Shoddy workmanship - Sanxia District Office swaying!

The workmanship at No. 5 Children’s Park (兒五公園) in Taipei university special district (三峽北大特區) really is rotten to the core. Not long ago, another CJ report showed loose lampposts barely standing erect. Now, after only a few months, a signpost in the playground is almost falling over, raising real concern over children’s safety. Just how much longer before a child is crushed by one of these loose fixtures? Even the basal foundation on the fixtures is loose with screws clearly visible to the eye. What’s more, the situation of the previously reported loose lamppost is in exactly the same condition – swaying in the wind! The district chief was conveniently engaged in meetings each time he was asked why the park was in such poor condition. The Economic Development Section (經建課), who is responsible for maintenance, promised that they would immediately send someone to examine and fix the problems. The original construction company has questioned whether the said damages are as a result of ill-disciplined children!

The signpost itself has not been damaged, but has been completely uprooted and is now sitting at a dangerous incline. If it is possible for children to shake a signpost into this kind of condition, then shouldn’t we seriously question the quality of workmanship? It seems that these facilities cannot bear reasonable usage and when problems arise they are dealt with far too slowly, the damaged facilities, quite literally, left to sway in the wind. The most worrying thing about the workmanship of these shoddily installed signs is the lack of concern from Sanxia District Office (三峽區公所). Will the local government office be able to bear the full force of this gust of dissatisfaction and or begin to sway in the wind; the quality of public construction work is something that needs to be questioned.

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Shoddy workmanship - Sanxia District Office swaying! 
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(以下是中文對照)

工程豆腐製 三峽區政搖搖晃 ( 小尖兵 )

三峽北大特區的兒五公園真的爛透了嗎，不久前公民記者小尖兵才報導過搖搖晃的景觀燈，這回是完工才幾個月的遊戲場告示鐵牌快倒了。這個公園真的很不安全，小朋友不知道什麼時候會被這面傾斜的鐵牌壓扁，連底座整個掀了起來，還能看到裡面的螺絲，和之前底座鬆脫的景觀燈簡直一模一樣，問問區長為什麼這個公園爛透了，結果區長去開會，負責維護的經建課承諾儘快派員檢修，當初負責建造工程的工務課則質疑是被小孩子惡意搖晃損壞。

鐵牌沒有損壞，而是整座被連根拔起傾斜了，如果連小孩子可以輕易把它搖壞，是不是要懷疑這是一項豆腐工程呢？設施不堪用，故障了總是後知後覺，風吹樹搖晃，豆腐製的告示牌也在風中搖啊搖，最令人擔心的是「無感」的三峽區公所區政會不會禁不起風吹「垮台」，施工品質才是應該被質疑的。

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