Meiliwan resort development plan gets go-ahead

The Taitung County government’s approbation of the Meiliwan development proposal has raised much objection. On the 23rd, the county government once again called a press conference to emphasize that that the developers were ordered to cease by the Kaohsiung High Administrative Court at the time of the ruling. However, the ruling did not stipulate that further environmental assessments could not be carried out.The Meiliwan development project which has dragged on for the last 8 years passed with condition after a daytime’s environmental assessment yesterday by the Taitung County government. However, the debate has gotten increasingly heated. Early this morning, police have been dispatched to guard the scene. Environmental reporters attempted to break through the barrier as well as almost lead to confronta