The United Daily News reports that a tourist on a day-trip to Chiayi County’s Renyi Reservoir was surprised to discover a warning sign installed next to a pier on which was written in large red characters, “Hazardous waters, over the years 10,000 persons have drowned.” The extremely high statistic left the traveler astonished beyond words and more than a little bewildered: could it be that something awful had happened here? Local residents complain, “This leaves tourists from outside with a really bad impression of Renyi Reservoir.”
Taiwan Water Corporation’s No. 5 District Office says that it installed the warning sign four years ago in cooperation with a Ministry of Education information campaign to educate students on water-related dangers. However, it says that the figure for drowning was always left blank. The office conjectures that the sign was the result of a prank and, after receiving a report, has taken it down. The Chiayi Fire Department says that over the years there have been a number of suicides by drowning at the Renyi Reservoir, but the number is nowhere near as high as 10,000.
(Liberty Times, translated by Edward Jones)
Photo: Wu Shih-tsung, Liberty Times
照片：自由時記者吳世聰
《聯合報》報導，有遊客到嘉義縣仁義潭一日遊時，竟發現碼頭旁設置的警示牌上出現幾個大大的紅字，「危險水域，歷年來已溺斃『萬』人」，超高數據讓遊客驚訝不已，也對此感到相當納悶，是不是曾發生過什麼事？當地居民也抱怨說，「這讓外地遊客對仁義潭觀感很不好。」
自來水公司第五區管理處表示，四年前配合教育部向學生宣導危險水域，因此設置警告牌，但溺斃人數一直以來都是空白未填寫，推測是遭人惡作劇，獲報後已撤下牌子；嘉義消防局則說，歷年來仁義潭曾發生多起自殺或釣客溺斃事故，但絕對不到萬人這麼誇張。
（自由時報記者余雪蘭）
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