Come out from The Castle

In the second meeting with Professor Liang, she told me that I am now supposed to be a messenger/ mediator between the residents in Chung Hsing New Village “Castle” and people who don’t live in it. Professor mentioned during French Revolution, Louis XVI and his wife were killed by rebels under an inconceivable situation. They used to live in a beautiful and peaceful environment. Although messengers told them the emergency outside their castle, nothing was reversed. What I am playing is the role of the messenger. I should be the bridge from interior castle to outside world. I need to clarify the reality; otherwise I could not save the people inside the castle.

Professor suggested that I force myself to face the ugly blooded side of the reality such as relationship between industrial developments and environment and that I do the research on difference of environmental standards inside and outside Chung Hsing New Village. The problem of Chung Hsing New Village is usage of the land because environment of Chung Hsing New Village is quite different from the one surrounding it. What people outside Chung Hsing New Village think is that Taiwan Provincial Government has lost its function as a political center. The village is now being over protected. What am I going to do is go carefully the plan of National Science Council and specify which part I could surrender and which part I could not. If Central Science Park now has come in, what should it be aware of and pay attention to? What is my bottom line? If Central Science Park stepped on it, what kind of value it would implicate? What is Chung Hsing New Village’s requirement? What should be preserved and what is their value? And my stance toward Central Science Park has change a little bit; perhaps my topic will be change subsequently. I agree with Professor’s suggestions. Until now, my point is still vague because of the swinging stance.

Above is Professor’s suggestion, and then is my classmates’. And one said my previous annotations all took a stand to oppose the coming in of the Advanced Research Park. After reading my annotation 3, she was a little curious about my position now. So maybe I can reemphasize my position after providing the advantages and disadvantages and she thought that would complete my annotation. She popped the question “do you still insist on opposing the establishing of Advanced Research Park?” That’s a good and direct question for me. When completing my whole issue paper, I should put more emphasize on it. Another classmate said the government may really want to help the residents, not only for their own interests. She thought I could talk about what the residents really need and how government can help them. I agree with them. What am I going to do is clarify and specify my position, coming out from the castle where I grow up in order to protect my hometown.