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Chuang Ching-cheng launches 'Wish Pool' for Hsinchu citizens to co-create the city's future

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Hsinchu mayoral candidate Chuang Ching-cheng launched a "Wish Pool" platform for citizens to share their expectations for the city.
  • The initiative aims to incorporate public opinion into policy-making, moving beyond top-down political proposals.
  • Citizens have submitted diverse suggestions, including improving healthcare, increasing sports facilities, enhancing public transport, and balancing urban development.

Hsinchu mayoral candidate Chuang Ching-cheng has launched an innovative online platform called the "Hsinchu Citizen Wish Pool," inviting residents to share their aspirations and suggestions for the city's future. This initiative aims to foster a collaborative approach to governance, ensuring that policy development is informed by the genuine needs and desires of the populace.

Every wish behind it represents the real problems citizens encounter in their daily lives and is also the direction of municipal efforts.

— Chuang Ching-chengExplaining the significance of citizen suggestions submitted through the "Wish Pool" platform.

The campaign team has actively engaged with citizens, conducting street interviews to understand their priorities. The feedback reveals a wide spectrum of expectations, ranging from enhancing medical services and increasing the availability of sports facilities like football fields and affordable gyms, to improving road quality and public transportation. Residents also expressed desires for more cultural activities, revitalization of the downtown area, and a more balanced development between the old city and the science park, with specific calls for better bus services in the Xiangshan district.

Chuang emphasized that each "wish" represents a real-life issue faced by residents and highlights crucial areas for municipal improvement. He believes that city governance should not be a unilateral decision by politicians but a process that actively listens to and incorporates citizens' needs into policy planning. "Discovering problems, proposing solutions" has been his guiding principle.

City governance cannot be solely decided by the government; it must listen to the voices of citizens and incorporate their needs into policy planning to truly build a Hsinchu that meets citizens' expectations.

— Chuang Ching-chengStressing the importance of citizen participation in shaping city policies.

This "Wish Pool" is designed to serve as a continuous communication channel between the candidate and the citizens. Chuang encourages everyone to submit suggestions on any aspect of city life, including transportation, education, healthcare, childcare, culture, sports, and elder care. He stated that every wish will serve as an important reference for future policy-making, as he envisions a collaborative effort to shape Hsinchu's future and bring residents' aspirations to fruition.

The 'Hsinchu Citizen Wish Pool' is intended to establish a platform for continuous communication with citizens.

— Chuang Ching-chengDescribing the purpose of the newly launched online platform.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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