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During the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Kuomintang candidate Ke Zhien advocated the planning of 205 Arsenal. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chimai estimated that it would cost about 85 billion yuan to relocate the municipal government and parliamentary land and add buildings. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Lai Ruilong expressed his opposition to the relocation and advocated that 205 should be used as a site to attract investment.
Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Zhien advocates that the 205 Arsenal can be used to plan the Kaohsiung City Government and the Council, compare or even exceed the Xinyi Planning District; Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chimai estimates that land and buildings will cost about 85 billion yuan, so Ke Zhien wants to build an office even before he has been selected? Kaohsiung Mayor Lai Ruilong Jin of the Democratic Progressive Party stated that 205 should be used as an area to attract investment.
Lai Ruilong said that the most important job in Kaohsiung is to fight for the economy, fight for the economy, and fight for the economy. This is also his goal. Therefore, the 205 Arsenal land in the center of Kaohsiung and the Asia New Bay Area is very important. It should be used as a space to make money and invest in the future to attract companies to settle in.
He questioned, if the new mayor will spend 85 billion yuan to relocate the city government and city council just after taking office just because he wants to have a better office environment? In fact, this is not spent on the knife edge that Kaohsiung needs most.
He further mentioned that the 205 Arsenal is very close to the airport and MRT station. Perhaps it should be planned in the direction of AI zone, corporate headquarters, financial center, etc. Only then can it have the opportunity to drive the development of Kaohsiung and create more tax revenue.
Lai Ruilong pointed out that he and Mayor Chen Qimai have the same idea. They are opposed to moving the already established city council and the already functioning municipal government into 205. He wants to spend 85 billion yuan before taking office. Kaohsiung people will not support it.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
After the Kaohsiung mayoral election, the new mayor may re-evaluate the planning direction of the 205 Arsenal, preferring to use it as an investment site rather than relocating the city government and city council.
Likely · Within months

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