The 78-year-old Chen is an active “sea woman” (海女) in Taiwan’s easternmost fishing village of Makang (馬崗) in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮). She lives alone in the village, as her children have moved to the cities for work, returning for weekends and festivals. “They now realize that the tourists actually like these stone houses and come take pictures of them on weekends. “The final vote was 8-0, so New Taipei City claims that Chang wouldn’t have made a difference,” Yeh says. They can also aim to become a fishing village special district under the Urban Planning Act (都市計畫法),whereupon the residents will have a bigger say over the future of Makang.

Source: Taipei Times August 12, 2020 15:56 UTC