UTMOST GOODWILL: County Commissioner Chen Fu-hai explained his vision of ‘three new links’ with China, but the Cabinet said the idea needs to be dicussed
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 06, 2018
By: Lu Yi-hsuan / Staff reporter, with CNA
Kinmen County yesterday began importing water from China’s Fujian Province to
stabilize its water supply, while county Commissioner Chen Fu-hai (陳福海) said he hopes to boost bilateral ties with the Chinese province through what he called “three new links.”
Separate ceremonies were held in Kinmen and China’s Jinjiang City to mark the opening of the water supply system, with Chen and other local politicians attending the ceremony in Kinmen.
The county government held the ceremony as scheduled, despite calls by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) to delay it after Beijing pressured members of the East Asian Olympic Committee to revoke Taichung’s right to host the East Asian Youth Games next year.
The “water link” — one of Chen’s “three new links” — is the result of an agreement that Taiwan and China signed in 2015 to provide Kinmen with water for 30 years, Chen said. [FULL STORY]