| Longgui Park | |
| Native Name: | 隆貴公園 |
| Area: | 380sqm |
| Created: | July 20, 2001 |
| Founder: | Lai Feng-Wei (賴峰偉) |
| Open: | All year |
| Budget: | NTD 880,000 |
| Location: | The intersection of Xinshen Rd and Xincun Rd, Guangfu District, Magong City, Penghu County 880 |
Longgui Park is a park in Guangfu Village, Magong City, Penghu County, Taiwan. It is a small community park of and was founded on July 20, 2001 by Lai Feng-wei, the magistrate of Penghu.[1]
In 2018, the Penghu County Government planned to spend NTD 25,820,000 to demolish the park for a new road, which triggered a protest by several of local residents.[2]
Longgui Park is located in Guangfu village, Magong City, next to an abandoned power plant.[3] It was completed on July 20, 2001 and cost NTD 880,000. It was named after Deng Long-gui who contributed to the construction of the park. Longgui Park is one of few community parks in downtown Magong, and it is also a friendly shelter to feral cats.[4]
During the period of magistrate Wang Chien-fa's term (2005-2014), county council member Chen Hai-shan [5] proposed to open a new road from Xincun Road to Haipu Road,[6] running through Longgui Park and the nearby abandoned Taiwan Power Company power station.
In 2015, Ou Zhi-cheng, the Penghu power station plant manager, proposed preservation of the power station buildings. Chen Hai-shan rejected this, saying "There is not any reason to preserve Magong power station because I cannot tell any kind feature of it." He insisted on demolishing the plant and Longgui Park for construction of the new road.[7] [8]
Penghu County Government and Taiwan Power Company negotiated that the company would release the land on November 8, 2016.[9]
In early October 2017, county executive Chen Kuang-fu promised that "The project of opening a road from Xincun Road to Haipu Road" must begin the next March.[10] [11] [12]
However, by June 2018 the project had not started. County council member Chen Hai-shan asked Hsueh Hung-ying (the director of Penghu county government economic affairs department) to execute the project as soon as possible. "If county council could agree to afford the advance payment (NTD 25,820,000), we might start the construction in August." Hsueh replied. Chen Hai-shan promised Hsueh the advance payment would be approved in the session, but if it didn't, construction should still start. "We'll see about that!" Chen Hai-shan threatened.[13]
Local politician Sheng Yi-che and residents from Guangfu village staged a protest of the project on July 31, 2018. They held a press conference and declared their dissatisfaction to the Penghu County Government.[14] They reasoned that Baichen Street already connects Xinsheng Road with the Haipu Road, is 14m (46feet) wide and is just from Xincun Road . "This project is very ridiculous and unacceptable! It is unnecessary to spend about 2,600 million dollars destroying a community park and an abandoned plant just for expand Xincun Road!" Said by Sheng Yi-che.[15]
"It is nonsense! We won't execute this project on August 15" replied Lin Wen-zao, the vice manager of the county government economic affairs department.[16]
On August 7, 2018, Penghu County Government announced Lu Chun-tian would replace Hsueh Hung-ying as the manager of Penghu county government economic affairs department.[17]