Chapter 33 Appendix: Councilors Accused of Improper Fraud Inspections Plan to Discuss Fairness on behalf of Bao

[Reporter Zhan Sanyuan/Taipei Report] Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian’s crackdown on the Xisong Junior High School project the day before yesterday may damage the reputation of the contractor. Fei Hung-tai, a member of the New Party of the Taipei City Council, also asked the contractor for inside information yesterday. He said that Chen Shui-bian’s The investigation action is unknown to any political personnel, but led a large number of media reporters to point out that it is a fraudulent case. If the contractor wants to get back the goodwill, he will cooperate to fight for it.It is understood that this case has become a topic of questioning by members of the Kuomintang and the New Party during the new session, and may ask the city government to clarify or apologize.

It is understood that Jiulian Construction Company, which contracted the Xisong Middle School building, was quite panicked by Chen Shui-bian's investigation and was deeply afraid of damage to its reputation. Some members of the parliament generally believe that Chen Shui-bian's investigation methods need to be considered. Jiulian Construction Company emphasizes that the hollow columns referred to are cutting corners, which is a complete misunderstanding. The construction design drawings also clearly design hollow columns, which are purely decorative columns and have nothing to do with the columns of the load-bearing structure. The main purpose is to increase the appearance of the building. That's all; using empty salad oil drums as the "inner formwork" of hollow columns is also a common construction method, which is allowed by the Xingong Office.

Congressman Fei Hongtai said that after he got to know the contractor Jiulian, Chen Shui-bian's "investigation" process was seriously flawed. He did not notify the investigation or political personnel, or investigate the relevant design drawings in advance, but took the media reporters there. The accusation that the contractor has cut corners and publicized it through the media has caused great harm to the contractor. It is rumored that the New Party Council and the KMT members will discuss and ask the city government to "publicly admit their mistakes" during the new session. The government raised clarifications or admitted mistakes, and did not communicate further with other members of parliament. (United Daily News, March 12, 1995)