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Taiwan has recently advanced by leap and bound
as characterized in areas of political
democracy, free economy as sell as polarization
of society in which they live. Taiwan was once a
rural society which changed very little from
generation to generation. Pelple now find
themselves hard to adjust themselves to massive
changes on all fronts. This is especially true
in political arena as more individuals turned to
become more aware of their political right. That
resulted in changes of power held by political
parties. The political map altered immensely as
a result. Confrontation is now taking places
between rivaling parties on practically every
issue. Chaos and disorder are turning for the
worse. Hsinchu Municipal Assembly was
established on July 1st. 1982. In order to
maximize its efficiency Municipal Government
worked hard for the well beings of Hsinchu
people, the total number of. Assembly members
have increased from 24 seats in its first term
to 31 seats now in its sixth term. In the past
thirty years. Hsinchu Municipal Assembly has
been witnessing how their duties carried out in
terms of monitoring Government affairs,
municipal development as well as promotion of
Hinchu people's livelihood.
During 1982. Hsinchu Municipal Assembly was
established. It was still the time when no
clear-cut boundary could be found in between
Municipal and County affairs. In order to find a
place to call its own, Municipal Assembly had to
take over Hsinchu Representative Office which
situated at Chu Lien Street. Poorly equipped
there both in terms of hardware and software in
addition to the disorderly environment it was
quite inconvenient for Hsinchu people to get
their problem better taken care of there and
then. By 1989 on the 28th of October. Hsinchu
County Assembly moved to Chu Bei City where
their counter part, County Government, also
situated. The vacant site it left behind at 122
Chung-Ching Road in Hsinchu City, was able to
pass on to Hsinchu Municipal Assembly. The
facilities that came with it remain in use until
this date. As it occurred that over the years
the issue of redesigning of builings was raised
many times. Invariably obstacle emerged to block
the idea. At times budget was being set aside
for the construction of new Assembly buildings.
However, in view of tight financial conditions
on the part of Municipal Government, there was
no better alternative but to agree to sack the
construction plan and have funds transferred to
Municipal Government to ease its financial
strains in order to meet the need for
infrastructure projects. After all it is
important to keep construction project going for
general well beings. It would take Hsinchu
Assembly lot of time and effort to serve Hsinchu
people for whom they represent. A fantastic new
Assembly building if ever come to being, would
not necessarilly indicate that the achievement
it accomplished is as magnificent. In Hsinchu
Assembly nowadays, all of us are dedicating
ourselves in unison to best conduct our duties
in monitoring Municipal Government for the
improvement of general well beings that will set
the solid foundation for better tomorrow.
The 31 members of Sixth Term of Hsinchu Assembly
took their oaths on the 1st of March 2002. On
that very day the Assembly elected its Chairman,
Zhen Chingguang, and Vice Chairman, Hsie Wen-Jin.
Now, the Municipal Assembly is calling for joint
effort in promoting construction of Hsinchu City
for the benefit of its people. By working
closely with Hsinchu people, may I pray for the
better tomorrow to come. |