Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan announced today that he will plan to relocate Songshan Airport in the future, and plans to transform about 300 hectares of land around the airport into an AI industrial park, residences and large parks, with an estimated output value of NT$12 trillion. However, as soon as this remark came out, local political parties ridiculed that Chiang had repeatedly claimed in the past that he was "too hasty" to delay the discussion of loosening and relocating the machine. Now, seeing that less than 60 days after the general election, he suddenly made a big splash. It was obvious that he was "painting a big pie to save the election" and suggested demolishing the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and rebuilding it.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan held a municipal press conference this morning and announced that after Huida settles in Taipei, in conjunction with the opening of Taoyuan Airport Terminal 3, it plans to relocate Songshan Airport and build the 300 hectares of land released into the "Taipei AI Park". The local political party Taiwan Foundation Jin (8) pointed out that the relocation of pine machines is not a new issue. In the past, Li Yingyuan, Yao Wenzhi, Huang Shanshan, and Wu Yinong, who ran for Taipei City Legislator, all advocated the relocation of pine machines. Only Chiang, from the legislator to the mayor, believed that the matter was "too hasty."
Taiwan Foundation criticized that it has been nearly a year since NVIDIA decided to settle in Taipei, but the Chiang Kai-shek City Government has never put forward any plans for the relocation of Songji during this period. However, less than 60 days before the voting day for the 9-in-1 general election, it suddenly released the development blueprint for this 300 hectares. It questioned what preliminary assessment the city government had done for this? What consultations have been conducted with the central government? Jiang Wanan should explain long-term plans for major construction to the public.
Taiwan Ji Jin emphasized that the relocation of aircraft involves complex supporting facilities for transportation and national security. Domestic air route transfers, airport defense and combat readiness functions are not the unilateral decision of the city government. He bluntly said that Jiang also proposed that the three uses of AI parks, residences and parks involve too wide a scope, but the land allocation and developers are still unclear, which may leave room for improper government-business relations.
Taiwan Foundation believes that Taipei indeed needs to embrace the AI era, but the AI park should be simplified. If the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall can be demolished and the original site is rebuilt into an AI park, not only will the land property rights be simple, it will be able to take advantage of the original site's geographical convenience in the heart of the capital, and it will also avoid the national security and shipping issues of relocating the airport. At the same time, by dismantling the symbol of authoritarianism and transforming it into a future-oriented technology park, it can also respond to the public's calls for transformation and justice and industrial development needs, which is a multi-purpose achievement.
