Former Japanese naval facilities at Fengshan Wireless Telecommunication Station in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung County have been designated as the country's 89th national historic site, the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA) said Monday. The facilities, covering an area of 9,414 square meters, include bunkers, offices, classrooms, a radio station, a brick-built water tower, tower piers, bathrooms, huts, warehouses, two military dormitories and brick walls. The station, founded between 1941 and 1943, was the only telecommunication base station established by the Japanese navy during the Japanese colonial period between 1895 and 1945, and played a major role in the navy's southern expansion policy, according to CCA data. During World War II, the Japanese military set up a station on the site for detecting ships traveling in South Asian waters and for gathering information. After the war, the wireless telecommunication station was used for criminal investigations. In 1962, a naval disciplinary barracks was set up at the station, which was later converted into the Mingde Training Center for undisciplined military personnel and was closely related to the history of Taiwan's 'white terror, ' which saw the purging of perceived political dissidents during the country's martial law between 1947 and 1987. The station has been a closed military zone since the Minde Training Center was recommissioned and is expected to be converted into a history park. Meanwhile, a certificate of appointment of a local aboriginal government issued during the Kanxi Emperor era of the Qing dynasty was named as a national treasure, while 10 other ancient artifacts were designated as important ancient heritage items. The CCA described the certificate of appointment as being of great historic significance because it is an example of the communication that took place between the Qing government and Taiwan's aboriginal tribes. 