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Seal of Chiayi City Government
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Chiayi Municipal Administrative Center
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Formed | 1 July 1982 |
Jurisdiction | Chiayi City |
Headquarters | No.199, ZhongShan Road, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan |
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Website | Chiayi City Government Official Website |
Chiayi City Government (Chinese: 嘉義市政府; pinyin: Jiāyì Shì Zhèngfǔ) is the government that governs Chiayi City of the Republic of China.
Hong Kong Orchid Tree is an evergreen small trees being Caesalpiniaceae. The scientific name is Bauhinia blakeana. It has Bauhinia variegata like appearance and is with large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers which is like cattleya. Bauhinia blakeana was imported into Taiwan in 1967. Except its specialty of coquettish flower, there is another quality that the same species, like Bauhinia variegata and Cercis chinensis do not have. Its leaves can survive from winter and the florescence is from winter to spring. It is still splendid and vivid while most flowers of small trees are withered. Choose Bauhinia blakeana as the city flower of Chiayi is to symbolize the passion of citizens, the beauty and copiousness of municipal construction. The evergreen leaves symbolize thriving and robust of industry and business. The purpose is to anticipate citizens can work on creating a beautiful and prosperous Chiayi city all together.
Chiayi City was reformed its status into provincial city on 1 July 1982. The mayor Dr. Shih Sian Syu solicited ideas about the municipal emblem from public then. After assessing, the design from citizen Ming Hong Tsai was selected. The blue background of the emblem symbolizes magnificence and dignity. The charchters of Chiayi city and plum blossom are white which symbolize brightness. The letters “71” are red which symbolize progress and auspicious. The mark of northern tropic is green which symbolize newly born. Plum blossom is Taiwan national flower. “71” represents the reformed date 1 July 1982. The mark of northern tropic tells the geographic position of Chiayi city. The four green lines represent reformation and elevation of city status.
Objective: Change Chiayi
First Arrow: Restructuring City Planning of Chiayi City.
Second Arrow: Transportation System Planning
Third Arrow: Create Healthy Communities and Promote Longevity.
Fourth Arrow: Construction of “Food Security” Capital
The government building is accessible within walking distance South of Beimen Station of the Alishan Forest Railway.