KEEPING PROMISES: The surfing center was part of the premier’s election platform more than a decade ago; part of the land required is marked for forest conservation
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 04, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
An international training base for surfers could be completed before October at Jhongjiao Bay (中角彎) in
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung, fifth left, and New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, fourth left, pose with surfboards during an inspection of Jhongjiao Bay in New Taipei City’s Jinshan District yesterday. Photo: Yu Chao-fu, Taipei Times
New Taipei City’s Jinshan District (金山), Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.
Lin made the remarks before inspecting the bay with New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) and Cabinet officials.
Establishing a surfers’ training base in Jhongjiao Bay was among Premier Su Tseng-chang’s (蘇貞昌) campaign promises when he became commissioner of the former Taipei County, before it was renamed New Taipei City and became a special municipality.
Hou brought the plan up again at a Cabinet meeting on Jan. 17, after he took office on Dec. 25 last year. [FULL STORY]
