FINDING: As Turtle Island no longer has permanent residents, after they were relocated to Toucheng Township in 1974, it does not meet the requirements for a heritage site
Traipei Times
Date: May 18, 2020
By: Lin Ching-lun and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A boat casts off in Yilan County on Feb. 11, with Turtle Island (Gueishan Island) in the distance.
Photo: Chang Yi-chen, Taipei Times
Chien Ying-chun (簡英俊), who lived on Turtle Island for 23 years before the government relocated the island’s residents in 1974, submitted the petition in October last year.
The Yilan County Cultural Affairs Bureau that month visited the island for a preliminary investigation.
After reviewing the petition, the committee said that as the island no longer has permanent residents, and the lifestyle of its former residents is already long gone, it does not meet the requirements to be listed as a heritage site.
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