論文化資產的搶救與審查爭議——以利記公厝為例

On the Rescue of Private Assets Having Cultural Heritage Values and Their Following Designation Dispute Settlements: A Case Study on LeeChi the Clan Liu’s Public House

文化資產的保存與國家或地方重要建設競合時，孰輕孰重﹖兩者之間，係「你存我亡，勢不兩立」的對立關係，彼長我消的零和關係，抑或存在著「合則兩利」與「各退一步」的攜手合作空間﹖繼捷運局與樂生療養院兩敗俱傷的保存事件之後，具文資保存價值的新店十四張利記公厝，再度面臨相同的保存與建設之兩難處境。地方民選政府在政績與選舉承諾的壓力下：先是，未能掌握轄區之文資標的物，喪失在建設規劃伊始，從容地以最友善方案處理文資保存事宜的先機；繼而困於既成之現實，難以自拔，只能委屈地配合建設，讓珍貴的文資蒙受損失，顯然並未從過去的經驗中學到教訓。究其原因，實乃出於對文資的存在價值與保存認知不足。為避免類似事件重演，培養全民的文資價值觀與使命感，實應列為政府未來施政的重點。

Which is more important, the preservation of cultural heritage, or the strategic national or local development project? Can the relationship between the two be a competing zerosum one, or cooperative and mutual complementary? Not so long ago, there was the raging Losheng Sanatorium Preservation Dispute which agonized and inflicted severe damages upon both the Losheng Sanatorium and the Taipei City’s Massive Rapid Transit Project, the former the depletion of cultural heritage values; the latter, the massive financial losses and the delayed convenience delivery. And now here comes the new dispute on the preservation of Leechi the Clan Liu’s Public House which has the promising possibilities to be trapped in a Catch-22 dilemma, as the Losheng Preservation Dispute did. The local competent government authority dealt with the dispute recklessly under the pressure of campaign promises and grand achievements for rallying voters’support: to begin with, they did not have a thorough and well-checked list of cultural assets having heritage values to be worked upon, thus, missed the advantage of nipping the preservation problems in the bud. While trapping in the preservation dilemma, they are forced to follow orders from superiors who are indifferent or ignorant to the preservation of cultural heritage. The result: the destruction or depletion of values of cultural heritage. To avoid the reemergence of that kind of tragic result, it is a good policy for the government to be more energetic on cultivating and promoting the knowledge of cultural heritage values and the sense of duty to protecting them to the general public.