Taipei Times
Date: Jul 14, 2015
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The controversial Meinung Reservoir project is “no longer an issue,” Democratic
Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen, right, smiles at the Yellow Butterfly Festival in Kaohsiung’s Meinung Township on Sunday. Photo: Chen You-cheng, Taipei Times
Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Sunday, as she pledged to protect the environment in the predominantly Hakka community.
Tsai made the remarks during a visit to Kaohsiung to attend the Yellow Butterfly Festival in Meinung Township (美濃).
Now in its 20th year, the festival was originally launched amid public opposition to the reservoir project, whose proposed site allegedly lies on the Jhutoushan Fault (竹頭山斷層).
The project’s detractors say the proposed reservoir would flood the habitat of the lemon emigrant butterfly (Catopsilia pomona) and a range of animal species native to Meinung.
In a speech, Tsai spoke out against the contentious project. [FULL STORY]
