Penghu residents argue over school plaque’s homeBy Liu Yu-ching and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerA plaque from a now-defunct elementary school has sparked a dispute in Penhghu County between residents of Yuanbei Township (員貝) and a junior-high school in Magong City (馬公). The plaque, originally from Yuanbei Elementary School, is on display at Wenguang Junior High School, but Yuanbei residents want it returned to the township. A school plaque from the now-closed Yuanbei Elementary School in Penghu County is pictured on Monday in Wenguang Junior High School in the county’s Magong City. Its inscription reads: “To know etiquette, to be just, to remain principled and incorruptible, and to know right from wrong.”However, Yuanbei residents dispute that narrative. Although Yuanbei Elementary School was decommissioned in 1995, it remains a fond memory for many Yuanbei residents and the village hoped to retain the plaque — something hundreds of Yuanbei school students remembered — as a memento of the school, Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times April 03, 2020 15:56 UTC