Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said he hopes to make the Taipei City Government a service-oriented institution of clean governance and efficiency.
Chiang made the comment at the first Taipei “consensus camp” for his administration, which was held at the city government’s Department of Civil Servant Development yesterday afternoon.
When speaking with reporters before the camp, Chiang said the camp provides an opportunity for team building among city government officials, as the implementation of many policies relies on cooperation among departments.
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By exchanging ideas and building consensus among team members, and planning the city’s future with a bottom-up approach, Chiang said he hopes the city government can become a service-oriented, clean and efficient government.
The annual team consensus camp was moved from March to January, in a move that shows the administration is ready to “perform tasks with full vigor and urgency,” he said.
In his opening speech, he said that a foreign news firm recently reported that “Taiwan is a living hell for pedestrians,” so he and Department of Transportation officials would deal with traffic problems as soon as possible, and city government officials should accept external criticism and cooperate in solving problems.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Yi-hua (林奕華), an appointed deputy mayor who is expected to take office next month, has been invited to speak at the camp.
Lin would give a lecture on building a harmonious relationship between the city council and the city government. As a former commissioner of New Taipei City’s Education Department, and having served several terms as a city councilor and now a legislator, Lin is well-placed to share her experience with officials, Chiang said.
Separately, the National Police Agency on Thursday announced a personnel change that would reassign 87 police officers to new posts, including the reassignment of the agency’s Inspectors’ Office director, Chang Jung-hsing (張榮興), to Taipei City Police Department commissioner, which some KMT legislators opposed.
When asked about the decision, Chiang said he respects the central government’s authority over the personnel change, and his goal as Taipei mayor is to maintain the stability of the city’s security, transportation and economic activity.
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