|
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 xhich 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 mape
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 member has 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 Muinicipal 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.
Pooly 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 transfered 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 tommorrow.
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 tommorrow to come.
|