/ Staff writer, with CNAThe Water Resources Agency yesterday defended a proposed tunnel that would connect the Nanshi Creek （南勢溪） in New Taipei City’s Wulai District （烏來） to the Shihmen Reservoir （石門水庫） in Taoyuan amid concerns over the project’s possible environmental and social costs.
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan, second row, seventh right, poses for a photograph with tea farmer Chiu Feng-dien, secod row, sixth right, in front of a wooden plaque reading “grand prize.” Chiu was awarded the honor for the oolong tea he grew on Lalashan.
People walk along Dasi Old Street in Taoyuan’s Dasi District yesterday. More than 34,000 people last weekend visited the street, which features many buildings retaining their original baroque-style decorations, as the COVID-19 situation eased in Taoyuan, the Dasi District Office said.