Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-30
By: CNA

Members of Taiwan’s Control Yuan on Monday urged the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) to talk with its Chinese counterpart about the problem of Chinese garbage flowing onto Matsu’s shores and hurting its tourism industry.

The Control Yuan took note of the problem when a Control Yuan delegation visited Beigan in the Matsu islands in March and was told by a local council member that garbage from China washing onto Beigan’s shores had become a serious problem that the local government could not resolve.

The council member said that if the problem is not solved, Matsu’s touted eco-tourism would be devastated, according to the councilman.

On Monday, Control Yuan members Wang Mei-yu, Chiang Chi-wen and Pao Tzung-ho joined officials from the Environmental Protection Administration and the Mainland Affairs Council on a tour of the affected area in Matsu.     [FULL  STORY]