Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) The three leading contenders in the Nov. 26 Taipei mayoral race traded barbs over various issues during a TV debate on Saturday, including traffic congestion in the city's Neihu District and tight electricity supply.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) yesterday outlined his ideas for solving long-term traffic problems in the city’s Neihu District (內湖) that involve adding two sections to the MRT metropolitan railway system and four road construction projects.
The traffic congestion problem in Neihu has over the past few weeks been the focus of a verbal battle between several mayoral candidates, with Chen announcing that he would try to solve it if he were to become mayor.
Chen said two main roots of the problem are that the Sun Yat-sen Freeway (Freeway No. 1) runs through the district, causing
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Ash and a putrid stench filled the air of eastern Taipei as the 53.86m high “Neihu Garbage Mountain” caught fire on July 13, 1984.
Firefighters in gas masks battled the flames for days, but the blaze only grew as the trash underneath soaked up the water and produced more bog gas as fuel.
Meanwhile, trucks continued to haul in load after load of the city’s waste.
“Where else can we put it?” an official told a Chinese Television System (華視) reporter. “It’s so hot out. If