The explosions caused severe casualties, deaths and damage; the people have lost confidence in the city's infrastructure, said Kaohsiung's EDB Director-General Tseng Wen-sheng (曾文生). “According to Article 21 of the Factory Management Act, the government calls upon LCY Chemical to halt its operations immediately, and to review the safety of its manufacturing equipment and to improve the petrochemical pipelines running within and outside the LCY factories,” said Tseng. “The people are expecting the government to do something after the explosions, and the government cannot allow (LCY) to continue its actions.”

Tseng went on to explain that the shared pipelines between different factories in the city's industrial area were not necessarily located within the designated factory property, yet were still categorized as an extension of each factory's equipment. “The safety of the pipes and the responsibility for safety would consequently belong to the said factory,” said Tseng.

Should LCY refuse to pause its operations, the government will notify the power company and the water company to stop providing the corporation with electricity and water. “If LCY feels the decision unjust, it is allowed to file for an appeal the next day,” said Tseng.

Mayor Approves of Official Resignations

One day after four of the southern city's leading political officials tendered their resignations to Chen, the mayor announced her approval and stated that the resignations will take effect after the relief work ends.

Deputy Mayor Wu Hong-mo (吳宏謀), Water Resources Bureau head Lee Hsien-yi (李賢義), PWB head Yang Ming-chou (楊明州) and MRTB head Chen Tsun-yung (陳存永) all decided to step down on Thursday in order to take responsibility for the explosions.

Chen praised the four officials for their willingness to take responsibility in the wake of Kaohsiung's crisis, and refuted accusations that the four officials were trying to shed responsibility by “cutting off their tails and running away.”

“Government officials are supposed to be responsible and take the brunt of things,” said Wu.

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李長榮責令停業

由凱瑟琳煒中國郵政
2014年8月9日，上午12:01 TWN

台北，台灣 - 高雄市政府昨天下令李長榮化工公司（李長榮化學工業），直到其計劃，以提高管道安全是政府審查，以停止所有操作。

根據高雄市政府，暫停背後的原因是一樣的經濟事務部“（MOEA）之前的訂單在2011年台塑集團在其位於雲林縣的工廠停止運作，因為它是為政府關鍵以確保石化管線的安全。

高雄市長陳菊（陳菊）注意到她的支持和全市經濟發展局（EDB）和勞工事務局的批准。

爆炸造成了嚴重的人員傷亡，死亡和破壞; 人們已經失去了信心，在城市的基礎設施，說高雄的經濟發展局總幹事曾文生（曾文生）。“據工廠管理法第21條，政府呼籲李長榮化工立即停止其業務，並審查其製造設備的安全，並改善內部和外部的李長榮工廠運行的石油化工管道，”曾雅妮說。“人民期待政府做了爆炸後的東西，政府不能讓（LCY）繼續採取行動。”

曾雅妮接著解釋說，在城市的工業區不同的工廠之間的共享管道並不一定位於指定工廠內的財產，但仍然歸類為每家工廠的設備的擴展。“管道和安全責任的安全將因此屬於上述工廠，”曾雅妮說。

應該LCY拒絕暫停其業務，政府將通知電力公司和自來水公司停止提供該公司與電力和水。“如果李長榮感覺不公正的判決，允許其提交的上訴的第二天，”曾雅妮說。

官方辭任市長批准

四南部城市領先政界要員一天後招標他們的辭職給陳市長宣布了她的認可，並表示辭職將生效的救援工作結束後。

副市長吳泓謨（吳宏謀），水利局負責人李顯一（李賢義），印刷電路板頭洋銘宙（楊明州）和熱感應雙筒望遠鏡頭陳浚庸（陳存永）都決定在下台週四為了充分的爆炸負責。

陳稱讚的四個官員願意參加高雄危機之後的責任，並駁斥指控的四名官員試圖通過擺脫責任“切斷他們的尾巴，跑了。”

“政府官員都應該是負責任的，並採取事物的衝擊，”吳說。