The building is to be converted into a memorial for Tai after a motion to preserve it was on Friday unanimously passed by the department’s 17-member cultural heritage committee. The building, which is on property owned by National Taiwan University (NTU), where Tai was a faculty member, would not be quietly destroyed by the school, NTU president Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) told a news conference at the school to allay public concerns. Tai originally lived in another Japanese-style building on the campus, but was later required to move for administrative purposes. However, the original building Tai lived in has already been demolished, the university said. Tai’s former residence is not only a building, but an asset belonging to all Taiwanese, an NTU Student Association representative told the cultural heritage committee meeting.

Source: Taipei Times May 02, 2020 15:56 UTC