Bu Bong controversy 01 "rescued the last piece of pure land, thousands of people roared: Bubong rolled out of Hualien, the county magistrate came out to face it!"

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Yesterday, a wave of public anger broke out in Fenglin Town, due to the fact that Bubong Company expects to build six or seven chicken farms in Shoufeng, Fenglin and Guangfu in Hualien County, of which the largest farm, with a scale of 200000, is located in Shoufeng, while the densest chicken farm is located in Fenglin Town, which enjoys the reputation of international "slow city" certification. After hearing the news, residents changed from shock to anger, and various townships and tribes successively organized self-help meetings. A large march was launched on May 20, and the county magistrate Xu Hazelwei arranged the pro-people time in Fenglin to present his feelings to the county magistrate face to face.

The county government learned in advance that the opposition camp would march and demonstrate, temporarily cancel the pro-people time, and in order to quell the public backlash, issued a statement the day before the march: "if the manufacturer fails to communicate with the public and obtain consent, he will 'consider' revoking the license." The opposition camp saw this as a delaying tactic in an attempt to weaken the appeal of the march, and decided to hold the march as usual, calling on thousands of people to take to the streets on the same day, which can be called the biggest environmental protection struggle in Hualien in recent years.

520 the end of the anti-divination bee march expressed public opinion to the Fenglin Town Office. Surrounded by representatives of the self-help Association, Mayor Xiao Wenlong stressed that the power of approval rests with the county government, that the office only handles animal husbandry registration, and that the public office stands with the residents and promises to convey public opinion to the county magistrate. (photo / Lin Jiyang) Fenglin self-help Club: gather all kinds of industries around independent bookstores in order to retake the future of Hualien people

Hualien used to be jokingly called Hualien, with "kings and queens" ruling by turns, with the derogatory meaning of "Hualien citizens are weak and political forces are allowed to decide their fate." however, even the people of Hualien themselves were startled to form a strong mobilization force in order to protect the living environment. In particular, many residents of Huadong Valley came across villages and towns in support of each other, and even people enthusiastically supported each other as far away as Taitung and Taipei.

This environmental movement, which can be called the biggest environmental movement in Hualien in recent years, began with a series of young people returning home and new immigrants to Huadong, combined with the community network in the east, and even the combination of university knowledge and speculation. it burns out the anger and discontent that Hualien people have accumulated for a long time.

Members of the Fenglin self-help Association span a variety of industries, including bookstore owners, chief executives, retirees, farmers and returning youth, community workers and theater troupe heads, bento shops and bean flower shop owners. Some of these people are regular customers of coffee shops, and some of them have long been concerned about local culture and public affairs. Through the combination of independent bookstores and cafes, they have become the most important core of this environmental protection movement.

Independent bookstore coffee owner Li Xin (left) and Fengyi Li Li Hsiao Wen-li (right) serve as self-help cadres, reflecting that this environmental protection struggle has linked up the common aspirations of different groups. (photo / Lin Jiyang) Toyota five villages: bullied by environmental hazards for a long time, the chicken farm is the last straw crushed.

Toyota in Shoufeng Township has formed a unique settlement atmosphere with Japanese colonial immigration villages and later Hakka immigrants. Toyota in a narrow sense includes Fengshan, Fengli and Fengping villages, while in a broad sense, Toyota has to add tree lake and Xikou villages. Here is also the Fengping chicken farm where Bu Feng first started construction, as well as the location of the largest tree lake chicken farm.

Yang Fumin, a staff member of the Niuli Community Exchange Association, believes that Fengping is a very sad village. from the earliest landfills and cement factories to the Bubeng chicken farm, it is not that the villagers did not resist in the past, but they just opened cases one after another to find them. after the resistance was ineffective, the villagers were forced to accept rewards from manufacturers, and similar cases were repeated again and again.

Since the Bubong incident broke out in April, Fengping Village has not rebounded like other villages because it has received feedback from manufacturers. However, a group of new immigrants to Fengping has become the main emerging opposition. This group of new immigrants used to enjoy living in the countryside alone, but now they are faced with the threat of environmental damage, and have to quickly join together to protect the rights and interests of the village.

Yang Fumin, a second-generation member of the Niuli Community Exchange Association, uses a language that villagers can understand and local experience to make people understand why the investment of large enterprises is different from that of ordinary small farmers. (photo / Lin Jiyang) large chicken farms will compress the space of local small industries

Yang Fumin points out, "Young people come back slowly to develop environment-friendly agriculture, devote themselves to the work of cultivating village culture, and also use decentralized development to create a diversified industrial culture. Bu Feng invests in the construction of seven or eight large chicken farms in Longgu. It will interfere with the existing decentralized development, and large enterprises will dominate the market and block opportunities for small industries."

However, when chicken farms are stationed, local elderly people will only think of bad smell. how can the democratic concept of industrial development be put into the community discussion?. Taking Toyota jade and seedless watermelons that were once prosperous in the past as examples, Yang Fumin explained to the older generation of villagers: "the output value of jade is high, but only a few enterprises benefit, but the threshold of seedless watermelons is low, and almost all farmers with land earn money." In an easy-to-understand language, let the traditional elders think deeply about the impact of large-scale chicken farms on the place.

Although the main demand of this environmental protection struggle is anti-divination bees, some people argue that Hualien should give priority to the policy of friendly small farmers rather than large-scale industrial producers. (photo / Lin Jiyang) resident: if the taste of Hualien is out of tune, does anyone still want to come?

The chicken farm with the largest investment this time is located in Shuhu Village, Toyota area, which is at the foot of Mangshan Mountain, the residual vein of the Central Mountains, and is also the higher water source of Toyota. Every torrential rain, earth and rock are bound to collapse. Village Chief Peng Ronghua patrolled nervously along the foothills every year, but due to omissions in his work, he has not yet been included in the potential area of debris flow. He is worried that as soon as the bees are stationed, construction will be carried out on a large scale, and in case of a greater disaster, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Since the outbreak of the Bobeng development case, Peng Ronghua has been quite angry and firmly rejected the lobbying of the Bofeng company. Peng said that there are more than 100 lodgers throughout Toyota, and the tourist atmosphere formed by the beautiful environment has attracted many tourists and made residents proud, but now the reputation of the beautiful environment may be destroyed because of the divination bee.

"Bubong invests heavily in Hualien. For people who emigrate to Hualien in search of a new life, they cannot be compared on the same platform. Setting up 200000 chicken farms in this place will change a village and destroy other people's choices. it's not fair. " Tang Meiyuan, a resident resident, said.

Tang Meiyuan, a resident lodger, said that the hostel was the fruit of his life's hard work, and that if Pu Feng moved in, it would destroy all the achievements of the operation. (filmed / Lin Jiyang)

Tang Mei, who has more than 20 years of experience in the tourism industry, is the son of the Lintianshan Forestry Bureau in Hualien. He went to Taipei when he was young and decided to settle in Hualien 15 years ago. He made up his mind to find a remote place where "there is no village in front, no shop in the back". Finally, he found Shuhu Village at the foot of the mountain, spent tens of millions of yuan to build an ideal home, and lived a life at peace with the rest of the world.

"Modern people live a busy and tense life. When they come to Hualien, they hope to find a completely relaxed atmosphere and quietly look at the mountains and see the changes of the clouds." From the perspective of his tourism industry, Mr. Tang believes that Bubeng's investment in six or seven fields will affect the direction of the whole of Hualien and destroy the unique environment and pace of life.

Taiba and Mafo tribes in Guangfu Township: Hualien is the last piece of pure land, how can it be destroyed?

Bu Feng has set up a site in Xifu Village, Guangfu Township, which is close to the Mafo tribe, and the local community is also quite nervous about the impact of setting up a chicken farm. Chang Hsiu-Chen, director-general of the Green Yexiangpo Rural Development Association, which has been in the community for a decade, believes that the community promotes ecological tourism and friendly farming, and develops ceramic workshops with local soil quality, creating small achievements. Now that Pu Feng enters the arena, I am afraid that ten years of construction will fail.

Zhang Xiuzhen believes that Huadong Zonggu welcomes small farmers with friendly environment to develop ecological and cultural tourism, but if large enterprises move in and change the pace of life, "if the east becomes more and more like the west, is anyone still willing to travel to the east?" She was even more confused, "Hualien is the last piece of pure land, how can you destroy her?" Zhang revealed the current mood of the tribe. "No matter how the enterprise boasts high technology, it still worries the residents because it has too many bad records in the past." in particular, the old people in the tribe could not hide their worries, which made her reluctant to give up.