The hull of a container ship that recently ran aground off the coast of New Taipei City’s Shihmen District, by March 24 had started to break apart and leak oil. The Laomei Green Reef is a well-known scenic spot in Shihmen District, and March and April is precisely the time to see the transformation of the rocks from a murky gray color to an emerald green. Unlike the area of water to the edge of the Shihmen Stone Arch park, as of March 27 there was not yet any sign of pollution at Laomei beach and there was no smell of oil in the air. A nearby shopkeeper says whenever the weather is good, many visitors come to see the Laomei Green Reef, but as soon as the weather deteriorates, visitor numbers decrease. “This morning a child ran up and asked to borrow some clean water to wash their hands, which I could see were covered in stains that wouldn’t wash off. I don’t know, maybe it was oil sludge.”
The shopkeeper says the Laomei Green Reef is very beautiful and that it is therefore difficult to imagine it stained completely black. All they can do is to beg that the situation is brought to a satisfactory conclusion as speedily as possible, and that any serious oil pollution is properly managed, to avoid impacting upon the Laomei Green Reef, says the shopkeeper.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY EDWARD JONES)
Photo: Lee Ya-wen, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者李雅雯
近日擱淺在新北市石門區海岸的貨櫃船,由於三月二十四日下午船身開始斷裂,造成燃油外洩。老梅綠石槽是石門區著名景點,三到四月恰好是老梅綠石槽由暗灰色轉為翠綠色的時候。二十七日的老梅沙灘,未見如石門洞公園周邊海域受到污染情形,空氣中也沒聞到油污味。周邊店家說,每當天氣好時,老梅綠石槽遊客就會多;一旦天氣差,遊客就少了,「早上有個小孩跑來說要借乾淨的水洗手,看到手都是洗不掉的髒污,不知道是不是油漬。」
周邊店家說,老梅沙灘很漂亮,不敢想像染成一片黑的樣子,只能祈求這件事情可以盡快有個完善的收尾,重油污染能夠妥善控制,避免影響到老梅沙灘。
(自由時報記者李雅雯)
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