The Chinese-language United Daily News on Wednesday quoted a member of the HSR Extension Viability Assessment Committee as saying that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications had delivered the report to the Cabinet, despite the member’s objection. The committee in late September favored a proposed route that would extend the line from Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung to Lioukuaicuo Station in Pingtung. To the Execuitve Yuan’s knowledge, the opinions of the committee members were recorded in the report along with the meeting’s conclusions, she said. The report is being reviewed by the council, she said, adding that the Cabinet hopes that the council would render an objective and professional evaluation. Of the 233 firms, 137 have started operations at industrial zones and require a combined 126,000 tonnes of water daily, it said, adding that after covering their daily water use, the nation still has 1.1 million tonnes of water on tap for the needs of industrial zones.
