Is It Really Awful to Have Advanced Research Park Coming in?

According to the final report from National Science Council, in order to integrate political resources, the government started to plan the integration of Chung Hsing Village and announced that Chung Hsing New Village as a Advanced Research Park.

Since 2000, Ministry of the Interior referring to the rule of “preservation,” the existing facilities and landscape of humanities should be put into prior consideration of preservation. 

Cited from the plan of Chung Hsing New Village developing into the Advanced Research Park(2008), the park would plan to be a complex researching park, and would offer enough advantages to encourage and attract industrial and researching activities.

1.          First, through the advanced network and physical facilities, Advanced Research Park would strengthen basic abilities for sustainable technological development. 

2.          Second, the way of management of the park is to practice condense knowledge activities such as creating the cooperative opportunities amongst universities, researching institutions and enterprises, which could be the home to excellent elites.

3.          Advanced Research Park are expected to provide the nodes of corporations between top-level academic researches and innovative development, global technology exchanges, and venues for intellectuals and intelligence exchanges.

4.          It would also sufficiently equipped with vital infrastructures and mutual equipment, stimulating high value-added research development among entire industries.

5.          Advanced Research Park will surely become the home base for high quality living and research environment, as well as a residence abundant with global aspects and log-term goals.

Chung Hsing New Village plays an important role in the history of Taiwan’s development. “Plan of Chung Hsing New Village developing into a Advanced Research Park park” was drafted in order to adjust itself to the changing of environment and the transformation of the whole space. Therefore, before putting resources into it, the government was supposed to recheck the position of redevelopment to insure each investment could produce utmost efficiency.

1.          The park won’t destroy existing urban texture and preserve part of historical buildings as much as possible such as Provincial Building, Taiwan Provincial Administration Information Hall, Library, file center and National History Building, which maintaining original functions and also improve its researching facilities and functions as well as improve the international interaction.

2.          Catering to the development needs from the park, basically Central Science Park will preserve original urban texture and the big facilities in the area. Furthermore, it will reinforce inadequate spatial mechanism in the concept of international village.

3.          The government will preserve one special historical unit as Taiwanese humanities history researching park.

4.          Advanced Research Park would also construct a new mechanism of management, following the international trends emphasizing specifically on research development, without importing industrial production and assembling activities, to ensure the residences a high-quality living environment.

      The Advance Research Park will continually release usable lands and spaces base on the principle of “Construct First, Move then”, that is, the release of lands must be along with the magnitude and stages of overall demands, to rectify the move-out and move-in speeds of original bureaus and newly established institutions, in order to guarantee steady and sustainable development.

Reference

Ministry of Science and Technology (2009). Final Report of Plan of Chung Hsing New Village      as an Advanced Research Park. Retrieved      from http://img5.okgo.tw/chnv/document03.pdf

Reflection (1)

    First of all, I would like to briefly introduce my essays so far and then talk about what teacher commented on my works at a teacher-student conference on November 6, 2014.
    My issue paper’s topic is Industrial Development in Chun Hsing New Village. At the first paragraph I explain the situation Chun Hsing New Village where Central Science Park not only has been built but also plans to expand its territory. In the second paragraph, I emphasizes the importance of Chun Hsing New Village’s awesome organization of buildings and neighborhood. In the third paragraph, I talk more about the detailed things about Central Science Park’s plan and economy. At the fourth paragraph is about the two different sounds about the government’s plan. While the last paragraph is my decision to preserve Chun Hsing New Village. Teacher’s comment about my issue paper is to figure out and focus on a certain issue and thesis such as town’s self-identification, economy, positive community interaction, etc. And later I chose to focus on town’s self-identification.
    My annotation (1)’s topic is Why Should We Preserve Historical Heritage of Chung Hsing New Village? In this essay, I focus on the preservation of Chung Hsing New Village. At the first paragraph, I briefly introduce the plan of preservation. At the second paragraph, I talk about the history of Chung Hsing New Village and the special design of the neighborhood. At the third paragraph, I offer some people’s innovating idea about improving Chung Hsing New Village’s economy with some transformation based on the already existing construction. Also, it would do no harm to the landscape and historical cultural heritages. In my conclusion, Chung Hsing New Village should make more effort on preservation due to its value of heritages. My classmates gave me some suggestions toward my first draft: I can focus on cultural heritage of this village and introduce more features of this culture heritages. I can find more examples of villages that have the same situation as Chung Hsing New Village. And talk about the following question: can economic development and environment protection be balanced?  But there still is comment I don’t really agree such us the suggestion that I consider Chung Hsing New Village and its future value for Taipei City. I don’t really understand whay we should associate them.
    The topic of my second annotation is Cultural Heritage versus Economic Development. At the opening I pop my thesis statement: Cultural Heritage could coexist with economic development. In the second paragraph, I use the example of Taipei Water Park Museum. In my summary, preservation of cultural heritage is not a big deal to condense the economic situation. One of my peer group members suggests me that I could make more positive opinions that support government’s plan against my position. And I agree with that, for so far I only talk about preservation of the village except for the positive sound.
    On the meeting, teacher said that my previous essays are too emotional on my opinion and decision. They are too objective. I only want to fight against the government’s attempt, but haven’t find strong reasons to oppose them. I would be beat easily if the government wants to persuade me to agree with them. Therefore, teacher suggested me that I go find the detailed plan of Central Science Park, and go through it, making deeply research. And my next annotation will about it. I’m suggested to stand on the position right against my original position.

Cultural Heritage verus Economic Development

      Cultural heritage could coexist with economic development. In the case of Chung Hsing New Village, the entering of Central Science Park is faced both sides of support and opposite. The side of opposite states that it would destroy the landscape and the cultural heritages. While the other side states that the entering of Central Science Park could improve the decreasing economy due to the simplification of Taiwan Provincial Government. However, is it the only option to sacrifice historical heritage in order to develop economy?

       Actually, preservation of cultural heritage could improve economic development. Take the Taipei Water Park Museum for instance, in 1974 after the modern water supply facility was finished, the government of Taipei City were meant to dismantled the previous structure of Taipei Water Source Site to follow the urbanization project as the economy took off. Owing to the rising awareness of preservation of historical heritage in Taiwan, as well as the support provided by the president Lee Teng-Hui, endeavoring to preserve and renovate architectures and structures built during the Japanese colonial period, the Taiwan Water Corporation began to collect history data and pictures later used in renovation and establishment of the Museum of Taiwan Water Park in 1993. The total budget spent was nearly as much as constructing the new headquarter of the Taiwan Water Corporation, as the project started in the same year. But the result was unbelievably astonishing; the museum soon became a popular tour spot in Taiwan and draw hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world to visit this amazingly unique and beautiful Baroque architecture. And area around the museum are also well utilized and transform into a water park with fountains and playgrounds, bringing huge amount of added value to the museum.

Taipei Water Park Museum

  

    In summary, preservation of cultural heritage is not a big deal to condense the economic situation. On the contrary, with adequate maintenance and perhaps a couple of renovation, it could attract plenty of tourists. For Chung Hsing New Village, its complete and well-organized infrastructure layout already offers services such as Chung Hsing Conference Hall, which mimics the style of the U.S. presidential residence, White House, and was build by Taiwan Provincial Government in 1950s. Chung Hsing Conference Hall is a famous spot for soap opera filming and wedding shots. Also, it is surrounded by a children park, a library, a senior high school, a playground, and a supermarket. The perfect arrangement has provided a comfortable and refreshing area for the locals and tourist. Subsequently, the economy of Chung Hsing New Village gradually revives. Hence, preservation of cultural heritage in Chung Hsing New Village is a potential way to develop economy at the meantime.  

 Chung Hsing Conference Hall