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The US Association (AIT) Taipei Office planned and expanded, but caused the local people to rebound.Taiwan ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded on Thursday (July 13) that the case was still in the discussion stage. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperated with the Taipei City Government to handle opinions and other review procedures in accordance with the law. It would not have different treatment because it was AIT.

Comprehensive Taiwan Liberty Times Lianhe Daily and Hong Kong Zhongtong News Agency reported that the land used in the Jinhu Campus of the Taipei City Lake Middle School was originally planned to be affected by declining childization.Open demand.In order to activate the use of urban land, review the land use plan and rent the appropriate institution.

AIT therefore proposed a expansion proposal.Regarding the consideration of expansion, the AIT spokesman explained that due to the close relationship between the United States and Taiwan, the AIT plan increased personnel to further support the business, culture and other relationships between the United States and Taiwan.

The spokesman said that AIT planned to integrate existing green space and neighboring land, and increase office and warehousing space, employee leisure centers and parking facilities.This open space near AIT is an excellent opportunity that can provide AIT a concentrated and secure place to support the long -term development of AIT and strengthen the United States' commitment to Taiwan's strong rock.

Aiming to use the campus land next to the current site as a expansion land, the Taiwan Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan's American Affairs Committee held a symposium on Wednesday to invite nearby people to express their opinions.

Xue Meiyu, Secretary -General of the Taiwan American Affairs Commission, said that in recent years, Taiwan and the United States have closer cooperation, and the AIT business has continued to grow. In order to respond to the lack of office space, it is also related to the long -term development of Taiwan -US relations.Therefore, the idea of leased land not only has actual needs, but also helps to continue to deepen Taiwan -US relations. For the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, it is happy to see it.

Shi Yanheng, deputy general manager of Xueyi Engineering Technology Consultant Company responsible for explaining the plan, said that the planned land is located on the east side of Jinhu Road.There is no demand for opening up, positioning the reserve land of municipal municipalities. In order to respond to the expansion of AIT office and warehousing space, it is inclined to change the land into the land land use.Essence

However, the people in the scene expressed their opposition, and some even shouted, "You have a kind of Americans today, you will talk to me first and then talk about it."For foreigners.

You Shuhui, a city councilor of the Kuomintang Port and Lake District, said that the new museum that AIT was completed in Neihu in Neihu in 2018 has covered 6.5 hectares, plus 2.3 hectares of Jinhu's scheduled land, and nearly 9 hectares of area.Why does AIT need such a large space?

Regarding the external criticism of AIT to grab land, the Taiwan Foreign Affairs Ministry previously responded that the fact was that after the Taipei Municipal Government evaluated the land due to the unscrupulous needs of the land, AIT proposed that the expansion of the office house premises proposedEssenceIn addition, although AIT officially moved into the current site of Neihu in 2019, the scale of the land building of the museum was completed as early as 2004.Taiwan -US relations have flourished in recent years, and exchanges and cooperation in various fields are even more than ever. As a result, AIT is looking forward to increasing personnel to support all aspects of Taiwan and the United States.

Liu Yongjian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taiwan Department of Foreign Affairs, said at the regular meeting on Thursday that the case is still in the proposed stage.The unit is the United States and has different treatment.