Farmers now can keep their homes after gov’t agreed to preserve 2-hectare residential area
central news agency
Taiwan News
2010-08-15
The government has reached consensus with a group of farmers in Erlin township, Changhua County over an issue of land expropriation for the Central Taiwan Science Park’s fourth-phase expansion project, Premier Wu Den-yih said yesterday.
Wu told reporters that some of the farmers in the Siangsiliao community are happy that they can keep their homes, but they also hope that their farmlands can be acquired by the government, which has offered them very high compensation.
Further negotiations will be held with the farmers on this issue, Wu said. more …
