Although the Cultural Affairs Department spends a great deal of effort fighting for preservation, the fact is that under the current Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, historic buildings per se have no legal status. As for the construction company that tore down the houses, the city government could only fine them NT $ 30,000 for demolishing buildings without a permit.
儘管文化當局努力爭取保存，事實上，根據目前文化資產保存法規定，「歷史建築」在法律上並無名份，對於強行拆毀歷史建築日式宿舍的建商，市府只能依「無照拆屋」處以新台幣 3 萬元罰款。