Kaohsiung Music Center's Website, Visual Identity Launched|高雄流行音樂中心 市府發布主視覺系統

The Kaohsiung City Government presented Kaohsiung Music Center's visual identity and official website on Oct. 2. Democratic Progressive Party city councilors used this opportunity to attack Mayor Han Kuo-yu, accusing him of trying to secure youth votes ahead of the presidential election. The center itself was scheduled to be completed this year, but the completion date has been pushed to 2020. The city government says the delay was due to inconclusive bids from the previous administration.


Kaohsiung Music Center is located between Pier 11 and Pier 15 in the Port of Kaohsiung. The exterior of the building is nearly complete. On Oct. 2, the Kaohsiung City Government convened a press conference to present the center's visual identity and official website. It used LED screens to show music staffs created from curved sea waves.

After our music center is officially open, it will have a 6,000-seat indoor performance hall as well as an outdoor performance area that can accommodate 10,000 people. This is spectacular.

The 11-hectare site is divided into three sections. One section is composed of large indoor and outdoor performance spaces. There are also venues of differing sizes that can be used for performances or corporate events. The center won't be completed until August 2020. Democratic Progressive Party city councilors criticized Han for convening a press conference to present the center's visual identity, accusing him of using the center to garner youth votes.

Mayor Han Kuo-yu is trying to reap the benefits to secure youth votes now that the Kaohsiung Music Center has been successfully constructed.

(He) annihilated the music festivals, music culture, and Megaport Festival music platform established over a decade or so. The damage is already done.

An anti-Han Facebook group called Wecare also accused the Han administration of delaying the completion of the center from this year until next year, which added NT$250 million to the budget. In response, the city government produced physical evidence showing that the previous administration had delayed the entire plan by three years and was ordered by the Control Yuan to make corrections.

In October and November of 2018, there were two instances of inconclusive bidding. In other words, the contracting of this project had not even taken place by the time the new administration took office.

Six small venues resembling whales have already been completed, and the previous administration found two companies to move in. Han was accused of making zero progress on this front. In response, the city's Bureau of Cultural Affairs pointed out that while it's difficult to find tenants for something that isn't yet completed as a whole, it has made progress.



沿著高雄港11到15號碼頭的高雄流行音樂中心，建築外觀幾乎完工，啟用前，高雄市政府2日先召開記者會，發布流行音樂中心的主視覺系統，用LED螢幕秀出有海浪曲線的五線譜。

高雄市長 韓國瑜表示：「我們流行音樂中心正式啟用之後，會有6千席的室內大表演場館，還有容納1萬人的戶外表演場地，這是非常了不起的。」

11公頃的場地分成三大區域，包括大型室內和戶外表演空間，以及大小不同的場館，可做為演出場地或產業辦公室。不過整個工程要到明年8月才完工，為了視覺符號就辦記者會，民進黨議員抨擊市長韓國瑜，利用流行音樂中心，救年輕選票。

民進黨籍議員 林智鴻表示：「如今高雄流行音樂中心建設有成，韓國瑜市長為了年輕選票，又要來蹭熱度收割。」

民進黨籍議員 黃文益表示：「（他)消滅了十幾年，來創立的音樂盛典、音樂文化，大港開唱音樂平台，這些傷害已經造成。」

罷韓臉書社團Wecare也指控，工程原本今年可完工，韓市府拖到明年，多增加2.5億元預算。但市府拿出公文，反駁前朝才是拖延整體計劃三年，還被監察院糾正。

高雄市文化局長 林思伶表示：「在107年的10月跟11月，兩次都流會(標)，也就是說在新的團隊上來之前，這件事情的發包工程，根本就還沒有執行。」

另外，先完工的6座小鯨魚館，前朝已招募2個廠商進駐，韓市府被指控沒有新進度。文化局強調，未整體完工的場地，招商因素比較複雜，但還是有持續進行。