Chen Shuhui (second from right), Director of Taipei City Tourism and Communication Bureau, together with other bureau officials presided over the regular press conference of the Lantern Festival.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yahua)

[Reporter Cai Yahua/Taipei Report] The 2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival will open on February 5th and is currently in trial operation. However, North City Councilor Lin Yanfeng broke the news that the MRT Zhongxiao Fuxing Station set up a "Nong Hao Shanghai" lantern, and sent 3 police officers to be on the side To maintain and set up a secret recorder to collect evidence, the Chinese media even launched a big internal propaganda, claiming that Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan personally watched the Shanghai lantern.

In this regard, Chen Shuhui, director of the Tourism and Communications Bureau of Taipei City, said that there is no such news at present, and the city government has no such plan.

The Bureau of Observation and Communications held a regular press conference for the Lantern Festival this morning. The media mentioned whether the police force guarding the Shanghai Lantern violated the principle of proportionality, and whether Jiang was present to visit the Shanghai Lantern?

Huang Jiansheng, the police officer of the Municipal Police Department, said that not only the safety of people is maintained, but also the safety of the lamp holders. There are staff and security, and the double deployment method is adopted to strengthen patrols. The establishment usually has 2 to 4 people, which will not increase the load on colleagues, but everyone’s opinions will be expressed. Refer to and scroll for corrections.

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Chen Shuhui said that as long as the trial operation of the light area has traffic arrangements, the whole area is the same, and there are secret cameras everywhere in Beishi. She emphasized that smooth traffic is an important purpose, and every link must be taken care of so that the public can have the best experience. , and there is no place where the police force is particularly aggravated.

As for Jiang's visit to attend the Shanghai Lantern Festival, Chen Shuhui denied, "We have no news, and the city government has no relevant itinerary planning."

Asked by the media, the councilor pointed out that in the past there were no Chinese-funded lanterns to participate in the Lantern Festival. Why did you cooperate with Shanghai this year?

Chen Shuhui said that the Taiwan Lantern Festival has been moved to various counties and cities in the past 34 years, and international participation has always been invited. In 2016, Shanghai joined the Taipei Lantern Festival. This year, the Lantern Festival can also be seen at the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. The Taiwan Lantern Festival has become an international brand. I hope everyone will expand their participation All countries participate in the Taiwan Lantern Festival as a travel exhibition at their own expense, even Japan, countries around the world, and countries with diplomatic relations all participate at their own expense.