Liyushan Market in Taitung City, because the county government will build a building for the elderly, the whereabouts of the street vendors has aroused public concern.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] The early morning market in Taitung City’s Liyu Mountain Lower Elderly Center Square is requiring vendors to evacuate because the county government is preparing to build a “senior building”. ; Xinke County Councilor Jian Weiguo visited the market this morning. Most of the vendors and consumers wanted to keep the market. He thought that the elderly building should be relocated. Move nearby.

The current location of the Liyushan Market is the square of the Elderly Hall. The Taitung County Government Social Office will rebuild the "Senior Building". It can be placed, which has aroused public concern and criticism; however, the vendor said this morning that he has received information that he will be relocated before the end of the month, but he has not yet determined a new stall location.

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Xinke County Councilor Jian Weiguo paid close attention to the issue of Liyushan Market and visited the market this morning.

He said that the Liyushan market is "naturally formed". Many of the vendors are old farmers or small farmers who produce and sell their own products. Many consumers are people who go to the vicinity of Liyushan in the morning to exercise. Sports and purchases. Such a good life style is amazing. Destruction should be taken lightly.

He advocated keeping the Liyushan market. If it is necessary to relocate, it should be relocated nearby. It should not be out of the scope of Liyushan, so that the public can continue to exercise and buy.

Jian Weiguo also said that Liyu Mountain is an important cultural, historical and geological location in Taitung City, and it should preserve its natural features. Will the construction of senior buildings under the mountain obscure the mountain's appearance?

The suitability of the building here should be reevaluated by the county government.

Many people support the preservation of the Liyushan Market. They believe that the government spends a lot of money to build the market, but many of them are empty. The Liyushan Market was formed spontaneously by the people. However, the county government took the lead in destroying the market. There is a big problem with the logic of policy thinking!