Shezi Island environmental impact assessment residents say a city's greatness lies in nurturing culture, not developing land

On the morning of February 27, at the 204th meeting of the Taipei City Government's Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee, the "Shezi Island Development Plan Environmental Impact Assessment Report" was reviewed. The Shezi Island Self-Rescue Association held up banners at the city government entrance criticizing the Taipei City Government: "The destruction of Xiaolin Village was man-made, the destruction of Shezi Island is Ke's doing," they shouted their demands; the Self-Rescue Association demanded that the Taipei City Government: "conduct a new household survey," "explain the resettlement plan and resolve residents' concerns," "include social and cultural impact assessment in the environmental impact assessment," "communicate with residents on equal and dignified terms"

(Youth from the Shezi Island Self-Rescue Association are currently independently organizing walking tours of Shezi Island, guiding the public through Shezi Island to understand the unique local culture that has formed over half a century of construction restrictions on Shezi Island. Photo by Lin Jiyang)