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Petrochemical project needs second-stage EIA

FOUR-HOUR HEARING While environmentalists voiced concern about land subsidence and health risks, local residents spoke about the plant’s economic benefits

By Meggie Lu  /  STAFF REPORTER

Local officials disagreed.

“We care about the environment, too. The subsidence problems can be resolved by the plant’s construction,” Changhua County Councilor Hung Ho-lu said.

“I urge EIA panelists not to say no to someone who is willing to invest in our land,” he said.

Tien-tou Village (田頭) chief Tsai Chi-rui (蔡啟瑞) said that 98 percent of local residents want the industrial park.

“Young people in our village leave because they cannot find jobs,” Tsai said. “You say that Ilan doesn’t have cancer, but didn’t Chen Ding-nan die of cancer?”

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