Taiwan's Environment Ministry says its 60-year-old headquarters is no longer safe and wants a new building, with the Economic Affairs Ministry's current site as a possible location.

• The ministry's Shihjian Building and hall, built by state oil company CPC six decades ago, are now considered unsafe in an earthquake.
• Four of the ministry's agencies are scattered in rented offices around the city, and a new building would bring everyone together.
• The Economic Affairs Ministry may move within five years, freeing up its site — talks are under way, but the project would take at least a decade.
• The ministry just won its biggest budget in sixteen years, about NT$11.2 billion, for recycling, urban forests, PFAS chemical controls, and river cleanup.

Outlook: Site talks continue, but a new building is a long way off, so staff stay split across rented offices for years.