and to recycle of old building by ways construction and maintenance. The plan and design for the construction work of the building was completed on Dec. 2005 and the commision and work will be started during 2006.

g. To solve an old problem, which is the high intensity of the building within the future site of chi-10 and chi-12, Linto Li, Cianjin district, the renewal plan of Linto Li, Cianjin district, is commissioned on Aug. 27th, 2004 and the final report was completed on June 2005. Introduction of private company by way of investment to implement the development will be followed next.

5.Community Planning In accordance with the notice for application of subsidiary for " City/Town

Landscape Change " and "Construction for a New Hometown and Community" plan, issued by the Construction and Planning Agency, the contacts for each of the plans are arranged accordingly. a. Construction for a New Hometown and Community

$17,500,000 is subsidized in 2005 under the approval from the Construction and Planning Agency. 4 projects in total, including "The 4th year of assigning Community Planner as well as Architect", "The Construction for the Community Appearance of Mingyi Elementary School in Siaogan District, Kaohsiung"1), "The Construction Planning and Design for the Community Appearance of Zhanda1) community in Linya District, Kaohsiung", and "he Construction


Planning and Design for Appearance of Shosan Community in Gushan District, Kaohsiung" are completed under the implementation by the unit of our city government and the community development society.

b. City/Town Landscape Change Plan $13,000,000 is subsidized in 2005 under the approval from the Construction

and Planning Agency. 5 projects in total, including "The Simply Greening Work for the Environment and Scene of Shiwei Community in Ling-ya District", "Plan Model as The Reconstruction of Walkway and Green Net for the Dashweichan Community in Kaohsiung", "Sewer Display Centre, Chulu Station", "The Improvement of Landscape for the Scene of Kung-Joung Elementary School, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung " and "The Reconstruction Work for the Scene of Kingshi Park" are completed under the implementation by the unit of our city government.

6.Department of Housing Development a. Implement of selling work for the public residence and shops for sale within 11

communities to reduce the burden of public housing found. For 2005, it is scheduled to sell(lease) 482 units by tie-in promotion and 29 units by bid.

b. In cooperation with the policy of city government, which are a firm implementation for self-management of the environment and for beautifying and greening the city appearance, the commission for work of planting and greening of the future site of public housing service in such as Shicha section and Gomao section etc.

c. The housing loan for youth is continuing to be provided and there are 281 households in total to be approved after application until 2005, which made their dreams come true for purchasing of their residences at the age of youth.

d. In order to cooperate with the Ministry of Interior in solving the residency problem for the families with single parent or in difficulty, our city is the only one, who without any condition practices a favourable price with 20% discount of the selling price as assistance for the families in difficulty purchasing the residency. This was welcomed in enthusiasm by the public and until the end of 2005, there were already 74 households who completed the purchasing procedure and moved into the public residence such as shweiming etc.

e. Establishment of IT system for Public Housing Service (1) Establishment of Sales IT system for Public Residence

On July 2004, the database of real state for public residence and sales IT system for public residence has well established. Regarding the public residence for sale, the citizens could realize the related information via this Sales IT system of public residence, such as the interior and exterior environment, interior allocation, selling price and application condition etc.


(2) Establishment of IT system for Residence Market in Kahosiung City To achieve the goal of disclosing the information of real estate market and

thus to integrate of market mechanism, it is each related unit under our city government to provide database of public affair such as land administration, household administration, construction management, urban renewal and finance & tax etc. with model from geographic IT system technology for a proper integration and practice with added value to be a source of information for residency market.

7.Department of Special Projects a. Active Urge of the development for Kaohsiung Multi-Functional Commerce &

Trade Park (1) The greening work of East side and west side of Cheng Kung Rd. are

separately completed on July and Oct. of 2005. Prespective style fences and greening work are adopted as the landscape gardening for the adjacent area. Chengkung Boulevard1) is connected with Shinkwann boulveard to advance the prosperity of Kaohsiung Multi-Functional Commerce & Trade Park.，

(2) Regarding the construction of the roads in hundred meters within the Multi-Functional Commerce & Trade Park, upon the simply greening work between Chongsan Rd. to chonghwa Rd. for the major roads in horizontal direction, the part as the responsibility of our bureau is scheduled for a completion at the end of Apr. 2006.

(3) Greening work for the east side of Cheng Kung Rd., ship channel No. 5 is scheduled for a completion on July 2005. It will connect with shinkwann boulveard in the future and upgrade the image of the development of Muliti-Functional Commerce & Trade Park.

b. The development of Wharf No. 1-22, Port of Kaohsiung (1) Wharf No. 11-15, Port of Kaohsiung and the adjacent area of east side of ship

channel No. 3 are an development project under the cooperation of our city government and Port of Kaohsiung. At Aug. 5th, 2005, the both parties are engaged by an administrative contract for commissioning of the development.

(2) At Oct. 30th 2005, our city government and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications together held "The Ceremony for the honour service release and takeover of Wharf No. 13, Port of Kaohsiung". It was successful under the witness of the President Chen Shui-bian and former Chief of Executive Yuan Hsieh Chang-ting and function as a key of hope to open the international tourism of our city.

(3) Wharf No. 1-22, Port of Kaohsiung locates at where is an important door of our city, and also is a tourism site with potential of future development. The


plan is to first solicit of blue print for policy planning of Kahosiung sea shore as an attraction to the international and domestic consult group in architecture and construction for their participation, and collect of various creation and design as the reference for future solid development.

(4) Following the Latin Festival held on Feb. 2006, simple greening work was arranged for Wharf No. 13-15. Dismantling and preparation was completed and the following greening work is scheduled for a completion.

c. Urge of New Administration Centre (1) Due to the problems waiting to be solved such as the selection for the site,

the raise of the finance, the urban renewal plan etc., it is necessary to keep going the studying and planning. The planning will follow the 3 principles as "the most magnificent and advanced city government, the most cautious and accurate financial plan and the most restrict management " etc.

(2) A good financial balance is the premier principle for urging of this project. To solve the gap of the finance, our city government now is drafting for tie-in program and arranging of the administration procedure for urban renewal plan. After Lung Hua Primary School migrates, which is more definite and less controversial, the urban renewal plan will be followed for this original site of the school and the finance will be raised by way of "property acquired from selling of property ".

d. Arrangement for Exchange of Reservation with Private Infrastructure and Public Land not for Public AffairUse (1) To solve the reservation with private infrastructure, which are long idle for

levy, the Ministry of Interior issued " Regulation for Exchange of Reservation with Private Infrastructure and Public Land not for Public Affair Use"1) at Nov. 28th, 2003 and it is effective from Mar. 1st, 2004. The exchange work has been arranged with project/case no. during 2004.

(2) After discussion, the review team was founded since 2005 to review the applications.

e. Acceptance for Review of Bulk Transfer of "Reservation with Private Infrastructure"

The area of infrastructure yet to be acquired is around 724 hectares within the whole city, which could be converted as a total bulk as 11,320, 000 square meter. If the landowners transfer of their bulk to acquire of infrastructure, the total floor area could increase of an amount which could at least include a population as 320, 000 person. The public, who own lands within Taohsiung city and whose land conditions comply with the regulations of the area involves the transfer, is allowed to propose the application immediately. The current applications are 2.

f. Establishment of IT system for E (electronic) service


(1) In cooperation with the promotion of "Electronic Gate", the preparation work for integrating of the database is under progress and thus to print out the payment slip via computer and to achieve the goal of an overall on-line work for issuing of zoning.

(2) Establishment of teleinformatics system for Zoning of Kaohsiung city By using of geographic information technology and by a combination of

zoning and the information of land registration, the public is able to acquire the real-time information related to zoning. Until Dec. 2005, our website has severed for 520, 000 person-time.

(3) Establishment of Book and Graph Enquiry System for Urban Plan of Kaohsiung City

By using of geographic information technology, build up the historic information of urban plan to provide more efficient service for the urban information. Until Dec. 2005, our website has served for 130,000 person-time.


Building Administration 1.Building Administration

The purpose of building administration is to maintain public safety, public traffic, and public health and to improve city appearance. Its operation mainly focuses on certification of architectural license, construction management, dismantling management and usage management of buildings, registration management of architects, the construction industry and civil engineering contractors, management of interior decoration industry, management of apartment buildings, promotion of barrier-free environment of buildings, management of signboards & advertisements, and advertisement placement, etc. Work status in the year 2005 is as follows: a. The permit system is enforced according to “Guidelines for Spot-checking of

Permit Items and Inspection of Items Regulated by Building Permit and Miscellaneous Items”, and the process of license issuance is extensively simplified and shortened. Details of issuance of building permits in the year 2005 are shown in Attachment 1.

b. The situation of managing the architects, registered contractors, and concrete & carpentry contractors in the year 2005 is shown in Attachment 2 and Attachment 3.

c. Project-Promoted tasks (1) For the Kaohsiung City Road and Lane Investigation, Data Processing and

Statistics Project, contract has been established earlier in May 2005, and task completed in February 2006. A total of 3313 pieces of data were investigated and the relevant DWG files were established. The project is now in the inspection and acceptance stage, expecting to close in July 2006.

(2) Idle vacant land and vacant house improvement project: 1) The uncompleted idle building, Wenqin Building, opposite to Kaohsiung

City Hall on Mincyuan Road has been idle for 8 years. After being auctioned by the court in 2003, it was taken over by Wu Chang Church of Conservative Baptist Association of China. The church purchased the vacant land behind the building in 2004, and consigned architects to rebuild it into a beautiful Gothic-style church building. The project has started in April 2005. Application for Occupancy Permit is expected in April 2006.

2) The uncompleted building, Hyatt Building, at the crossing of Minsheng Road and Shihjhong 1st Road, was auctioned by the district court on February 17, 2005 after being idle for 8 years and with the effort of the Office. King's Town Construction Co. Ltd. and Tai Chia Enterprise won


the bid, and began to dismantle the exposed steel structure and curtain wall of the building in August 2005. Dismantling was completed by the end of October 2005, and design alteration to make it collective residential building has been started, expecting to complete by the end of 2007. The “obstruction of public transportation” and “maintenance of public security” expenses that the Office incurred on behalf of the Hyatt Building totaling NT$1,025,500 have been called back in full in August 2005 by means of compulsory execution by Kaohsiung Branch, Administrative Enforcement Agency.

3) After being idle for 7 years, the uncompleted building, Dayuen Building, on Wufu 4th Road has applied to the Office for a design alteration license on December 17, 2004, and the Occupancy Permit has been obtained on June 27, 2005.

4) The President Department Store at the crossing of Wufu Road and Jhongshan Road was on fire in October 1995. To date, the place has been idle for 10 years, and the balcony-covered area has been blocked out by steel paling for a long time. The Bureau helped to knock through the balcony of Jhongshan Road and Wufu Road in late May 2003. Application for a dismantling permit has been submitted to the Office on May 2, 2005, and dismantling of 4th to 9th floor building has started from July 7, 2005 and completed in mid-November 2005. It has been rebuilt into a shopping mall on 1st and 2nd floor and car park on 2nd to 4th floor.

5) After the Bureau’s coordination, Tang Eng Iron Works Co., Ltd. has provided the land and part of the budget for the “Jhongdu Brick Kiln” historic site preservation area landscape renovation project at the crossing of Jhonghua Side Road and Jhongdu Street, and dismantled 7 old factories in the site. The Public Works Bureau conducted the landscape renovate project. The project has been completed by the end of August 2005.

6) After the Bureau’s notice for improvement pursuant to the “Autonomous Ordinance for Kaohsiung City Vacant Land and Vacant House Management,” the uncompleted idle building of Hai Pa Wang Restaurant at the crossing of Dayi Street and Bisin Street in Yancheng District has gradually cleared away the water in the basement, consolidated the interior environment inside the building, and repaired and beautified the external structure. Architects are consigned to actively rebuild it into a hotel by making use of the existing structure for continued construction. Construction may start after obtaining the building license.

7) After the Bureau’s active coordination, a Bank of Kaohsiung vacant land at the northeast side of the crossing of Mincyuan Road and Wufu Road,


Lingya District has been contracted out for building a nice looking see-through paling. Moreover, a neighboring idle vacant land at the crossing of Mincyuang Road and Minsheng Road to the north of the BOK land will be beautified with see-through paling as well. The project has started on December 8, 2005 and completed on January 27, 2006.

d. Public Safety Examination and Usage Management of Building (1) The city has put the “Building Public Safety Inspection and Declaration

System” ordained by the Ministry of the Interior into effect. As of the end of June 2005, the system is applicable to business localities of Type B commercial businesses, such as KTV, entertainment sites, restaurants, hotels, department stores, shopping malls, dancing clubs, etc. According to the result of investigation and statistics, a total of 1,021 businesses are within the scope of the declaration system, among which 1,012 of them have consigned professional inspectors to make declaration, and 9 of them have not declared beyond the deadline. The declaration rate reaches 99.12 %. As of the end of August 2005, the system is extended to the Type C industrial warehouse localities, such as gas stations, substations, garages, etc. A total of 528 businesses are within this category, among which 511 of them have consigned professional inspectors to make declaration. The declaration rate reaches 96.78 %. For the undeclared cases, users of the buildings are levied a fine of NT$ 60,000 pursuant to the Law of Architecture, and a notice is given for make-up declaration within specified time

(2) The Bureau undertook the inspection of building public safety and the review of permit declaration sites in the year of 2005. A total of 2005 localities of various kinds are randomly reviewed this year, representing a review rate of 25.8 %. Among these, 6 cases were discovered involving dishonesty of permit. After verification in the investigation meeting, 1 case was determined as serious violation. According to the Law of Architecture, all related professional inspectors are levied a fine of NT$ 60,000, and penalty points were given for other mild cases. Regarding other unqualified localities, the improvements have been accomplished under the supervision of the Bureau.

(3) According to “Project of Public Safety Maintenance” ordained by the Ministry of the Interior, various kinds of business localities are to be inspected. A total of 2,075 localities were inspected, among which 584 were given “notice to improve” within specified time, 63 were fined and suspended, 18 were compulsory power-cut order, 22 were demolished, and 3 were referred to the court.

(4) In order to realize the task of “Building Public Safety Inspection and Declaration”, a colloquium was held on September 28, 2005 in Cheng Shiu


University, for professional inspectors for building safety declaration. Specialists were invited from the Construction and Planning Agency to give lectures on fire prevention and escape equipment of buildings, and important points on equipment safety inspection, interior decoration materials and related regulations, inspection of easily neglected parts, and reinforcement of overall review promotion, etc. A total of 300 people have participated, including professional inspectors of the city and construction management staff in the southern region.

(5) In order to effectively prevent adolescent delinquency and youngsters being victimized during the summer vacation, the Bureau formed a joint inspection team with relevant authorities to hold the “Summer Protection Project for the Youth” from July 1, 2005 to August 31, 2005. The project aimed at internet cafes and electronic game arcades, reinforcing the inspection work on violation of protection regulations. The effect of the project was recognized as A-Grade by the Ministry of the Interior.

e. Apartment Building Management (1) It was the first in the nation to initiate the certification mark of apartment

buildings. As of the end of year 2005, there have been 420 applications. Ten verification committee meetings were held and 220 buildings certified. This year, it also funded the certified Mincyuan D. C. Royal Building (民權 D.C皇家大樓) to renew the advertisements and enhanced the overall appearance of the buildings.

(2) Apartment Building Management Ordinance and related regulations were promoted. To reinforce knowledge of building public safety regulations, Q&A explaining the apartment building regulations is posted on the website of the Office of Building Standards, Public Works Bureau for the public’s reference.

(3) The Bureau has assisted apartment buildings to establish management committees. As of the end of year 2005, the number of established and registered management committees reaches 2,004 cases, and the registration rate is 56 %.

(4) The Bureau consigned professional attorneys specialized in the law of apartment buildings to provide legal services for legal registration of building management committees, and to assist in resolving residential disputes.

f. Management of signboards & advertisements, and advertisement placement (1) Aiming to remove old outlaw advertisement objects, Fusing Road and

Zihciang Road were cleansed in 2005, and 461 pieces in total were removed. (2) The amended Law of Architecture was enforced on June 5, 2003. For all

newly placed advertisements without application for verification approval,


the owner or user of which is to be fined between NT$ 40,000 to NT$ 200,000 for placing signboards & advertisements illegally. Previously placed advertisements without application for placement approval were removed by the Building Violations Enforcement Corps of Public Works Bureau according to the law and should be fined as well to prevent the occurrence of new signboard placements.

(3) For the creation of stylistic commercial areas, community holistic construction, proactive involvement in community affairs and participation in renewal of advertisement objects, the “Guidelines for Grant Application for Renewable of Advertisements by Public Works Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government” was specially decreed on March 15, 2001, and NT$ 12,000 was funded per piece of advertisement. In the year of 2005, the renewal of signboards and advertisements of Mincyuan D. C. Royal Building (民權 D.C皇家大樓) was accomplished and indeed helped improve street appearance.

g. Promotion of barrier-free environment of buildings (1) Old buildings in the city were categorized according to the city barrier-free

equipment and were planned in separate phases and sections of the project. In the year of 2005, an overall inspection was performed to a total of 260 old city public buildings obligated to install barrier-free equipment and facilities. Starting November 7, 2005, the staff was sent to visit the foregoing buildings for examination.

(2) The central government instructed to promote barrier-free environment in the year 2005. The city was evaluated as grade A, and was the first highest in the country.

h. Amendment of the City Architecture Law (1) Amendment of “Measures for Handling Building Violations Involving

Alteration of Building Use License” was enforced on February 3, 2005. (2) Stipulation of “Autonomous Ordinance for Management of Vacant Lots and

Vacant Houses of Kaohsiung City” has been approved by Executive Yuan for enforcement on February 22, 2005.

(3) Amendment of “Autonomous Ordinance for Management of Vacant Lots and Vacant Houses of Kaohsiung City” has been sent to the City Council for discussion on May 27, 2005.

(4) Stipulation of “Rules Governing Construction Consultation and Fee Schedule of Kaohsiung City” was issued and enforced on April 21, 2005.

i. Information Management (1) Building management information system has been updated, construction of

building management map system and geographical information system have been completed, website of the Department of Building Affairs has been


updated, mobile building management system has been constructed, inquiry computers have been set up in the public service area, reduction in the number of cadastral maps has been promoted, e-building-management has been promoted, etc., to extend architecture application cases to be integrated into digitized management, save human resource and enhance management effectiveness, reduce document storage space, reduce frequency of physical trips for application procedures, simplify the administration, and provide convenience for people.

(2) Currently more than 135,000 construction floor plans have been digitized. Besides being able to provide people immediate house diagrams, it can also provide architecture graphic files for disaster rescue use. Cadastral map integrated with graphic geographical information consulting system has been constructed, which digitized all applied architectural locations from the year 1996 to 1997. A total of 10,000 cases can be provided for the enquiry use of administrative staff or architects.

(3) Website of the Department of Building Affairs has been updated, by increasing operations of enquiry and on-line application services. English web pages have been constructed to allow international industries to understand services of the Department.

Table 20 Kaohsiung City Construction License Issuance Statistics Unit: Case

Item Year

Construction License (incl. miscellaneous License, Demolition License, Purpose Alteration, Design Change)

License Used

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

5,475 5,498 4,509 3,618 4,009 3,503 2,901 3,024 2,129 4,081 7,668 9,207 7,354

1,958 2,695 2,402 2,024 1,746 207

1,440 1,351 1,135 1,562 2,553 3,776 3,195


Table 21 Kaohsiung City Architect Registration Statistics Unit：Case

Company Number Architect

Original Number in first Half

Number of Registration Approved

Number of Withdrawal or Cancellation in

this year

Existing Number by end of this

year Date

Original N

umber in first half

Num

ber Added in this year

Cancelled in this year

Existing Num

ber by end of this year

Total Class

A Class

B Total

Class A

Class B

TotalClass

A Class

B Total

Class A

Class B

Dec. 1994

179 14 4 189 179 172 7 14 14 0 4 2 2 191 184 5

Dec. 1995

189 11 1 199 191 184 5 11 11 0 1 1 1 199 194 5

Dec. 1996

199 15 5 209 199 194 5 15 15 0 5 5 0 211 204 5

Dec. 1997

209 9 3 215 209 204 5 9 9 0 3 3 0 215 210 5

Dec. 1998

215 9 2 222 215 209 5 9 9 0 2 1 1 222 218 4

Dec. 1999

222 12 3 231 222 218 4 12 12 0 3 3 0 231 227 4

Dec. 2000

231 15 5 241 231 227 4 15 15 0 5 5 0 241 237 4

Dec. 2001

241 8 8 241 241 237 4 8 8 0 8 8 0 241 237 4

Dec. 2002

241 6 4 243 241 237 4 6 6 0 4 4 0 243 239 4

Dec. 2003

243 15 5 253 243 239 4 15 15 0 5 5 0 253 249 4

Dec. 2004

253 12 10 255 253 249 4 12 12 0 10 9 1 255 252 3

Dec. 2005

253 12 3 264 255 252 3 12 12 0 3 2 1 264 262 2


Table 22 Kaohsiung City Construction & Civil Industry Registration Statistics

Amount Unit: NT$10K

Cap

italiz

atio

n

280

310

13,6

88

795

518

13,9

65

255

24

14,1

96

525

330

121,

050

120

660

11,5

65

921 0

5,89

6

1,40

4

80

14,6

36

4,91

0

0

19,1

96

Civi

l Eng

inee

ring

Cont

racto

rs

No.

of F

acto

ry

4 9 122

10

29

303 4 4 303 4 2 296 2 11

287 8 0 50

10

1 123

27

0 149

Cap

italiz

atio

n

0 0 0 00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

150,

100

0

150.

,100

Profe

ssion

nal C

onstr

uctio

n Ind

ustry

No. o

f Fac

tory

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8

Cap

italiz

atio

n

54.0

00

19,.3

98

190,

650

32,9

00

3,41

0

220,

140

34,2

50

5,10

0

249,

290

47,4

00

1,80

0

294,

890

48,9

00

9,66

9

334,

121

1,80

0

0

52,2

71

2,70

0

900

185,

751

3,90

0

2,30

0

197,

731

Gra

de-C

No.

of

Fact

ory

108

12

470

105

58

517

100

17

600

96

6 690

163

52

801 6 0 124 9 3 444

11

7 457

Cap

italiz

atio

n

50,0

00

5,20

0

154,

960

25,5

00

3,80

0

176,

660

12,0

00

0

188,

660

1,50

0

510

189,

650

9,20

0

1,60

0

197,

250

0 0

88,6

00

0 0

161,

010

0 0

172,

160

Gra

de-B

No. o

f Fac

tory

14

3 102

19

4 117 8 0 125 1 12

114 7 3 118 0 0 48

0 0 93

0 0 96

Cap

italiz

atio

n

517,

870

10,0

00

1,42

0,04

0

70,0

00

28,6

60

1,46

1,38

0

40,0

00

3,00

0

1,49

8,38

0

417,

812

6,75

0

1,90

9,44

2

182,

553

0

2,09

1,99

5

0 0

845,

253

0 0

2,33

6,59

7

0 0

2,28

,909

Gra

de-A

No.

of F

acto

ry

23

1 176 7 2 181 4 1 184

14

3 195

13

0 208 0 0 86

0 0 162 0 0 163

Cap

italiz

atio

n

621,

960

34,5

98

1,75

6,65

0

128,

400

35,8

70

1,85

8,18

0

86,2

50

8,10

0

1,93

6,33

0

466,

712

9,06

0

2,39

3,98

2

240,

653

11,2

69

2,62

3,36

6

1,80

0

0

986,

124

2,70

900

2,68

3,35

8

3,90

0

2,30

0

2,69

8,80

0

Tota

l

No.

of F

acto

ry

145

16

748

131

64

815

112

18

909

111

21

999

183

55

1127

6 0 258 9 3 699

11

7 716

Item

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 1

998

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al o

f 199

8

The

end

of 1

998

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 1

999

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al o

f 199

9

The

End

of 1

999

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 2

000

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al o

f 200

0

The

End

of 2

000

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 2

001

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al o

f 200

1

The

End

of 2

001

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 2

002

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al o

f 200

2

The

End

of 2

002

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 2

003

Reg

ista

tion

With

draw

al o

f 200

3

The

End

of 2

003

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 2

004

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al 2

004

The

End

of 2

004

Reg

istra

tion

App

rova

l of 2

005

Reg

istra

tion

With

draw

al o

f 200

5

The

End

of 2

005


2. The Disposal of Illegal Building a. In order to conserve public security and ban the newly squatted buildings, all the

buildings just checked and accepted, including of which statutory fields, fireproof layers, dodged spaces and the platform of refuge of buildings etc, would be entirely filed and probed by Illegal building Dismantle corps, BPW, KCG. In the meanwhile the buildings would be torn down under the principle of handling illegal building as soon as they are reported. If the building has been squatted, we shall dispose it by year, region or stages according to a conference of Ministry of the Interior “Measures of ban on executing illegal building by KCG”. Furthermore, as for the people whose buildings are rebuilt after being dismantled to obstruct public traffic, city views, according to building law, we would bring the squatters to justice if they were even against the stop.

b. The amount of illegal building probed and reported are 10,473 pieces, the closure of cases of dismantling are 6,583 pieces and including the other cases of executing the inspection on public security and reorganizing the stall vendors who operate against public security and city view are 85 pieces. To add up the sum of cases of dismantling mentioned above are 6,668 pieces in Year 91 ROC. (From Jan/1/94 to Dec/31/94) Detail enclosed chart below: (see Table 23)

Table 23 Statistics chart of being checked-reported of illegal buildings and dismantled cases

3.Public Constructions and Landscape Projects

a. Public construction Projects (1) New construction project of the Thin-shell Stadium in Kaohsiung Municipal

ITEM PCS

M/Y

Amount of checked

and reported

Amount of

dismantle

Amount of dismantle which cooperat

with Bureausof KCG

Total of

dismantle

1 806 427 3 430 2 501 314 2 316 3 1,064 566 9 575 4 796 622 11 633 5 865 530 9 539 6 826 528 4 532 7 679 380 6 386 8 1,110 657 8 665 9 994 688 7 695 10 971 489 6 495 11 889 635 7 642

93

12 972 747 13 760 SUM 10,473 6,583 85 6,668


Chungshan Senior High School is completed on October 24, 2005. After completion it is used for student athletic education, school club exhibition or performance, and assemblies. It is also a resource shared by community members for sports and gathering meetings.

(2) Bidding for Remodeling Project of Gushan Branch Office has been completed in March, 2005. With 1 and half years of project duration, its completion is expected in July 2006 and it shall improve working environment and citizen service environment.

b. Street Landscape Projects (1) The street landscape project on the west side of Min Zu Road ( from Ci Sian

Road to Sing Bang Road) is completed on January 18, 2005. The project integrates Number 2 Canal, Sinsing Community Leisure Corridor, Sinsing Park, Old Banyan Tree House, and the surround parking lots, and to shape a boardwalk of culture and leisure as well as an image of the entrance to Kaohsiung.

(2) Street landscape project on Zuo Ying Sia Road (from Yuandi Temple to Chiu-Cheng Primary School) , commenced in the middle of February, 2005 and completed in the end of May, 2005, connects the Zuo Ying Lian Chih Pond Cultural Landscape (Phase One) Project and Landscape Remodeling of Bei Ji Pavilion in Yuandi Temple” and the Zuo Ying Sia Road Historical Landscape Boardwalk to establish the core boardwalk between Lian Chih Pond and Old Tribe for disaster rescue function.

(3) Landscape project on Cian Jhen 2nd Street (from Zu Ciang 2nd Road to Shih Jhong 1st Road) is constructed in accordance with the “Cian Jhen Parking Main Building”, is commenced on November 11, 2005 and completed on February 17, 2006. The project retains the 13 rare sausage trees to shape the image of a backdoor garden of a city and to provide a quality and beautiful city landscape.

(4) Landscape Project of front gate exterior plaza of the Kaohsiung Vision Hall is commissioned on February 16, 2005 and completed in November 2005. With demolition of Kingbus Terminal, the open space of the Vision Hall is extended to relief the passenger flow in front of the Railway Station to increase the niche for the outsourced management.

(5) "Environment Improvement Project of Important Traffic Gateway to Kaohsiung Ocean Star” is promoted to build a water leisure space. Forestation and beautification project of Shihguang Circle is conducted to integrate surrounding environment of the area and to create a new image of the gateway of Kaohsiung national coast.


4. Sewage Systems a. Rainwater Sewer System and Flood Preparedness and Prevention

On 1st July 1983, Sewage Systems Office was established under Public Works Bureau to be responsible of the planning, designing and construction of sewage systems. From 1984 to the end of 2005, Kaohsiung City Government has spent NT$ 9,679,361,400 on 952 rainwater sewer projects. The projects include: 74,312.4 meters of culverts; 406,300.5 meters of U-shaped side ditches; and 28,559 meters of riverbanks. To tackle the flooding problem in some certain areas, the completed rainwater sewer system had been increased to 96.40% by the end of 2005.

To solve the flooding problem in Benhe Village, Sewage Systems Office constructed the first Flood Catch Pond Park in Taiwan. The Park is an ecological wetland with flood-prevention function. The flood catch pond can catch 110,000 cubic meters of flood water when heavy rain and typhoon hit, accommodate the flood water volume in Fudingsjin Creek and Golden Lion Lake areas, and, most importantly, solve the long-lasting flooding problem in the 100 hectares low-lying areas in Benhe and Benguan Villages to protect the safety and property of residents. When the weather is good, this Park is a great recreational area for residents to take a walk and experience the nature, and a good excursion destination for school children.

To further increase the quality of life and to protect the safety of our people, Kaohsiung City Government will keep on the construction of rainwater sewer system. Sewage Systems Office has prepared NT$174.900 million budget in 2005 for another 12 drainage projects, including the drainage construction of the International Airport. No flood has occurred in 2004.

b. Sanitary Sewage Systems Phase 3 of Kaohsiung Sewage System Project started from 1999 and is

expected to finish in 2007. Its objective is to install and construct 320 kilometers of sewers, interceptor in No.5 Pier, Kaisyuan and Singwang Wastewater Interceptor Stations, and to connect 152,000 households to the sewage system. The total budgeted needed for Phase 3 is NT$13.059 billion. Until 2005, Sewage Systems Office has installed 129.7 kilometers of sewers. There are 144.5 kilometers of sewers under construction.

Since the branch sewers along Sihwei Road have been installed in 1997, Sewage Systems Office speeds up the household connection to the sewage system. The household connection rate in the end of 2005 has reached 40.18%.

An old warehouse located in the Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant is refurbished into an Eco-Museum of Sewer System to educate the citizens about how sewage system and wastewater treatment plant work in protecting the city


from wastewater pollution. The Eco-Museum features multimedia displays and collection of the retiring machines once used in sewage system development. The wastewater treatment plant combines the Eco-Museum on its north side, the softball field on the south side, and the Wind Turbines Park along the beach, to provide tourism, recreational and educational purposes.

c.River Reclamation: (1) Cianjheng River Reclamation Phase 1 of Cianjheng River Reclamation Project has been completed, and

the following works have been done: installation of an interceptor station on the border between Kaohsiung City and County; installation of sanitary sewer network; riverbed dredging; and increasing the capacity of the effluent pumping station in the Central District Sewage Treatment Plant. The Cianjheng River quality has been improved progressively since the operation started in September 2001. Kaohsiung City Government then started the construction of Phase 2 project, and the following works have been completed in Phase 2: installation of sewers along Jhongshan Road; installation of Singwang Wastewater Interceptor Station; and Central District Sewage Treatment Plant Stage 4 Program. The water quality has been improved progressively as well since the operation started in October 2002. The water quality of Cianjheng River has met the Environmental Protection Agency’s Fourth Class standard by the end of 2002, and there are at least four to five species of fish living in Cianjheng River. While the water quality improvement project was underway, Kaohsiung City Government began to improve the river-related landscapes, and the landscape improvement project was completed in October 2002. Combining with the nearby public or private resources, for example, schools, parks, temples, ferry terminals and Aboriginal Center, a complete river-related recreation area was created..

(2) Love River Reclamation Most Love River waterways have been cleaned up. To guarantee the urban

area is flood-free, the rainwater sewer system in Love River drainage area had been completed and the flood discharging ability has been improved in particular flood prone low-lying areas.

Since Kaohsiung City Government started the household connection project and installed interceptors in Love River drainage area, the water quality has been improved and the odor problem has been reduced. The water quality of Love River now meets the standard set out by Environment Protection Agency, and the best supporting evidence is the increasing population of fish. To further improve the water quality of upper stream, Sewage Systems Office keeps working on the household connection to the


sewage system. The household connection rate has reached 40.17% by the end of 2005. The household connection rate along the coastal areas of Kaohsiung Harbor and Love River drainage area has increased to 73.7%. The water quality is getting stable because of separated sewage system.

When spring turns to summer, the quality of Love River deteriorates results from the changing weather. To prevent the odor problem and to stabilize water quality, aeration boats are in operation day and night to keep the dissolved oxygen and stabilize the water quality.

The water quality has been innovated as well as the connection of landscape along the waterside, including the waterfront landscape of Jian-Guo Bridge downstream dealt with priority. Midstream and upstream of Jian-Guo Bridge and No.2 Canal, both on the demands of flood-prevention and waterfront, need improvements in coastal landscape, water quality, ecological survey [including the adjustments of hydraulic structure], piers, cycling paths, planting, lighting facilities, waterfront stepping, and bridge decoration and the like.

The waterfront landscape has been improved as well, including: the refurbishing of Zhiping and Xinle Wastewater Interceptor Stations, the construction of Longzi Village Bridge for pedestrians (covered by Architecture Magazine, issue 64, November 2002), and a pedestrian bridge on upper stream of the Love River. The exhibition of Chi-Shien Station, constructed by 2005, looks as if a sailing boat cruising under the sparkling wave at night. The motivation of 2005 Cruising Project is expected to expand the route of automatic-powered ship from Jr-ping Bridge Station to Bau-Ju Channel. After the accomplishment, the length of shipping route will be increased from 4.5 kilometer to 6 kilometer, connecting Kaohsiung Rapid Transit R12 and R13 Stations for tourists’ convenience.

(3) Two Parts of Hojing Creek Reclamation Drainage and Landscaping: Hojing Creek Reclamation Project will be

done in four phases. Phase 1 project includes the construction of 1,450 meters riverbanks in ecological methods. The aim is to stabilize waterways, increase drainage safety and offer water-accessible recreational space for public use. The total construction fee needed for Phase 1 is NT$200 million, and the construction is completed in the end of November in 2003. The first tender of Phase 2 project, from Yi-chiun Rd. to Watergate section, is completed in the end of October in 2004. The budget needed for the rest two Projects (from De-Huei Bridge to De-Min Rd. section), Phase 3 and Phase 4 will be continuously under construction.

Water Quality Improvement: Since Hojing Creek flows through


Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County (two-third of Hojing Creek flows through Kaohsiung County; and one-third through Kaohsiung City), the cooperation between the two governments is needed to tackle the water pollution problem. The industrial wastewater from Formosa Plastics Renwu plant, Dashe Industrial Park, Renwu Industrial Park, Nanzih Export Processing Zone and Chinese Petroleum Refinery is now discharged into the ocean through Tzoying ocean outfall. The Environmental Protection Agencies in Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County also improved the monitoring and surveillance to detect illegal discharges from a few industries and pig farms. The major pollution sources of Hojing Creek have been reduced substantially.

Northern Kaohsiung (Nanzih) Sewage System covers 3,500 hectares, and the length of pipes is about 152 kilometer. The amount of wastewater generated in Nanzih is 125,000 ton per day (which accounts for 12% of that in Kaohsiung City). Cooperating with Central Government to accelerate the construction of sewerage development, Nanzih Sewage System Project is developed on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis, and the tender has been awarded to private sector and the contract was signed in October 20th, 2004. The Wastewater Treatment Plant is expected to start running in April, 2008; and the water quality of Hojing Creek will be improved by then. Also, combined with the waterfront landscaping project, Hojing Creek will be turned into a new recreational spot in northern Kaohsiung. It is also expected that Nanzih Sewage System Project will promote the development of Nanzih District and create more working opportunities

(4) No.5 Pier: No.5 Pier had been chronically polluted by industrial wastewater. After the

installation of wastewater interceptors, the water quality has been improved and has raised the life quality of citizens. The modern-looking wastewater interceptor station, whose design concept based on geometry, is characterized by glass walls and steel beams. The lighting at night and the trees and flowers outside the building make the union of city landscape along Chung-Shan Rd.

(5) River Protection Volunteers Recruiting Programme: The purpose of this programme is to encourage more public participations

in river protection and maintenance. A team of 118 staff (83 from Service Group and 35 from Volunteering Group) is in charge of: river safeguarding; reporting; maintenance; gardening; assisting in water quality survey and ecological monitoring; and providing job training information. The team also assists in the environmental maintenance and protection of Chien-Jen River and Hojing Creek, including river land, waterfront path, cycling path, and


recreational facilities. These volunteers contribute tremendously to river protection and the landscape of the ocean city. In 2005, the number of cases reported by them was 942.

5.Maintenance Projects The Maintenance Office, Bureau of Public Works is in charge of the maintenance,

improvement and planning of the roads, bridges and tunnels, traffic facilities, street lamps, parks and grassland, recreational facilities, etc. of the City, as well as planting and improvement of trees, flowers and grass. The Office has been working hard to renovate the water-front and lighting landscape along the Love River, by introducing an outsourced management system; promote the opening of theme parks; improve major roads and pavements and set up night-time lighting; as well as promote greening and beautification in major roads and parks, in order to give Kaohsiung citizens a better living environment.

The Maintenance Office, Bureau of Public Works has spared no effort in creating a quality recreational space for the citizens in 2005, with the following results: a. Street lamp projects:

(1) First-of-its-kind share-rod street lamp in Taiwan: Completed the share-rod street lamps in roads of Liuho Tourist Night Market (Jhongshan Road to Zihli Road), share-rod street lamp landscape and lighting improvement project (Phase I) in Mincyuan Road Parkway (Yisin Road – Jhongshan Road section), share-rod street lamp landscape and lighting improvement project (Phase II) in Minsheng Road Parkway (Chenggong Road – Jhongshan Road section), along Hsinkuang Boulevard – Coast Park landscape lamp and lighting improvement project, and share-rod street lamp landscape and lighting improvement project (Phase I) in Jiouru Road Parkway (Pingdeng Road – Science and Technology Museum section). The projects have lighted up the city and won good responses from the citizens.

(2) Pier 12 landscape renovation project: The project was completed on October 28, 2005. The Tourist Service Center located at Pier 12 of the Kaohsiung Harbor will be completed and inaugurated by the year end, which will stand at No. 12 True Love Pier at the estuary of Love River. It is a beautiful building in the image of a snow-white windsurfing board. With the fascinating light, it makes a totally different atmosphere from the day-time landscape. This has now become the new landmark at the estuary of Love River, and a good place to go at night time for Kaohsiung citizens.

b. Opening of parks, grassland and children playground: To improve the best recreational places for the citizens, and enhance the quality of their life, the following projects have been conducted: Nanzih 07-gong-A1 (Blockhouse Park), Nanzih 07-er-A2 (Jianchang Children Park), Wanzainei 05-gong-17-3 (including Wanzainei 05-gong-A18, Wanzainei 05-gong-A19, Wanhe section No. 150), Yancheng 01-gong-A13, Rainbow Park landscape improvement project and extension of Phase IV of Love River riverside landscape project of Kaohsiung


City, and the Phase V project (Jhongdu Bridge to Jhonghua Road), round-the-island tourist cycling path and coastline landscape improvement project in Cijin Island, Kaohsiung City are in progress.

c. Outsourced management: Keep consistent supervision and management of park and parkway outsourcing

projects, including the Central Park (Urban Spotlight), Hedong Road Parkway (Hobby Mannbo), Hesi Road Parkway (Gold Love River), Shaochuantou Park (Pire.1), Shenghing Park (City Heart), Birthday Park, and Hsinkuang Square (Starlight Pier).

d. Community building projects: (1) For the student commuting routes in local communities, student-oriented

street landscape showing the community characteristics is planned. Lively, beautiful, creative and safe landscape is planned along the commuting routes in collaboration with schools and communities, in order to leave a good memory of the schooling life for the students. By 2005, a total of 24 community student commuting routes were completed.

(2) Pavement renovation project (Phase I) surrounding the Science and Technology Museum: Completed on January 26, 2006, and the lighting ceremony was carried out in 2006 during the Chinese New Year, marking the completion of the “Technology Spotlight.”

(3) Road and landscape renovation project (Phase II) surrounding the Science and Technology Museum: Completed on December 23, 2005.

e. Improvement of roads, bridges and pavements: (1) Mincyuan Road (Jhongshan Road-Yisin Road) pavement landscape

improvement project (Phase I): Completed February 17, 2006. (2) Sihwei Road (Jhongshan Road-Chenggong Road) pavement landscape

improvement project (Phase II): Completed on December 30, 2005. (3) Minsheng Road (Jhonghua Road~Hedong Road) pavement landscape

improvement project (Phase I): Started on December 8, 2005, progressed as scheduled, and to be completed in April 2006.

(4) To better protect citizens' safety, improve walking space for pedestrians, and improve the environmental quality, so that the city can be beautified and space for citizens’ activities can be expanded, eight AC road surface improvement projects in three factory-side roads in Siaogang District, 12 consolidation projects of pavements, safety islands, public balcony-covered land, and eight traffic safety facility projects are conducted. The work performance is shown in Table 56.

f. Park maintenance and management: (1) Outsourced cleaning and maintenance of parks


1) Six cases of cleaning and maintenance of large parks and safety island in roads have been outsourced, totaling 146 places. Work has been completed now.

2) Maintenance of small neighborhood parks costing less than NT$100,000 maintenance fee per year is entrusted to the village offices, totaling 124 parks.

3) For small and medium parks, unemployed citizens in the city are employed under the “Community Employment for Park Maintenance Program” for cleaning and maintenance. A total of 26 persons are employed to work on 30 places.

4) A total of eight parks are maintained by civil volunteers. (2) Pruning of pavement trees: Trees in the roads, parks and grassland of the city

totaled about 300,000. From January to December 2005, about 85,000 trees were pruned (eight tenders were involved for outsourced contractors to do pruning, which have pruned about 36,000 trees. All others were pruned by the Office itself, involving about 49,000 trees.)

There were clear maintenance projects shown in Table 24. Table 24 Statistics on the Performance of Maintenance Projects from Jan. to Dec. 2004

Item Unit Quantity Remarks

Addition of street lamp set 2,348

Maintenance of street lamp case 34,060 12,228 street lamps were

repaired by local electricians

spontaneously. 21,832 street lamps were

repaired upon telephone report.

Area of AC road surface maintenance square foot 682,754.06

Area of pavement improvement Square foot 22,462.9

Repair of red brick pavement piece 5,126

Repair of high-ressure interlock block piece 33,753

Opening and consolidation of parks and grassland

place 8

Planting of flowers or tree in parks, grassland and roads

tree 1,334,802

Addition of road sign piece 7,164

Source: Public Works Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government

IV、Education And Culture 407

IV、Education And Culture



Educational Development 1. Educational Administration Organizations & Budgets

The Bureau of Education is one of the independent administrative agencies under the City Government, in charge of citywide school education, social education, special education, as well as physical and hygiene education. It consists of seven administrative divisions and five offices (Student Military Training Office, Inspectors Office, Accounting Office, Personnel Office, and Office of Government Ethics). The Bureau not only has jurisdiction over the Municipal Stadium, but also is in charge of all public and private kindergartens, elementary schools and secondary schools. The growth and prosperity in industry and commerce in Kaohsiung City have helped make fast progress in education. In School Year 2004, the city has 11 colleges and universities, 167 elementary schools and secondary schools (including 31 senior and vocational high schools, 45 junior high schools, 88 elementary schools, and 3 special schools). In addition, there are 4 elementary schools for foreign residents (Kaohsiung American School included), and 172 public and private kindergartens. The total numbers of classes in public and private senior and vocational high schools are 884 and 623 respectively. As for junior high, there are 1,540 classes in public schools and 98 in private schools. The public elementary schools consist of 3,583 classes in total, and private elementary schools have 39 ones. Due to the declining birthrate, the number of school children is decreasing yearly. The budget for education this year is NT$ 16,966,627,000.

2. Prospects of Education in Kaohsiung City a. To establish teachers’ professional status: Encourage teachers to attend

in-service training, research seminars, and continuing education; provide opportunities for teachers to become involved in school affairs; establish mechanisms for inter-school cooperative teaching; implement evaluation of teachers’ professional competence.

b. To offer adapting educational opportunities for students: control the total number of students in a given school; impose normal class grouping; advocate the multi-channel school admission system; promote easy access and communization place of learning. Create adapting learning communities at senior high and vocational high school level. Increase programs and classes that help develop students’ potentials; shorten duration of studying for gifted students; grant high school students the chance to take college courses in advance; and provide career planning education and promote sexual equality.

c. To promote innovative teaching and curriculum reform: conduct normalized carry out the Grade 1-9 Curriculum; encourage innovative teaching; design teaching activities from which students can learn by


exploring and experiencing teaching that follows standard curriculum; implement small class teaching.

d. To reinforce living education, moral education, and life education: emphasize living education to help students cultivate good living habits; highlight moral education and encourage students to have a kind heart, to speak well of others and to do good deeds; and practice life education to make students respect lives and love themselves.

e. To strengthen information technology education: renew computer rooms in elementary and high schools; make the campus a FTTS(fiber-to-the-school)and wireless Internet environment; elevate teachers’ expertise on information technology; encourage students to participate in IT-related contests and make use of network technology to assist learning.

f. To unite schools and communities together: encourage parents to get involved in school affairs and cooperative learning with teachers and students; initiate community after-school child-care programs; enhance community public safety; and set up community colleges.

g. To emphasize the education of the disadvantaged: provide special education with various administrative support; implement test and guidance of special education; extensively employ “inclusive education” for exceptional students; organize professional teams to offer service to the physically and mentally handicapped; and conduct training programs for all general education teachers to equip them with expertise on special education.

h. To actively develop pre-school and kindergarten education programs: Put a high premium on children’s welfare to lessen parents’ burden; subsidize private kindergartens to improve teaching equipment and facilities; offer in-service training and workshops to kindergarten teachers; evaluate public and private kindergartens and grant incentives to those with good performance; examine public safety in kindergartens to ensure children’s security; and closely comply with the Ministry of Education to promote the scheme of compulsory kindergartens.

i. To promote social and physical education activities: encourage lifelong learning to raise citizen’s breeding and to help shape Kaohsiung into a learning-oriented city; actively promote sports for all residents; set up stadiums, gymnasiums and sports fields to attain the goal of “Everyone exercises anytime and anywhere;” increase the exercising population; advocate marine education by promoting swimming and yachting; improve the level of sports skills, and strengthen the overall sports competence of our country.

The power of the country in the future is based upon the education in the present. All the staff of the Educatio Bureau are trying their best to promote the quality of education in this city with aggressive, active, and innovative actions.


They aim for the true equality in educational opportunities and fully development in every student’s potential. The highest goal is to vitalize the 21st century’s education in the maritime city.


School Education 1. Higher Education

While the Ministry of Education (MOE) is the direct administrative authority in charge of all higher education nationwide, Kaohsiung City has always laid much emphasis on the development of higher education. Therefore, the city government has actively strive for establishing more colleges and universities in Kaohsiung City to facilitate easy access to higher education for the students in southern Taiwan and to elevate the overall quality of Kaohsiung citizens. There are altogether 11 colleges and universities in Kaohsiung, including the Open University of Kaohsiung, National Kaohsiung Normal University, National Sun Yat-sen University, National Kaohsiung Marine University, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, National Kaohsiung Hospitality College, Kaohsiung Medical University, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages and Yuh-Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management.

The Open University of Kaohsiung was founded in June,1997 and recruited students as well. It had five departments－Law ＆ Political science, Industrial ＆Business Management, Mass Communication, Foreign Languages ＆Literature and Culture ＆ Art . The OUK has various teaching methods: radiobroadcasting, cable TV, Internet, and face-to-face traditional courses. The class attendance regulations for students are so flexible that they may fully meet learning needs and aim to build up a quality environment for life-long learning. Our school is also taking advantage of several superiorities no entrance limit for original educational background, no entrance exam, and cheaper tuition. We indeed accentuate the learning right of mid-agers and agers. Plus, we do place the socially－underprivileged minority as the teaching priority and fulfill equal educational opportunity in society. Therefore, we are taking the lead of life-long learning enterprise in this country. In order to comply with developmental vision of Kaohsiung city, we found another new academic department of “Science & Technology Management” and “General Education Center”. We currently are planning a special extension education program of “Credit class for Graduate Institute of law”. Subsequently, a Master program will be formally approved. These new innovations aim to highlight the City Mayor’s administrative achievements. In 2004 academic year we have 26 graduates admitted by graduate institutes at domestic universities, which demonstrates we have cultivated many excellent talents for various professions through adult higher education channel in Southern Taiwan.

2. Senior High School Education There are currently 15 public senior high schools with 21,335 students in 537


classes and 5 private ones with 14,637 students in 344 classes. The purpose of senior high school education is to cultivate students with academic potential. The curriculum features independent thinking and academic training. Senior high schools in Kaohsiung City stress balanced regional development in the city and accelerate community-based academic learning. The policy of senior high school education is heading toward developing globalization and technologization through elevating students’ academic research ability, implementing educational experiments, enhancing foreign language teaching, developing school characteristics, and cultivating students with innovative ideas and macroscale perspectives.

3. Vocational & Technological High School Education There are 5 public vocational high schools, which are categorized into 3

specialized areas: engineering and technology, business, and home economics, with a total of 11,701 students in 326 classes. Besides, there are 6 private vocational high schools, specializing in fields of engineering and technology, business, home economics, and arts. Private vocational high school students total 13,998 and make up 300 classes. Vocational education emphasizes the acquisition of technical skills and certificates. Learning through theory and practice to upgrade their technical competence, students can have excellent performance in craftsmanship contests and certificate examinations. To meet the needs as a result of social and industrial development, the current categories in vocational high schools need adjusting, more qualified teachers should be recruited, and teaching facilities must be renovated. In addition, students’ technical capability ought to be elevated so as to increase their employment opportunities.

4. Junior High School Education There are 40 public junior high schools (including those affiliated to senior high

schools), with a total number of 58,690 students, and 5 private ones (those affiliated to senior high schools included) that have 4,178 students in total. The aim of junior high school is to cultivate mentally and physically sound citizens, with an equally emphasis on helping students to either enter senior high school or cultivate occupational interests and talents. Since students of adolescence present great diversity in aptitude, ability, interest, as well as mental and physical development, junior high school education should therefore emphasize the guidance of teenagers and adaptive education by teaching students according to their individual aptitudes. That way, students can fully develop their potential and build up confidence and self-esteem. Presently, educational reforms such as the Grade 1-9 Curriculum and the Basic Competency Test are put into practice in junior high school. With continuing efforts to normalize curriculum, to strengthen students’ aptitude counseling, and to improve the learning environment, junior high schools are


expected to conduct normalized teaching based on the standard curriculum, to provide students with equal opportunities, and to bring out students’ humanistic concerns.

5. Elementary School Education There are currently 88 public elementary schools (including those affiliated to

senior or junior high school), consisting of 117,279 students, and 4 private elementary schools (including those affiliated to senior high school), with students totaling 1,248. The educational objectives of elementary schools in Kaohsiung are Excellence, Vitality, and Soul Education. With these guidelines in mind, the elementary education focuses on building up a friendly learning environment, promoting innovative teaching, applying multiple assessment, and encouraging the cooperation between parents and teachers, so as to address students’ individual differences and help them develop sound characters, laying emphasis on the nature of education. In addition, elementary schools offer remedial learning programs to assist the mentally or physically handicapped as well as the culturally disfavored, such as the underprivileged, aboriginals, and children with foreign parent. Elementary education also aims to raise students’ affection for their native land by incorporating education of local geography, history and native language, hoping to cultivate mentally and physically healthy citizens of the 21st century. Under the cooperation among the government, school staff and parents, elementary schools can have a brand new outlook.

6. Pre-School and Kindergarten Education There are currently 68 public kindergartens and 104 private kindergartens, with

19,009 students in total. With the coming of the new age, pre-school education is not only community education for the general public but also a good living education. In order to provide a better environment for pre-school children, in terms of quantity, the kindergartens are encouraged to register with the government, increase classes, and improve school equipment with government subsidies. To lessen parents’ financial burden and take care of the socially disfavored, more subsidies have made pre-school education equally accessible to all children. In quality, teaching evaluation and public safety inspection are priorities. Besides, in-service training and workshops are held to upgrade teachers’ expertise and capacity.


Social Education 1. Social Institutes

a. Document Committee Responsible for the editing and publishing of periodicals and albums,

compilation of city chronicle, interview of oral history, discussions with the elders, activities such as annual meetings of origin and development of historical relics and management of Confucius Temple, Martyrs’ Shrine, Memorial Hall of War and Peace with activities of worshipping ceremonies.

b. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts is located in the Neiweipi

Cultural Park in the northwestern part of Kaohsiung. Opened in 1994, the Museum has four floors on the ground and one basement, including a sculpture hall, exhibition rooms, a library and an auditorium accommodating 400 people. The square measure of the building is 8,318 pings (27,500 square meters). The outdoor park is 43 hectares with a round plaza, a fountain plaza, a lake, trails a sculpture park, etc.

Under the budgeting support of the Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. in 2005, the Visitor Center in the Neiweipi Cultural Park is reconstructed and becomes a children’s museum of art. There are three galleries in the museum. It is a new place for children and parents to learn about art.

c. Kaohsiung Museum of History The museum, renovated from the old City Hall, displays the precious

cultural relics and promotes activities of study. In addition to collecting historical relics and taking the donations from private groups, the Museum invites foreign collections for exhibition to broaden citizens’ vision. The Theme Hall of Kaohsiung History was built to for people having better understanding on the local history with the interactive experiences and exhibitions of cultural relics.

d. Kaohsiung Public Library With an objective to serve the public, the library provides books and

information services, promote social education and organizes cultural activities. Collection of the library has reached 1.5 million volumes currently. Services are provided in our facilities throughout all the administrative districts – including the Main Library and Second Main Library (Kaohsiung Literature Library), 14 branch libraries in Gushan, Cijin, Nanzi, Zuoying, Sanmin, Sinsing, Yanchen,Yangming, Cianjin , Baoju , Nangushan, Linya and Cuiping , and 2 Public Reading Rooms in Sinsing and Nanzih, and the Toy Library for Kids in collaboration with


Palette Association of Kaohsiung City Furthermore, special-purpose areas such as the Children’s Reading Area, Family Reading Area, Computer & Internet Area, Comic Reading Area, Study Abroad Information, Law Information, Braille Collection, Mainland Publication, etc. are set up in our libraries.

e. Kaohsiung Municipal Social Education Center The Center is located on Hsueh Fu Road with a Cultural And physical

Activity Center For Youth. The main facilities are: 1. Art ＆ Culture Building—Periodical (Children,s) Reading Room, Dance studio, Computer Laboratory, Language Laboratory, 2. Auditorium and Outdoor Stage. 3. Recreation Area—MTV Room, Dance studio, KTV Room, Knowledge Computer Games Room, Table Tennis Room, Billiards Room ,Physical Training Room. 4. Physical Activities Area—Multi-Purpose Gym, Swimming Pool, and Skating Rink. 5. Outdoor Activity Area—Outdoor stage,Maze, Mountain Bike Training Field, Gym, Camping Area, Barbeque Area, and Artificial Lake, etc. Making good use of its all different facilities, the Center guides youngsters to have correct recreational concepts, schedules contents of promoting events suitable for teenagers and positively encourages various social education and cultural displays and performance events. It is hoped that these can help improve the City’s citizens’ cultural standards.

2.Sports Venues In addition to Chung Cheng Stadium that serves as a track and field stadium, the

city has established a complete sports network which is comprised of baseball fields, tennis courts, speed-bike rinks, archery fields, volleyball courts, softball fields, a martial arts stadium, activity centers, skating rinks, and swimming pools in every administrative district. Besides, many international and nationwide contests have been held in the International Standard Swimming Pool and Yangming Tennis Center Courts. For various levels of schools, many comprehensive activity centers are scheduled to be built to comply with the mid-term construction project in physical education of our country. Upon completion, sports venues of all kinds will become more common. Meanwhile, the city is also actively engaged in constructing a comprehensive stadium and a sports park for the youth.

The affiliated venues of the Kaohsiung Municipal Stadium provide citizens with places for exercise and recreation. Besides, they cooperate with the city government and the National Sports Association to hold various competitions. Also, they are suitable venues for schools of all levels to cultivate excellent athletes and train students, and thus, the goal of overall promotion of sports is achieved.

3.Special Education Special education in Kaohsiung is divided into two main categories: “gifted


education” and “education of the physically and mentally handicapped.” Programs of gifted and talented are designed and set up in different schools in areas of music, arts, dance, and athletic education for general students as well as those with special aptitudes. As for the education of the mentally and physically handicapped, there are three special schools. In elementary and junior high schools, special classes are provided for the mentally retarded, the hearing impaired, the blind and the physically challenged. Resource rooms are available to the speech disabled, the emotionally disturbed, the hearing impaired, the autistic and students with non-categorical disabilities. In addition, there are counseling programs for the visually challenged, in-house teaching service, and bedside teaching. Currently, special classes and resource rooms at pre-school and vocational high school levels are being built up. Special education groups are also invited to operate special classes so as to meet the needs of disabled students of all kinds.

4.Adult Education Human resources play a crucial role in promoting Kaohsiung as “The Maritime

Capital,” and adult education is regarded as an effective strategy in developing manpower. Currently, the city government provides adult residents with non-degree learning opportunities, such as learning workshops for adults, the Citizens’ School, and community parental education lectures. Apart from these programs, there are supplementary and continuing education offered at all levels of schools, the Open University of Kaohsiung, and community colleges. These informal education opportunities are open to all citizens for advanced study

5.Family Education As the society changes rapidly and different types of families increase daily,

family education becomes more and more important and valued by all aspects of the society. Apart from taking care of the underprivileged families, the Bureau organizes all kinds of family education activities and curricula to help develop happy and harmonic families. The family education in Kaohsiung City especially lays emphasis on foreign brides’ language and life adjustment, premarital orientation, and parenting education.

6.Traffic safety education Owing to the growth in the amount of modern vehicles, students especially need

to learn about and follow the traffic rules to avoid traffic accidents and ensure their own safety. In addition to teaching students as well as their parents the right knowledge about traffic safety, lots of propaganda is used to remind students and their parents to pay attention to traffic safety, hoping to decrease the rate of traffic accidents and ensure the citizens’ transportation safety. Schools also employ parent volunteers to escort students crossing the intersections safely.

7. Evergreen Academy


To offer an opportunity of further education to senior citizens above 55 years old, the Social Affairs Bureau established the Evergreen Academy in 1982. There were 180 classes held in the 26th term with a total of 7,267 times of attendance in 17 locations.

8. Community-Based Evergreen Academies To satisfy seniors’ growing needs of local and regional learning, the Social

Affairs Bureau established community-based evergreen academies in 2005. Incorporating community resources, there were 67 classes held in 11 districts with a total of 9,683 times of attendance last year.


Cultural Institutes 1.Recreatitional Places

a.Parks, Lawns and Children’s Playgrounds In the urban plan of Kaohsiung City, there are 506 parks, grassland and

children playground, covering an area of 1127.8318 hectares. By 2005, a total of 301 parks, grassland and children playground were opened, covering an area of 688.1772 hectares. Each citizen own 4.56 sq.ft. of park/grassland on average, representing recreational area provided for the citizens.

The distribution of parks, lawns and children’s playgrounds is shown in Table 25.

Table 25 Distribution of Parks, Lawns and Children’s Playgrounds Kind Park Lawn Children’s Playground

Item Distribution

Area (hectares)

No. of Places

Area (hectares)

No. of Places

Area (hectares)

No. of Playgrounds

Sanmin District 86.4899 25 4.2698 9 1.5693 9 Cianjin District 16.4500 3 0 0 0 0 Yancheng District 4.2883 3 0.7359 5 0 0 Sinsing District 2.8300 3 0 0 0 0 Lingya District 28.2009 13 10.2675 14 0.9851 7 Gushan District 77.3592 9 4.2666 6 1.3135 6 Cianjhen District 33.8150 21 11.4133 20 3.8045 16 Zuoying District 121.6971 20 6.9974 5 1.70026 10 Cijin District 13.0492 4 4.8691 3 0.1067 1 Siaogang District 24.1945 12 6.5589 16 6.4677 33 Nanzi District 66.6193 18 146.7685 3 1.0898 7 Total 474.9934 131 196.1470 81 17.0368 89 b.Community Activity Centers and Places

There are 64 community activity centers available in the City for the time being, with most of them being established by making use of social resources, or provided by local people who are enthusiastic in public interests, or shared with activity centers of wards, and which are jointly managed and maintained by community development associations and ward offices. Some activity centers are equipped with libraries, reading rooms and all kinds of cultural and recreational equipment, which is open for the general public or community members at fixed hours every day.

Senior Citizen Service Center, with an indoor area of more than 7,800 pins and an outdoor area of more than 1,100 pins, has 11 floors on the ground and 2 floors underground. It is the biggest consolidate service center for senior citizens in Southeast Asia, providing service to citizens above 55. The service includes: (1) Cultural and recreational service: Karaoke parlor, gymnasium, chess room,

multimedia library, computer classroom, and performance hall, with 977,791


times of service being provided in 2005. (2) Daycare service for the aged: daycare service for healthy senior citizens

(39,930 times of service); daycare service for senior citizens with slight disabilities (11, 531 times of service). A total number of 51,443 times of service was provided.

(3) Consultation service: life counseling and legal consultation, with 21 rounds and 95 times of service being provided by selected lawyers.

(4) Heritage promotion: seventy people with cultural knowledge and skills were selected to pass on precious traditions in both communities and schools.

(5) Dining service: provided economical and delicious meals; offered meal delivery service to senior citizens above 65 who lived alone in Lingya District, with 69,402 times of service being provided in 2005.

(6) Health and medical consultation: 175 times of service were provided. (7) Research and development: Research & Development Center was

established to serve as the information center for the aged as well as the base for evaluating, studying and initiating measures for senior citizens’ welfare.

(8) Protection of senior citizens and those who live alone: provided welfare consultation, psychological counseling, legal consultation, protection & placement, and care for seniors who live alone, with 350 cases being reported, of which 69 cases were provided protection in 2005.

There are 29 senior- honoring pavilions (senior community recreational centers) for the aged to relax and study, 8 of which have been transformed into community service centers, providing home-visits, meals and further education for senior citizens who live alone. To provide a better and friendlier environment for senior citizens, the Bureau spent 31.2 million on the refurbishment of 30 senior activity centers and equipment for 33 senior activity centers.

c. Labor Recreation Center (1) History: This center was established subject to an order on October 31, 1982, which

originally was subordinated to Social Welfare Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government and changed to subordinate to Labor Affairs Bureau, Kaohiung City Government on January 15, 1988.

(2) Service Purpose: 1) Provision of various culture and recreation facilities and leisure place as

well as all kinds of exhibitions for labors. 2) Conduct of labor’s recreational activities, development of labor’s education,

promotion of living quality, and encouraging young persons at factory to participate in the social welfare service in order to give feedback to the society.


(3) Service Items: 1) With respect to labor’s leisure activities 2) With respect to labor’s education 3) With respect to labor’s welfare service 4) Promotion of the volunteer system

(4) Duties: 1) Section 1: Conducts the planning, design and execution of labor’s

recreational activities, labor’s education and labor’s service, and the rent, service, planning, management of place and other items.

2) Section 2: Conducts the operation management, research, development and evaluation, official seals, documents, files, business matters, cashier, articles purchase, maintenance and repair of construction and building activities, water and electricity, air conditioning and boiler; service, planning and management of lodging place and other items.

3) Accountant: Conducts yearly revenue, accounting and statistics. 4) Personnel manager (concurrently): Conducts personal management.

(5) Area of service place: The indoor area of this center is total 12,158 square meters as a building of

one floor underground and seven floors above ground, in addition to an outdoor opened square.

(6) Opened service space: 1)2nd Floor:

* Classroom: used for general labor education, training, lecture or study held by labor group, enterprise and other organization or group, or individual.

*Exhibition room: used for various exhibitions regarding labor conducted by labor group, enterprise, and other organization or group, or individual.

2) 3rd Floor: Classroom: used for general labor education, training, lecture or study

held by labor group, enterprise and other organization or group, or individual.

3) 4th Floor: * Classroom: used for general labor education, training, lecture or study held

by labor group, enterprise and other organization or group, or individual. * Office: rented to Kaohisung City Industry General Union, Machinery

Association and Kaohiusng City CianJhen Juvenile Welfare Service Center.

4) 5th, 6th and 7th Floors: * Lodging section: Dormitory for laborers and their family dependents.


* Female dormitory: for single female labors employed in this city, or female family dependents of the lobar who studied in senior high (vocational) school up in this city for long-term lodging while the labor is studying.

* Reception room: used for receiving the guests who hold or help the activities of labor training, education, lecture or study.

5) Basement: The space of basement: used for assembly, culture and recreational

activities, or social competitions held by labor group, enterprise and other organization or group, or individual. In addition, a table of table tennis is equipped for labor’s leisure and competition.

6) Square: Used for public welfare assembly, lecture and art & culture performance

activities held by labor group, enterprise and other organization or group, or individual.

2.Art Activities (1) To Promote Street Art Performances

To Promote the “street art performances” activities in Kaohsiung， city government continually encouragingies performing artists to participate our spring/autumn “ street art performances festival” in Kaohsiung. Also in cooperate with the celebration carnival of Liuho Tourist Night Market, the city government held the project “Art VS classmate, Street performance in campus”. According to the official anniversary statistic, the total participations of such activities in 2005 were 700,000 people.

(2) Promoting programs of“The World Games 2009” To welcome the coming “The 2009 World Games”, the city

government have participated “The World Games 2005”closing ceremony and accepted the flag of the International World Games Association in Duisburg ,German and the Europe Touring-exhibition of Kaohsuing City’s local culture. And the bureau also held the opening ceremony of “The 2009 World Games” demonstration games.

(3) Parade and Ceremony of 2009 World Game It is the first time that Taiwan,especially Kaohsiung City Government

obtained the authority of holding 2009 the World Game of Sports. By this opportunity, the Government is proud to show the outcomes of successful urban reformation and promote its reputation worldwide. Therefore, the Bureau of Cultural Affairs held the parade and evening ceremony to Praise all the efforts made by the Government and Mayor Chen. In addition, it was to show the hospitality and passion of Kaohsiung.

(4) Culture-in Community, Drama in Temple Square


The Bureau of Cultural Affairs Kaohsiung City government invited several different kind of theaters to participate The “ Culture-in Community, Drama in Temple Square”project. And the bureau also selected 11 historical temple’s square as the drama arena in Kaohsiung City’s 11 districts. The total participants of this barnstorm project was nearly 30,000 people.

(5) The hand over ceremony of No.13 dock of Kaohsuing Harbor To accomplish the mergence of Kaohsuing City and Kaohsuing Harbor

policy, in Dec. 2005 the No.13 dock of Kaohsuing Harbor was formally returned to Kaohsuing civics. During the ceremony, the Premier of Executive Yuan Frank Hsieh delivered the “Key of Harbor” to Kaohsuing City Deputy Mayor Yeh Chu-lan, which symbolized the decommission of No.13 dock and greeting in the coming era of “Honor Dock”of Kaohsuing City. There are over 10,000 civics participated in the ceremony.

(6) Kaohsuing International Container Art Festival, 2005 In 2005 the main theme of“Kaohsuing International Container Art

Festival ”was “Game Box” as the topic for artist to developing the creation. There were 85 pieces of contemporary visual art works participated the competition, and 12 pieces were choused which included Taiwan, German, Austria, Japan and United States artist’s work. The festival was begun at the 17th, Dec. 2005 till the 15th, Jan. 2006. And the exhibition site was in the grass yard of the eastside of Kaohsuing Museum of Fine Arts, during the exhibition period each weekend there were also held some performing shows in the site. During the exhibition period the total visitors of festival was go beyond 200,000 people.

(7) Walking around Yang-chen‧Finding the Beauty of Kaohsiung The BCA invited writers, journalists and local representatives to

experience the culture and beauty of Yang-chen District from August 20 to 21. Through this activity, the Bureau hoped to build up the new image of Kaohsiung.

(8) The Opening Ceremony of the Pier-12 (Real Love) To celebrate the opening of the Pier-12, the Bureau held the activity,

“Flower Blossom alone Love River” from December 24, 2005 to January 1, 2006. There were a series of activities of performing arts. It attracted more than 10,000 citizens and successfully promoted the new image of Kaohsiung.

(9) Held the 「94th Annual Party of Taiwanese National Monument」: Held the 「94th Annual Party of Taiwanese National Monument」at

Kaohsiung Military Hostel on Sep.19-21, 2005. 250 people participated in the conference.

(10)Holding “Once Upon a Time in Taiwan－Educational exhibition of


daily life under the Dutch in 17th Century,” which was sponsored by Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan and co-held by Netherlands Trade & Investment Office and Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government, at the atrium of City Government during Aug. 30 to Oct. 7 for the public to retrospect, witness, and understand lasting half a century cooperation and competition between Netherlands and Taiwan about four hundred years ago as well as the involvement and transition happened in this territory.

(11)Asia Tour Concert of world famous Berlin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra performed in Taipei National Concert Hall on Nov. 17, and was televised live at the outdoor square of our bureau, attracting tens of thousands of the public to listen.

(12)A Cartful of Dowry – The Ceremonial Requisites for Old-fashioned Nuptials in Taiwan In order to give the public a retrospection and understanding of the

cultural significance of the Taiwanese traditional matrimony, the museum has done planning, collecting, and organizing to reconstitute: the wedding procession led by a dowry-loaded cow cart; the traditional halls and the bride’s chamber, to establish once more the wedding environment and practices of the old Taiwanese matrimony for people to realistically experience the proceedings of a wedding in 1930’s and 1940’s.

(13)“2005 Youth Dancing – Kaohsiung City Mayor’s Cup for Nationwide Tap Dance Contest” Favorably responding with the proper recreational activities that the

Government recommends, as well as promoting artistic dancing development, Kaohsiung Municipal Social Education Center schedules and organizes a nationwide Tap Dance contest. Experts at tap dancing from all over Taiwan will come together to compete with each other. There are 64 teams (280 contestants) coming to participate. There are around 2,500 people in the audience altogether.

(14)Crossings: 10 Artists from Chicago and Kaohsiung To introduce Taiwanese artists to the international artistic community

and bring more international cultural exchanges back in Kaohsiung, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts and the Chicago Cultural Center co-organized the “Crossings: 10 Artists from Chicago and Kaohsiung.” The term “crossing” in the title corresponds to the marine transportation between the two harbor cities. The exhibition showcasing the works by contemporary artists in the two cities was first held in Chicago and then Kaohsiung, which symbolizes the cultural and artistic interactions between the two cities. Supervised and sponsored by the Council for Cultural Affairs, this exhibition was first held in the Chicago Cultural Center from Jul. 30th to Oct. 9th, 2005 and then in Gallery 104 at the


Museum from Dec. 3rd, 2005 to Feb. 19th, 2006. (15)A Theater of Taiwanese Common Culture

To promote the alternative aspect of contemporary arts, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts held the exhibition “A Theater of Taiwanese Common Culture” from Aug. 23rd to Nov. 13th in Galleries 103 and 104 and the Sculpture Hall, displaying works by five Taiwanese contemporary artists, Huang Chin-ho, Lee Ming-tse, Hong Yi, Li Jiun-yang and Huang Po-chih. The five artists converte the images and symbols frequently used in the common culture into their own creation languages and infuse a unique form of aesthetics into their works.

(16)Kaohsiung Awards 2006 and the 23rd Kaohsiung Fine Arts Exhibition To encourage emerging artists, the Kaohsing Museum of Fine Arts

held the Kaohsiung Awards 2006 which was participated by 674 artists with totally 2,022 works. After the two stages of selection and review, five winners of the Kaohsiung Award, ten winners of Excellent Work Award and 49 winners of Honorable Mention were selected. The five Kaohsiung Award winners are Kao Chia-hung (print), Huang Chia-ning (oil painting), Yeh Tzu-hsiu (mixed media), Hsu Che-yu (photography) and Lai Yi-chih (photography).

b. Promoting book reading activities (1) A total of 817 activities were held in 2005, including library orientation talks,

reading promotion activities, reading clubs, cultural seminars, video appreciation meetings and various exhibitions, etc., attracting 65,000 participants. And a total of 4,362,275 visits were made to the libraries throughout the year.

(2) Various reading activities suitable for people of different ages were scheduled to meet people’s needs in reading so that reading habits can be strengthened. The promotional events for reading habits in Kaohsiung City in 2005 included the following. Besides regular events, such as “One book every month,” “Seminar features of library branches,” etc., “Time for story telling” in each library was increased from once every two weeks to once every week from January onwards. From March onwards, each library branch established a children’s reading club. In April, a series of activities, “Children’s literature in Kaohsiung,” was begun. Meantime, Kaohsiung Literature Library (which is Taiwan’s only one adopting a city’s name for its literature library) organized 6 seminars in a series on “delivering literature to campuses,” “Dagou literature camp” and (monthly) “Soliciting youths’ literary writings publicly.” In June, a “Nationwide day for exchanging good books” was organized. During summer, seminars of “Journey to libraries” and “Let’s go abroad for studies” are organized. In the series of activities of “October is a month for reading,” “Delivering books to classrooms”


accompanied with “Library cards in class” were begun. Takkyubin directly delivered books to school campuses. Attention was also paid to minority groups’ reading. “Seminars about parents and children reading together and growing in spirituality,” “Having family-affection and love via books,” “Being friends with books” and other events were organized. In order to widen vision about the world via reading, “French week – enjoying reading in Kaohsiung” and other events were put on. To cultivate talented people telling stories, in November, Taiwan’s first “Certification of telling stories for mothers” was organized. In 2005, there were 220 participants. In the event of “Container story room” that Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival, 2005, scheduled, over 10,000 parents and children took part. So these activities were very popular. In December, activities of “Nationwide reading month” and “2005 City Joy Reading – Reading Club Fair” were put on to call on Taiwanese people to join in reading.

c. Holistic Community Building (1) Implementation of Cultural Bookstands In order to create cultural phenomenon in Kaohsiung and establishing the

platform for exchanging cultural information, the Bureau implemented bookstands at important spots in Kaohsiung this year. Through aggressive competition, “Red Cap” by Lin Cheng-hsin won the first prize. The project will be carried out by the end of 2006.

(2) Implementation of Public Art The implementation of public art, “Wu-Fu Touring Avenue”, aims at

molding the aesthetics of avenues in Kaohsiung and integrating different components to create and promote the interactions with citizens. Huang Ching-hueh won the competition. The Bureau is planning to install the work in August 2006.

d. Building Holistic Community Consensus (1) Discoveries of Communities Kaohsiung Cultural Association of Love River planned four routes of

discovery and led the citizens to experience the development of communities in Kaohsiung.

(2) Projects related to Reformation of Our Hometown New Image of Old Land: Bao-hua community reforms the image of

entrance. This project is under the examination of Council of Cultural Affairs.

The reformation of Xing-jiang Rd. made by Nei-wei Cultural Community Association

(3) Cultural Industry of Communities: Through brochure and storybooks for children, He-ti Community successfully let residents understand itself and


promoting of improving the environment of the community. (4) The Center of Building Holistic Community Consensus planned different

subjects of learning and successfully establish the platform to integrate information and professional knowledge for members of all the communities.

(5) Cultivating Talents of Building Holistic Community Consensus: The bureau not only open courses, lectures and practical training but also

offer guidance to help communities execute their proposal and apply for subsidy.

(6) Project of Selecting and offering guidance for Holistic Community Building Spots:

This year the Bureau have chosen 14 communions as follows: Jen Cheng-chang, Sa-di, Cheng-hsin, Ben-an, Hsin-chung, Wu-chuan, Wan-ai, Cheng-chen, Jiang-hsin, House of Banyan…etc. These communions focused on issues concerning cultural activities, performing art, cultural industries and cultural reformation of environment to plan and execute projects of communions’ visions and development. At the end of 2005, through the annual exhibition held by the Bureau to show their achievement and exchange experience. Furthermore, it also encouraged citizens to participate with them.

3. Arts & Recreation a.Arts and Humanities

The development of arts & humanities is an important indicator to inspect the progress of the civilization of a society. In order to nurture the teachers and students in the city with artistic dispositions, the Bureau encourages the schools to reinforce Arts Education and organizes various artistic contests and in-service seminars to provide students and teachers with learning opportunities for arts and humanities so as to enrich their aesthetic life.

b.Sports To cultivate healthy and happy students and develop a lifelong habit of

exercise and positive healthy life behaviors, the city government advocates for normal practice and higher quality of Physical Education at school. Meanwhile, there are all kinds of activities held for helping keep the citizens’ body health. To reach the goal of “every one plays sports, sports any time, and sports any where,” the city builds more sports fields and facilities to encourage the sports population and cultivate excellent athletes. The purpose is to raise the standard of sports techniques and strengthen the national sports force. Kaohsiung City successfully acquired the right to host the 2009 World Games in

June, 2004. The 2009 World Games Preparatory Committee was established in October. Also, a foundation for the 2009 World Games Organization Committee


was set up in September, 2005, sponsored by the central government, the city government, and non-governmental groups. The committees are now actively involved in follow-up preparations for the coming World Games.


Mass Communication 1. The quantity and growth of mass communication

On account that the developed traffic construction, fast information communication and the prosperous mass communication careers. For the time being there are 21 cinema enterprises, 89 enterprises of video programs making and 5 cable TV system enterprises. a. Cinema enterprises: After the administration system has been changed, the places for

cinemas have grown up year by year because of the increased population up the most of over 70. However, although due to many new audio and video products launched in the market and the set-up of cable TV these years, the places for cinemas have gradually decreased down to 21 now (55 theaters).

b. Enterprises of video programs making: When the administration system was changed, the city did not provide

with registration for such kinds of enterprises. Because the modern technology and higher standard of living, video cassette recorders are pretty popular now and there are more and more enterprises of video programs making in the city as well. Nevertheless, in June, 1993, after the newly revised copyrights law and its implement detailed rules and regulations to protect the copyrights of the authors was implemented, there were increased limitations on the video programs making plus the arising of cable TV system, which had led to an obvious recession in this field. After Broadcasting Act was revised in September, 2003, the special license registration for video programs enterprises and MTV enterprises was cancelled. Therefore, there were 89 enterprises of video programs making till December, 2005.

c. Cable TV system: Before the cable broadcasting system was opened, there were three

types of cable broadcasting systems such as community public antenna with broadcasting video programs, Democratic TV station and general illegal “the underground station”. “The temporary management measurements for cable TV programs broadcasting system” was announced on Nov.9, 1993. 46 enterprises applied for registration and 44 enterprises were examined and approved to be registered by Government Information Office, Executive Yuan and were issued with licenses of registration and were formally subsumed into management and after thoroughly checking, the original registered ghost stations


were combined into 10 enterprises until end March, 2000. The total numbers of the cable TV stations approved by Government Information Office, Executive Yuan in May, 1996 to be established were 9. There was one more enterprise approved in December, 1996. In May, 4 cable TV stations have separately finished the establishment and started broadcasting in September, and December, 2000. The establishment approval of the other 6 cable TV stations was cancelled: 2 each in south and north district. After the cable TV rating committee of the city approved the rating and made the announcement, Chunghua Telecom MOD（Multimedia On Demand）formally entered the cable TV markets in the city in November, 2005 to provide the public with more media selections of audio and video.

2. The guidance and assistance reward of mass communication enterprises The guidance and assistance of mass communication enterprises by the

government are divided into two categories: a.News connection and announcement:

(1) In order to accurately provide the media with newest municipal news, the division shall hold a press or temporary press in accommodation with each related organization to state importance activities or major events.

(2) To draw and announce the municipal news releases and immediately pass them to the website of the city government to be provided for the public to understand the messages of the municipal constructions and activities, meanwhile, to send the daily news and the daily schedule of the mayor to the media with email for their reference so as to enhance the release rate of municipal activities.

(3) To collect the related news, comments and suggestions on each newspaper and magazines every day to be presented to the mayor and dispatched to each related organization for reference and dealing with so as to accurately response the public opinions and improve the governing measurements.

(4) To arrange the foreign reporters to visit the city in accommodation with Government Information Office to promote the international eminence of the city as well as to promote the urban communication; besides, to arrange the municipal reporters to accompany with the mayor to pay a visit to the city’s foreign sister cities so as to actually visit them and offer the city with their opinions and suggestions for the best reference of the municipal constructions.

(5) To set up ‘Press Reception Room on the 2nd floor of City Government Combined Office Building and equipped it with relative equipments to be provided for the municipal reporters to write the news and to rest; besides, to


set up a news center on each spot of a large-scale activity for the reporters to send the news in time.

(6) In accommodation with the municipal important governing and large-scale activities, to entrust every major print media to implement the media marketing projects of municipal propaganda and to write the news reports or advertisements so as to enhance the marketing.

b. Guidance and rewards: (1) In order to enhance the marketing of urban beauty images of Kaohsiung City,

byways of multiple medias such as movies and TV, the government regulated ‘The implement essentials of rewarding movie producers to find views in Kaohsiung City by the city government’ in 2003. Besides assisting matters of helping the cinema enterprise and directors to come to the south in Kaohsiung to shoot, the city government established ‘Kaohsiung City Cinema Affairs Committee’ in 2004 specially in charge of the policy making of the cinema culture of the city and the advancing development of cinemas culture relative industries. On March 17, 2005 the government conferred the first 10-million award to ‘The Wayward Cloud’ which won ‘The best art contribution of Golden Bear Award’ of 55th Berlin Film Festival and successfully marketing the urban landscapes such as Dragon-tiger Tower and Riverbank Light- engraving Bridge, etc. in Kaohsiung to the world and the friends in the cinema field in the north also recognized and supported this originative cinema policy of awarding by Kaohsiung City Government on island and meanwhile it was the local government which originated making the cinema rewarding policy.

(2) In recent years the city government has progressively advanced dealing with by administrative assisting matters by helping the domestic cinema enterprises and directors to come to the south to shoot their movies, TV episodes and commercials, etc. in Kaohsiung and partially subsidizing the expenses of board, lodging and traffic needed for the cinema enterprises and directors to come to the south, which had widely affirmed and recognized and by both domestic and foreign cinema enterprise and TV personages upon the advancement of this policy by the city government and had vigorous responses to the city government’s enthusiasm about the advancement on cinemas art. From 2004 to the present, several cinema enterprises and TV stations and famous directors have continuously come to the south to shoot parts of the films and movies. They are ‘The Wayward Cloud’ by Mr. Ming-liang Tsai, a fancy director who was originally from Kaohsiung City, Ms. Alice Wang’s ‘Love And Courage’, senior director, Huang Yu-Shan’s

‘Story of Eastern Pond’, the director, Cheng Wen-tang’s ’Blue Cha Cha’, Hai


Lur Movie Ltd. and Hsin Hau Movie Ltd.’s ’Mob Sister’ and assisted the shooting of the graduation show of the students of Mass Communication Department of Isu University, ‘River’s Crossing’, etc. As to the TV, 228 historical Non-fiction TV episode ’Lilium Formosanum’ by Taiwan Television Company Ltd, Taipei Vision Company’s TV episode ‘Hi-Fly’, Da-Ai Television’s ‘Da-Ai Drama’s The Story if Chen Zin’, Yang Ming Movie Multimedia Co., Ltd.’s TV episode ‘White Tower’. As to the commercials, they are a propagandize film ‘Taiwan – the story of a successful city’ by Chen-I Media Co., a PHS mobile phone commercial shot with the background of Love River in Kaohsiung City by senior director Mr. Nien Jun Wu, the TOYOTA automobile commercial by international well-known director, MR. Hou Hsiao-hsian, who came to Chung-chen Road, Love River side and in front of Kaohsiung Municipal Archive, the annual image commercial of the enterprises, Fareston Telecom by Ta-yu Production Co., Ltd., brief commercial ‘KYMCO’ by Superman Jun Chi Production Co., Ltd., the tourism program ‘Fish Fun Great Player’ by SUN Satellite TV Station, introducing Chien Jen Fishing Port and landscape and special products, etc. at Chi-jin coast in Kaohsiung City.

(3) Besides, in order to enhance both the domestic and foreign cinema enterprises and directors to know more about the views and features of the southern cities and to attract them to shoot their movies by find views in Kaohsiung City, the city government has entrusted the cinema professional corporation and personnel to shoot ‘Zoom in Southern Taiwan – the precious views of movies by directors’ and have it published in books and VCD to be provided as the best views finding reference for both the domestic and foreign cinema enterprises and director when they come to the south in Kaohsiung so as to enhance the marketing of urban beauty by attracting more directors and cinema enterprises to come to Kaohsiung City to find the views to shoot their movies.

(4) To entrust the juridical person ‘Asia Pacific Research Foundation’ to conduct ’The possible evaluation research program of the advancement of digital video industry in Kaohsiung City’ and also research the content of the program to evaluate if the current environment in Kaohsiung City is suitable for developing industries related to field of digital video.

(5) To entrust Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology of Tainan National University of the Art to conduct ‘The research program of the development strategy of video industry and the development plan of cultivation center in Kaohsiung City’ and have processed an activity ‘The forum of the development strategy of video industry and the cultivation development plan


of video in Kaohsiung City’ on December 9 to 10, 2005 at the conference room of Digital Content Institute of Ministry of Economic Affairs in Kaohsiung City and invited personages from the enterprises, government, and academies from Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and the domestic to attend and discuss, which the city had gained many worthy suggestions upon the city’s policy in advancing cinema industry.

(6) To guide the cable TV enterprises to enhance the quality of services and promote the contents of the programs as well as to enhance the communication with their users and conduct cable TV propaganda activities to promote the harmony between the enterprises and the consumers to integrate the development of the cable TV industry.

3.Public Propaganda Services a.Video Propaganda

(1) Shooting urban marketing short films and broadcasting on electric media and let every aspect understand the beauty and vitality of Kaohsiung City in accommodation with the city’s large-scale festival activities and important concepts of governing,

(2) Entrusting the TV station to implement the media marketing projects of the municipal propaganda in accommodation with the news reports about important governing and large-scale activities of the city government, besides, to enhance the marketing by supplementary ways of whole set of special news topics and special collection of programs.

(3) Entrusting the broadcasting station to make propaganda programs of traffic safety and set up propaganda website of traffic safety to convey the concepts of respecting life by lively interactive ways.

(4) Recording video tapes of municipal activities: entrusting communication corporation record every important municipal activity every day as video information of the municipal construction and to be provided the TV stations and the cable TV stations as the application of news materials.

(5) Making the city’s ‘Blooming City along Water Bank ─ video brief introduction in Chinese and English’ and ‘Yes! Kaohsiung’ investment invitation videos to be played for the domestic and foreign visitors to widely introduce the city’s construction.

(6) Making 4-machine wide screen multimedia briefing ‘Lighting up southern city’ to demonstrate the accomplishments of the city’s construction and images of the urban progress and timely arrange visitors to appreciate.

b. Editing regular and irregular periodicals such as ‘Kaohsiung Pictorial’, ‘Ku Sun City Government Monthly Magazine’, ‘Ocean Capital Chinese-English Bi-monthly Magazine’, municipal series, brief


introduction of Kaohsiung City, tour guide manual in accommodation with propagandizing the newest municipal construction, measurements, features of Kaohsiung characters and matters and tourism information, etc to enhance the marketing Kaohsiung. Besides being given freely to the heads of a subdivision and the district, every organization and school and library in object to different properties, they were also placed at the bookstores, libraries, social educational units, chained coffee shops, airport, hotels, places full of people for the pubic to be taken or to be propagandized for people to know more about Kaohsiung when holding domestic and international meetings at the public and.

c. Setting up ‘Kaohsiung Walking Kaohsiung Network’, the content of which

contained everything we see in Kaohsiung, tourism and sightseeing, amusement information and reports with practical information, etc. to be provided for the e-pals to know about the past history, the track of development, sightseeing, industries, and culture and folks, etc. of the city. Meanwhile, Essential news in the south’ was set up to provide every news and messages in southern Taiwan and ‘Ocean Capital E-newspaper’ was published one issue every other to provide the newest information for the e-pals.

d. English news digest on the net: translating the important municipal news of the city into English and posted on the net. Besides being providing as reference for English print media, they can be provided for the foreign friends directly to find the news on the net to know more about the major activities and municipal services of the city so as to enhance the international marketing.

e. Conducting series activities of ‘Kaohsiung active hall’: targeting on ‘Ocean capital healthful activation charity tour’• • a large-scale activity combined with other counties and cities, in applying large-sized tour buses to go profoundly into each village and town to proceed series of tour activities to perform in features to attract crowds to watch and proceed interchanging with the participants to know more about Kaohsiung City. There was a series of five activities, separately held and performed at Ton-shih Fishing port in Jia-I, Yun-an Village Amusement Square in Kaohsiung County, Jia-din Lover’s wharf, Mei-long Hakka Cultural Relics Hall, Ciao-Jou Primary school in Ping-tong County. The program ‘Harbor Lotto Q&A’ was elaborately designed full of funs and other marvelous performances such as quizzes and various kinds of magic, dances, and wine mixing, etc., which had attracted mass crowds


to participate so that they could learn the construction of Kaohsiung City in recent years and the information about 2009 World Game to be held in Kaohsiung.

f. The development and advancement of merchandises with urban features: in order to enhance urban marketing and promote the tourism output value and develop merchandises with urban features, the city government had conducted projects such as ‘Solicitation for Design of Drawing for Urban Sports T-shirts in Kaohsiung’ activity, ‘Kaohsiung urban sports T-shirts’ announcement and ‘Making Entrustment and Advancement for Merchandises with Urban Features’ project, etc., and continually launched merchandises with urban features and designs such as urban sports T-shirts, double-mugs, stylish plastic cups, color pencils, note books, environmental protection bags and environmental protection tableware, etc., and also schemed to set up ‘Urban Small Shop’ at each scenic spot of the city for sales.

g. The establishment of Municipal Youth Affair Committee in Kaohsiung City: in order to add vitality and innovation to the municipal scheming and give social extraordinary youth opportunities to directly participate in discussion about municipal affairs, ‘Municipal Youth Affair Committee in Kaohsiung City’ was established by the city government to offer suggestions for the municipal affairs and assist to develop the activities of municipal construction including responding to participating in the activity of Dragon-boat Race on Dragon-boat Festival, providing the community reconstruction plan for Chi-jin and Hamasin Communities with ‘Prosperity at Chi and Ku ─ Dancing together on sea and in mountains’ proposal to be referred to the Chi-jin overall development and advancement team, and to support in participating in ‘All the citizen should pick – never leave garbage on the grounds’ campaign to propagandize the activities and the New Year Celebrating Soiree Activity. Besides, the city government had progressively conducted each activity of municipal discussion, urban marketing and culture interchange including holding ‘Ocean Capital – Starting from Chi-jin’ activity of visiting and touring by bikes, ‘2005 Art Performance and Research and Study Activity – Play Transformation in 2005 Kaohsiung’ play, play lectures and ‘2005 Professional in Marketing Planning Seminar’ workshop, etc.

h. The marketing of ‘World Games 2009’ in Kaohsiung’: (1) The editing of ‘A Trip of Unexpected encounter in Formosa’folded brochure

in Chinese and English version dispatched at World Games 2005 Duisburg


and during domestic related activities. (2) Assistance to edit ’World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung’ brochure in Chinese

and English version dispatched at Sport Accord Berlin Sports Annual Meeting.

(3) The making of propaganda stuffs such as brooches, T-shirt, and Go-go bars, etc. for World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung and dispatched at World Games in Duisburg.

(4) Conducting ’Standing on the Stage of the World ─ Kaohsiung World Game Photography Exhibition’ presenting the citizens the process how Kaoshiung strove for holding World Games 2009 to enhance the image how the city government made its effort in constructing a healthful city.

(5) In accommodation with ‘World Games 2009 Demo Game and Festival’ activity, conducting the design and making of propaganda including posters, lighting flags, large-scale output devices, etc.

(6) Conducting ’2009 World Cup Pool Championship’ in the lobby of the city government by inviting the domestic professional male and male pool players to perform so as to attract the public to attend to increase the population of sports and games watching.

(7) Conducting’The Activity of 2005 Asia No. 9 Ball 9 Tour Matches in Kaohsiung’ at Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall so as to enable Kaohsiung to become the focus of the world.

(8) Assisting in conducting’World Cup Pool Championship at Kaoshiung Exhibition Hall, where many the world top professional pool players got together in Kaohsiung so as to increase the city’s time of exposure and fame.

i. Profolio of Broadcasting Stations in Kaohsiung: The original name of Kaohsiung Broadcasting Station was Kaohsiung

Municipal Broadcasting Station, which was renamed on Jan. 1, 1992. It was a public broadcasting station subordinate to Kaohsiung City Government. (having been approved to be established by Executive Yuan after Kaohsiung City Government was changed into a metropolis) It has two broadcasting frequencies. One is amplitude modulation (AM) 1089 KHz, established on June 28, 1982, which broadcasting range covered Kaohsiung County and Kaohsiung City; the other is frequency modulation (FM) 94.3 MHz, started broadcasting on June 28, 1991, broadcasting range covered Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingong areas, etc.

j. The spirit and goals of station’s establishment: (1) promotion of standard of culture (2) advancement of mutual communication (3) wider services for the public (4) the enhancement of municipal propaganda


k. The management positioning of Kaohsiung Broadcasting Station: Kaohsiung metropolitan public service station. The contents of the programs focused on the information of education and culture, public services, propaganda of the government order, public entertainment and caring for the weak groups, etc. It broadcasted 18 hours every day mainly in Mandarin and supplemented in Taiwanese. Besides, it also made programs including languages of minor races such as Hakka , aborigin and foreign language. In addition that AM1089 cared about the requirements and courses study for the aged people, from December, 1999 it also enhanced programs in Hakka, which are now broadcasted four hours a day in Hakka. In order to expand its services and enhance the positioning function of role playing, it specially made a broadcasting programs of ‘Mayor’s Time’ and “Popular Issues in object to the municipal affairs and public issues in Kaoshiung which the public cared and regularly invited each chief of the organization of the city government, public delegate, professionals and scholars to be lively interviewed and accepted Call-in from the public to propose their opinions or suggestions. In order to perform the service image of the government’s active execution, the station also opened up a program ‘On-air Handle Right Away’, which the public could call in their questions and then the host immediately connected with the authority to reply and the follow-up situation of handling would be posted on the city government’s website so as to effectively elaborate the broadcasting functions of the public service and supervision.

l. The future prospects of Kaohsiung Broadcasting Station: Broadcasting is regarded as cultural tasks profoundly full of social

responsibility. The missions of Kaohsiung Broadcasting Station are having properties of reporting the municipal construction, enhancing municipal propaganda and communication. Besides, it should elaborate media functions of public services. The future directions and emphases to strive for are:

(1) property of news -- to match with the trend of time and market division, to enhance the positive reports on municipal affairs, councilors’ interpellation, warm side in the society so as fully elaborate the social responsibility and functions of media.

(2) property of interaction – to increase live shows and invite each chief of the organization of the city government, public delegate, professionals and scholars to discuss municipal topics and public issues together and open free Call-in direct line for the public to propose their opinions so as to cease the


public complaints as well as hold various kinds of get-together activities to enhance the neighborhood relationship and the interaction with the audiences.

(3) property of services – any national important information shall be immediately reported on a SNG so that the people in southern Taiwan can be instantly noted the newest information such as election, Wang-an Rehearsal, typhoons and floods, etc.

(4) property of refinement – to make special broadcasting report in accommodation with the important governing and essential activities of each units of the city government as well as to make propaganda tapes by professional technique of short plays and slang to be intensively insert-broadcasted to profound the public impressions.

(5) property of two-way – to enhance the making of ‘Public Services’ programs so that the problems presented by the public can be fast handled and effectively promote the two-way communication between the government and the public.

(6) property of vigorousness – guiding the broadcasting program to vigorousness and youthfulness and emphasizing on marketing Kaohsiung to propagandize the municipal affairs integrated with newest broadcasting equipments and fully grasping the principle of two-way communication with the audiences as well as elaborating the media features.

(7) property of community – elaborating the function of community broadcasting to enhance services to the weak groups and offered to the public welfare associations and campus clubs of broadcasting so as to fulfill the service features of a public broadcasting station.

(8) property of international – starting from caring the local places and striding over the global vision in cooperation with international media such as BBC to broadcast English news and programs so as to promote the levels of service 以 and self-making programs such as ’Tako in EZ English’ and ‘News in EZ English’ so as to create bilingual environment of study to promote the English ability of the audiences in expectation of accomplishing the goal of globalization of an ocean capital.

(9) science technology – to speed up providing the network information in accommodation with computer technology and enlarge the functions of multiple services.

(10)resources sharing – in order to establish the concepts of common life circle and promote the inter-benefit of the regions, the city government opened up ‘Finding Kaoshiung and Pintong’ program in cooperation with Kaohsiung County and Pintong Country, and also opened up ‘Southern Taiwan


Messenger’ program in cooperation with Penghu County, Taiwan County and Taiwan City and Chia-yi County and Chia-yi City by ways of special interviews or on-line report to let the audiences share the local activities of arts and culture, which are beneficiary to the development of local industries.

4.The advancement of cinema cultural activities Kaohsiung Municipal Archive was established on Nov. 3, 2002. It was regarded

as an example of reusing idle spaces. The purpose of the establishment of the municipal archive was in making efforts in advancing urban marketing through cinema cultural art. It could not only be provided the public with the reading, listening and watching functions of both mandarin and foreign cinema publications, periodicals and movies, it also elaborated functions of advancing education of cinema art and expressing theme film festival through activities. Meanwhile, it also collected related cultural relics of cinema, published special cinema publications and also got closer to the cinema art with the people in Kaohsiung City. In 2005 the Municipal Archive stuck to the goals of work ‘Watching movies every day and having special topic every month’ progressively advance cinema cultural activities. There were 550 theme movies being played in total in a year and 31 video topics and theme film shows. 44 forums were held after the movies were played and received the visits from 104 groups in every aspect. There were 289,447visitors. There were 6,596 people applied for loan registration cards. a. Monthly theme film festivals and video topics:

January: (1) Jan.1 － Jan. 23: Hollywood classic movies series (2) Jan. 25 － Feb. 6: 2005 Kuo Ming Theater series ─ Taiwan vs. India film

festival ─ looking for Hollywood in Taiwan February:

(1) Feb. 12 － Feb.20: the video topic of embracing youth. (2) Feb. 22 － Feb.28: nationality and human rights memorial film festival

March: (1) Mar. 1 － Mar. 17: Japanese video─ Japanese movies in the time of

Showa (2) Mar. 18 － Mar. 31: 2005 Kaohsiung world poetry festival ─ the topic of

interchanges between poems and videos April:

(1) Apr. 1－ Apr. 26: the topic of fairy tales castle with video (2) Apr. 27 － Apr. 30: Go-ha film festival ─ tour film festival of the award

works of the 27th Gold Tassel Award May:


(1) May 1 － May 12: May 1 ‘2005 International Labors Film Festival’ in Kaohsiung.

(2) May 13 － May 26: the topic of beginning summer and video of characters’ going on a trip

(3) May 27 － June 5: time’s recalling ─ 2005 Southern Taiwan Youth Video Creation United Show

June: (1) June 7 － June 16: Jazz films appreciation (2) June 17 － June 30: 2005 Kuo Ming Theater series ─ Taiwan vs. south

European film festival ─ sunny and brilliant afternoon July:

(1) July 1 － July 22: the sweetest burden ─ the topic of family video (2) July 23 － July 29: looking for corners ─ the recorded film tour show

caring about the weak group on island. August:

(1) Aug. 2 to Aug. 14: mid summer, I come across someone by the Lover River side

(2) Aug. 16 to Aug. 19: war and peace ─ 60th anniversary peace and wishes activity series after the World War II ended ─ the topic of peace and wishes video

(3) Aug. 20, 21, 26, 27: connecting World Game by video• the video topic of flying dreams

September: (1) Sept. 1 － Sept. 18: 2005 Kuo Ming Theater series ─ records of audio and

video ─ the musical romantic trip of Taiwanese and Mandarin movies. (2) Sept. 23 － Oct. 2: 2005 Kaohsiung Film Festival ─ sunny coasts along

oceans• a healthful city October:

(1) Oct. 7 － Oct. 12: 2005 Female Film Festival (2) Oct. 14 － Oct. 16: the video topic of happy reading in Taiwan (3) Oct. 21 － Oct. 23: 2005 Taiwan local documentary films festival (4) Oct. 25 － Oct. 30: 2005 Peace Film Festival

November: (1) Nov. 1 － Nov. 5: Latin American Film Festival ( I ) (2) Nov. 6 － Nov. 13: 2005 5th Southern Film Festival (3) Nov. 15 － Nov. 25: International Selection films tour show of 2005 Gold

Horse Film Festival─ Kaohsiung Post (4) Nov. 26 － Nov. 3: To view Tibet from the camera lens ─ coming

across • Shangrilla Film Festival


December: (1) Dec. 1 － Dec. 4; from Dec. 27 to Dec. 31: 2005 International Memorial

Activity for the Disabled ─ the video topic of true love for the disabled (2) Dec. 6 － Dec. 18: Latin American Film Festival ( II ) (3) Dec. 20 － Dec. 25: the video topic of North European Christmas

b. The demo activities of motionless state: (1) Unforgettable true love ─ The Library Collection Show at Kaohsiung

Municipal Archive (Nov. 2, 2004 － Mar. 6, 2005) (2) Recorded Video Show for the Brilliant city (Mar. 12, 2005 － July 23,

2005) (3) Global Vision ─ Kaohsiung vs. South Pole Show (Aug. 2, 2005 － Oct. 23,

2005) (4) Magic Festival ─ Latin American Cinema and Video Show (Nov. 1, 2005 －

April 2, 2006) c. Publishing cinema publications: Editing three kinds of note publications of ‘Cinema in Kaohsiung’

and ‘The Female Directors of Documentary films in Taiwan and ‘Special Collection of Cultural Relics for Classical Cinema’ so as to enhance the functions of cinema marketing and advance the cultivation of cinema culture.

d. Purchasing films, publications, cultural relics to enrich the collection of thelibrary:

After receiving donation and purchasing, for time being the library has about more than 4,000 classic cinema cultural relics as researches and demos and a collection of 4,499 books about cinema provided for the public to read, and 4,810 movies provided for the public to borrow. Besides academic researches, the library also conduct collection and exchange of cinema relics provided as demo and education and also participate the researches and exchange with the domestic and foreign organizations.


Table 26 Mass Communication and A/V Businesses in Kaohsiung City

Industry

Year Total Newspaper Agency

Radio

Station Magazine Publisher

Audio

publisherTheater Video

Cable TV

operator

Cable TV

System

1979 218 5 4 7 67 74 8 53 0 0 1981 321 5 6 7 96 95 16 60 37 0 1986 918 5 5 8 155 142 35 70 498 0 1987 908 5 5 8 156 115 23 69 527 0 1988 1010 20 19 10 182 115 23 69 572 0 1989 1069 18 21 10 192 111 19 45 653 0 1980 1129 18 22 10 217 131 20 38 673 0 1991 1217 27 30 10 252 151 24 30 693 0 1992 920 36 37 10 251 127 28 24 407 0 1993 974 37 51 10 264 149 35 26 302 0 1994 887 43 36 9 236 179 29 33 285 37 1995 924 47 48 15 252 166 26 33 300 37 1996 967 45 53 16 281 178 35 32 315 12 1997 1101 55 59 16 318 204 51 36 350 12 1998 1212 55 67 16 352 246 70 36 359 11 1999 16 26 399 10 2000 19 21 441 0 4 2001 20 21 446 0 4 2002 20 21 462 0 4 2003 20 21 75 0 4 2004 20 21 85 0 4 2005 20 14 89 0 5

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V、Social Security



Social Security Welfare 1.Social Assistance

Till the end of December of 2005, there were a total of 7,342 low- income households with 17, 442 persons in the City. A total number of 35,450 times of service on economical aids, medication, consultation and counseling, and family visits was provided throughout the year.

In addition to providing care to low-income households and social relief organizations during the Chinese New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Moon Festival, positive social welfare measures were adopted to help the needy increase abilities to break away from poverty. a. “Hope Project for the Second Generation of Low-Income Families”: offered

schoolwork counseling to elementary and junior high school students from low-income households; provided scholarships to children from impoverish families; helped students get jobs for work and study; subsidized learning equipment; teach the needy how to save money; provided seminars and courses for house purchase and business launch. A total number of 1,860 times of monthly voluntary care and visits was provided.

b. Conducted “Revival Service for Low-Income Families” to evaluate current social relief measures, organize active and diversified schemes, take care of low-income families, and improve nursery care and education of children from low-income households; assisted low-income households to find jobs, and subsidized nursery and skill-training fees; organized workshops of computer literacy, financial management and spiritual growth.

c.Consigned relevant institutions to manage the sheltering business for the homeless of the City, offering short-term placement and care for the homeless; united civic resources to attend “street friends”, the homeless; placed 46 homeless people by the end of December 2005 with 415 times of service throughout the year.

d. “Social Relief for Low-Income Families”: opened the Life Crucial Point Hotline 322-6666, providing welfare consultation, psychological support, care visits and resource referral; opened a special bank account for public donations; offered economical aids of NT$743,934 to a total number of 173 people throughout the year.

e.Conducted “Scholarships for Impoverished Senior High School (Vocational) Students Registered in Kaohsiung City” in association with civic groups or organizations, providing NT$10,000 for each impoverished student, with 157students being granted in 2005.


2.Social Welfare a. Child Welfare

(1) Promotion of child protection: 669 cases were reported by the end of 2005, 150 of which provided protection after visits and evaluation; parental education, psychological therapy and resource referral were provided based upon individual condition.

(2) Business counseling for nursery institutions: counseled 5 infant care centers, 211 nurseries, and 104 after-school nurseries, and evaluated 88 registered after-school nurseries in 2005; conducted seminars of promoting fellowships for directors of nursing authorities and arranged business visits; managed on-job training for teaching and nursing personnel to improve service of nursery institutions.

(3) Family caretaker training: managed training for professional babysitting personnel with 101 persons receiving pre-job training, 878 receiving on-job training, and 1,204 being followed and counseled by the end of 2005.

(4) Educational vouchers and nursery subsidies: provided educational vouchers for 10,479 children with 52,395,000 dollars spent; provided nursery subsidies for the physically and mentally disabled children who went to registered private nursery schools and kindergartens, for children whose parents were disabled, and for children from aboriginal families, middle-to-low-income single-parent families, and low-income families; gave each of them 3,000 dollars per month, with 49,104 times of service being subsidized with 139,868,983 dollars spent.

(5) Nursery subsidy for low-/middle-income households: provided NT$6000 per school term for each 3-6 y/o child studying at registered nursery institutions, with 30 people being subsidized and NT$165,000 spent throughout 2005.

(6) Nursery subsidy for aboriginal children studying at privately-run nurseries: provided NT$10,000 per school term for each 5 y/o aboriginal child to study at registered nursery institutions, with 70 people being subsidized and NT$700,000 spent throughout 2005.

(7) Nursery and equipment subsidy for mentally and physically disabled children: provided NT$5,000 of equipment fee for nursery institutions which accommodate 3-6 y/o disabled children per person per school term, with NT$195,000 spent on 39 children in 21 nurseries for term 1 in 2005; subsidized parents who have 3-5 y/o disabled children, with NT$85,000 spent on 17 people in 14 households.

(8) Accident insurance for children of nurseries: subsidized 1/3 of the premium for parents, with 17,087 times of persons being served and NT$1,696,456 spent.


(9) Subsidy for nursery equipment: subsidized 226 nurseries, with NT$2,877,165 spent.

(10)Temporary foster care service: managed temporary foster care service for children and teenagers in need of temporary care due to family misfortune, being abused, ignored or abandoned; 1,270 times of temporary care were provided with 1,142 times of child protection intake (averagely 106 being placed per month ) and 778 times of families for temporary care in use.

(11)Placing and sheltering children and teenagers who lose dependence: 1,586 times of service were provided till the end of 2005.

(12)Medical subsidy for low-income households and underprivileged children: subsided premium to be insured, interrupted and owed for health insurance at a total of NT$18,400,655 with 1415 times of service being provided; subsidized 69 children for chicken pox vaccination with NT$9,850 spent; subsidized 10 hospitalized cases with NT$96,403 spent.

(13)Prevention for high-risk households: provided economical aids, care, consultation, education, after-school counseling and medication to high-risk families; once child and teenager are found being abused, child protection will be conducted. Cases will be reported to relevant official institutions. In 2005, there were 173 cases being reported with 93 being provided protection; the rest of the cases were handled by social administration including child protection and domestic violence.

(14)Child Welfare Service Center: established on 1 December, 1989, the Center is equipped with all kinds of spaces for parental functions, so as to conducted activities for winter and summer vacations, family gathering, Children’s Day and early-treatment seminars.

(15)Early diagnosis & treatment for development delay children: offered notification and referral services, with 417 cases being reported in 2005; provided professional counseling, growth teams for parents, and on-job training for professional personnel; provided circulatory counseling service for professional personnel of 23 nursery institutions in association with educational institutions which have departments of child nursery.

(16)Consultation Center for Children and Families: provided a free of charge line at 0800-017685 for children to talk out their mind and parental consultation; integrated consultation and psychological therapy to establish a professional scheme, providing assistance to children and families with adaptation difficulty (3,355 times of service were provided in 2005).

b. JuvinileWelfare There are about 126,000 juveniles (above 12 and under 18) in the City.

(1) Youth protection service: organized the protection line of 113 to provide a


24-hour hot line consultation, emergency aid and sheltering, crisis management, and appealing, counseling, transferring and consultation of children and adolescents; executed the administrative fine for the violation of child and juvenile welfare law with 8 cases being executed in 2005; placed and counseled adolescents in special situations with 101 people being served in 2005.

(2) Juvenile welfare service centers: established 5 juvenile welfare service centers and 2 consolidate social welfare service centers, providing leisure activities, life counseling, and consultation of parental education, with 2,419 activities held and 35,423 times of attendance.

(3) Employment counseling for senior high / vocational school graduates and dropouts: provided 82 job vacancies.

(4) Implementation of “Child and Juvenile Prostitution Prevention Regulation”: staff sent over from the Social Affairs Bureau to proceed the identification of person who inflicted the injury and required interrogation together upon the acknowledgement by the police authorities to carry out protection and placement, a total of 19 cases with 22 persons were placed; managed follow-up counseling for 27 cases in violation of the Regulation after they went home with a number of 151 home visits paid and a total of 451 times of phone counseling made; provided emergency sheltering, counseling, consultation and other necessary assistance for female adolescents who were homeless, lost of dependence and experienced major family misfortunes, with 57 persons being provided service in 5,850 days; announced the names of 17 people who violated the Regulation; counseled and educated 11 persons for the violation of the Law, with 132 hours completed.

c. Women’s Welfare By the end of 2005, the population of women in the City was 754,6781,

49.96% of city population. (1) General women welfare service: established women welfare service centers

to scheme programs including book reading, emotional growth, public interests, family, marriage, psychological and legal consultation, with 29,017 people being served in 2005.

(2) Welfare service for women in special circumstances: offered emergency sheltering to women and children encountering domestic violence, with 84 times of service provided in 462 days in 2005; offered emergency living support, legal consultation and medication to women in special circumstances to help them go through crises, with 1,271 times of service being provided and NT$2,347,344 spent.

(3) Women Center: a place for cultural and recreational activities, emotional


growth, and art & cultural exhibitions and performances, with 106,999 times of service being provided in 2005.

(4) Welfare service for single parent family: 1) Allowance and subsidy for nursing and education: 22,302 times of service. 2) Living and educational subsidy for children with single parent: 5,502 times

of service. 3) Business establishment loan for families with single parent: ever since it was

managed in July of 1995, a number of 142 persons have been approved with loan at a total amount of NT$44,793,000; at present, the monthly subsidy for 41 persons on covering up the interests accounted for NT$240,716.

4) Emergency life subsidy: subsidized low-/middle-income single parent families who experienced significant misfortune at a number of 9 persons.

5) Medical subsidy for children under 6: subsidized children from low-/middle-income families at a fix amount of registration fee and a portion of medical expense, with 271 times of service being provided and NT$24,822 spent.

6) Single-parent homes: 3 mother-child homes with 53 households and 1 parental home with 12 households were established to offer accommodation to single parent families and help them face life crisis.

7) Single parent service centers: managed case intakes via phone counseling, psychological support, home visits, employment consultation, legal consultation, personal growth and leisure activities, with 172 intakes being reported, 66 of which were handled and a total number of 644 people of which was followed up.

8) Subsidy of further education was provided to single mothers; nursery subsidies were provided for those who have to attend evening and weekend classes and have children under 6 years old ; 10 single mothers were subsidized NT$15,000 dollars for tuition and NT$10,600 dollars for temporary nursery care in 2005.

(5) Established “Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Center”: provided an instant, comprehensive and professional service by offering 24-hour emergency rescue, settlement and psychological counseling for victims, with 5,972 domestic violence cases and 394 sexual assault cases being reported.

(6) Association for the Promotion of Women's Rights: established 6 groups of [Economical Safety], [Personal Safety], [Gender Equality], [Singled, Aboriginal and Underprivileged Women], [Health Maintenance] and [Social Participation] according to the business functions of rights and profits to hold meetings regularly to promote female rights of the City positively.


(7) Support and Counseling Service for Foreign and Mainland Spouses: provided home visits, interviews, phone care and consultation starting from June 2005.

d. Senior Welfare By the end of 2005, the population of senior citizens above 65 in the City was

129,833, 8.59% of city population. (1) The accommodation and care services of the Home of Philanthropy in our

City: a number of 107 people with public fund and 185 people on own liability are settled at present with 115 nursing beds, with 79 people being accommodated.

(2) Measures for special case counseling on the welfare organizations for the aged: and helped 58 welfare organizations for the aged to get a legal license for operation by December 2005; disciplined 3 unregistered welfare organizations for the aged and demanded them to get a legal license for operation before a certain deadline.

(3) Promotion of in-home service for the aged: provided house-cleaning service, health consultation and assistance to daily life, with 945 elders being served; trained 508 caretaking personnel; established 6 back-up centers for home service to the aged to serve as home service stops and the integrating sites for resource net.

(4) Manage “Special Care Allowances”: provided 892 times of service in 2005. (5) Nutritional meal services for citizens: 148,333 times of service being

provided in 2005. (6) Care service for the aged who live alone:

1) Organized the [Care Service Team for Evergreen Community] in association with 18 public welfare and charity organizations to offer phone greetings, care and home visits, with 770,864 times of service being provided since May 1998.

2) To those lonely senior citizens who were disabled and confined to bed and with low-/middle/incomes, an emergency rescue informing system was to provide 24 hour connecting service, with 131 people being served by the end of December, 2005. Assistance in installing the handrail was provided to those lonely senior citizens with poor bathroom environment and impairment.

(7) Managed day care service: provided nursing day-care service, with a total number of 96 persons being served for day care and 165 persons for temporary care; established 3 day-care centers with 59 elders being served for full-month day care and 12 for temporary care.

(8) Managed the protection service to the aged: with 350 cases reported for protection, 69 of which being provided protection.


(9) Care service for the aged with dementia: produced security bracelets with the elder’s name, ID number, person and phone number for contact, gave out 197 bracelets to the aged with the dementia in 2005; opened up the “consultant line for the dementia”(3318597).

(10)Managed the subsidy on the premium on own liability for the National Health Insurance: more than 77,000 senior citizens were benefited.

(11)Community senior citizen service centers: 8 activity centers for the aged were transformed into [The Community Senior Citizen's Service Center], and 8 of the civic organizations were evaluated and selected to manage and extend service items like [cultural recreation], [advanced study for the aged], [nutritional meal service for the aged who lives alone], [visit and regards to the aged who lives alone] and [consultation on social welfare].

(12)Established agricultural gardens for the aged citizens: organised a citizen agricultural garden for the age with an area of 780 pin for 73 senior citizens.

(13)Managed the voluntary service of the aged: established the [Kaohsiung Evergreen Human Resource Center] to serve society via the promotion of heritage (70 ambassadors for passing on cultural knowledge and skills) and voluntary service (222 people).

(14)Free fare to the aged: issued 56,245 tickets in 2005. (15)Promoting senior beneficial industry: establishing “Old Time Handicrafts

Shop” which presents tea art, old trades, traditional handicrafts, traditional skills and pass-on of heritage. A total number of 188 heritage activities were held by the end of December, 2005.

(16)Community-based caretaking: established 23 caretaking locations in 8 districts, providing near and preventative service, such as care visits, greeting & consultation, meal service and cultural & recreational activities.

(17)Mobile and circulated activities of culture and recreation for the aged: provided the aged living in the suburb areas by car at fix dates and locations with service including welfare consultation, fundamental health management, leisure activities, daily life care, psychological consultation, transferal and writing.

e. Welfare for People with Disabilities By the end of 2005, the population of people with disabilities in the City was

57,194, 3.79% of the city population. (1) Subsidy on accommodation and nursing: served 976 people, with a monthly

subsidy on education and nursing care from NT$1,765 to NT$18,995. (2) Subsidy on day care: subsidized 218 people. (3) Subsidy and repair on auxiliary appliances: provided 2,244 times of service

on life auxiliary equipment, including peg legs, hearing aids and wheelchairs;


established an equipment center for loaning, repairing and maintenance. (4) Welfare Workshop for Disabilities: established [Sheltering Workshop],

[Sheltering Farm for the Mentally Retarded People] and [Sheltering Shop for the Mentally Retarded People] to provide occupational rehabilitation for the disabled to return to employment.

(5) Synthetic welfare services for people with disabilities: 1) Established “Home for the Disabled” to offer day care, sheltering, nighttime

accommodation, sheltering training and general welfare consultation. 2) Provided consultation, employment and medication for people with

ichtyosis. 3) Provided consultation, training on auxiliary equipment, employment

training and relevant welfare guidance to patients with facial disfigurement and burn survivors, with 200 times of service being provided monthly.

(6) Helped established welfare institutions for the disabled to manage 24-hour and daytime care and treatment.

(7) Counseled and administrated the massage industry: 1) Counseled people with vision impairment to apply for the practicing permit

of massage service, with 378 permits being issued. 2) Banned those who were not blind practicing massage, and issued

injunctions for fine against illegal massage services found by the police, with a number of 518 punishments being executed found in 239 massage parlors till the end of December of 2005.

3) Established community massage service stops, with job opportunities offered to 31 masseurs.

(8) Convened the protection committee for the disabled: convened protection committee meetings regularly; convened meetings based upon the requirement of the case appealed from time to time

(9) Established the notification system, where cases would be referred to the Notification and Referral Center to the Case Administration Center to be provided with case administration service.

(10)Subsidy on household life for people with disabilities: a subsidy of NT$3000 to NT$7000 would be issued to any disabled citizen with low and middle low income who had not received accommodation and settlement with public funds according to the degree of disabilities.

(11)Insurance subsidy to the disabled: 1) Subsidy on the premium on own liability for the National Health Insurance:

about a number of more than 500,000 people were benefited. 2) Subsidy on the cash payment for the premium on own liability of social

insurance: with 222,090 times of subsidy being provided. (12)Temporary and short term care service: provided service at fixed sites or


in-home service to increase social participation for caretakers; with 9,459 times of service in 26,586.5 hours being provided.

(13)In-home service: assist household affairs and individual health care, with 251 people being served in 2005.

(14)Free rides on municipally operated public buses and boats to the disabled, with 922,097 times of service being provided in 2005.

(15)Subsidy on the rental and housing loan interest for the disabled: our city took the lead to manage the subsidy on house rental and purchase for the disabled, with 137 tenants and 11 purchasers being subsidized in 2005.

(16)Sales of public lotteries by the disabled at fixed sites: provided sheltered places for the disabled to sell public lotteries.

(17)Career transferal service for the disabled: implemented [Integrating and implementing plan of the career continuance service to people with disabilities] to provide the disabled complete and continuing service.

(18)Guide dogs for the visual impaired: made “Regulation of Guide Dogs for the Visual Impaired in Kaohsiung City” and set an appraisal standard; trained 2 guide puppies imported from Japan and 1 local puppy in foster families.

(19)Sign Language Center: selected sign language interpreters to offer comprehensive and deliberate knowledge required by the audio-impaired

f. Other Social welfares: Funeral Service (1) Due to the needs of interment from the general public, park alike cemeteries

have been established at the Chichin district, and the Shenshoei, both in Kaohsiung prefecture. The total area of the two places amounts to 100.88 hectares. As of such, there are 598 places available for burial.

In assisting the promotion of the cremate policy, two memorial towers in Shenshoei have undergone constructions of upgrading the facilities. In addition, memorial towers have been built in Chichin, Fudingjin, and Shenshoei etc., which provides a total of 3680 allocation for placement.

(2) The annual statistic of bereft family funeral service in 2003. The number of funeral (including body freezing, funeral ceremony

displaying, body make up, and funeral rite hall….etc.) were 14,157 pieces. The number of cremation were 11,388 pieces. The application number of public cemetery were 85 pieces. The application number of Memorial Tower were 918 pieces. The application number of sea burial were 12 pieces. (3) In 2004, the approved statistics of the applications for the establishment of

funeral servicing firms indicated that, there were 47 approved applications of such in the Kaohsiung city. Other 91 applications were kept on reference and pending for approval. On the other hand, in the Kaohsiung prefecture, there were 50 applications for the establishment of funeral serving firms.


People Organizations and Religion Activities

1. Civic Organizations

Till the end of December of 2005, there were 2,058 nongovernmental organizations existing in the City. The directions for the Social Affairs Bureau of our Government to counsel the organizations in future: making practical the implementation of the [People Organization Law], equipping counselors with professional legal knowledge, continuing to promote the computerization of the administration for civic organizations, holding civic seminars and activities for promoting fellowship, and holding the evaluation on organizational affairs to make practical the principle of rewarding the good and eliminating the bad.

2.Religion Activities So far a total of 286 temples have been registered in our city (with 231 Taoist

temples, 49 Buddhist temples, 2 I-kuan Tao temples, 4 Confucianism temples). On the other hand, the unregistered altars accounted for 1,351. There are 180 churches (with 26 Catholic churches, 152 Christian churches, 1 Tenrikyo church and 1 mosque). 53 corporal churches have been built.

Our government is positively counseling all temples and churches on organizing the administration committee or establishing a corporation to make perfect the normal developments of whose organizations and religion activities. Our government also reinforces on arranging all temples, religious groups and the clergies to visit the national construction activities so as to give them a profound understanding for the condition of the advancement of our economical constructions, and communicate concepts with them, promote emotional interaction, unite in spirit to build a peace and happy society together. To improve the social morals, promote and encourage the temples to practice economizing on rites to make waste reduced, and hold activities for public interests and charitable undertakings with the fund saved to promote local constructions and prosperity as well as benefit the society, such as succoring the poor and the suffering, offering helps in crisis, subsiding for scholarships or assisting in community constructions and so forth. On the other hand, our government also guides the temples with bigger scale to establish the public assembly place, kindergarten, library and study classes for folk talents like the Chinese music group. Temples with excellent results will be honored for encouragement.


Community Development and Social Work

1.Community Development

Till the end of December of 2005, a total of 268 societies for community development have been established in our City. A number of 73 community development associations submitted their applications to promote community welfare activities, and subsidies were issued to 266 cases with NT$3,065,900 spent. A proposal for subsidizing 10 units to promote community service was passed in 2005 with NT$1,300,000 spent.

Two community development associations were counseled to apply for a subsidy on constructing a beneficial community; a total number of 6 community development associations were counseled to apply for subsidy sponsored by the Ministry of the Interior to conduct community welfare service and activities; another 2 community development associations were counseled to apply for subsidy sponsored by the Ministry of the Interior to organize local, traditional art and craft activities; community security was enhanced by encouraging the formation of community-watch teams in association with ward offices, with a total number of 87 community development associations being counseled on organizing patrol teams for the help and guard of the community till December of 2005. To encourage community growth, 13 community development associations were counseled to apply for subsidy on publications and library equipment sponsored by the Ministry of the Interior.

2. Social Works After an organizational revision, there are 49 social workers and 2 supervisors

for social works available at the Social Affairs Bureau of our Government at present, who are divided into groups to execute relevant business functions in accordance with the existing social welfare: a. Service Group for Low Income Families: responsible for checking on

low-income households, utilizing social resources to solve difficulties, with a total of 25,543 cases with 35,450 times of service being provided.

b. Women Welfare Group: offered consultation on domestic and marriage problems; arranged compulsory lawyers, physicians to provide legal and psychological consultation; provided emergency life subsidy and lawsuit expense subsidy for women in special circumstances, with a number of 685 times of consultation service being provided in 2005.

c. Research and Development Group: responsible for the research and training of social work, licenses issuance of social workers, and connection of social


resources, with 5 licenses being issued to qualified social workers. d. Senior Citizen Service Group: planned serial welfare activities for senior citizens,

assisted in the affairs of the Evergreen Academy and managed day care service for senior citizens.

e. Adolescence Service Group: a total of 3,300 times of protection service being provided; 2,826 times of counseling service being provided; 3,176 times of consultation service being provided; 22 cases in violation of prostitution being assisted with relevant counseling.

f. Children Protection Service Group: case-intakes of children who are physically and mentally harmed because of being abused or seriously ignored, crisis management, follow-up counseling, and execution of measures, with a number of 18,832 times of consultation service being provided.

g. Social Administration Group: worked in the United Service Center to take charge of the consultancy service for social welfare and coordination and liaison for business functions.

h. Volunteer Service Group: offered training for volunteers, integrated voluntary service resources, and integrated assignments and trained voluntary workers in accordance with “Voluntary Service Law” and “Peace Plan” by the Ministry of Interior, with a total of 1,840 times of studying and training service being provided, a number of 825 copies of voluntary service pamphlets and 1,775 honor cards being issued, and a number of 2,423 times of consultation service being provided.

i. Group for the Service of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention: with a number of 2,392 times of service being provided on women protection, medical rehabilitation and consultation and counseling.

j. Women Center Group: promoted all kinds of welfare service activities for the Women Center.

3. Voluntary Service By the end of December, 2005, there were 126 voluntary service teams with

8,571 voluntary workers of the “peace plan” made by the Ministry of the Interior, contributing 402,177 hours to voluntary service. There were also 20 local authorities supervising 910 voluntary service teams, contributing 2,693,384.5 hours to voluntary service of the City.

To celebrate the International Volunteer Day and honor outstanding volunteer individuals and groups, the Government held the 11th Volunteer Glory Award, giving gold, silver and bronze medals to people who engage in voluntary service. Seven volunteer groups and 15 volunteer individuals were awarded and a total number of 962 people were given medals.

To greet the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, the unification of service and


human resources in the City is essential to meet the immense request of manpower during the Games. A volunteer group for the World Games is already being organized starting from 2005, recruiting more volunteers to promote and prepare the World Games. A website for World Games volunteers is also being constructed. In order to strengthen international communication and promotion and working capability of volunteers, the training of volunteers includes job know-how, service ideals, language, international etiquette, CPR skills, and presentation and performance skills, expecting to provide service of efficiency and quality


Labor Service and Welfare In Taiwan, Kaohsiung City is a mainly industrial city, where the population of

labors is more than one-third of Kaohsiung citizens. Recent years, due to the continuing development of economics in our nation, construction of society changes rapidly. Population of labors increases and living quality of workers is getting higher and higher. In order to fulfill the ideal goals, such as the harmony of labor relations, protection of labors' interests, increase of labor welfare, steady life of workers and so on, Labor Autonomy Committee is established to execute, to push and to protect labor policies. Moreover, it is also one of our significant policies to set up the Three Centers, consisting of Labor Education Center, Labor Plea Center and Labor Service Center. Besides, the government sets up the Foundation of Labors' Interests and annually make an appropriation of 400 million to billion dollars to help illegally or improperly unemployed labors. We, being civil servants, are dedicated our efforts to protecting labors' rights and improve higher quality of service for labors. 1. Labor Education

For the purpose of helping labors have correct concept of politics, economics and society, as well as inputting labors the Labor Standards Law and the concerning series of laws, Labor Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government advances labor education in 2005 as follows.

2. Labor-Management Relation Whether the labor-management relation is harmonious or not influences social

stability and economic development. Therefore, the cultivation of harmonious labor-management relations remains a vital concern of labor administration work. In addition to reacting quickly to any labor-management dispute, the government also puts efforts into establishing good relations between labor and management. The following are the works of the government on labor-management relations for last year: a. Promotion of labor-management cooperation b. Ediation of Labor-Management Disputes c. Perly enforce the Labor Standards Law

3. Employment Counseling and Vocational Training a. Employment counseling

The economy of Kaohsiung has been growing fast, and labor-intensive industry and commerce is prospering. These laborers are the potential resources to help boost national development as well as adjust the labor supply in order to maintain civilian life and secure social order. In addition to the employment service station established in the Training & Employment Center of Labor Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government, the Kaohsiung City Government


established another two stations both in the central district and in Tzuoying to bring more convenient employment and recruitment services to the public. The services provided are explained as follows. (1) Employment services

1) Employment & recruitment and employment placement 2) Employment counseling for the middle-aged and the elderly 3) Employment counseling for the disabled 4) Employment counseling for aboriginals 5) Employment counseling for female head of household 6) Employment counseling for the laid off 7) Project & employment counseling 8) Establishment and enhancement of industrial relations

(2) On-site recruitment and introduction to occupations at "Job Hunting and Job Matching Fair"

(3) Gathering, analysis and announcement of job market information (4) Statistics of hiring of foreign laborers

1) Local job applications 2) Employers switching

(5) Statistics of applications for employment payment of labor insurance (6) Statistics of application for employment promotion allowance

1) Mobility allowance for job seekers 2) Temporary job allowance 3) Employment promotion allowance 4) Interest subsidy of start-up loans

(7) Statistics of application for job training tickets: 110 people approved. 1) Family-supporting women 2) Middle-aged and the elderly 3) Disabled: 15 people approved 4) Aboriginal: 6 people approved 5) Life-support Families 6) Involuntary Unemployment 7) Unemployed Beneficiaries of Labor Insurance of Labor Union

(8) The performance statistics of conducted consultation service (9) Conducting the skill examination business

1) The performance of skill examination: a)The 2005 National Technician’s Academic Subjects and Skill Examination

was held by three stages: there were total 163 categories of occupation examination conducted and 83 organizations were commissioned to


conduct the skill examination. After passing both academic subjects and skill examinations, related licenses will be issued.

b)Conducting the technician certificate issuance. c)Conducted 2005 Indoor Wiring B and C Classes, and A and B Classes

Electrician Skill Examinations, and the matters of certificate issuance after examinations, commissioned by central office of MOEA and Construction Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government.

d)Conducted 2004 Electrician Academic Subjects Examination. (10)Conducting the skill competition National skill Competition South District 35th Competition was conducted,

The elimination and competition were held on July 27, 28 and 29 of 2005. There were excellent participants of former three places for each job category awarded by prize, medal and citation.

b. Vocational training The vocational training is to cultivate the labor force with high-quality skills in

order to develop Kaoshiung's human resources and boost industrial and commercial development. Training centers, located in the Coastal Industrial Zone, Hsiao-kang District, were funded on May 1, 1985 in cooperation with the government's policies to promote workforce training, training for young technicians, employment training for the youth and adults as well as further studies and transfer training. These measures help elevate skills, encourage employment, and boost economic prosperity. Vocational training is used to promote skill tests and contests and accelerate modernization, automation, and industrial upgrade in compliance with national economic and industrial needs regarding the active and constructive goals of the state's welfare. The performance of above-mentioned training is as follows. (1) Day training services (2) Integration of public resources (3) Short-term employment training for service industry

4. Vocational Training and Job Placement Services for the People with Disabilities. a.The vocational training for the disabled Bo-Ai Vocational Training Center under the Labor Bureau of Kaohsiung City

Government is the first institution offering vocational training to the physically and mentally disabled in Taiwan. The Center was established on February 1, 1987 and officially inaugurated on June 2 the same year. (1) Recruitment and training: From July 1987 to December 2005, the Center has trained a total of 3012

students (1519 in self-organized training, 1421 in commissioned training).


In 2005, 7 self-organized courses for 6 occupations were offered, including computer-aided drawing applications (limb group), practical computer applications (speech and hearing group), computer hardware repair (limb group), leathercraft, electric embroidery and having recruited and trained 89 students. Commissioned evening courses include OFFICE certification course (limb group), computer art design course (limb group), webpage animation course (limb group), computer art and drawing course (speech and hearing group), Class-C certified bartender course, etc., having trained 93 students.

(2) Mode of training: 1) Self-organized training: Small-class lecturing is adopted, paying special

attention to the individual ability of each student. Free lunch, labor insurance, training are provided by the Center.

2) Commissioned training: Caring manufacturers are sought for joint organization of training. This arrangement may save expenses on teachers, venue, equipment (costs of materials needed for training are subsidized by the Center) on the one hand, and facilitate students’ immediate placement after training on the other hand.

b. Life guidance for students: The Center has applied for grants from the City’s Employment Fund for the

Physically and Mentally Disabled, and employed professionals in relevant fields such as special education, psychology, social work, etc. as teachers. Students are assisted in a case management approach for occupational rehabilitation. (1) Small group discussions, special topic lectures, legal seminars,

extra-curricular activities, talent competitions, etc. are used to encourage self discovery and build self confidence among students, reinforce their occupational ethics and social skills, and arrange diversified leisurely activities for students, foster their interests and boost their ability to lead an independent life.

(2) Community adaptation: A community adaptation program is arranged for mentally disabled students, guiding them for the awareness and application of social resources, e.g., actually taking the public transport (buses, trains), visiting medical care, financial, and administrative institutions, bringing them to restaurants, department stores, places for recreation and entertainment. Students’ daily life competence is strengthened through on-site explanation and experience.

(3) Case counseling: For cases with special difficulties, the Center not only has teachers to help solve their problems in life, learning, emotion, interpersonal affairs, etc., but will also refer them to medical care institutions,


psychologists and counseling organizations, etc. where necessary. c. Career counseling:

(1) Actively explore career opportunities, and arrange for placement of suitable students after detailed job analysis and matching.

(2) Localized employment service is provided, assisting students with difficulties on one-to-one basis and providing on-site guidance for their adaptation to the workplace.

(3) Graduate tracking: With the help of volunteers from the Case Management Division of Angel’s Wing Voluntary Work Team and the past record of graduate tracking, the most up-to-date status of graduates is found out. For unemployed graduates or graduates who have resigned, career counseling and referral for new placement will be provided.

(4) 372 job opportunities are offered in 2005, and 55 cases were successfully placed.

d. Vocational guidance assessment service for the disabled: (1) According to Article 28 of the Physically and Mentally Disabled Citizens

Protection Law, which stipulates “When assisting the disabled in their seeking for employment, the competent authorities in charge of labor shall first perform vocational guidance assessment to provide proper employment services,” the Center has launched the Vocational Guidance Assessment Service. The service assesses the interests, personality, occupational skills, physical and mental status and employment-related equipment needs, etc. of the clients, so that they can obtain the most suitable job and employers would be satisfied with their performance.

(2) All assessment instruments and standardized tests are imported overseas, and hence a norm of the physically and mentally disabled was lacking. The Center therefore has collaborated with Kaohsiung Normal University since 2001 to localize the assessment instruments and establish a working sample for the norm of slight and medium mentally disabled. Moreover, localized assessment instruments have been developed for functional language, mathematics tests, car washing, kitchen assistance, supermarket and cleaning situations, thereby establishing a comprehensive assessment system.

(3) The Center accepts assessment cases referred by various organizations for the disabled, schools, employing organizations in Kaohsiung City. Totally 152 cases were assessed in 2005.

e. Employment transition service for the disabled (1) Play the role of the Labor Bureau’s window for employment transition

service in Kaohsiung City, taking care of the employment transition service for graduates at all levels.


(2) Establish the workflow of employment transition service for the physically and mentally disabled, and plan the division of work and duties among all employment transition-related organizations. It aims to materialize the comprehensive employment rebuilding service for the physically and mentally disabled.

(3) Convene the “Follow-up Employment Service Providers’ Meeting for Employment Transition of the Physically and Mentally Disabled”, and coordinate all service providers such as the physically and mentally disabled associations, vocational training and counseling centers, employment and development centers, etc. for the provision of follow-up employment service for employment transition cases.

(4) In 2005, 139 employment transition service cases were processed. 5. Industrial Safety and Sanitary Security

According to the annual labor inspection policy announced by Labor Standard Law and Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan, we make a plan to carry out all the labor examination. The main point is as following: a. Inspection of general labor condition b. Inspection and management of the industrial safety and sanitary security of the

factories c. Inspection and statistics of the occupational accidents d. Inspection of specific dangerous working environment e. Enforce the labor safety and health f. Inspection and certification to the dangerous machines and facilities

All the types, finishing, and use of the dangerous machines manufactured or located in the city are examined by the Labor Inspection Department. The types of dangerous facilities are examined. As for the finishing examination of the dangerous facilities and the regular examination of the dangerous machines and facilities, they are inspected by the Chinese Boiler Association and Chinese Industrial Safety Association authorized by Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan.


Public Health and Medical Care 1.Medical Care System

a.Medical administration and management (1) Medical resources(Dec. 2005)

There were registered medical personnel and institutions, including 2,817 physicians, 324 doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, 871 dentists, 740 medical technologists, 15 medical technologist assistants, 281 radiologists, 38 radiologist assistants, 190 physical therapists, 148 physical therapist assistants, 107 occupational therapists, 19 occupational therapist assistants, 60 respiratory therapists, 38 clinical psychologists, 24 counseling psychologists, 98 tooth modeling technologists, 80 traditional bonesetters, and 4 prosthodontist assistants.

There were 61 western medicine hospitals, 4 traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, 858 western medicine clinics, 217 traditional Chinese medicine clinics, 530 dental clinics, and 59 medical laboratory centers, 0 occupational therapy clinic, 1 physical therapy clinic, 6 radiation therapy clinics, and 0 psychological therapy clinic.

It amounted to 5,854 professional or licensed medical personnel and 1,736 licensed medical institutions.

Besides, we also facilitate 13 medical associations which include various medical professions.

(2) Our department now is open for the application of the medical affairs from the public which is described as follows:

1) We accept and investigate medical institutions regarding to 191 applications for commencement (including the change of registration), 8 applications of closedown, 3 applications of reopening, and 160 applications of termination.

2) As for medical personnel, we accepted 4,187 applications for practicing business in medical institutions, 3,840 applications of license cancellation (including termination, change, and death), 35 applications of license reissue, and 305 applications of license replacement, and 13 applications of license ceasing.

(3) We supervised and checked the medical affairs in 1,660 hospitals and clinics. (4) We handled application for medical disputes from the public. So far there

were 58 medical disputes which had been patched up in Medical Dispute Mediation Committee and resulting in 10 conciliations.

(5) We haol convented 3 Medical Dispute Mediation Committee meetings to examine the set up plan & new hospital and the Standard of wedical fee.

(6) We had coordinated with medical associations such as physicians, dentists,


professional nurses, pharmacists, occupational therapists to organize totally 29 educational trainings.

b. Emergency Care Servics (1) Civil exercise in learning CPR:

In order to manipulate time of emergency effectively, simple emergency treatment trainings were held regularly for the public, organizations, schools, and groups in order to make sure that everyone learns CPR and to increase the survival rate in disasters.

In 2005,620 CPR trainings were held, which involved in 20,325 people. (2) Enhancement of emergency resources and emergency quality

1) We recruited directors of emergency room in medical education centers from outlying cities to help us evaluate the 15 obligated hospitals to improve the emergency medical quality.

2) Medical personnel and emergency technicians received professional emergency training. It amounted to 15 medical institutions, 25+ physicians, 60+ nurses, 15+ administrative staffs, and 50+ ambulances, total in 5 trainings as well as 4 first aid trainings of abundant injured people. All kinds of resources are combined in practice to complete the emergency care and the transporting of the patients.

3) In August 24th, 2005, we subsidized Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University to prepare “Emergency Medical Operation Center (EMOC) and to inaugurate in 20th, Dec, 2005. This organization would function in department of health cross Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung County and Pingtung County as a single channel of patient referrals, and communication of emergency accidents through obligated hospitals.

(3) Ambulance Management It amounts to 146 ambulances in Kaohsiung giving assistance to the

medical emergency. Regular annual examinations were needed and the emergency appliances are requested to be replaced. There were 695 medical personnel and 73 ambulances sent to care accidents.

(4) Civil Medical Care Group was organized and trained. “Kaohsiung City Sanitation Preparation Plan” was revised and relative personnel were framed accordingly. In addition, we held annual civil medical care training in 16th, Nov, 2005 which involved totally 457 people.

c.Municipal hospital management (1) United Administration Center of Municipal Hospitals was established to

enhance the medical care quality of municipal hospitals, to improve the performance, to integrate the resources of all hospitals, and to develop individual specialty in each hospital.


(2) BPO of Municipal Hospitals: Currently we were still reviewing the possibilities of outsourcing regular affairs of municipal hospitals. By doing so could the resources and personnel as a result of cost effective performance. By far we had completed the following BPO projects: 4 from Municipal Min-Sheng Hospital, 10 from Municipal United Hospital and 1 from Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital.

(3) The integration of the municipal hospitals was advocated. Municipal Tatung Hospital and Women Children Hospital were combined to Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital in Jan. 1, 2003 to make the best use of staffs and medical resources aiming to achieve better economic scale.

(4) We certainly monitored the management of hospitals by pre-checking the purchase of medical instruments of which value was up to 1500,000 NTD and by reviewing maintenance reports of those operated instruments which cost above 500,000 NTD.

(5) We encouraged our employees to pursue further education; meanwhile, we also organize educational trainings monthly to promote patients’ safety and rights while taking medical treatment. Continually, we promulgate the activities and efforts of medical care quality control to enhance the service quality in hospitals.

(6) To enhance individual features in municipal hospitals, we asked them to execute projects involved with various fields such as public sanitation, preventive medicine, community health, and epidemic prevention. All we had done would dedicate our citizen and their communities a better and complete caring service.

(7) In order to reach the goal of autarkical situation in municipal hospitals, we had reduced the percentage of subsidy in payload as well as subsidizing in quota.

(8) ”Operate-Transfer” in municipal hospitals: Currently Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital and Kaohsiung Municipal Chiching Hospital which are two municipal hospitals run under the commission of Kaohsiung City Government.

d. Prevention and control of the chronic mental illness We integrate the medical resources and establish the service system of

prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation to spread out the conception of good mental health protection and make people keep good healthy mind. (1) The establishment of “Kaohsiung Psychiatric Emergency Care Network”

was done to co-operate with Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University and other 16 medical institutions to set up emergency service center based in Kaisyuan Psychiatric Hospital. By far we had


achieved 157 patient referrals and 447 telephone counseling services. (2) We traced the psychiatric patients in community to strengthen the home care

matters. This year there were totally 6,195 cases being traced as well as 11,902 home and telephone visits being done.

(3) Community “Mental Health Center” was set up to be responsible for the affairs of the mental health care and protection; we offer the counseling and guidance.

(4) Set up Kaohsiung Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Committee. e.Services for physical and mental disabilities According to the regulations of “Examination on Physical and Mental

Disabilities,” the examination services were provided. (1) Setting up physical and metal disable authentication team and inviting

representatives from relative groups and organizations to help us advocate regular affairs.

(2) We assigned Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital and other 12 hospitals to be obligated medical institutions of disability authentication as a result of giving convenience to our citizens while they needed. So far there are 14,669 people applying this service.

f. Long-term Care (1) Since the first Nursing Home was set up in Kaohsiung in 1995, there are 36

nursing homes established until Dec. 31, 2004 and there are 1,703 beds provided. Kaohsiung is the fastest city in the growing number of nursing homes in Taiwan.

(2) We established “Administration center for long term care” to provide a single channel toward disable elderly people whom amounted to 2412 people were serviced. Besides, 1370 consultation calls had been made during this period.

(3) By far there were St. Joseph Hospital, Kaohsiung Veteran General Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University conducting “hospice wards program”

(4) In 2005, we launched “Long-tern care rehabilitation” and authorized physical therapist association and occupational therapist association to provide door-to-door long-tern care rehabilitation which amounted to 270 persons being serviced.

(5) We also made extensive supervision and assessment of nursing homes and other nursing organizations.

g. Free denture policy for the over-65-years-old in government expense in Kaohsiung City

This plan was carried out from July 1999 more then 24,700 seniors have been provided free denture services. Total expenditure have reached NT$20,708,00. The effect of the plan was as follows: (see table 27)


Table 27 Free denture policy for the over-65-years-old in government expense in Kaohsiung City.

Numbers of Screening

Numbers of Client Pass Screening

Numbers of getting denture

The 1st Stage (July 1999~Dec. 2000) 18,427 6,625 5,873 The 2nd Stage (Jan. 2001~Dec. 2001) 9,926 7,643 6,945 The 3rd Stage (Jan. 2002~Dec. 2002) 8,648 8,080 7,090 The 4th Stage (Jan. 2003~Dec. 2003) 4,192 2,377 2,600 The 5th Stage (Jan. 2004~Dec. 2004) 4,304 1,469 1,441 The 5th Stage (Jan. 2005~Dec. 2005) 1,991 856 803 Total 47,488 27,050 24,760

Source: Kaohsiung City Healthy Burean

2.Health Promotion & Protection

a. Family Planning (1) We take 196 minor women in record and teach them contraceptive

knowledge. Rate of receiving case is 96%. (2) We take 459 married women who are mentally handicapped in record and

teach them contraceptive knowledge. Rate of receiving case is 95.4%. (3) We take 459 married women who have mentally illness in record and teach

them contraceptive knowledge. Rate of receiving case is 95.4%. (4) We issue health insurance cards to 495 foreign spouses and teach them

contraceptive knowledge. Rate of issuing card is 95.4%. (5) We issue health insurance cards to 729 Mainland China spouses and teach

them contraceptive knowledge. Rate of issuing card is 100%. b. Health management of pregnant women

(1) Antenatal management: 1) We took 196 minor pregnant women in record and taught them the related

knowledge. (2) Breast feeding

1) In response to World Breastfeeding week 2005, we held related activities to propagate the topic: “Breastfeeding and Family Food – Love and Health.” as a result of inspiring the public with cognizance and support toward breastfeeding.

2) The international well-known mouth and food painting artist Ms. Yang En Dian had overcome her connatural handicap and breastfed her baby favorably. Undoubtedly, she became the best prolocutor of breastfeeding on our behalf.


3) We guided 8 hospitals including Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hisaokang Hospital, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Chien Shin Hospital, Yuan Hospital, and St. Joseph Hospital the “baby-friendly” certificate from Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology under the commission of Department of Health, Executive Yuan in 2005.

4) We established breastfeeding support team to conduct community volunteer recruiting, training, case visiting and so on.

(3) Genetic Health We constructed a genetic health net to provide complete and high quality

services. We granted 1,700 cases to do amniotic fluid analysis while 640 cases had their eugenic health examinations. All these unusual cases were traced and guided by this bureau.

c. Infant healthcare (1) For early diagnosis and early treatment, a total of 11682 persons received

screening test for congenital metabolic disease of the newborn. We offer the nursing sanitation rules to 164 abnormal subjects.

(2) In order to manipulate community resources well on the issue of children’s development, we not only provided physical examination but also community services and promotions done by district public health centers. For district health centers, these activities were done for moving up their quality of service. We conducted the screening test for the development of children at age 0 ~ 3 in 2005. A total of 3,432 children who were born by foreign brides or Chinese spouses and 17,992 Taiwanese children received screening test. 11 abnormal subjects had been referred and undergone the medical treatment. Further investigation and discussion on such abnormal cases should also be made by the personnel of the public health clinic. We gave nursing instruction to 55 children at high-risk groups (premature babies, underweight babies).

(3) We evaluated the growth of infants in the low-income family and give relief to those who need help. It amounts to 3,180 ponds of milk powder and 113 persons getting this help. One child with developmental delay had accepted intervention already.

(4) In order to associate with World Health Day, 2005, we held the panel discussion in compliance with the topic of the year: “Make every mother and child count.” In addition, we also organized some other activities along with it.

d. Children healthcare before school age (1) In 2005, we finished children’s health examination in the legal registered


kid’s schools and kindergartens. 13,243 children at the age of 5 had this examination.

(2) We traced 500 parents to take children to the hospital to have further examination. The rate reached 100%. There were 7,777 children with dental caries of which illness rate was 53%.

(3) We have an examination of 22,990 children’s pinworm illness in kid’s schools and kindergartens. Out of total amount, there were 133 children counting as 0.5% whose results are positive. Children who had illness had treatment with medicine.

(4) We examine the squint and week sight illness of 12,774 children aged five. It amounts to 1,435 children having eyesight illness and the illness rate is 11.2%.

(5) There are a total of 11,021 preschool children under hearing screening. 70 subjects of them are abnormal for the re-test. We had them accept the follow-up correction, and 23 of them are normal now.

e. Prevention and control of middle-aged and the elder people’s illness. We established the “The Elders with Diabetes Disease & Network in

Kaohsiung City.” (1) We established six regional nets to take care of the elderly with diabetes.

They are Sanmin Net (Sanmin District), North-Kauhsiung Net (Nantzu District, Tsoying District, Kushan District), Riveraide=Bank Net (Hsinhsing District, Chienchin District, Yencheng District), Lingya Cianjhen Net (Lingya District, Chienchen District), Hsiaokang Net (Hsiaokang District), and Chichin Net (Chichin District). It amounted to 113 medical institutions.

(2) To put “Diabetes wellitus Disease Joint Care Network” into effect, in 2005, we managed the accredited training courses (including the professional courses as well as the practicing courses) and workshop of “Diabetes Disease Care Network.” 465 Diabetes Disease Care Network health providers were trained and certified.

(3) Perform blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol 3 in 1 screening for the citizens over 40 years old. Among 26,934 cases, abnormal rate was 23%, trace case completed up to 98%.

(4) We promoted 12 administrative districts to establish 19 disease groups for aging. A total of 60 activities are held by the disease group with more than 3,600 citizens.

f. Physical examination for the elderly (1) To provide proximate checkup service for the seniors, we encouraged

hospitals and clinics to offer physical checkup for the seniors. Qualified hospitals or clinics provided such service in each administration district.


Moreover, the contracted hospitals and clinics also set service posts so that the senior enjoy more convenient service.

(2) There were 30,539 civilians attended which defined 25% checkup rate. (3) Implement health management information system for the seniors. Each

district sanitary unit will trace and manage abnormal cases directly and offer medical consulting.

g. Protection and cure of Cancer We enlarged the cancer screening services to cover cervical cancer, breast

cancer, oral cancer, and colorectal cancer for early diagnosis and treatment. The following is the list of tables of cancer screening for the year of 2005:

Table 28 Statistic on the cancer screening service in Kaohsiung City

Item Objective



Screening Rate

Numbers of Confirmatory

Diagnosis Cervical Cancer 80,272 persons 131,502 persons 163.8% 49 persons(0.037%) Breast Cancer 2,183 persons 2,683 persons 122.9% 13 persons(0.48%)

Colorectal Cancer 16,900 persons 21,359 persons 126% 20 persons(0.09%) Oral Cancer 12,108 persons 16,203 persons 132.3% 35 persons(0.01%)

Source: Kaohsiung City Health Burean.

3.Control of Communicable Diseases

a.Response for Emerging Avian Flu in Kaohsiung City (1) Outline

˙Prevention and control Plan in Taiwan ˙Emergent handle and control methods ˙emergent organization of Kaohsiung city ˙Prevent Tactic of Kaohsiiung health office

(2) Estimate New type flu infected in Taiwan Table 29 According to U.S Center for Disease Control（CDC）[simulated estimate]

Infection rate：23﹪

Hospitalization rate： 1.32﹪

Death rate：0.26﹪

Region Population [thousand] Amount

[million] In hospital

（thousand） Death

（thousand）Taiwan 23,000 5,300 70 14

Kaohsiung 1,500 400＊ 5.94 1.17

(3) Taiwan Tactic Principles 1) Three Device 2) Avian flu vaccine (long term)


3) Anti-Avian Flu drug (short term) 4) Tactic of blocking infect

(4) Four Defense 1) Offshore 2) Border 3) Community control and prevention 4.) Health-care provider System security.

(5) Prevention Plan For New Type Avian Flu 1) Enforce the disease monitor in order to prevent from the new type Avian

Flu 2) Block contagious route in time for the sake of citizens’ health 3) Prepared for all contingencies anytime

GOAL Keep from happening Hinder from Contagious

Minimize the influence Repair efficiently

(6) Prevention Mechanism of Kaohsiung

Table 30

LEVEL LEVEL 0 LEVEL A1 LEVEL A2 LEVEL B LEVEL C SITUATION Confirmed Case

of: Domestic H5 or H7 epidemical flu virus is detected/or High pathogenic avian flu is found abroad

Confirmed Case of: Human Contagion of new type of flu aboard is detected

Confirmed Case of: Domestic avian flu infect human/Transmission from abroad/Contagion within lab

Confirmed Case of:New type of flu that causes human to human contagion

Confirmed Case of:Acute flu that causes human to human contagion

Conductor Livestock Health and Inspection Laboratory Bureau of Redevelopment , City of Kaohsiung

Center for Disease Control of Health Department , Livestock Health and Inspection Laboratory Bureau of Redevelopment ,City of Kaohsiung

Economic Affairs Bureau /Health Department

Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of City of Kaohsiung

Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of City of Kaohsiung


(7) Emergent Avian Flu Center of Kaohsiung (Level0-A)

General Director: Mayor

Convener: Deputy Mayor Consultant: DR. CHeng

Executor:

minister of

Economic Affairs Bureau

Pro-Executor:

minister of

Health Department

Research,

Development

and

Evaluation

Social Affairs

Bureau

Urban

Development

Bureau

Police

Bureau

Education

Bureau

Transportati

on

Bureau

Civil Affairs

Bureau Environmental

Protection Bureau

Department

of Budge,

Accounting

and Statistics

Military

Service Office

Secretary

Bureau

Personnel

Department

Marine

Bureau

Health

Department

Economic

Affairs

Bureau Labor

Bureau

Department

of

Information

Fire

Bureau


(8)Emergency Center of Avian Flu of Kaohsiung Aohsiung (Level B& above)

(9) Prevention Method

Prevention Action 1) Update the latest situation of flu in the world 2) Set up the response mechanism 3) Hinder from the foreign contagion 4) Fever detection in hospitals and population center 5) Strength the timely report 6) Follow the epidemic situation 7) Establish the contact phone 8) Cooperate with Agriculture Bureau 9) Educate citizens related information 10)Plan for the mass patients center

(10)Prevention Method Prevention

1) Medicine for avian flu 2) Raise the injection rate of vaccine

General Director: Mayor

Convener: Deputy Mayor Consultant: DR. Cheng

Executor: minister of

Health Department

Pro-Executor: minister of

Economic Affairs Bureau

Fire

Bureau

Research,

Development and

Evaluation

Commission

Social Affairs

Bureau

Urban Development

Bureau

Police

Bureau

Education

Bureau

Transportation

Bureau

Civil Affairs

Bureau

Labor

Bureau

Environmental

Protection Bureau

Department

of Budge,

Accounting

and Statistics

Department of

Information

Military Service

Office

Secretary

Bureau

Personnel

Department

Marine

Bureau

Health Department

Economic Affairs

Bureau


3) Manage the related equipment 4) Make sure for the inspection in hospital 5) Check the capacity of health centers

(11)Prevention Action—Start (Table 31)

2005/1/20 First plan for “flood prevention program of Kaohsiung”

2005/3/23 Plan the “mass patients response program”

2005/11/14 Last plan for “flu prevention program of Kaohsiung”

(12) Prevention Action—Monitoring (Table 32)

Item Amount Tracing rate Regional& above hospital 61 100% Population centre 120 100% Health management for inward passengers

294 100%

(13)The Analysis of Latest Notified Case

(Table 33)

case Have been

History

Notifieddate

Detecteddate

Sample Conveyed

date

Report date

Result Outcome

1 Vietnam None 94.10.19 94.10.19 94.10.19 94.10.19 Negative Excluded 2 Thailand None 94.12.7 94.12.7 94.12.7 94.12.7 Negative Excluded 3 Vietnam none 95.1.2 95.1.2 95.1.2 95.1.2 Negative Excluded Ref 3 notified detected cases in 2005/Detection accomplished rate 100%/all excluded

(14)Temporary Center Plan

(Table 34)

LEVEL Temporary Center LEVEL 0 LEVEL A1 LEVEL A2

‧Regional & above hospital with negative pressure isolation room

‧Regional & above hospital with isolation room

LEVEL B Special contagion prevention hospital LEVEL C Military camp provided by bureau


Civil Affairs

Bureau

Social

Assignment Structure

AVIAN FLu

prevention team

Health Department

Environmental

Protection

Convener: Supervisor Center for Disease

Team of

Environme

nt

protection:

Team of

Organization

and

Team of

Public

Health:

Team of

Police Affairs:

Police

Department

(15)Division Mobilization

(16)Outcome of 2006 Prevention (Table 35)

Prevention action Result Preparation Result Update the latest situation of flood in the world

V Medicine for avian flood V

Set up the response mechanism V Raise the injection rate of vaccine V Hinder from the foreign contagion V Manage the related equipment V Fever detection in hospitals and population center V Make sure for the inspection in

hospital V

Strength the timely report V Check the capacity of health centers V Follow the epidemic situation V Establish the contact phone V Cooperate with Agriculture Bureau V Educate citizens related information V Plan for the mass patients center V

(17)Strategy of 2006 Prevention 1) Plan for ‘temporary center’ program 2) Comply with ‘the Quarantine program for Inward passengers’ 3) Arrange the flu vaccine plan 4) Carry out the related drills 5) Reinforce the community prevention 6) Health-care provider System security.

Economic Affairs


(18)Vaccine Inculcated Rate

b.ector - borne disease control and prevention (1) Malaria control and prevention

No local case and 5 imported cases in Kaohsiung city 2005 (2) Japanese encephalitis control and prevention:

Regular immunization and follow-up immunization (3) Dengue fever control and prevention, and health education,

1) “Task force of Dengue control and prevention in Kaohsiung City” was organized by deputy mayor and convenes regular morning meeting.

2) Dengue control and prevention strategies: a) Regular Dengue Control and Prevention meeting in Kaohsiung city

government. b) Enforced the surveillance of imported cases. c) Dengue vector surveillance. d) Ovitrap placement e) Vector breeding sites clearance f) Environmental Managing ~ searching , Pouring, and cleaning.

Domestic animal breeder

40.50%

95%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2004 2005100% 100%100% 100%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Senior over 65 Enfant

2004

2005


g) Community development h) Health education i) Media communication j) Fever surveillance

3) while local Dengue fever cases were confirmed, the director of administrative district would rapidly convene departments from health, environment, civil affairs, police and other relative ones to establish a response center to a) Catch mosquitoes b) Vector density surveillance c) Epidemiological surveillance d) Vector breading sites clearance e)Thermal fogs insecticides space spray f)Ovitraps placement g)Healthy education h)Corporative defense

4) there are 99 confirmed cases had been reported. By clinics and hospitals in 2005. for further investigation we found 92 cases were local denude fever confirmed cases, and 7 dengue fever confirmed cases were imported.

5) We did a public poll to understand how citizens got satisfied with the protective strategies against dengue fever and the consequence showed 69% were satisfied.

6) in order to get rid of dirtiness and contagia at our environment, we strove our energy against dirty and massy vacant lands by cleaning and afforesting twenty-one vacant lands. The square measure of both public and private owned vacant lands was up to eighty hectare. While applying ARC in police offices. 1,867 foreigners had been checked and no suspected cases were found.

7) posting the letters “a letter to citizen by the mayor” and “a letter to clinical physicians by deputy mayor Mr. Chen Chi Mai” at the Kaohsiung City Government, department of health and KCDC website to have citizens fighting against dengue fever.

c. Chronic Infectious Diseases control and prevention: (1) Tuberculosis control and prevention:

1) We set up “Kaohsiung City Tuberculosis Prevention Advisory Commission” to summon regular meetings in order to provide the useful advices on policy information and reform about prevention and control of tuberculosis of this city.

2) 22 place-times, including 2,451 persons of X-ray for tuberculosis for the citizens over 40 years old, mental hospitals, healthcare centers, nursery


homes, schools and vagabonds, have been conducted. Of them, 13 patients with TB were confirmed. Incident rate is 0.53%.

3) We positively conducted each work with respect to prevent and control diseases and health education propaganda. The incidence rate in 2005 is 85.1/100,000 persons, mortality rate 5.69/100,000 persons, recovery rate: 58.02%loss rate” 7.05%

(2) STD（sexual transmitted disease）control and prevention: 1) From January 1 to December 31, 2005, a total number of the inspected

person-times for Syphilis were 403,990, of whom 1000 cases were positive. Positive serum was 2.47%; a total number of the inspected person-times for HIV Infection was 436,162, of whom 578 cases were positive, positive serum was 0.13%. Positive cases thus identified as well as their sexual partners also need to receive treatment.

2) Enforced AIDS prevention: We conducted 370 conferences, seminars, Q & A, or illustration exhibitions at many institutions, schools, hospitals, clinics, and police stations, 123,010 people participated in our propaganda activities.

(3) Scabies control and prevention: for those open cases please attend Le Sheng psychiatric center of department of health, executive Yuan and affiliated nursing house with private leper relief foundation for a care and treatment, all the charge are provided by the budget of this city government. A total number of the hospitalized patients are 7 in 2005.

4. Occupational Health Administration a. Business Sanitary Administration

(1) In 2005, we had conducted the routine sanitation investigations on the business sanitation traders described as follows.

The results are shown in the table 36:

Item Industry

Numbers

Times of Investigation

Improved Numbers after being guided

Hotel Industry 241 524 127 Toilet Industry 21 319 29 Barbershop & Permanent Wave Industry

2223 1810 535

Entertainment Industry 253 472 173 Cinema Industry 12 26 2 Swimming Pool Industry 69 738 46 Total 2819 3889 912

(2) In 2005, Dep. of Health, Kaohsiung City Government managed the sanitation investigation toward those traders which were processing concession registration.


The results are shown in the table 37:

Item Industry

Numbers of Applying for Establishment

Numbers of Applying for

Change Hotel Industry 12 10 Toilet Industry 2 2 Barbershop & Permanent Wave Industry

342 150

Entertainment Industry 32 7 Cinema Industry 0 0 Swimming Pool Industry 0 1 Total 388 170

(3) Establishment of “Self-management Sanitation System” We launched 10 propaganda lectures to enhance the focuses such as

self-management of sanitation, tobacco hazard control & epidemic disease prevention, standpipe cooling & cleaning of air conditioners, physical examination of employee, and healthy city strategies – 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung.

b. Occupational Sanitary Administration (1) We co-operated with Bureau of Health Promotion and Occupational

Healthcare Center, Southern Branch to offer the suggestion on improvement to business firms promptly and conducts programs on health education to improve employers' and labor' knowledge on occupational sanitation and further to improve their working environment with individual prevention measures. During this year (2005), total 1070 factory visits completed and 353 programs of health education conducted.

(2) We improved the quality of the designated medical care facilities for physical examinations of workers

1) In this year (2005), a total of 38 designated medical care facilities for physical examinations of workers offer out-patient, medical treatment, and physical examinations for certain items. 104,138 person-times of labors have their physical examinations, 17,126 labors after these examinations have been re-examined and local health centers conducted follow-ups for the prevention of occupational diseases.

2) To improve the quality of physical examinations, 134 facility-times of the designated medical care facilities have been guided and 247 firm-times of circulating investigations on physical examinations have been conducted by business firms. The circulating investigations on physical examination were


done by the medical crews whose qualifications were superior to statutory ones.

c. Creating a healthy workplace (1) We conducted the program of “creating a healthy workplace” which involved

totally 45 business and units (2) We conducted the program of “No-smoking workplace” which involved 46

totally business and units. (3) We associated with academic institutions, governmental and private sectors

to advocate No-smoking Workplace Program & Occupational Health Promotion Plan by organizing totally 4 cultivation seminars such “Healthy City – healthy labor in healthy workplace seeders cultivation seminar” as a result of giving assistance like health promotion, health maintenance, preventive service, and organizational system amelioration to labors in different occupations. By doing so, we further expected that would lead us to a new milestone of healthy labor and healthy city.

(4) The activities mentioned above were held totally 192 times which involved 20,418 labors in all occupations.

d.Conducting of health protection projects for painters： In order to reveal our vocational drivers’ energy and fascination to the world

while 2009 World Games is held in Kaohsiung city, we advocated actively the strategy of health promotion for vocational drivers at various occupations which was belonged to a part of the blueprint of healthy city. (1) To complete 1,477 occupational health data: we designed and set up the

occupational health promotion information website. (2) We distributed 6,500 vocational drivers and painters health care booklets to

encourage them to do management of health on their own. (3) We had taken part in the activities held by association of vocational drivers

and painters where we could conduct health management and tracking propaganda. Besides, this was already the 5th time we involved.

(4) We tracked 140 persons who had been examined to provide intensive medical care and the service of health promotion.

(5) We also encouraged 1,337 persons who hadn’t took examination yet to be checked and to be provided with all preventive medicine information.

(6) We coordinated with the occupational association, professionals, and scholars to conduct 3 conferences to discuss issues like occupational hazard and its risk analysis as well as establishing database. This was to offer reference of health promotion targeted on vocational drivers and painters.

e.Physical examination on foreign labors： Total of 13,260 foreign labors had been examined and 714 of them appealed


unqualified which represented 5.24%. The reason was mainly caused from parasitic.

f.Popularization of Korfball： In order to welcome World Games 2009, we introduced korfball to our citizens

by organizing promotional activities, competitions and trainings at public & private institutions, groups and schools. So far we already had 111,393 people involved as well as 42 korfball facilitators had trained.

5. The Administration of Pharmaceutical Affairs

a. Inspection of Pharmacy & Drug Dealer: The business status of pharmacy & drug dealer would be inspected routinely.

Any pharmacy or drug dealer was found not to practice actively; their license would be cancelled directly. The number of un-licensed dealers and licensed dealers since 2001 until now would be shown on table 38.

b. The Management of Drugs: (1) Strengthening the management of controlled substances

1) In order to stop the detour route of controlled substances, there are two kinds of audit. In 2006, almost 1,831 audits in situ were conducted among hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and 1,661 surveys via calls were conducted as well. Among them, 15 institutions were found to violate regulations of controlled substances.

2) Helping pharmacists and relating professionals to do inventory and further understanding about regulations of controlled substances, several workshops were held.

Table 38 The Numbers of Un-licensed Dealers, Distributed by District Health Station, Department of Health in Kaohsiung

District Year Classification

Yencheng District

Kushan District

Tsoying District

Nantzu District

SanminDistrict

HsinhsingDistrict

ChienchinDistrict

LingyaDistrict

Chienchen District

Chichin District

HsiaokangDistrict

Total

2001 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6

2002 1 1 3 0 3 1 3 6 3 0 1 22

2003 0 1 2 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 12

2004 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 16

2005 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 0 0 14


Table 39 The Number of Licensed Pharmacy &Manufacturer in Kaohsiung City

Western Pharmacy Chinese Pharmacy Pavamedics Category Year

Pharmacy Sellers of drugs

Manufacturers Sellers of drugs

Manufacturers Sellers of drugs

Manufacturers Total

2001 576 473 2 1,094 12 2,209 9 4,3752002 602 362 2 1,119 11 2,365 9 4,4702003 618 477 1 1,145 11 2,562 8 4,8222004 2005

614 613

564 561

1 1

1,1161,113

10 7

2,324 2,489

9 8

4,6384,792

Table 40 Cases of Illegal Drugs Prosecuted in Kaohsiung City

Counterfeit Drugs

Inferior Drugs

Prohibited Drugs

Others Illegal drugs

Total Remarks

2001 3 9 2 86 100 2002 5 11 2 75 93 2003 2 8 2 55 67 2004 14 3 4 47 68 2005 14 2 4 43 63

Cases are sentenced (includingcases not meet requirements forthe labeling such as lot number, ingredient, expiration date etc. . .)

(2) Prosecution of counterfeit, inferior and prohibited drugs To ensure the quality of marketing drugs, inspectors in the Department of

Health in Kaohsiung, actively examine package, leaflet, label or other disqualifications of marketing drugs whether imported or manufactured domestically. Drug once was found not consisting with regulations, will be seized. Furthermore, we concerns any complaint from consumers, especially medicine mixed up with Chinese medicine, called it counterfeit, will be examined directly by our laboratory. Inspectors are scheduled to conduct or collaborate with the Health Department in the Executive Yuan annually. The number of illegal cases prosecuted will be shown on table 40.

(3) Supervision of inventory used during war period During war period, the number and items of drugs and paramedics used for

emergency care are documented. And the health bureau supervises its mobilization, annually.

c. Promotion of separation of pharmacist and medicine (1) 2 panel discussions and 2 seminars on「Friendly Interactive Cooperation」

between pharmacist and medicine were held in 2005. (2) So far, 42,867 prescriptions for the chronic diseases were released out from 4


municipal hospitals which were dispensed by community pharmacies in 2005.

(3) To ensure the quality of services offered by pharmacists, 2,766 inspections were conducted. And 17 pharmacists did not practice in situ.

d. Management of Cosmetics To upgrade the quality of cosmetics and to ensure the safety of consumers,

inspectors scheduled to pharmacies, hair set suppliers, beauty salon, department stores, and shopping mall to examine cosmetics actively, and asked them to examine the label of goods on shelf routinely. Otherwise, promotion advertisements in any media such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television, cable TV and internet are strictly reviewed and monitored. Any illegal promotion advertisement not approved before appear in the media not only were fined but also transferred to News Bureau. The numbers of illegal promotion advertisement are shown on table 41.

Table 41 The Achievements of Division of Cosmetics( 2002 to 2005)

Year Item

2005 2004 2003 2002

Inspection of the cosmetics factory

28factories 35 factories 16 factories 36 factories

Examination on the labels of marketing cosmetics

4,638cases 5,578 cases 5,506 cases 5,125 cases

Quality analyses on cosmetics

167cases 281 cases 171 cases 162 cases

Illegal cosmetics 482cases 289 cases 126 cases 156 cases

Cosmetics advertisements approved 920cases 178 cases 135 cases 57 cases

Illegal advertisements 813cases 694 cases 337 cases 169 cases

6. Healthy Communication & Education

a.Health Education The guidance of health enterprise must utilize the suitable tools and ways to

implement, only then can let the public profoundly impress and deeply plant in heart, at present the utilization ways of mass-communications media include the following items: Release of New, Electronic Media, and Publications. (1) Internet

In order to coordinate with the utilization of information, at present there is the exclusive website (website address: www.kcg.gov.tw\~khd) to plan and


promote the related issues of health for the use of the public. (2) News Propaganda

In order to help our citizens to gain a understanding that the work of healthcare as well as the related regulations, we provide and issue the real-time news in view of the activities together with the respective municipal hospital, and convene the press conference to give instructions at the right time, there are total 278 news issued in 2005.

(3) Radio Propaganda Utilizing the call-in of radio station to achieve the interactive relations with

the public, besides accepting interview of each broadcasting stations irregularly by director and related personnel of various activities in order to achieve the effect of guidance, even to cooperate with the radio station. We also use the charity channel on the cable TV or electronic advertising board to market the related issues of sanitation and health care to promote the related activities.

(4) We published "Healthy Kaohsiung City Bimonthly" since1988 and up to December 2004 has published 136 issues which were free delivering to people's representatives, village masters, each department of city government, medical-relevant schools, the medical institutions and provide the public for free demands and so on.

b.Accident Injury Prevention System (1) We established our “Bulletin of Health promotion － Accident Injury

Prevention Section” to come up with accident injury prevention strategies. (2) We evaluated home environmental security of children and the aging of 61

households to evaluate and guide them so as to improve the home environmental security.

(3) To coordinate the topic of World Health Day, we managed the propaganda and forum on ‘Healthy Mama and Happy Children’ which included motion and motionless exhibitions, the education with a great deal of color in it, earned comprehensively resonant response from the public.

(4) We associated with public and private sectors to held garden parties, exhibitions, health competitions and so on according to correlative seasons and festivals.

(5) We launched 99 accident injury prevention discussions in each district in Kaohisung City with total of 24,517 participants.

c. Control of Tobacco Hazards (Table 42)

Item Frequency Tobacco Hazard Investigation 24,228


Smoking Cessation outpatient services 129 Smoking Cessation education program 20 Propaganda Activities 11 Radio Propaganda 456 Smoke-free restaurants 413 Smoke-free campus 10 (1) To implement the investigation on tobacco hazard effectively:

1) We established the mechanism of tobacco hazards control: (1) Organizing staff training seminars, (2) field investigation: project investigations such as Youth Project and so on were made; routine investigations such as joint investigation, off-campus joint visit and random investigation were made, and 164 letters of administrative disciplinary on tobacco hazards prevention were made.

2) We set up a total of 24,288 files including the units to investigate the tobacco hazards, tobacco suppliers, organizations, and stores.

(2) To setup smoking cessation education program and the outpatient service for smoking cessation

1) We encouraged and directed 129 medical establishments to offer the outpatient service for smoking cessation.

2) We set up the service network covering the outpatient service for smoking cessation, smoking cessation education program, and hotline.

3) We sent recommended medical care personnel to participate smoking cessation educational training, meanwhile, we also encouraged and subsidized in opening 12 smoking cessation education programs.

(3) To advocate smoking harm precaution activities: 1) we plan and negotiate each community promotion activities, hold 14

activities accordingly. 2) To coordinate with World No Tobacco Day on May 31st, we invited public

and private medical institutions and groups to hold correlative activities in expectation of nurturing a smoke-free environment such as smoke-free family, smoke-free campus, smoke-free workplace and smoke-free restaurants.

3) We did promotions through mass media such as radio (458 casts), newspapers (58 prints), internet coverage (4 coverage), and marquees in cable TV.

4) To set up health education website: The content of this website included E-map information system, E-papers, gifts giving and so on as a result of providing diverse and inspirational ways on health education.

(4) Promotion of Smoke Free Environment:


1) Promotion of Smoke Free Restaurants: We manage “Kaohsiung City Smoke Free Restaurants Promotion,” “Kaohsiung City Smoke Free Restaurants Selection,” and so on. By far 413 restaurants had received new non-smoking certification.

2) Promotion of smoke-free campuses: We planned and hosted no smoking campus at 10 schools including elementary, junior and senior high schools. The specific ways of promotion were shown as follows: (1) Establishing campus organization; (2) Conveying related knowledge to teachers and students; (3) Developing anti-smoking skills; (4) Coordinating community resources with schools; (5) Setting up database which could apply on facilitating targeted teachers and students.

3) To assist those schools which involved health promotion program to put the affairs of tobacco hazard control into effect.

4) To hold educational competitions for tobacco hazard prevention and control in Kaohsiung city.

5) To display smoking cessation advertisement on panels located around schools in Kaohsiung city.

6) We also assisted with the planning and the related activities of building smoke free workplaces in Kaohsiung city.

(5) International Communication: 1) We invited Yoshihiro Ohkuni MD., an international well-known volunteer,

to not only deliver a speech to our volunteers but also have experience sharing.

2) We invited Ted Chen, Ph.D., MPH, MA, Professor, Tulane University, President, APACT, to attend the symposium of tobacco hazard control and community health strategies in Southern Taiwan which focused on issues like health polices, local healthcare, community health creation, and tobacco hazard control in workplace. Health authorities, schools in other southern cities and the media were also invited to this symposium.

3) Once again we invited Ted Chen, Ph.D., MPH, MA, Professor, Tulane University to give a keynote speech and experience sharing in response to the following 2 symposiums: “The effectiveness evaluation, impact and reaction against FCTC in Asia-Pacific region.”; Tobacco hazard control and reacting strategies of the feminine.”

d. Promoting the plan of enhancing citizens’ health and figure (1) We established 18 free physical examination booths in district public health

centers, municipal hospitals and private fitness centers to conduct the affairs of citizens’ physical fitness examination.

(2) We managed to recruit volunteers with the physical examination expertise to


help us carry out the affairs of citizens’ physical fitness examination. So far we had completed the recruitment and trainings which 380 volunteers were involved as well as certificates were issued as well.

(3) In order to broaden the recognition and involvement by citizens, we held 5 propaganda activities, spontaneously; we took the advantages of holding citizens’ physical fitness examination in examination booths to arrange 1,250 group examinations of which were public and private sectors.

(4) We had completed 40,502 person-times of physical fitness examinations which all were inputted in the database. And we assigned Dep. of Recreation Sport and Health Promotion, National Pingtung University of Science & Technology to generate statistics analysis and evaluation reports based on the database.

(5) To associate with Tour de Taiwan, we held citational activities for walking and physical fitness in order to strengthen healthy image of Kaohsiung city to the globe.

(6) In order to promote physical jerks in communities and institutions, we had completed the implementation of physical jerks in 2005 institutions, groups and communities where people did 10 minutes in the morning and the afternoon.

(7) We coordinated the promotional affairs of health and physic with teachers and students from the field of recreation sport which Kaohsiung Medical University, National University of Kaohsiung, Fooyin University, I-Shou University, Shu-Te University and Kaohsiung Vocational High School of Commerce were involved. Those teachers and students from 6 schools were to organize a “student volunteer service unit of community health and physic.”

(8) We associated with private sectors and patient association to hold physical jerks competition for the citizens.

e. Health Building in Communities (1) In order to push the goal of health life & life health for community

inhabitants, we push community health adaptation plan, combine with the public groups of 11 districts in this city and separately establish community health adaptation center, a school community health build up center (Hsinhsing District), and a urban aboriginal tribe health build up center to promote community health management together.

(2) The community health center conducted 2542 various activities which could promote citizen’s health such as food sanitation, safety of physic, chronic disease control, and physical examination.

(3) Recruiting, organizing and training our health volunteers to devote


themselves in providing community health services, conducting health promoting workshops, physical examinations, and distributing health D.I.Y brochures door to door which give clear instructions to the citizen.

(4) We actively promoted physical fitness workout not only in communities but also in workplaces. For office workers and families we individually developed physical fitness workout which was able to do with the time and place of ease.

(5) The community health building up center (Zuoying District) which is operated by Soka Gakkai Association in Kaohsiung original botanical-garden had earned the top 10 the most outstanding community health building up center award.

(6) We strove the subsidy from the central government for conducting projects related to community health building up center, Hsiao Kang District (operated by Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital) which could accelerate the environmental rejuvenation of Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital.

(7) We had chosen community health building up centers in Zuoying District and Yanchen District to participate New Formosa Community project organized by Executive Yuan.

f. To Organize and Train the Volunteer Workers of Health: (1) The health care volunteer service work of this city according to the

stipulation of "the volunteer service law" to integrate the operating units of volunteer workers engaged in medical service total 43 units of this city (contains Dep. of Health, KCG, municipal medical institutes, community health adaptation center, private hospital, and blood donation center and so on), after recruiting & training by the operating units according to the service demand and gives duty grouping, total 3,512 persons, all has approved to issue " the volunteer service record book".

(2) ”Information system of volunteer workers management” had been revised and integrated its database with the one in Dep. of Health, Executive Yuan.

g.Taiwan Medical History Literature Center (1) Percentage of satisfaction toward exhibitions held in 2005

(Table 43)

Topic of

Exhibition Content of Exhibition

Mode of Exhibition Servicing facilities

A new perspective toward the creation of Adam & Eve 91% 90% 91% 90%

Sex, History and Comics 95% 88% 92% 94% The pioneer missionary in Formosa, Dr. James L.Maxwell 98% 97% 95% 97%

Medicine and Literature 96% 98% 89% 96%


(2) We had held 4 exhibitions in a year which were described above. (3) To coordinate with those exhibitions we had organized 9 promotive lectures.

7.Food Sanitation Management a. We dealt with various foodstuff advertisements violation (In 2005, there were

565 ads violating the law via the internet, newspapers, and cable TV which were punished pursuant to the provisions with the Act Governing Food Sanitation). For more information, please see the comparison chart as follows:

Table 44 Foodstuff advertisements violations compared from 2003 to 2005

Year Print media Cable TV & Radio Internet Total 2003 152 128 111 391 2004 94 146 132 372 2005 149 194 222 565

b. Management of Water Station (1) As the end of December 2005, there were 850 water stations (reducing 16

from 866 water stations in 2004) in Kaohsiung City under the control of our department.

(2) In order to bring convenience to water station business in applying regular procedures (approbation, change of registration, and re-approbation), we authorized district public centers to conduct in exchange of shortening 3 to 5 days of processing time.

(3) We randomly inspected 786 water stations of which water quality was complied with our regulations.

c. Direct food quality sanitation for food shops in Liuho Night Market: (1) In the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2005, we checked and facilitated stalls in Liuho

night market where 80% of them are rewarded outstanding performance. (2) In August, 2005, our director general Mr. Han had written an open letter to

all stall keepers for explaining them how we work hard to improve the sanitation. The purpose of this letter was nothing but awaking their sense of self-management as well as taking on sanitation image an entirely new look.

d. Direct food quality sanitation for seafood shops and vendors in Chichin District. In 2005, we had sent personnel consulting seafood shops and vendors in

Chichin District and evaluating them under the competition of “Excellent seafood shops and vendors in Chichin District.” Eventually, we chose 10 of them and issued “Excellence in seafood quality sanitation” award as well as recommending consumers by posting their information on the internet.

e. Promotion of Smoke Free Restaurants While inspection and consultation of restaurant business in 2005,

spontaneously we also enhanced the promotion of smoke free environment, thus, we decided to engage scholars and professionals via Bureau of Health Promotion


to evaluate those applying smoke free restaurant certification. Consequently, there were 176 restaurants receiving the certification. By far 417 restaurants in Kaohsiung city had received non-smoking certification.

f. Promotion plan of self management by traders (sanitation mark) We adjust our management polices to encourage foodstuff traders to not only

inspect themselves autonomously but also apply the concepts of healthy food & smoke free restaurant to their business. However, we still randomly inspected them in case they wouldn’t practice well. In 2005, there were 49 catering restaurants, 22 boxed lunch makers acquiring accreditation and being awarded sanitation mark.

g. We managed “Healthy Physical Fitness for the Adult, Challenge to 18-24” and setup the registry system of the 18-24 physical fitness: there are a total of 8,636 people registered at the 18-24 physical fitness. Among them, the average weight was 62.79 kilogram, the average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 23.96，and average waist is 73.02 cm. In 2005, we had organized 120 slimming seminars which involved 14,023 persons. Besides, we also coordinated with hospitals to open 10 weight controlling courses of which delegates lost 2.485 kilos in average.

h. We call for the foodstuff volunteers: We conducted 2 educational programs of foodstuff sanitation and 9 practical

trainings for our volunteers. Until now we had 58 foodstuff volunteers helping us arrange 20 propagandas of foodstuff sanitation and nutrition as well as report 66 violative cases.

i. Meat Product Management (1) To maintain the sanitation management of the meat products, we worked

together with Illegal Slaughter Investigation Section of Economics Affairs Bureau to investigate all pork stands every month. In 2005, 27 meat processing factories, and 2,342 vendors, 128 distributors, 1,448 boxed lunch makers, and 542 catering service providers were inspected and no case of violating law was found.

(2) We executed 218 livestock meat inspections of which 7 were not complied with regulations due to Ampicillin positive being found.

(3) We conducted 13 related propaganda activities. j. Food Safety Administration

(1) We checked ordinary foodstuff, festival foodstuff, and seasonal foodstuff which counted totally 3,262 cases, and out of them there were 276 unqualified.

(2) Inspection of pesticide vesidues on vegetables: In 2005, based on joint inspection program, we checked pesticide residues on


lunch in 96 schools across elementary, junior and senior schools. The result showed that the residues were under safety allowance.

(3) We had checked 28,552 cases of foodstuff labeling which 474 violative cases were found. Those cases would be managed under Food Sanitation Administration Act.

8. Health Inspection a. Food Sanitary Inspection

(1) Food Chemistry Inspections: The inspections items of food chemicals includes preservatives, artificial

flavor, Coal Tar Dyes, bleaching agents, Bactericides, pesticides residuals, Heavy metal, sulfonamides, histamine, fluorescent, whitening agent, Sulfur Dioxide and methanol, 254 of 4081 inspection items are found unqualified, the disqualification rate is 6.22%.

(2) Food Microbiology Inspection The inspection items of food microbiology includes Escherichia Colifrom,

E.Coli group, total viable counts and poison cases, standard Plate Count, Molts )by Staphylococcus Aureus, Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Salmonella, Bacillus Cereus), 158 of 2299 inspection items are found unqualified, the disqualification rate is 6.87%.

b. Medicine Inspection: 5 of 53 inspection pieces of Testing Adulterations of chemical drugs in

Chinese Herbal Preparations ingredient are found unqualified, the disqualification rate is 9.43%, but only 1 of 87 inspection pieces of cosmetics products is found unqualified, the disqualification rate is 1.14%.

c. Public Health Inspection: (1) Inspection of swimming pool water: 31 of 701 inspection items of swimming

pool in Kaohsiung city are found unqualified, the disqualification rate is 4.42%.

(2) Inspection of sauna water: 581 inspection items of swimming pool in Kaohsiung city are inspected and found all qualified.

d. Personal Inspection for Kaohsiung city citizen Two pieces of water quality inspection are unqualified among 90 pieces of

water quality inspection applied by the Kaohsiung city citizen in 2005. The disqualification rate is 2.22%.

e. Laboratory Accredited by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation The authorized inspections items below are certified by Taiwan Accreditation

Foundation: Acrobic late Counts Coliforms, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Hydrogen Peroxide, Vitamin E, Boric acid and Borat, Testing of Adulteration of Chemical Drugs in Chinese Herbal Preparations. The additional 8 inspection


items of Vitamin E, Pseudomonas agneginosa and Preservative are also accredited by Taiwan Accreditation. Foundation in 2005. In the future we will increase the inspection items annually to promote the inspection qualification and secure the inspection authority to reach the international standard.

f. Test agents supplied free of charge To enlarge the service, increase the food sanitary and promote the safety and

health of foodstuff, the inspection office offers 5 test agents of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), mercy (Hg) to Kaohsiung city citizen free of charge for self-test. The inspection laboratory also offers the Nirtrile (NO2), Starch, and Metanil Yellow for fast and convenient self-inspection.

g. Evaluation of Inspection Accuracy Through the random evaluation of department of Health, Executive Yuan in

2005, the inspection results of Preservative, artificial Licorice, nitrite, boric and pesticide remnants are all evaluated and founded to completely to meet the standard issued by the Bureau of Food & Drug Inspection, Department of Health, Executive Yuan.

h.Increusing the potential of Research and Development: There ways used to upgrade the research and development potential.

(1) Attending and presenting the research in the academic conference. Totally 2 oral papers and 3 poster papers were published in 2005.

(2) Increasing the items of food inspection: increasing the inspection from 2 to 6 items antioxidants and increasing 135 items of organophorous, organochloride and carbamate in pesticide are totally inspected in 2005.

(3) Increasing the items of Chinese medicine mixed with western ingredients inspections: 35 items of rheumatism, rheum medicine and steroid and 5 items of dietary medicine.

i. Establishment of Standard Operation Process: The standardization is established for increasing the confidence and

completeness of inspection results. The several brochures for the standard operation procedure have been finished including 27 inspection procedures, 24 brochures of inspection qualification procedures, 21 brochures of quality controls, and 16 brochures of operation standard manuals.

j. Comparison of Food, Water and Medicine Inspection Table 45 Comparison of water quality inspection from 2003 to 2005

2003 2004 2005 Inspection Type IP UQ DQR% IP UQ DQR% IP UQ DQR% Swimming pool water 782 44 5.62 775 12 1.54 460 0 0 Sauna water 399 60 15.03 307 7 2.28 701 31 4.42 Water from Kaohsiung 102 10 9.8 90 2 2.22 88 2 2.28

Remarks:IP: Inspection pieces UQ: Unqualified pieces DQR%: Disqualification rate%


Table46 Comparison of inspections of Food, Medicine and Cosmetics with illegal additives in 2005

Additives Inspection pieces Unqualified pieces Disqualification rate% preservatives 1460 74 5.01% Boric acid and Borat 167 2 1.20% bleaching agents 374 43 11.50% Heavy metal 1008 6 0.60%

Adulteration of Chemical Drug in Chinese Herbal Preparations

53 5 9.43%

Microbiology 2268 33 1.46% skin whitening 87 1 1.15%


Environmental Protection

1. Maintenance of Air Quality Due to the factors of concentrated large scale industries and commercial

businesses, rapid increase of population and vehicles, and endless construction projects, Kaohsiung is made to become the most heavily loading area of air pollution in Taiwan. To control the source of pollution of the city comprehensively, Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government has been positively adopting various kinds of pollution control and prevention measures.

After great efforts were made by various circles, based on the statistical result on the percentage of unhealthy air quality days (i.e., the air pollution standard index,PSI > 100) in the Kaohsiung city, it was found that the value "PSI>100" was obviously decreased from 17.5% in 1996 to 5.94% in 2004. However, because of the duststorm and northeast trade meteorology type, it raised to 8.8% in 2005. a. Pollution control of stationary source

(1) Strict auditing on the newly-established and existing pollution source:Strictly auditing the installation, modifying and operation permit of the newly established and existing sources according to "The Air Pollution Control Act (Measures for the Granting of Permits to Install, Modify and Operate Stationary Sources)."

(2) Positive promotion of tour auditing, inspection and management operation: Positively promote the auditing and inspection operation in order to understand the operation of various manufacturing equipments of the stationary sources, and the emission of different kinds of pollutant.

(3) Improvement of evaluation of emission reduction: Invite scholars and professionals to implement on-the-spot evaluation on the prevention and control of pollutant and the industrial safety at factories, make proposals for improvement, and give guidance for the evaluated factories to adopt the best available control techniques (BACT).

(4) Control and inspection of volatile organic compounds（VOC）: Carry out inspection work on the manufacturing process units and leakage inspection of loading operation focusing on the petrochemical industry, surface coating industry, etc.

(5) Continuous Emission Monitoring System（CEMS）: The Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government can detect the emission situation of the air pollutant of the stationary pollution source by means of on line monitoring system in its office.

(6) Verify the odorous sources : The cooking waste fumes from the restaurant and the air pollution from industrial operations were two main contributors to


the odorous complaints in Kaohsiung. According to the patrol assignment around and the OP-FTIR monitoring assignment , EPB has built the management information system.

(7) The dioxin monitoring and management ： Build the emission source database ,and ascertain the confirmation of regulations by the routine inspection of emission source .

b. Pollution control of fugitive area source (1) Pollution control of construction site: Carry out Total Suspended Particulate

inspection and auditing operation around the construction site. (2) Street washing and sweeping and demonstration of road maintenance: Carry

out street washing work on the main and minor roads of Kaohsiung City so as to reduce the pollution of granular objects, and furthermore improve the quality of air.

(3) Unpaved land investigation, control and beautification by planting: Carry out the beautification work of the city by planting, and investigate and control the unpaved land.

c. Pollution control of mobile source (1) Emission control of mobile pollution source: Carry out on-road inspection on

motorcycles, vehicles and diesel trucks. (2) Promotion of the use of low-emission vehicles: Promote the motorcycles that

use the low-emission bio-diesel or low-emission jet engine motorcycles, etc. (3) Control of vehicle fuel quality: Strengthen the inspection on the quality of

gasoline and diesel at refinery, storage tank of imported oil products, and gas station.

(4) Strengthen studying a complete set of transportation management proposals: Encourage citizens to use public transportation system, and negotiate with large-size enterprises to promote the car-pool system of traffic vehicles.

2. Control of Noise Pollution In order to prevent noise pollution problem from getting more and more serious,

the following control measures are adopted to improve the current situation of noise pollution: a. Assigned noise control area. b. Aviation noise control: The City Government still supervises and urges Civil

Aeronautics Administration to detect the aviation noise 24 hours per day, and assists Civil Aeronautics Administration to claim for compensation and subsidy to the civilians living around the airport.

c. Traffic noise control: Supervise and urge the supervisory departments of roads, railways and mass rapid transit system to adopt appropriate preventive and restriction measures.


d. Stationary noise source control measures: Control district by district the noise source of factory (workshops), entertainment establishments, business places, construction sites, public announcement facilities, and other noise sources announced by the supervisory authorities according to Noise Control Act.

e. Low frequency noise: Our country defines the low frequency noise range as 20~200Hz, among them the major frequency that influences human body obviously is in the range of 3-50Hz.

f. Folklore noise and neighbor noise control measures: Within the announced period of time various control districts cannot light the firecrackers and engage in the folk activities like god worshipping, temple meeting, etc. which will affect the peaceful life of other people.

3. Control of Water Pollution a. Strengthen the disposal control of industrial waste water and sewage treatment.

Promote the permission and application system for waste water (sewage) to be drained out through drainage system of industrial waste water and sewage, and supervise and urge various companies to establish responsible unit or designate responsible staff for handling waste water, and the establishment rate is 100%.

b. Strengthen the promotion of water pollution prevention (1) Hold talks of water pollution prevention for business firms, and edit and print

the summarized Water Pollution Law for the business firms and the public to get a copy.

(2) To strengthen the prevention of river pollution, combine the resources of school, community and social groups to promote to set up the river guard team.

4. Remediation of Soil and Groundwater Pollution a. Implement "The Plan for the Investigation on Soil and Groundwater Quality in

Kaohsiung City 2004,2005” (1) Complete the soil sampling inspection at the 109 soil monitoring sites in

Kaohsiung City. (2) Complete the four-season's sampling inspection at the 110 underground water

monitoring wells. b. Implement "Investigation and Control Plan for Soil Fugitive and Volatile

Organic Compounds in Kaohsiung City."2005 (1) Make a comprehensive survey, and establish the basic information of all the

gas stations in the city. (2) Make a advanced survey, and establish the soil and groundwater informations

of 104 gas stations of the Kaohsiung city. c. Establish the district information about heavy metal detection of soil reaching

soil control standard in the city.


d. Establish a management system of the investigation information of soil quality and underground water quality and gas stations' soil and gas emission of the city.

5. Management of Toxic Chemicals a. Issue of sale permit, and usage and storage registration for inspection. b. Submission of poisonous chemicals transportation slip copies: In 2005 there

were 18,532 submitted cases of poisonous chemicals transportation slip copies being handled according to "Management Methods of Poisonous Chemicals Transportation."

c. Management of handling record report: According to "Report Regulations of Poisonous Chemicals Handling Record and Unloading Volume," the handling personnel of poisonous chemicals are reported under restriction of limited time.

d. Issue of approved document for establishment of professional poisonous chemicals' technical management personnel: There were 16 approval cases (including the approved changes) issued in 2005.

e. Issue of approval for handling below minimum control limit：According to regulations in "Application Form for Approval of Poisonous Chemicals Handling Volume Below Minimum Control Limit and Notes of Application," there were 178 approval cases (including the approved changes, reissues) issued in2005.

f. Implement regular, irregular and emergency inspection so as to ensure the businessmen are really handling the poisonous chemicals in compliance with Poisonous Chemicals Management Law.

g. Promotion of Government Decree: The promotion activity of "Talk on Relevant Law of Poisonous Chemicals" is held 3 times a year.

6. Disaster Prevention and Rescue for Toxic Chemical Substances a. Promote "Disaster Prevention and Relief Plan for Kaohsiung City." b. Establish "Toxic Chemical Substances Disaster Response Team of

Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government." c. Establish "Toxic Chemical Substances Disaster Response Assistance System" by

the national army. d. Establish information of factory disaster precaution and relief, and prepare a list

of important toxic chemical substances handling companies. e. Collect the contact telephone numbers of the relevant Environmental Protection

Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government, responsible hospitals of emergency medical service net in Kaohsiung area, united toxic chemical substances disaster precaution teams of Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau of Ministry of Communications, and edit and print out 300 copies of "Contact List of Relevant Units of Kaohsiung City toxic chemical substances Disaster Report System" for distribution to more than 70 units so as to strengthen the reporting work of toxic chemical substances disaster precaution and relief.


f. Study and draft "Operation Procedures of Kaohsiung City toxic chemical substances Disaster Precaution and Relief Standards" to establish comprehensive operation procedures.

g. Promotion of united organization of special poisonous chemicals handling disaster precaution and relief teams of various companies and united drill: Under toxic chemical substances Disaster Precaution and Relief Organization of the city, there are 4 united precaution teams, each of which administers 32 toxic chemical substances handling companies, with 37 drills of various natures held in 2005.

7. Management of Drinking Water a. "Tap Water Quality Detection Plan": According to the drawing of water

allocation piping supplied by Taiwan Water Supply Corporation, there are 50 selected detection spots inside the water allocation system under the city's jurisdiction. These detection spots make regular detection and carry out inspection of 27items every month. There are 934 times samplings in this year, and all of them measure up.

b. Inspect the water filling stations in the districts under the city's jurisdiction according to "Management Measures for Kaohsiung City Water Filling Stations and Water Source Supply Permit. There are187 permits issued in total, for the water filling stations.

8. Management of Environmental Agents a. Implement the inspection management of environmental-agents operation

according to "Environmental Agents Control Act." In 2005 the city inspected 41 cases of disease media prevention, 6 cases of environmental- agents sale, and 1,186 cases of environmental- agents inspection.

b. Strengthen the promotion of "Education of Safety Use of Environmental Agents and Inspection of Descriptions on Environmental Agents."

c. Strengthen the inspection of false, prohibited and poor-quality environmental agents so as to ensure the consumers' safe application and the quality of environmental agents.

9. Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Wastes and Recycling of Resources

The city implements a garbage collection initiative including "3-in-1 Recycling of Resources, Keeping Garbage off the Ground,and Mandatory Garbage Recycling." There are three days each week to collect the resource garbage by a recycling truck proceeding after the garbage truck. As citizens discharge their garbage, they can conduct resource recycling more conveniently. It is expected that citizens directly deliver their garbage to garbage truck can thoroughly improve the appearance and environment in the city. In 2005 the garbage volume of


households was 380,725 metric tons, giving a daily generation rate of 1,043 metric tons in average.

During the franchised period of these three districts, the City Government had saved the garbage collection cost by about NT$100 million, and downsized the organization by 96 workers. It adopted the way of “no recruitment for vacancy” to protect the working right of garbage team workers. The unused garbage collection trucks were allocated to other teams of another districts to operate continuously. It promoted the service efficiency to the public and alleviates the financial burden of the City Government.

The implementation of garbage classification and resources recycling for persistent use of resources are the important issues of environment protection in recent years. In view of this, Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government plans to promote various kinds of garbage downsizing and resources recycling work, including the extended implementation of "3-in-1 Recycling of Resources" (the annual recycle volume for the year was 103,136 metric tons, with a monthly recycle volume of 8,595 metric tons in average and a recycle rate of 20.01%), "Restriction Policy for Use of Shopping-Purpose Plastic Bag and Plastic (including polypropylene) Disposable Tableware." Besides, to correspond with the Central Government's policy of authorizing private companies to undertake public affairs, Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government also completed "Privatization of Waste Vehicle and Motorcycle Hauling" (the nos. of vehicles and motorcycles hauled for the year were 1,329 and 2,959 respectively) to reduce financial expenses and promote administrative efficiency. In order to implement the work of resourceful garbage classification and recycling appropriately, as from September 1,2002. "Franchisal Project resourceful Garbage Classification and Recycling Work" was implemented. It saved the personnel expenses of Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government, and decrease the fund for establishment of recycling and classification plant.

10.Maintenance of Environment Hygiene, Ditch Cleaning, Street Sweeping, Public Toilet Manageing, and Vector Controlling

To keep the whole city clean and tidy, Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government appoints staff to sweep the streets every day and clear the ditches regularly. A united Public Toilet Supervision and Inspection Team of Kaohsiung City Government was established to inspect the management units of various public toilets belong to the City Government. The government appeals to strengthen the beautification, plant decoration and hygiene of public toilets. Besides, Dengue Fever Inspection and Advisory Team of the City Government was additionally set up to strengthen the inspection of the dengue fever rector and


clearance of mosquito reservoirs in a varity of institutions, schools, organizations,and public and private sectors of the city. Every year, according to the seasonal characteristics and habitual practices of disease vector, the whole city implements comprehensive outdoor environment disinfections for three times, hoping to provide the citizens with clean and beautiful living environment. The effectiveness of Dengue Fever Prevention Project in 2005 are as follows: a. Clearing the vectors at public places: The clearance and inspection teams of

various districts and sub-wards of the city mobilized 49,886 man-times to clear the vector at 715 empty lands and 613 public places. There were 41,348 waste tires removed. Before being delivered to Talinpu Reclamation Management Center, they were sprayed with insecticide, covered with canvas and tightly sealed. Once a week the disinfection is done.

b. Inspecting the reservoirs at households: The staff of the department and various household offices were mobilized to form Guidance and Inspection Team, having inspected51,149 households and cleared the disease media at 185,413 households.

c. Effectiveness there were 1,379 cases advised to clear the reservoirs, and 49 cases punisbed for those who violated the Waste Dispasal Act.

11. Disposal and Management of Industrial Waste a. Current Situation

According to the promulagation by Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan, the enterprises which should submit the industrial waste clearance plane to Responsible Agencies were about 429 firms in Kaohsiung City. Daily industrial waste were produced about 9,136 tons, which included hazardous industrial wastes produced 564 tons per day. Four clearance methods are managed by industrial waste. During this year, there were 197,707 tons industrial wastes managed by Commissioned & Joint clearance and disposal method, 47,632 tons managed by Self clearance and disposal method, 1,104,898 tons managed by reuse mode, and about 3,811 tons managed by export treatment. In the management of publicly or privately owned waste management organization, there were 4 Grade-A waste treatment organizations and 228 waste clearance organizations for the year of 2005.

b. Major working items and their effectiveness (1) According to the regulation which the enterprises should submit the industrial

waste clearance plane, there were 137 cases requesting for examination for the year.

(2) According to the regulation which the enterprises should submit the completion of being staffed with professional technical personnel, there were 83 cases being controlled.


(3) Carry out on-the-spot inspection work of enterprises: Depending on different enterprises, inspecting work was executed infrequency by examining the situation of industrial waste storage, clearance, treatment and reuse. This year there were 785 cases inspected and 45 cases accused according to Waste Disposal Act, and imposed fine amount of 1,848,000 New Taiwan Dollars according to Waste Disposal Act.

(4) Management of publicly and/or privately owned waste collection and treatment organizations。Using industrial waste control center report system inspected the monthly activity report, contracts, and illegal permit activities of waste collection and treatment organizations. There were 130 cases inspected and 108 cases accused, and imposed fine amount of 1,081,200 New Taiwan Dollars according to Waste Disposal Act.

(5) Implementation of roadside block inspection of waste clearance truck: according to the Waste Disposal Act article 9, there were 134 truck-times being inspected.

(6) Management of industrial hazardous waste export permit: there were 10 permits in this year.

12. Disposal and Management of General Waste a. Current situation

Following the paces of industrialization, Kaohsiung City is naturally found to have the life culture of general typical metropolitan area. In the cultural life activities at each of the time and space, there must be a great deal of life waste created. In order to execute modern waste disposal as well as the sustained development of environmental ecology creation, and hold the important waste disposal idea of resources regeneration, we especially take the waste disposal as the important administrative program of the city. The daily output of waste of the city is about 1,800 tons (including 1,200 tons of household garbage and 600 tons of industrial waste). Under the limited conditions of resources, the use and consumption of resources seem more valuable. Therefore, the modernized and new waste disposal concept is established on the structure of sustained development and reuse of resources. Thus, the garbage disposal policy of the city also covers the implementation procedures of continuous promotion of resources recycling, and the recycling and reuse of kitchen waste.

b. Major working items and their effectiveness (1) Closure and Postclosure Care of Hsichinpu Sanitary Landfill:

The whole project was completed in December 2003. (2) Ta-lin-pu Ashes Sanitary Landfill Site:

The plan appropriately provides the city with an disposal site of incinerator ashes. Currently Phase 1、Phase 2、Phase 2-A And Phase 2-B projects (an


area of development at about 20.3 hectares) are completed. In 2005 the burial volume of fly ashes solidification for incinerator was 43,639 tons.

(3) Ta-lin-pu Seashore Reclamation (Southern Star) Plan: Talinpu Sea Reclamation Plan is divided into short-term plan and mid-term

plan: The short-term plan reclaimed new-born land is at an area of about 49.2 hectares. The mid-term plan implements a reclamation area of Zone 1 and Zone 2, totally about 170 hectares. Upon completion of surrounding fence erection in Zone 1 in July 1997, it was immediately open for the city to unload and reclaim the waste construction earthwork. The project in Zone 2 was completed in August 2001. It was planned to provide disposal of 16 million cubic meters of waste construction earthwork. The total unloaded waste earthwork of the mid-term plan for the year of 2005 was about 690,000 cubic meters.

(4) Treatment of Nightsoil: In 2005 the treatment capacity of nightsoil handled by the department was

12,512 tons, and the volume handled by private companies was 37,589 tons, totaling 50,101 tons.

(5) Pretreatment of Sewage Sediments: In 2005 the operation and maintenance of Sewage Sediment Pretreatment

Plant was outsourced. The total capacity was 10,504 tons. (6) Acceleration of Waste (Waste Soil) Clean-Up Project at the Land for

Migration of Hungmaokang Village: The slag waste clean-up project at the land for migration of Hungmaokang

Village , which has leaching Cd,Pb concentration greater than TCLP standard was inspected and accepted by Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau of Ministry of Communications for continuous implementation follow-up village migration plan.

(7) Establishment of City-County Garbage Treatment Mutual Cooperation and Assistance Model:

Currently the city negotiates with Yenchao Household Office、 Lugjwu Office and Taliao Household Office of Kaohsiung County about the establishment of a garbage disposal mutual-favoring cooperation and assistance model to deal with the waste that cannot be burned and incinerated. In 2005 there were about 112,003 tons of such kind of waste being unloaded to Yenchao Village、Lugjwu and Taliao Village Hygienic Burial Plant.

(8) Planning for Establishment of Organic Waste Treatment Plant: A series of projects included are reviewal of the "Anaerobic

Organic-Waste Treatment And Bio-Diesel Plant by the law for the Promoting of the Private sectors to Participating in Infrastruture Project " and continuous


promotion of Food waste recycling and reuse demonstration. 13.Volunteers Participating in Environmental Protection

In order to combine the resources of private sectors, encourage the volunteers to implement environmental protection of life, and promote environmental protection work altogether, Environmental Protection Volunteers Team was established. No matter the organizations of various administration districts of the city (including the sub-wards, tithings, communities), schools, groups, companies, factories, hospitals, churches and temples or individuals, all of them can apply for joining the team as environmental protection volunteers of the department in the name of organization or individual. Up to the end of 2005 there were 67 volunteer teams with 2,394 members. The time for volunteers on duty for the whole year was 39,436 times in total. There were 2 training courses held for volunteers, and 201 volunteers completed the training courses.

14. Environmental Impact Assessment a. Current situation

In the districts under the jurisdiction of the city, a large number of factories are built. The density of population and mechanical vehicles are high. The prevention and restriction of public harm and pollution are the important environmental protection issues of the city. In order to prevent and mitigate the major development behaviors in the city, such as the building of factories, traffic construction, entertainment facilities, skyscrapers, environmental protection construction project, etc., Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal Government formed an "Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee" according to "Environmental Impact Assessment Act" and the relevant stipulations. It was hoped that the professional knowledge of experts and scholars and the common participation of the public would bring out an open, fair and upright examination and evaluation of development behavior in advance, and also followed by supervision and auditing on the construction stage and operation stage so as to ensure that the environmental quality of the city can be maintained.

Turning Environmental Impact Assessment System to be legislated was strongly promoted by Legislative Yuan and Environmental Protection Administration. On December 30, 1994 the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment Act was promulgated, and on October 25, 1995 the implementation of Detail of the Applications for the Environmental Impact Assessment Act was promulgated and put into effected, with successive amendments made subsequently.

b. Major working items and their effectiveness (1) Review the 8 case applying for environmental Impact Assessment in 2005.


(2) Supervise 30 cases applying for environmental Impact Assessment in 2005. (3) Promotion of Laws and Staff Training

1) Print out copies of the relevant laws and distribute them to the related departments, industrial and commercial plants for observation.

2) Hold talks on promotion of laws, enabling various fields to have a deeper understanding of the implementation of environmental Impact Assessment system.

3) Participate public talks held by the developers. 15. Environmental Inspection

There are 54 staffs in the 6th Division of Bureau of Environmental Protection in the City Government. Of them, Field inspection Group (28 staffs) was divided into 8 District Patrol Divisions and one Water Pollution Patrol Divisions ,and one Tap Water Sampling Division according to the administrative districts.Each of the divisions had 2 to 3 auditors equipped with patrol car, wireless communication, auditing equipment, etc. Focusing on the public's complaints, air pollution, noise pollution, and water pollution etc., they go to the spot to inspect the situation within the shortest period of time. For those serious cases, the violators are advised to improve and even accused immediately .

b. Major working items and their effectiveness (1) Auditing and Investigation of Violating Behaviors against Environmental

Hygiene To maintain a clean and tidy appearance of the city and eliminate the

dirtiness and untidiness, from Jan, to Dec. 2005 there were 33,116 violating cases of environmental hygiene, of which 6,351 cases were charged for violation of regulations.

(2) Auditing and Investigation of Violating Behaviors against Air Pollution Control Law

To maintain the air quality of the city and control the emission of pollutes caused from the fixed air pollution sources, any dust flying in the process of construction work and transportation, or any air pollution caused by the behaviors of burning, smelting, refining, cutting, etc., then from Jan, to Dec. 2005 there were 4,118 air pollution cases, of which 176 cases were charged for violation of regulations.

(3) Auditing and Investigation of Noise Pollution Cases To prevent any noise of factories (worksites), entertaining places, business

places, construction projects, amplifier facilities, etc. from exceeding Noise Control Standards, Bureau of Environmental Protection would report any noise exceeding the control standard of the restricted district was created in accordance with law, and inform the noise creator to improve within a


limited period. If no improvement was made upon expiration of the period, or the noise still exceeds the control standard after improvement, the noise creator would be charged and punished until a complete improvement was done. From Jan, to Dec. 2005 there were 3,160 noise control cases audited, of which 188 cases were charged for violation of regulations.

(4) Auditing and Investigation of Violation of Water Pollution and Drinking Water Management

To prevent the emitted waste (dirty) water of business organizations from exceeding Water Emission Standards, the auditing staff of Bureau of Environment Protection went to various kinds of factories to make inspections every month. If the inspection value of water sample exceeded Water Emission Standards, the business organization concerned would be charged and punished, and informed to improve within a limited period. If no improvement was made upon expiration of the period, the business organization would be punished day by day. From Jan, to Dec. 2005 there were 1,523 water pollution cases audited, of which 37 cases were charged for violation of regulations.

(5) Implementation Effects of Case Reporting Center Environmental Protection Case Reporting and Servicing Center of Bureau

of Environmental Protection offers 24-hour service, receiving the cases reported of violation of environmental hygiene, air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, etc. From Jan, to Dec. 2005 there were 7,157 complaints from the public.


Public Security 1.Maintenance of Public Order

a. Analysis of Criminal Case Investigation and Prevention: (1) All General Criminal Cases (including violence, burglary and other criminal

cases): In 2005 there were 43,085 cases happened and 28,425 cases solved, achieving a solving rate of 65.97%. When compared with the 39,300 cases happened, 24,417 cases solved and a solving rate of 62.13% in 2005, the solving rate was raised by 3.84%.

(2) Violence Crimes (including theft, robbery, deliberate murder, kidnapping, threatening for money, serious harm, forceful intercourse): In 2005 there were 1,631 cases happened and 1,106 cases solved, achieving a solving rate of 67.81%. When compared with the 1,263 cases happened, 824 cases solved and a solving rate of 65.24% in 2005, the solving rate was raised by 2.57%. As to the robbery cases which were most annoying to the general public, in 2005 there were 1.174 cases happened and 673 cases solved, achieving a solving rate of 57.33%. When compared with the 837 cases happened, 410 cases solved and a solving rate of 48.98% in 2005, the solving rate was raised by 8.35%.

(3) Burglary Crimes (including general, serious, car, motorcycle): In 2005 there were 25,666 cases happened and 14,055 cases solved, achieving a solving rate of 54.76%. When compared with the 25,216 cases happened, 13,730 cases solved and a solving rate of 54.45% in 2004, the solving rate was raised by 0.31%.

1) Car Burglary: In 2005 there were 2,798 cases of stolen cars happened and 1,627 cases found, achieving a rate of found cars of 58.15%. When compared with the 2,603 cases of stolen cars happened, 1,767 cases found and a rate of found cars of 67.88% in 2004, the rate of found cars was reduced by 9.73%.

2) Motorcycle Burglary: In 2005 there were 11,886 cases of stolen motorcycles happened and 9,253 cases found, achieving a rate of found cars of 77.85%. When compared with the 15,340 cases of stolen motorcycles happened, 9,842 cases found and a rate of found cars of 64.16% in 2004, the rate of found motorcycles was raised by 13.69%.

(4) Defraud Cases: In 2005 there were 3,029 cases happened and 1,236 cases solved, achieving a solving rate of 41%. When compared with the 3,364 cases happened in 2004, 1,022 cases solved and a solving rate of 30% in 2004, the solving rate was raised by 11%.


b. Investigation Criminal Acts And Results: (1) Execution of “Action Plan for All People to Protect Public Security”:

1) From March 1, 2005 to August 31, 2005, the “Action Plan for All People to Protect Public Security”, focusing on five major strategies: “strengthen the police lineup and improve the police service efficiency”, “prevent frauds and increase people’s sense of safety”, “eliminate theft and protect people’s property and safety”, “pay attention to people’s feelings and provide superior police service”, and “strengthen the propaganda of crime prevention and promote cooperation between the police and the people”. The results were as the following: In the 23 counties and cities under investigation, the scores the Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau got was 84.5. This outstanding results proved that the effort of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau during the period received widely support and favorable comment from the citizens.

2) The “Survey on People’s Satisfaction on Public Security in Taiwan Area” made by National Police Agency for the 4th quarter of 2005 showed that Kaohsiung people’s satisfaction on the police raised. The scores of the “overall satisfaction on public security” was 72.86, which increased by 3.04 scores in comparison with that of the previous quarter. The progress had been assessed to be the greatest one in the nation and also created a historical new high record of Kaohsiung City since the public opinion poll was conducted by the National Police Agency.

(2) Promotion of “Subsequent Strategies for All People to Protect Public Security”: To continue the execution of the “Action Plan for All People to Protect Public Security”, the “Subsequent Strategies for All People Protect Public Security” was promulgated by the Ministry of the Interior. From September 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006, six strategies were implemented to “protect public security during election period” (though no election was held in Kaohsiung City, support and assistance were given to the other counties and cities depending on their need), “striking gangs and violence”, “eliminate firearms and drugs by all people”, “continue the anti-fraud and anti-theft policies”, “promote community security”, and “enhance investigation of illegal behavior of Mainlanders”. It was hoped that the combination of the police force and the social resources would enhance the police service, carry out police duties practically, crack down crimes and increase welfare of the people.

(3) Elimination of Rogues and Gangs: “Public Order Maintenance Project,” “Swift Thunderbolt Operation” and


“Sudden Surveillance on Evil Gang Project” were planned to get rid of the places where rogues and gangs gathered, and eliminate their territories of interests so as to hold back their forces. In 2005, there were 5 persons being the wanted targets of Public Order Maintenance Project, 57 rogues involving in serious cases, and 132 general rogues.

(4) Search of Illegal Firearms: Focusing on the pornographic business places with shooting cases once

happened, the public places where gangs like to gather, as well as the suspected illegal firearm remaking factories, large-scale sudden spot check and elimination actions were made to stop the illegal owning of firearms. In 2005, there were 2 service pattern long-barreled gun and 35 service pattern pistols, 193 local-made pistols (including the remade ones), and 2,128 bullets being searched.

(5) Cessation of Drug Abuse: In 2005, there were 9,531.6 grams of drugs of the 1st class, 7,422.2 grams

of drugs of the 2nd class, and 1,115.2 grams of drugs of the 3rd class being searched.

(6) Arrest of Fugitives: All the hiding places and places of activities of fugitives were checked.

In 2005 there were 4,688 fugitives of different types arrested. (7) Elimination of Professional Casino:

Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau positively made sudden spot checks and elimination of illegal professional casino. If there was any professional casino found in the territory under the jurisdiction of the City Government, the related person would bear the relevant responsibilities. In 2005 there were 143 gambling cases investigated and 1,400 gamblers arrested.

(8) Elimination of Pornography, Gambling Electric Games and Illegal Professions:

For illegal professions such as pornography, electric gambling games and PUBs where narcotics were supplied, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau conducted forcible searches, spot checks, raids, etc. in order to bring them to justice. In addition, relevant bureaus and departments send their personnel to conduct inspection on the spot and give severe penalty to any illegal acts detected. All illegal partitions, decorations, sign boards or facilities which hindered escape and fire fighting would be dismantled or removed immediately on principle of “found and dismantled immediately” once they were found. The owners of those illegal stores or companies would be informed to make improvements within the specified period;


otherwise, the Public Works Bureau would give a notice to the landlords of the premises and cut off the water and electricity supply in the presence of the landlords in order to exercise the public power. In 2005, the results of implementation were as follows:

1) There were 641 cases of electric gambling games investigated, 936 players arrested and 4,529 electric game tools confiscated.

2) There were 1,712 pornographic cases investigated and 2,391 people investigated.

3) To put down illegal professions forcibly, there were 200 search warrants were applied. 913 cases were found operating against laws and regulations and 3,543 cases in total were transferred to relevant departments of Kaohsiung City Government and National Tax Administration for punishment. There were 25 illegal partitions dismantled.

(9) Investigation of Network Crime: The elimination of pirated discs, pornographic websites and other illegal

criminal behavior on the Internet were implemented. Social charitable organizations were liaised to exert greater social functions. They assisted in patrolling the internet, reporting to the police the illegal pornographic websites, and spreading the danger of network pornography in order to protect the juveniles from being physically and mentally harmed by network pornography. In 2005 there were 116 network crimes, and 128 people were involved.

(10)Search and Punishment of Illegal Mainland Chinese Immigrants and Illegal Laborers Who Entered Taiwan from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao:

To purify the society and living environment, “Taxi Investigation Project”, “Security Maintenance Project” and “Smuggling Prevention Project” were planned and implemented. In 2005 there were 23 Mainland Chinese stowaways, 622 illegal Mainland Chinese laborers, 313 overdue staying Mainland Chinese immigrants, 734 Mainland Chinese with unknown whereabouts, and 55 people found having fake marriage.

(11)Search and Punishment of the Illegal Foreign Laborers: In 2005 there were 317 illegal employers and 80 illegal brokers arrested,

21 foreigners found engaging in the work that offended social decency, 150 illegal foreign laborers, 269 escaped foreign laborers, and 311 illegal foreign laborers being repatriated.

c. Prevention of Criminal Behaviors: (1) Promotion of Crime Prevention:

Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau formulated “Extensive


Anti-Crime Propaganda and Implementation Plan.” Through the diversified series of “propaganda” and “marketing” ways, the secrets of anti-crime actions were generally promoted to the public. Anti-crime promotion stations were actively established at the scene of urban activities, providing the public with the latest alertness to social order, and raising citizens’ awareness of self-safety and -defense. The police’s close relationship with the citizens and their love for the public were emphasized so as to let the public feel the patience, concern and love of the police, and further promote the public’s satisfaction on police administration. In this term there were 759 lectures held on special topics with attendants of about 38,000 man-times, and 110 promotion activities held with participants of about 550,000 man-times.

(2) Implementation of “Space Shuttle Project”: 1) In order to realize the checking of criminal population and prevent the past

criminals from doing evil things again, focusing on the targeted previous criminals (of thefts, robberies and burglaries) who once seriously endangered the social order of the city, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau strengthened the visits, identification and tracing of these targets, with a hope to grasp their activities. The latest identification data of these targets were established and filed in computer, completing the establishment of “Space Shuttle Project” system, which offered consultation to various field units. In 2005, the system had found 338 social order threateners.

2) To do the duties practically and achieve the purposes of preventing and solving the theft and robbery cases, all the branch stations formulated “List of Cars Involving in Theft and Robbery Cases in Local Regions, the Related Criminal Behaviors and Characteristics” and distributed the lists to the hands of all the policemen, requesting them to memorize its contents, which would help maintain the social order of the local region.

(3) Irregular Search for Ex-convicts of Robbery, Burglary and Drug Taking: The recidivism rate of robbers in Kaohsiung City was high. Among the

robbers, the drug addicts occupied a high percentage. It was thus clear that the drug addicts often forced others to get money by means of illegal ways. Therefore, in addition to the “Space Shuttle Project”, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau also enhanced the investigation, monitor, follow-up and establishment of records of ex-convicts who seriously offended against public security. As for ex-convicts who might recommit the offense of robbery, burglary, and drug abuse again, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau conducted a deeper investigation of their economic condition and planned a special project for a comprehensive search.


The project was executed with excellent results and was expected to produced the desired results in prevention and control of robberies and burglaries in Kaohsiung City.

(4) Construction of Social Security Protection System: 1) Strengthening of equipment for Patrol Teams:

An additional budget of NT$3,000,000 were given to 358 patrol teams of Kaohsiung City for purchase of equipment in order to enhance their functions and protect the safety of the members of the patrol team.

2) Establishment of “Public Security Joint Defense System of Radio Taxis and Security Service Companies”:

The radio taxis (including 12 radio stations and 3,025 taxis) and security service companies (totally 59 companies with 8,437 security guards and 102 patrol cars) were integrated to assist the police in cracking down crimes and building a stricter public security joint defense system. In 2005, the security guards and the taxi drivers helped unearth 26 criminal cases of different kinds in total and they were praised for their brave acts in the council meetings of the city.

3) Guidance in Installation of Video Recording system for Key Industries: The key industries such as 24-hour stores and hospitals, clinics,

silverware shops jeweler’s shops, pawnshops, etc. were positively guided to install video recording systems. As of the end of December 2005, there have been 1,094 companies and hospitals being guided to install the video recording systems, reaching a fulfillment rate of 76%.

4) Enhancement of the function of “Police Service Liaison Station”: The 24-hour stores such as convenient stores, supermarkets, gas stations,

hospitals, drugstores, etc. were encouraged to participate in the program as the liaison stations. The signboards and alarm lamps were produced and distributed to those stores and institutions as auxiliaries of the video recording systems. Those liaison stations provide emergent and temporary shelters and taxi calling services to citizens, achieving the anticipated “win-win and mutual beneficial” goals by establishing the “public welfare image” and protecting the “safety of citizens”. As of the end of December 2005, there have been 294 stores and institutions joining in the plan as liaison stations and 8,532 cases of police service provided to the citizens.

(5) Realization of Juvenile Delinquency Control: 1) Visits and Advice to Restricted Juveniles: Focusing on the juvenile delinquents and the habitual juvenile

delinquents having involved in various criminal cases, the responsible district would appoint special officer to give them guidance, register their


particulars, analyze the data, update them from time to time, reexamine them weekly, and make regular visits. Soft advice and forceful control were given at the same time. Their family backgrounds were investigated so as to understand their deviated behaviors. Arrange liaison with the social administration of the City Government and Department of Public Health. Hold an affectionate, patient, concerning and considerate attitude when visiting the juveniles so as to shorten the distance in between, and build up a mutual trust. The problems of juvenile cases were solved wholeheartedly and enthusiastically. The efforts of the police were trusted by the juveniles and thanked by their parents. There were 482 restricted juveniles (350 males and 132 females) in the city. In 2005 there were 3,233 man-times being visited.

2) Follow-up and Visiting of School Dropouts: The name list of the dropouts was established for the purposes of

follow-up and provision of guidance to dropouts. It aimed to help the dropouts to go back to schools, prevent them from going astray, and expect them to correct their errors and make a fresh start, and further exert influences of peer group. In 2005, there were 242 school dropouts investigated and visited.

3) Implementation of “Spring Breeze Project”: According to “Spring Breeze Project” promulgated by National Police

Agency, Ministry of the Interior, we strengthened the formulation of Protection Measures for Juveniles and Children. Cooperating with the social workers of City Government’s Students Extra-Curricular Life Guidance Committee, we strengthened our guidance and advice to the juveniles with bad behaviors around the campus. Focusing on the troublemaking places of the city where juveniles like to gather, extensive sudden inspections were made. Meanwhile, soft guidance and concerns were given to the juveniles with improper behaviors, hoping to realize the protection of juveniles and prevention of crime. Besides, if employers were found to have any illegal hiring of juvenile laborers, they would be sued according to the related laws. In 2005 sudden spot checks were implemented for 698 times, and there were 20,672 persons being registered, and 74 persons passed to the court according to Social Order Maintenance Law. The “Spring Breeze Project” implemented in the summer vacation of 2005 was assessed to be “A” by Ministry of the Interior.

4) Establishment of “White Dough Learning & Growth Camp”: Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau established a “White Dough

Learning & Growth Camp” for juvenile with deviant behaviors. In the


camp lasting for one month, professional and experienced scholars were invited to give lecturers in dynamic and static modes twice a week, 3 hours each time. The students from colleges and universities were also invited to give assistance to those juveniles. The camp also offered participants the opportunities to visit social welfare institutions and the course of labor service, so as to raise their interests in learning. It was hoped that the camp may help change and influence those juveniles imperceptibly, give them correct value, and prevent juvenile delinquency. So far, there have been 5 terms of camps opened with 500 persons participating in the camp.

(6) Protecting Safety of Women and Children: 1) Opening “Women’s Simple Self-defense Tactics Class”: Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau opened “Women’s Simple

Self-defense Tactics Class” to teach women the knowledge of women’s and children’s safety and the simple self-defense tactics, and promote the self-defending and handling abilities of fellow women friends when confronted with danger. The class was to prevent the happening of unfortunate incident and decrease the crime rate. In 2005, there were 3 terms of courses were opened with 106 participants.

2) Building up “Women’s and Children’s Safe Living Space Information”: The homepage of “Women’s and Children’s Safe Living Space

Information” was additionally built up and attached to the website of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau (www.kmph.gov.tw/ crimeprevetion/). Taking each branch (station) as a unit, “Ease Map” was drawn, providing “Love Store,” “Police Service Contact Station,” and other information of crime reporting and assistance seeking spots, emergency aid, shelter spots, etc. for all citizens to check and download as a reference. Besides, “social order dead corners” were publicized to remind the public, making the protection of the safety of women and children more perfect.

3) Establishment of “Guard Angel Anti-Crime Promotion Opera Troupe”: The 10 sub-brigades of Voluntary Policewomen Central Brigade

organized and trained by the policewomen of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau performed “11 anti-crime action plays” that covered the themes of the prevention and control of sexual attack, family violence, fraud, etc. They actively entered the communities, joined with organizations and social groups, and performed the plays at schools. They produced the criminal behaviors as discs and distributed them to the citizens, letting them have a co- understanding that “Everybody is responsible for the safety of women and children.” In 2005 they had performance for 315 times, and the participants were about 420,565 man-times.


4) Protection of Students’ Safety: a) To execute the “Safe Corridors of Surrounding Campus Environment” and

“Children Escort Project”, a “Safe Corridor Escort Team” was formed by the related departments of the City Government, the existing community organization and public welfare institutions. It was hoped that the schoolchildren could be protected from any danger when going to school and after school. In 2005, the voluntary policewomen provided assistance in the escort duties for 17,554 man-times.

b) At the beginning of each semester, the police would provide service in “Inspection and Evaluation of Campus Safety” and give professional suggestions in regard to school facilities to schools for improvement, so as to protect the safety of the campus and students.

5) Results of Implementation: In 2005 there were 86 cases of protection for women and children, 260

cases of sexual attack, 2,915 cases of family violence, 631 cases requesting for protection order, 892 cases of executing the protection order, and 50 cases executing the escort for court procedures.

(7) Promotion of “Community Police Service”: 1) Public Security Symposium:

Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau instructed all police bureaus to take initiative in inviting organizations, schools, and social associations in their jurisdictional area, heads of neighborhood, representatives of communities, leaders of opinions and prominent persons in the society to participate in the “Public Security Symposium”, so as to collecting their opinions on public security, give rapid reply, and win trust and recognition from the public by providing service of high quality and efficiency.

2) Recruitment of “community auxiliary police”: a)In consideration that the increase of the police force is too slow to save a

critical situation and in order to fill the vacancies of policemen, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau, with reference to Local System Law and the experience of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, etc., encouraged ordinary people to devote themselves to community service. Centering on the neighborhood and the whole community, the “Community Auxiliary Police” was established and consisted of 393 citizens who successfully passed the written, oral and physical examination. As a “professional” and “lean” civic defense organization, the “Community Auxiliary Police” was formally organized on October 1, 2005 to assist the regular policemen. They patrolled on streets deep in the night and made up the deficiency of the police to attain the goal of keeping guard of the


community. In cooperation with the “Six Star Plan for Healthy Taiwanese Community”, the auxiliary police not only prevent crime by eliminating the dead space of public security, but also assist the police in taking precaution against natural calamities, giving first aid and care of sick or injured person, preventing domestic violence, and protecting community.

b)Concrete Results of Implementation: ＊As of the end of December 2005, there were 9 persons found involving in

8 burglary cases; 2 persons were found involving in 2 car theft cases and 6 persons were found involving in 5 motorcycle theft cases. There were 24 cars and 243 motorcycles found.

＊From October 1 to December 31, 2005, there were 217 cases of burglaries happened during 01:00 ~ 05:00 a.m. hours when the “Community Auxiliary Police” were on duty. When compared with the 398 cases during the same period in 2004, it decreased by 181 cases, and the crime rate dropped substantially by 45%. The auxiliary police had achieved the hoped-for results.

(8) Execution of “Building Inspection Project”: 1) In August 2005, the City Government Police Bureau announced the

“Implementation Plan for Building Inspection Project” and started the comprehensive inspection of 2,137 buildings in Kaohsiung City. All residents who were suspected to threaten the safety of people were investigated and recorded to prevent the buildings from becoming the hotbed of crimes and purify the living environment for citizens. The first stage of the plan was completed on December 5, 2005, with 302 buildings inspected.

2) As of the end of December 2005, there were totally 6,608 persons involving in 5,816 cases relating to narcotics, firearms, criminals listed as wanted, Mainland Chinese stowaways, illegal foreign laborers, pornography, casinos, debt collection by violence, floating population without registration of household etc. In the second stage, some important and regular tasks were continued and repeated every 2 months. All related information would be updated frequently.

(9) Promotion of “Motorcycle Code Stamping” to Prevent Motor- cycles from Being Stolen:

Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau used the NT$9,388,000 from the City Government’s second reserved fund to provide code stamping service for motorcycles and took preventive measures to prevent motorcycles from being stolen. To show consideration for citizens’ actual needs, each


police station sent their personnel to provide the code stamping service to citizens at the office of neighborhood, community, firms or companies (in the export processing zones), buildings, markets, gas stations, supermarkets and places which were convenient to citizens. As of the end of December 2005, there were totally 239,370 motorcycles stamped with codes, accounting for 21.2% of the total number of motorcycles in Kaohsiung City (1,128,640 motorcycles according to the statistics made by the Kaohisung Motor Vehicles Office as of the end of December 2005). The concrete results of implementation were as the follow:

1) In 2005, there were 18,794 cases of stolen motorcycles happened. When compared with the 15,340 cases of stolen motorcycles in 2004, it substantially decreased by 3,454 cases, i.e., decreased by about 288 cases per month on average.

2) In 2005, there were 77.85% of the stolen motorcycles were found. The catch rate substantially raised by 13.69% in comparison with the 64.16% in 2004.

Such a new undertaking has received positive responses from citizens of Kaohsiung City. It also brought about the desired effects on eliminating burglaries and reducing the theft rate. The central government will promote this project to the other areas in Taiwan with reference to the results of Kaohsiung City.

(10)Establishment of “Duty Planning & Examination Team”: To control the public security of Kaohsiung City and improve the

policemen’s execution of their duties, a “Duty Planning & Examination Team” was established in Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau and all police bureaus and battalions in October 2005. The team planned and deployed the police force according to the need of public order during different periods and make good use of different departments in order to achieve the goal of maintaining public order in the area under its jurisdiction.

(11)Establishment of “Duty Observation Team”: The Inspector’s Room of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau

established a “Duty Observation Team”. The inspector served concurrently as the leader of the team. He chose 5-7 members who are excellent in character, honest, clean, smart, agile, and meticulous to be the observers. They observed policemen who were known to be slack and had poor discipline and discovered potential problems in the jurisdictional area where there were more criminal cases happened and complicated security problems. By giving immediate correction or eliminating those problems, the observers could help drive out evil and usher in good, prevent the condition of poor discipline and encourage policemen to execute their duties practically, so as


to prevent happening of criminal cases. d. Strengthening of Service to Citizens:

(1) Comprehensive Construction of e-Service System: 1) Coping with “Obstacle-Free e-Space” promoted by Executive Yuan, the

websites of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau were expanded and revised. A single integrated global information network was completed. It was a design of foundation platform of “Cross-Department Information Exchange Standards” as it met the information linking procedures in future. It had integrated the network case handling system of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau, e-mail, and other servicing measures for the public, and promoted the e-service continuously.

2) The Duty Commend Center of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau received and handled the cases reported by the public for 24 hours. In 2005 there were 139,250 reported cases being handled, 1,358 criminal cases being immediately solved after commanding and appointment of police force via e-System, and 1,495 persons being arrested for 1,358 criminal cased of different kinds. Major crimes could be controlled immediately, exerting the predicted functions of the system.

(2) Provision of E-service Window and E-mail Box for Suggestions: Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau has an e-mail box for the commissioner. Each police bureau also has its own e-mail box for the public to reflect their opinions directly through the Internet and to obtain a rapid and satisfactory solution. In 2005, the Police Bureau dealt with 8,013 cases for the premier, minister of the interior, director-general of the National Police Agency, mayor of Kaohsiung City, and commissioner of this Police Bureau. Those cases were dealt with and replied immediately.

(3) Promotion of Police Volunteers: 1) Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau was very positive in promoting

the volunteer services. Currently there are 10 detachments and 53 sub-teams under each major team of volunteers. Totally there were 1,762 volunteers having joined the team. To meet the functional change in stages, the servicing items of volunteers were changed from static to dynamic. Their work also matched with the propaganda, visits, and other positive servicing behaviors in the communities.

2) Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau completed the recruitment of foreign-language volunteers. Totally there were 38 Taiwanese and foreigners joining us. They helped the guidance work in the Foreign Affairs and Services Center of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau.

3) Regular Praise of Excellent Volunteers and Social Organizations:


a)In 2005, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau regularly awarded medals to praise 68 excellent volunteers and social organizations in public in the meetings and conferences of volunteer cadets.

b)Senior volunteers with certain number of hours of their services accumulated were nominated and reported to Ministry of the Interior, which would award medal and certificate to them. They could also no nominated and reported to Kaohsiung City Government, which would award Voluntary Service Honorable Cards to them. In 2005, there were 1,032 volunteers in total praised.

(4) Strengthening the Functions of “Mobile Local Police Station”: Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau planned to build up 10 mobile

local police stations and 57 stationing spots so as to take the initiative to contact the public, and provide speedy, convenient and prompt social security services.

(5) Strengthening the Investigation and Measurement of Police Service Quality: In order to improve the service and attitude of policemen and promote the

service quality, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau established “Service Quality Promotion Checking Team” to conduct spot checks and random checks by phone on the items of “telephone manner, attitude of service, standard operation procedures and single window service” irregularly and unexpectedly. In 2005, there were 1776 times of spot checks made, 96 cases found to have merits and 24 cases found to have demerits.

(6) Exclusive policewomen duty shift was planned at busy police stations, hoping to grasp public trust and support by the gentle characteristics of women.

(7) To promote the quality of services, we positively strived for the victims’ and their family members’ agreement and cooperation, and thus the following measures were made:

1) Express sympathy and solicitude to the victims, and keep constant contacts with them.

2) For those special criminal cases or violent cases being unsolved for more than one month, letters of regards addressed in the name of Mayor or General Director of the Bureau were sent out to the family of victims.

3) For those solved cases, letters of regards and feedback forms were sent out. 4) In order to increase public reliance and confidence on the reported cases,

Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau formulated “Encouragement Operation Regulations for Police Handling of Reported Criminal Cases” to encourage the policemen who held sincere and wholehearted service attitude, and were pleased to handle the cases reported by citizens.


(8) Realization of “Single Window” System: Single Window System advocated “reporting cases at one police station,

which handles all of its affairs upon reporting and holds cordial attitude.” The public were free from rushing about from one place to another. In this term we handled 3,060 cases transferred from other cities or counties, and there were 2,706 cases transferred to other cities or counties.

(9) Aptitude Tests for Patrol Policemen: Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau arranged aptitude tests for all

the traffic policemen, and reselected the suitable ones for appointment. It was hoped that the first-line policemen could have good emotional management which could enhance the interaction between the police and the public.

(10)Active and Positive Offer of Gentle and Considerate Services to the Public: Policemen were encouraged to have active and positive spirits to contact

with the public, understand their actual needs, and provide concerns and assistance appropriately. Apart from the offer of convenient service for the public, such as free hotline for calling taxi, protection of money, protection of children, residential security maintenance while traveling out of the city, and authorization of chain convenient stores of 4 companies including Uni-President Enterprises Corp., etc. to collect traffic fines, we strictly requested the police to return the stolen (detained) but found car via clear procedures all at once. The active servicing spirit and the offer of gentle and considerate services to the public could make them feel the sincerity and kindness of the police.

(11)Purchase of Equipment and Enhancement of Police Service: By using the NT$1,501,500 from the City Government’s second reserved

fund, 1,097 police patrol motorcycles were equipped with the police car flash Lights for fighting against crimes and enhancing the police service.

(12)Printing of Magazine, Police Periodical of Harbor City: The magazine reported the latest actions and excellent performance of the

police, and opened a communication platform between the police and the public. It was distributed to different organizations, groups and heads of neighborhoods and went deep into communities to give information on the police service. As of 2005, there had been 8 issues printed, and 18,000 copies printed for each issue. The magazine plays an important role in promoting the police service and receives a lot of positive responses from the public.

(13)Establishment of “Kaohsiung Mounted Police Unit”: “Kaohsiung Mounted Police Unit” was formally established on July 9,

2005. The mounted police unit is responsible for maintenance of public


security at scenic spots of Kaohsiung City and provides excellent and thoughtful service to visitors. At present, the mounted police carry out their duties at 2 places, the drainage area of “Love River” and “Chichin Beach Park”, on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. They also performed in all kinds of activities at the invitation of the city government and various public welfare institutions. The mounted police unit is expected to promote the development of tourism of Kaohsiung City, and create a positive image of the police. In 2005, the mounted police unit executed 17 projects in total.

(14)Landscaping of Police Stations: All police stations in Kaohsiung were requested to enhance landscaping

and lighting in order to increase brightness and comfort of their working environment. The “CIS of the Police Service” designed by the National Police Agency has a lively composition, embodies the scientific and professional images of the police, and showed the energy, efficiency, enthusiasm, positiveness, and service attitude. It helps people to detect the soft of the police under its seriousness and shorten the distance between the police and the people.

(15)Installation of MOC System: To increase the people’s satisfaction on the police’s handling cases

reported by people to them, Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau installed the MOC system in every police station. When people reported cases to the police, the policeman on duty would turn on the system to link with the duty command center. The police officer on duty would monitor the conditions of handling cases reported by people and taking deposition through the audio network system, and control the police’s service attitude while handling the cases reported by people. The system not only helped the police to maintain good service quality and attitude, but also effectively raised the people’s satisfaction toward the police service.

(16)Establishment of “Case Handling Task Force” The “Case Handling Task Force” established by every police station under

the instruction of Kaohsiung City Government Police Bureau would handle cases reported by the people through the “e-Platform for Handling Cases Reported”. Excellent policeman who were enthusiastic in service and familiar with relevant laws and regulations as well as computer word processing were assigned to handle cases reported in a mode of standby in the police station or in the mode of on-line service, demonstrating high efficiency and service quality. Besides, the policemen’s word processing ability was enhanced in order to shorten the handling time, raise the service efficiency, and increase citizens’ trust in the police.


(17)Increase the Additional Post of “Deputy Head on Duty”: To improve the quality of police service, 2 “deputy heads on duty” were

assigned. In this way, there would be officers on duty around the clock. They helped internal management and give instructions to the policemen in their service attitude of accepting and dealing with the case people reported to them, helped them to handle accidents, and effectively improve the police service quality.

2. Prevention of Disaster a. Promotion of Fire Prevention:

(1) Various fire brigades of the Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City always send firefighting personnel to different organizations, schools, buildings, factories and residences of the city to implement fire prevention promotion, offer knowledge of safe power use, and carry out fire drills, teaching civilians how to take refuge and escape with their lives when it is on fire. Besides there was the establishment of Women’s Fire Prevention Promotion Team in the city. It goes deep to the communities and residences to carry out promotion work so as to raise the civilians’ awareness of fire prevention and decrease the happening of fire disaster.

(2) During the period of important festivals of every year, such as Fire Prevention Festival, Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc., various government bureaus, departments, and charitable organizations of the city join together to hold large fire prevention and fire control activities.

(3) In order to lower the frequency of fire accidents incurred from electricity and strengthen the guidance of household power use, this department diagnoses the household fire prevention measures, popularizes household fire-fighting equipments, establishes the information of dangerous groups of electricity fire accidents, and promotes fire prevention to people living in the old communities and buildings.

(4) In order to strengthen the fire prevention education, the Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City establishes classrooms of promotion of fire prevention opening for residents and schoolchildren to fully elaborate the grounding of fire prevention education.

b. Fire Prevention Management: (1) Try to establish among businessmen the concept that “Properties of your own

are protected by yourselves” so as to achieve the goal of “protecting people’s lives and properties.” Since 1996 the city started the implementation of “Fire Prevention Management System.” There are professional organizations approved by the Central Government to hold training course of fire


prevention management. (2) At any place of the city reaching a certain size, there are fire prevention talks

and employees’ self-defense fire-fighting team training work held. They are very much helpful to the fire prevention work of the city.

(3) To improve fire prevention reaction ability, train on-duty personnel of disaster prevention center of skyscrapers.

(4) According to fire law regarding sizeable place (300m2 and up), tall multi-function buildings and elder disabled welfare organization, etc, practice and inspect self-defense teams.

c. Fire-Fighting Safety Equipments Inspection: (1) Upon application for construction license and before the commencement of

construction work, any building for public use has to apply from the Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City the fire- fighting safety equipment plan, and also apply the fire-fighting safety equipment inspection for license application after inspection and completion of construction work.

(2) When various kinds of business sites apply for Registration Certificate of Profit-Making Business, the Department of Reconstruction faxes the case to Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City which will appoint fire-fighting personnel to inspect the fire-fighting safety equipment of the business site before it starts doing business. In four days the inspection results will be faxed back to Department of Reconstruction.

(3) Report System of Regular Inspection and Maintenance of Fire- Fighting Safety Equipment:

According to article 9 of Fire Law, there are clear regulations stipulating that at any place where fire-fighting safety equipment should be installed; the person having management power should authorize professional fire- fighting technicians or professional inspection and maintenance organizations to implement the inspection and maintenance of the fire-fighting safety equipment of the place. The inspection results should be submitted to Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City for reference. The Fire Fighting Department of the City Government will send fire- fighting personnel to the place to implement re-inspection so as to ensure the normal use of fire- fighting safety equipment.

d. Flame Prevention System: To prevent the fire source from being on fire and extending the burning of fire,

there are laws requesting the hanging and spreading objects, such as window curtains, screen, carpet, etc. to use “anti-flame” materials so as to realize the fire prevention policy, decrease the loss of civilians’ lives and properties, and ensure the public safety.


e. Dangerous Cargo Management: (1) In order to realize the management of liquid gas steel bottle and public

dangerous cargo site, protect the safety of the public and prevent the happening of accident and disaster, Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City promulgated “Implementation Plan of Supervision and Inspection of Distributed Drumming, Sale and Storage Site of Liquid Gas by Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City” and “Inspection Plan of public hazardous items and manufacturer fire safety by Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City” on Oct. 9, 2003. If the businessmen of home-use liquid gas and public dangerous cargo site violate the regulations of “Standards and Safety Management Methods for Storage of Public Dangerous Objects and Inflammable High- Pressure Gas,” according to article 42 of Fire Law, they will be fined above NT$20,000 and below NT$100,000 so as to keep the public safety.

(2) It has been a long history for the Chinese to let off firecrackers and fireworks. However, there are a lot of illegal factories producing such kind of products. If these illegal products are brought by citizens to let off in public, tremendous harm might occur to their bodies as well as the residential safety of the neighbors. In view of this, Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City of the city intends to draft “Control and Self-Administration Regulations for Letting off of Firecrackers and Fireworks,” effective July 1st of 2005, fixing the allowed time, place, kinds and ways of letting off of firecrackers and fireworks.

f. Violation Penalties The violation of the fire regulation law, article 6 item 1, article 9, 11, 12, 13

and 15 will resulted in Fire Bureau issuing penalties according to “Rules pertaining to violation discretion of fire safety inspection management for all levels of the Fire Bureau”, to press facility manager for modifications and improvements, for implementation of safety measures in public facilities.

3.Rescue in Disaster a. Establishment of a disaster relief and first-aid command center, or the so-called

“119,” sending staff on duty for the whole day (24 hours) to handle the reported cases. Upon receiving the calls of a fire or other disastrous event, the “119” will immediately report the case to various fire brigades to provide disaster relief speedily.

b. At all times keep an eye on the typhoon warnings announced by Central Weather Bureau. According to “Disaster Prevention and Relief Law” and “Notes for Emergency Response Against Disaster Center of Kaohsiung City,” the Disaster Emergency response Center was established, with the mayor acting as the commander. When the typhoons of Hai-Tang, Talim, Sanvu and Long-Wang attacked Taiwan in 2005, the close cooperation among various departments


minimized the damage of the disaster to the least. c. In order to provide good care for the emergency wounds and patients, there are

strengthened personnel trainings for the Fire Bureau, Kaohsiung City fire fighters, the voluntary firemen and the Women’s Fire Prevention Promotion Team, enabling them to have the qualifications of first-aid and rescue technicians. In this way, the emergency first-aid services for injuries, prior to arrival at hospital, provided by the firemen of the city are promoted. It also shortens the time of sending injuries to hospital. Fire Fighting Department also have to get the latest information for the medical departments, number of beds for patients, medical conditions and medical equipment of all responsible hospitals of the city. Make wireless telephone calls to contact the hospitals so that the citizens can receive expertise medical care if required.

d. In 2005 there were 226 fire accidents happened, with 5 deaths, 7 injuries and property loss of NT$18.108 million. Besides, there were 47,499 emergency rescue responds made, sending of 36,311 wounds or patients to hospitals, 19 cases of monkey catching, 352 cases of beehive picking, 401 cases of snake catching, 674 times of water delivery service, handling of 110 elevator trapped cases, and handling of other 2,000 cases through indirect reporting.

e. The city is equipped with 8,142 hydrants (2,540 above-ground hydrants, 5,602 underground hydrants) which are inspected more than once every month. If there is any hydrants found damaged, a letter will be sent to Taiwan Water Supply Corporation asking for immediate reparation. In 2005, there were 895 hydrants repaired, and they could be served for fire fighting at any time.

f. To advance our city’s search and rescue capability, currently we are cooperating with Samsung rescue dog training center of Korea, building world class “Rescue Dog Caring and Training Center”. In December 17, 2005, our city’s rescue dog caring and training center has successfully joined “International Rescue-Dog Organization”, with the name “Taiwan Fire Service Rescue Dog”, and the expectation of proactively participating in international rescue operations; magnifying the status of our city.

g. To strengthen our city’s 119 call center (Revenue Service Office Building, Floor 9), and the software and hardware of functioning facility, the Fire Bureau has actively seeking additional funds from “National Disasters Prevention and Protection Commission”. In addition, with our city’s geographical and environmental advantages, we have pursued the planning and building of “Central Emergency operation, Southern Assisting Center” from National Disasters Prevention and Protection Commission, and have attained initial agreement. If the plan progresses successfully, it will elevate our Emergency operation Center into a world-class standard.


INDEX-1 Table 1 Statistical Table of Number of Passengers ---------------------------------------------------- 266

Table 2 Statistical Table of Aircraft-Times ------------------------------------------------------------- 266

Table 3 Statistical Table for Tonnage of Air Cargo Volume ------------------------------------------ 266

Table 4 Cargo Handling Capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 267

Table 5 Cargo Stevedoring Volume---------------------------------------------------------------------- 267

Table 6 In-Port and Out-Port Vessel-Times, and Total Tonnage ------------------------------------- 268

Table 7 Quantity and Operational Status of Buses of Kaohsiung City------------------------------ 270

Table 8 Number and Operational Income of Ferries in Kaohsiung City---------------------------- 270

Table 9 Table of the Funcktions of First-Tier Component Angencies and District Offices of

Kaohsiung City Government ------------------------------------------------------------------- 272

Table 10 Current Status of Civil Servants of Kaohsiung City Government ------------------------- 277

Table 11 Statistics on Major Rewards and Punishments for Civil Servants of Kaohsiung City

Government -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 300

Table 12 Statistics of Classes held by The Bureau of Human Resource Development of


Table 13 Summary of Results of Handling Cases of Appeal by Kaohsiung City Government --- 305

Table 14 Examination of City Regulations and Rules by Kaohsiung City Government ----------- 306

Table 15 Summary of Results of Handling Cases Appealing for National Compensation by


Table 16 Summary of Mediations of Consumption Disputes in Kaohsiung City ------------------- 306

Table 17 Local Taxes Collected in Kaohsiung－Net Amount remitted ------------------------------ 345

Table 18 Local Taxes Collected in Kaohsiung－Shares------------------------------------------------ 346

Table 19 Report on Sale of Non－public Use Municipal Land of Kaohsiung City ---------------- 348

Table 20 Statistical Table of Public Construction Projects of Transportation Facilities and

Roads of Kaohsiung City ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 361

Table 20 Kaohsiung City Construction License Issuance Statistics ---------------------------------- 395

Table 21 List of Historical Relics ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 371

Table 22 Kaohsiung City Construction & Civil Industry Registration Statistics-------------------- 397

Table 23 Statistics chart of being checked-reported of illegal buildings and dismantled cases --- 398

Table 24 Statistics on the Performance of Maintenance Projects from Jan. to Dec. 2004 --------- 406

Table 25 Distribution of Parks, Lawns and Children’s Playgrounds --------------------------------- 419

Table 26 Mass Communication and A/V Businesses in Kaohsiung City ---------------------------- 442

Table 27 Free denture policy for the over-65-years-old in government expense in Kaohsiung

City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 468

Table 28 Statistic on the cancer screening service in Kaohsiung City-------------------------------- 471

Table 29 According to U.S Center for Disease Control (CDC) --------------------------------------- 471

Table 30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 472

Table 31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 475

Table 32 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 475

Table 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 475

Table 34 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 475

Table 35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 476

Table 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 479

Table 37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 480

Table 38 The Numbers of Un-licensed Dealers, Distributed by District Health Station,

Department of Health in Kaohsiung----------------------------------------------------------- 482

Table 39 The Number of Licensed Pharmacy & Manufacturer in Kaohsiung City----------------- 483

Table 40 Cases of Illegal Drugs Prosecuted in Kaohsiung City--------------------------------------- 483

Table 41 The Achievements of Division of Cosmetics (2002 to 2005) ------------------------------ 484

Table 42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 485

Table 43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 489

Table 44 Foodstuff advertisements violations compared from 2003 to 2005------------------------ 490

Table 45 Comparison of water quality inspection from 2003 to 2005-------------------------------- 493

Table 46 Comparison of inspections of Food, Medicine and Cosmetics with illegal additives

in 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 494

INDEX-2 Fig.1 Examinatim Classification for Civil Servants of Kaohsiung City Government in 2005 ---- 279

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