2022年5月18日 星期三

Pingtung in the News 屏東的新聞 (North 北) 7


There are 29 townships, 3 municipalities and one city in Pingtung County.  It's exhausting to include news from every township, municipality and Pingtung City every time, so what I'll do instead is include news items from eleven different townships or municipalities in each entry.  This way I should be able to work my way through Pingtung County every three entries. 屏東縣包含了29個鄉, 3個鎮還有屏東市.  每次討論所有鄉鎮的新聞太累了, 所以我會每次討論11個鄉鎮的報告.  這樣子我每三篇新聞文章就會涵蓋到全縣內鄉鎮的新聞.

1. Ligang Township 里港鄉

1a. As you might expect, a whole lotta COVID.  Ligang, like countless other places, set a record for the number of COVID cases in a single day.  Individual classes have been forced into quarantine, and entire schools have suspended operations.  Ligang is no exception.  At the time of writing about 34% of students have been vaccinated, with many parents either refusing vaccination for their children or waiting for another brand of vaccine. 屏東 + 460  學童接踵率34%  確診足跡里港靈糧堂 , 菜市場 (1)

1b. With county elections coming up the post of Ligang Township Chief (mayor) is up for grabs.  The DPP is worried that Xu Guo-ming, presently serving as Ligang Township Chief will either run as an independent or change party affiliation. 2022誰要來做老大  屏東縣鄉長  綠旗失靈  資深黨員政掛無黨籍參選


2. Gaoshu Township 高樹鄉

2a. The Gaoshu Township Office hosted a promotional event advertising Gaoshu's "three treasures": dates, pineapples and taro.  This promotional event was held in the newly constructed Xinfeng Water Park. 高樹鄉鳳梨芋頭節登場  推廣美味農特產品

2b. The Pingtung AI Agri Hub (a vocational school focusing on agriculture) is becoming a minor tourist attraction after a recent remodeling.  Whoever posted the pictures in this article forgot to either resize them or provide an adequately high resolution, but just the same you can use them to get a feel for their "Smart Agricultural Experience." 高樹新亮點 !  智慧農業學校  閒置校舍空間活化打造南區青聚點

2c. This article introduces agricultural products grown or manufactured at Baleloong Farm in Kaohshu Township.  Their biggest crop seems to be leechee. 來自屏東水源保護區鮮採玉荷包 , 同場加映私藏玉荷包荔枝蜜


3. Sandimen Township 三地門鄉

3a. No recent news out of Sandimen.


4. Wutai Township 霧台鄉

4a. Not really news, but this article advertises tourist spots in Wutai.  There are lots of pictures. 霧台風景區 , 魯凱族的岩版藝術巷 , 悠閑中體驗原鄉之美


5. Jiouru Township 九如鄉

5a. Residents of Jiouru will receive a 1000 NT economic stimulus payment near the end of the month.  Depressingly enough, some residents are already planning on using this 1000 NT to buy COVID tests. 屏東九如鄉  每人一千振興金

5b. Does it feel good to be a gangster?  An attempted shooting in Donggang may be connected to cars ramming into shopfronts in both Donggang and Jiouru.  Police are still investigating the matter. 屏東槍繫引爆兩派火拚 ?  九如東港傳瘋狂倒車衝撞

5c. A dispute between Pingtung City and Jiouru has been resolved, and as a result a new pagoda for the storing of mortal remains will be built in Jiouru. 法令鬆綁  屏東市歸園納骨塔將新建3館


6. Yanpu Township 鹽埔鄉

6a. A road near the Daren Technology University has been improved, and flooding on that route shouldn't be a problem in the future. 屏東武洛溪大仁支線二期已完工  解決鹽埔大仁科大路口遇雨淹水問題


7. Pingtung City 屏東市

7a. A construction project in Pingtung City is offering a "free" one night's stay in Kenting for those buying a house. 不追喊3字頭 !  屏東市預售案反推 "2字頭親民價" 買房再送墾丁旅住宿 (2)

7b. The Pingtung (City) Representative Council asked those managing/operating traditional markets to lower the rent.  Vendors at such markets have been hit hard by COVID. 疫情影響生意  屏東市擬減免公有市場攤商租金3個月

7c. The old "Pingtung County Governor's Residence," built in 1920, was renovated recently but remains closed to the public.  Finding uses for the building has proven to be a challenge. 屏東百年歷史建築  整修完成後利用率卻偏低


8. Chang Jr Township 長治鄉

8a. Some idiot headed north on the Formosa Freeway between Pingtung City and Chang Jr decided to pull his car over, place his child on the guard rail several meters above the ground, and pose for a selfie with his child. 驚 !  黑衣男抱童置於屏東國道護欄超嚇人


9. Linluo Township 麟洛鄉

9a. No recent news out of Linluo.


10. Jhutian Township 竹田鄉

10a. A man driving a car in Jhutian lost control of his vehicle, striking two scooters and then a house. 屏東竹田自小客連環撞3人送醫 , 現場一片狼藉

10b. Villagers in Meilun Village have been adorning their walls with humorous pictures of the "Old Master."  This art project has been going on for several years. 竹田鄉在增老夫子壁畫繪出鄉情 (3)


11. Neipu Township 內埔鄉

11a. A man driving a scooter through Neipu lost control of his vehicle and landed in a drainage ditch.  It was raining heavily at the time, the man drowned in the ditch, and his body was swept some distance from the scene. 屏東騎士疑不熟路況摔進 "大排" ! 整個人秒被沖走...無生命跡象

11b. Government officials, worried over the lack of flood retention walls on the banks of the Donggang River as it passes through Neipu and Wanluan townships, held a meeting to discuss improving flood control infrastructure in that area. 東港溪內埔段長逾4公里沒護岸  爭取施作設親水公園

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1. The number in the headline (460) is of course out of date.  Last I checked Ligang was up to 695 cases.

2. This is an increasingly popular tactic in the local real estate market, wherein a company pretends to give you something you actually paid for.  There was another article about another construction project in Tainan "giving" people an electric car with the purchase of a new home.  This article is from the Apple Daily, and it amounts to little more than an advertisement.

3. "The Old Master" comic book has been around for a while.  There are some pictures of it here.  The original artist died, and the man painting the walls in Meilun took over from him.  This comic book is beloved by many Taiwanese people.  If any (older) Americans are reading this, it's a lot like the slapstick comics seen in Mad Magazine long ago.

NOTE: For every city/township there were also articles about the number of local COVID cases and the recent heavy rains.

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