Meeting over algal reef canceledBy Tung Chen-kuo and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerA meeting planned for today between Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) and an environmental group campaigning for a referendum against a planned liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal has been canceled, the organization said yesterday. The Rescue Datan’s Algal Reefs Alliance launched the campaign last year in response to the planned LNG terminal to be built off the coast of Datan Borough (大潭) in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音). Artist Chu Hann-yi, center, in Taoyuan yesterday presents a painting of his to Rescue Datan’s Algal Reefs Alliance convener Pan Chong-cheng, third left, to thank Pan and other volunteers for their efforts toward preserving the reefs. In another statement issued later, the alliance said it would consider a meeting with Chen “at an appropriate time,” as the planned meeting was hastily put together, leaving members little time to hold internal discussions. The idea of promoting a referendum to save the algal reefs, as well as meeting with Chen to discuss it, were both his own ideas, Ho said, adding that he was saddened to see the alliance cancel the meeting.

Source: Taipei Times March 07, 2021 15:56 UTC