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Taoyuan City partners with central government to fund sports field upgrades in 31 schools

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Taoyuan City government is investing NT$178 million to upgrade sports facilities in 31 schools.
  • The funding, a joint effort with the central government, aims to improve running tracks and sports fields.
  • These upgrades are intended to provide safer environments for students' physical education and activities.

Taoyuan City is significantly enhancing its educational infrastructure by investing NT$178 million to renovate sports facilities across 31 schools. This initiative, a collaboration between the city government and the central government, aims to create safer and more modern environments for students' physical education and extracurricular activities.

The funding, secured through continuous efforts by the Taoyuan Education Bureau to lobby the Ministry of Education, will be used to improve running tracks and sports fields. Since 2023, these upgrades have been progressively implemented, with the central government contributing over NT$178 million. The city government is providing matching funds to accelerate the process.

School sports fields are important venues for students' daily physical education classes, club activities, and campus sports events.

— Liu Chung-chengDirector of the Taoyuan Education Bureau, highlighting the significance of the upgraded facilities.

Liu Chung-cheng, Director of the Education Bureau, emphasized the importance of these facilities as crucial venues for daily physical education classes, club activities, and school sports events. The city is actively assessing the condition of sports facilities and seeking special grants to renovate aging, damaged, or unsafe tracks and fields. This investment is expected to reduce the risk of sports-related injuries and offer more diverse and secure spaces for athletic pursuits.

In the current year, Longtan High School received NT$1.81 million in central government subsidies, supplemented by NT$380,000 from the city government, for partial track and field improvements. The project's budget has been approved, and the bidding process is underway. Previously, in 2023, five schools received NT$47.1 million for similar projects. In 2024, 17 schools were allocated NT$86.13 million, and in 2025, eight schools received NT$42.99 million.

Through the joint investment of central and local governments, the renovation of old venues can be accelerated, reducing the risk of sports injuries.

— Liu Chung-chengDirector of the Taoyuan Education Bureau, explaining the benefits of the funding initiative.
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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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