Taichung mayor of 12 years, Hu Chih-chiang, has pledged to build the MRT if he is re-elected, again.
2014/10/16 UDN
Headline: Hu Chih-Chiang: “I will build the MRT if re-elected”(胡志強:我連任一定蓋捷運)
Hu’s promise: I will make MRT happen! (捷運,我一定會做!)
Someone organized a timeline of how many times he has made that same promise in the past:
2004/6/27 China Times
Headline: Taichung’s MRT Green Line Operational by 2012 (台中捷運綠線 民國101年通車)
Hu’s promise: Construction will begin next year (明年展開施工)
2004/11/11 UDN
Headline: Taichung’s MRT Green Line Decided (大台中捷運綠線 定案)
Hu’s promise: Construction will begin the year after next year, and be completed by 2011. (後年動工 民國100年完工)
2005/10/4 UDN
Headline: Taichung’s MRT Green Line, 4 Stations in the County to Begin Construction the Year After Next Year (大台中捷運綠線 中縣4站都在後年動工)
Hu’s promise: MRT construction will be done by 2011. (民國100年完工)
Occasion: Taichung City Mayoral Election
2006/7/6 UDN
Headline: Taichung MRT, Construction will Begin as Planned. (台中捷運 「依計畫興建」)
Hu’s promise: If Hu’s re-elected, the construction will go forth this year, and be finished 4 years later. (胡當選 今年一定動工 四年完工)
2006/7/11 Taichung City
Headline: MRT Green Line will Acquire Properties by End of 2008, and Construction Completed by 2012 (捷運綠線97年底用地取得101年完工)
Hu’s promise: All the land will be acquired by the end of 2008, and construction will commence in order. (97年底用地取得 陸續施公)
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2007/3/24 UDN
Headline: Taichung MRT, Construction for Beitun to Wuri Line Starts October. (台中捷運 北屯烏日線10月動工)
Hu’s promise: Construction will start in October and construction will be done as early as 2011. (十月動工 最快一百年完工通車)
2007/5/22 UDN
Headline: Taichung MRT Green Line’s Construction Begins October. (台中捷運綠線 10月動工)
Hu’s promise: Construction starts in October (今年10月就可動工)
2007/9/22 Economic Daily News
Headline: Taichung MRT Construction Delayed (台中捷運工期延後)
Hu’s promise: Construction on basic infrastructures won’t start as planned. (基本設計未完成無法如期動工)
Occasion: 2008 Presidential Election
2008/1/2 Taichung City
Headline: Taichung MRT Green Line All Ready to Go (台中捷運綠線蓄勢待發)
Hu’s promise: Plans will be submitted to Central government by the end of June. (6月底計畫送中央審核)
2008/3/10 UDN
Headline: Taichung MRT, Construction Complete by 2013 (台中捷運 102年底完工)
Hu’s promise: Construction will be over by 2013, MRT operational by 2014, construction starts next year. (102年底完工,103年營運.明年動工)
Occasion: Ma about to be inaugurated
2008/11/6 UDN
Headline: Taichung MRT, Construction Begins Next Year, Operational by 2015 (台中捷運 明年動工 104年通車)
Hu’s promise: Construction will hopefully begin October of next year. (希望明年10月順利動工)
2009/3/31 中央
Headline: Committee of Economic Development Approves Taichung’s Green line, Construction Before End of This Year (經建會核定中捷綠線 年底前動工)
Hu’s promise: Construction before end of this year, and will be operational by October of 2015. (今年底前動工,104年10月完工通車)
Occasion: New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung to become special municipality.
2009/4/21 UDN
Headline: This Time is for Reals, Taichung MRT Construction to Begin on October (這回玩真的 台中捷運10月動工 )
Hu’s promise: Construct will start in October, and will be over by 2015. (今年十月動工,預定一百零四年完工)
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