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Huge Bridge COLLAPED in Taiwan as Beijing held NDP CN-70 GVGT = Omen!

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Incompetent Lesbian Govt Blaming Typhoon + Earth Quake == Both indicated the HEAVEN wants Taiwan to be finished off by CN-70!



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交通部:跨港大橋每年檢修 已知為橋墩坍塌

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南方澳跨港大橋上午突然斷裂,還壓垮底下的漁船,消防人員正忙著搶救受傷的人員。記者鄭超文/攝影

南方澳跨港大橋上午突然斷裂,還壓垮底下的漁船,消防人員正忙著搶救受傷的人員。記者鄭超文/攝影
南方澳跨港大橋斷裂,畫面十分驚悚。交通部已成立災害應變中心通知相關部會進駐,由交通部次長祁文中、主任秘書陳進生主持,交通部長林佳龍指示全力配合政院災防辦運作,即時通報資訊,協助救災。
交通部表示,港務公司蘇澳管營運處已在現場成立緊急應變小組,已有縣府、消防、港警、航港局、海巡人員進駐。林佳龍臨時向立法院請假,趕往現場協助救災。
由於該橋外接台2戊線,交通部公路總局已提供LED車、交維設施供現場使用,交通部表示,經查台9線、台9丁線、台2戊線等皆車流順暢可供傷患後送使用,後續將持續配合搶救災事宜,公路總局整理相關救援路線交管疏導訊息,並至現場協助交管事宜。
交通部表示,跨港大橋當年由基隆港務局委託宜蘭縣府代建,87年通車,現屬航港局財產,由港務公司維管。87完工移交港務局後,每年檢修,蘇澳鎮公所曾受中央政府補助做重要橋樑結構安全檢測。
交通部表示,目前初步了解,為大橋海側橋墩坍塌,導致橋體向下掉落斷裂。事發原因尚待釐清。另外,氣象局回報,今日凌晨1時54分發生芮氏規模3.8地震,宜蘭縣南澳最大震度4級,但尚難確認與斷橋有關。
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Ministry of Communications: Annual maintenance of the Inter-Port Bridge Known as the collapse of the pier
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October 1, 2019, 12:52 PM
The Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge suddenly broke in the morning and also crushed the fishing boats underneath. Firefighters were busy rescued the injured. Reporter Zheng Chaowen / Photography
The Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge suddenly broke in the morning and also crushed the fishing boats underneath. Firefighters were busy rescued the injured. Reporter Zheng Chaowen / Photography

The South Australian Macao Bridge Bridge was broken and the picture was very alarming. The Ministry of Communications has set up a disaster response center to inform the relevant ministries to be stationed. The Minister of Communications, Mr. Qi Wenzhong, and the director of the department, Chen Jinsheng, presided over the transportation. Lin Jialong, the Minister of Communications, directed the full operation of the disaster prevention and control office of the government to immediately inform the information and assist in disaster relief.

The Ministry of Communications said that the Hong Kong-based company Su Ai Management Office has set up an emergency response team at the scene. The county government, fire department, Hong Kong police, airport bureau and sea patrol personnel have been stationed. Lin Jialong temporarily took a leave of absence from the Legislative Yuan and rushed to the scene to help with the disaster relief.

Due to the 2nd line of the bridge's external station, the General Administration of Communications of the Ministry of Communications has provided LED vehicles and communication facilities for on-site use. The Ministry of Communications said that the traffic is smoothly available through the 9-line, 9-but and 2-line lines. After the injury is sent to the use, the follow-up will continue to cooperate with the disaster relief. The Highway Administration will organize the relevant rescue route to dissipate the information and assist the traffic management.

The Ministry of Communications said that the cross-harbour bridge was commissioned by the Keelung Port Authority in the same year as the Yilan County Government. It was opened to traffic in 1987 and is now the property of the Airport Bureau, which is maintained by the Port Company. After the completion of the 87 handover to the Port Authority, the annual maintenance, Suao Town Office has been subsidized by the central government to do important bridge structure safety testing.

The Ministry of Communications said that it is currently understood that the bridge pier on the sea side of the bridge collapsed, causing the bridge to fall and break. The cause of the incident has yet to be clarified. In addition, the Meteorological Bureau reported that the earthquake of magnitude 3.8 occurred at 1:54 am today, and the maximum earthquake degree of Nan'ao County in Yilan County was level 4, but it is still difficult to confirm that it is related to the broken bridge.

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Taiwan bridge collapse crushes fishing boats, casualties feared
Updated about 5 hours ago
Bridge in Taiwan collapses on fishing boats
VIDEO 0:30 The bridge collapsed while an oil tanker was on it. ABC NEWS
A popular 140-metre-long tourist bridge has collapsed into a harbour in the north-east town of Yilan in Taiwan, crushing several fishing boats, and authorities fear there could be a number of casualties.
"[Nanfangao bridge] collapsed around 9:30am while an oil tanker vehicle was on it, setting the vehicle on fire," Town Mayor Shih I-chun said.
The weather at the time was sunny, but the collapse occurred hours after a typhoon swept by the island.
Disaster relief officials would not say if the storm had weakened the bridge or give other details on the potential cause.
The centre of Typhoon Mitag passed east of Taiwan on Monday night and early Tuesday (local time), but the outer winds gusting up to 137 kilometres per hour affected the island before the storm moved to the north-east.
Taiwan bridge collapsing with a fisherman's boat trapped underneath.
PHOTO Fishing vessels were sent to help search for the missing. AP
The storm injured 12 people, felled trees, damaged vehicles and caused power outages around the island.
At least 10 people have been taken to hospital, six with serious injuries, following the bridge collapse on Tuesday.
Divers plunged into the waters to search for those feared trapped in at least two fishing boats, two government officials from the port township of Suao told Reuters.
At least nine people fell in the water and seven were rescued, Taiwan's Central News Agency said.
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Bridge collapse in Taiwan leaves dozens injured
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An air force helicopter, fishing vessels and more than 60 military personnel including marines and naval officers were also deployed in the search.
"Saving life is priority," Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said in a Facebook post.
"I will ask related authorities to make all effort for the rescue."
several rescue team members in orange and blue assisting an injured victim on a stretcher
PHOTO Rescuers help one of the people injured in the bridge collapse. AP
Up to six people are believed trapped on one of the boats, and five people were feared to have been on the bridge when it collapsed.
National Fire Agency spokesperson Su Hong-wei said the tanker's fall smashed three boats, injuring six Filipino nationals and three Indonesians, with the nationality of the last victim unknown. People from both countries regularly staff Taiwanese-registered boats.
At least 10 people pull a rope as the majority wear orange reflective gear. A bridge is above them.
PHOTO Officials have not yet determined what caused the bridge to collapse. AP
It also set off a fire on the tanker truck, but did not spread beyond the vehicle.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said she hoped all Government departments would do everything possible to save people and "keep the number of deaths and injuries as low as possible," CNN reported.
At least 10 people are seen among the wreckage of a bridge with shipping materials seen underneath it. It is daytime.
PHOTO More than 60 military personnel have been deployed in the search. AP: TAIWAN'S COAST GUARD
According to the company that designed the 18-metre-high bridge, MAA Consultants, it is the only single-span arch bridge in Taiwan supported by cables and the second single arch-cable steel bridge in the world.
Nanfangao Bridge is a tourist attraction in Yilan. It was opened in 1998 and was built to replace a lower bridge that prevented large fishing vessels from passing underneath.
Reuters/AP
 

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Given half a chance, Lesbo Tsai will gladly blame the bridge collapse on PRC agents and saboteurs.
 

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They did this at Beijing:


Just as this shit happened in Taiwan:

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Fuck Spider Taiwan!

Xi Jin Ping can tell the world - I am the real president including Taiwan, Lesbian Tsai be my concubine, I will appoint Korean Fish as governor 台湾省长。

Play the youtube video and watch the gif of collapsing bridge, and feels extra shiok!
 
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Pse SWEAR after me! CB! CB! CB! CB!

Fucking CB Government NEGLECTED SAFETY INSPECTION FOR THIS BRIDGE FOR 21 fucking YEARS! NEVER EVEN ONCE INSPECTED IT, SINCE DAY OF COMPLETION! KNN! CCB!




https://tw.news.yahoo.com/超離譜-南方澳斷橋-港務局港務公司21年沒檢測-121600541.html
超離譜!南方澳斷橋 港務局港務公司21年沒檢測

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2019年10月2日 下午8:16


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宜蘭縣南方澳跨港大橋坍塌,斷橋原因是否是因鏽蝕所造成的,行政院公共工程委員會主委吳澤成今天說,這需等調查出來才能確定。各界都疑問到底斷橋原因是什麼?今晚卻傳出交通部專案小組調查發現,航港局和港務公司過去21年都沒主動對南方澳大橋進行檢測,等於21年前完工後沒再去檢測!



宜蘭縣南方澳跨港大橋昨天斷裂坍塌,一輛經過的油罐車墜落,3艘漁船遭斷橋壓毀,行政院公共工程委員會主委吳澤成今天上午在立法院接受訪問時說,在責任釐清的部分,交通部也已成立相關調查小組,運安會也已經立案調查,依法依權責進行蒐證中。今晚卻傳出交通部經專案小組查明,發現航港局和港務公司過去21年都沒主動對南方澳大橋進行檢測,等於1998年完工後沒再去檢測。交通部長林佳龍今晚受訪表示,檢測頻率本該2年或4年一次,此次確實屬於檢修缺失,造成橋梁不安全就要負責。


▼軍方搭設M3浮門橋當工作平台,潛水作業人員正預備下水清除障礙物。(圖/東森新聞)
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東森新聞今天也獨家曝光,健行科技大學105年針對跨港大橋的檢測報告,可以看到許多檢測項目,卻獨獨少了「鋼索檢測」這一項。對此健行科大表示,委託項目中並未包含「鏽蝕檢測」。而港務局編列的1千萬預算裡,大部分都被使用到亮點工程,像是修路燈和填道路,反而報告中指出的橋墩、大梁除鏽等安全性問題,卻沒有第一時間來解決。


▼目前500多艘漁船仍停留漁港,只待航道清除障礙物完成後,才能出港。(圖/東森新聞)
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Super off the spectrum! Southern Australia Broken Bridge Port Authority Port Company has not detected for 21 years
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October 2, 2019, 8:16 PM
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The southern Australia cross-harbour bridge in Yilan County collapsed. The reason for the broken bridge was caused by corrosion. Wu Zecheng, the chairman of the Public Works Committee of the Executive Yuan, said today that this needs to be confirmed before it can be determined. All circles have doubts about the reasons for the broken bridge. Tonight, it was reported that the Traffic Department's ad hoc group found that the Airports and Ports Corporation had not taken the initiative to test the South Australia Bridge for the past 21 years, which is equivalent to not testing after completion 21 years ago!




Yilan County Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge collapsed yesterday, a passing tanker fell, and three fishing boats were destroyed by broken bridges. Wu Zecheng, chairman of the Public Works Committee of the Executive Yuan, said in an interview this morning that the responsibility was clarified. In part, the Ministry of Communications has also established relevant investigation teams, and the Yunan Association has also initiated investigations and investigations. Tonight, the Ministry of Communications passed the task force to find out that the Airports and Ports Corporation had not taken the initiative to test the South Australia Bridge for the past 21 years. This is equivalent to not testing after completion in 1998. Traffic Minister Lin Jialong said that the frequency of testing should have been 2 or 4 years. This time, it is indeed a lack of maintenance, which is responsible for the unsafe bridge.



▼The military set up the M3 floating gate bridge as the working platform, and the diving workers are preparing to clear the obstacles. (Photo / Dongsen News)
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Dongsen News also has an exclusive exposure today. In the 105-year test report of the Cross-Harbour Bridge, the Health and Technology University of China can see many inspection projects, but it has only one item of "wire rope detection". In this regard, the company said that the "rust detection" was not included in the commissioned project. Most of the 10 million budgets set by the Port Authority have been used in highlight projects, such as road repairing lights and road filling. Instead, the safety issues such as piers and girders pointed out in the report have not been solved in the first place. .



▼ At present, more than 500 fishing boats are still at the fishing port, and they can only leave the port after the obstacles are cleared. (Photo / Dongsen News)
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Ass Luck Duterte's Citizens Fishermen CRUSHED by bridge inside fishing boats under the bridge. 6 up lorry. 衰 !


https://tw.news.yahoo.com/不放棄南方澳斷橋今拆除船艙尋找失聯漁工-024752086.html

最後1名失蹤漁工遺體尋獲!南方澳大橋坍塌釀6死

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南方澳跨港大橋崩塌後6名外籍漁工失蹤,繼現場尋獲5名罹難漁工後,最後一名失蹤漁工遺體今天近午尋獲,受困船隻內的6人全數找到。
南方澳跨港大橋崩塌後6名外籍漁工失蹤,繼現場尋獲5名罹難漁工後,最後一名失蹤漁工遺體今天近午尋獲。(中央社)

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南方澳跨港大橋崩塌後6名外籍漁工失蹤,繼現場尋獲5名罹難漁工後,最後一名失蹤漁工遺體今天近午尋獲。(中央社)
南方澳斷橋事故共造成3名印尼、3名菲律賓籍,共6名外籍漁工失蹤。尚未尋獲的菲律賓籍漁工,今天上午被尋獲。依據菲律賓勞工部公布資訊,最後一名尋獲的菲籍移工為艾斯卡利卡斯(Romulo Illustrimo Escalicas Jr.)。
交通部長林佳龍今天表示,究責無上限,主管機關有疏失是事實,直接的單位一定是負直接責任,已經同意台灣港務公司董事長吳宗榮的口頭請辭。
交通部次長黃玉霖(左)、南方澳新臺勝266號船東江榮華(右),3日在漁港前進指揮所接受聯訪表示,絕對不放棄搜救第6名失聯的菲律賓籍漁工。(中央社)

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交通部次長黃玉霖(左)、南方澳新臺勝266號船東江榮華(右),3日在漁港前進指揮所接受聯訪表示,絕對不放棄搜救第6名失聯的菲律賓籍漁工。(中央社)
交通部次長黃玉霖今天表示,南方澳跨港大橋崩塌後6名外籍漁工失蹤,繼現場尋獲5名罹難漁工後,最後一名失蹤漁工研判被壓在船艙裡面,絕對不放棄搜尋。(資料照)

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交通部次長黃玉霖今天表示,南方澳跨港大橋崩塌後6名外籍漁工失蹤,繼現場尋獲5名罹難漁工後,最後一名失蹤漁工研判被壓在船艙裡面,絕對不放棄搜尋。(資料照)
南方澳大橋斷裂
大橋拚3年通車 罹難漁工每人賠500萬
縣府曾「誤」檢測橋 報告給港務公司
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The last missing fisherman’s body was found! South Australia Bridge collapsed and died 6 dead
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Six foreign fishermen were missing after the collapse of the Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge. After finding five martyr fishermen on the scene, the last missing fisherman’s body was found in the afternoon, and all six people in the trapped vessel were found.
Six foreign fishermen were missing after the collapse of the Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge. After finding five fishermen on the scene, the last missing fisherman’s body was found in the afternoon. (Central News Agency)
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Six foreign fishermen were missing after the collapse of the Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge. After finding five fishermen on the scene, the last missing fisherman’s body was found in the afternoon. (Central News Agency)

A total of three Indonesian and three Filipinos were killed in the South Australia Broken Bridge accident, and a total of six foreign fishermen were missing. Filipino fishermen who have not yet been found were found this morning. According to the information released by the Philippine Department of Labor, the last Philippine transfer found was Romulo Illustrimo Escalicas Jr.

The Minister of Communications, Lin Jialong, said today that there is no limit to the responsibility of the investigation. It is a fact that the competent authorities have negligence. The direct unit must be directly responsible. It has already agreed to the oral resignation of Wu Zongrong, chairman of the Taiwan Port Corporation.
Huang Yulin (left), the second vice-minister of the Ministry of Communications, and Shipong Jiangronghua (right), No. 266, the new Taiwan-Australian Taisheng, said on the 3rd that they had accepted the joint visit at the fishing port forward command post and said that they would never give up the search for the sixth lost Filipino fisherman. (Central News Agency)
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Huang Yulin (left), the second vice-minister of the Ministry of Communications, and Shipong Jiangronghua (right), No. 266, the new Taiwan-Australian Taisheng, said on the 3rd that they had accepted the joint visit at the fishing port forward command post and said that they would never give up the search for the sixth lost Filipino fisherman. (Central News Agency)
Huang Yulin, the deputy head of the Ministry of Communications, said today that six foreign fishermen were missing after the collapse of the Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge. After finding five martyr fishermen on the scene, the last missing fisherman was judged to be crushed in the cabin and never gave up searching. (Information photo)
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Huang Yulin, the deputy head of the Ministry of Communications, said today that six foreign fishermen were missing after the collapse of the Southern Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge. After finding five martyr fishermen on the scene, the last missing fisherman was judged to be crushed in the cabin and never gave up searching. (Information photo)
Southern Australia Bridge Break
The bridge is being opened for 3 years.
The county government had "mistaken" the detection bridge and reported it to the port company.
Only for the remuneration, the blue committee named the port company, the general manager, stepped down.
 

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https://tw.news.yahoo.com/漁工悲歌-他們以船為家-沒有馬桶-甲板沖澡-222057928.html

漁工悲歌/他們以船為家 沒有馬桶、甲板沖澡

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2019年10月3日 上午9:01


南方澳跨港大橋斷裂第二天,橋體斷在水下阻礙航道,港內近五百艘船無法出海,外籍漁工只能窩在船上等待。

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南方澳跨港大橋斷裂第二天,橋體斷在水下阻礙航道,港內近五百艘船無法出海,外籍漁工只能窩在船上等待。
外籍漁工為養家餬口飄洋過海來台,在船上從事高風險工作,為了省房租、也有受迫雇主壓力而蝸居船上,過著克難生活。船上設施簡陋,有的連馬桶也沒有,尿急時怎麼辦?漁工聳肩苦笑說,「就對著大海尿啊!」
秉燭祈福 一群外籍漁工昨晚到南方澳大橋斷橋邊秉著燭光,為死難者祈福。

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秉燭祈福 一群外籍漁工昨晚到南方澳大橋斷橋邊秉著燭光,為死難者祈福。
台灣四面環海,但一位年邁船長說,「台灣傳統漁村早就消失了」,討海生活太苦了,討海人是用命跟老天爺在拚,第二、三代的台灣年輕人都陸續離開漁村,現在遠洋漁業號稱「八國聯軍」,在岸邊補漁網、修船具大多是外籍漁工。
船尾晾整排衣服 如萬國旗
宜蘭南方澳漁港是全台三大港之一,設籍漁船約七、八百艘,大大小小船隻都有,停泊港邊的船上,經常可看到外籍漁工在船上活動,船尾晾著整排衣服,有如萬國旗。這裡,是他們的「家」。
外籍漁工以船為家,有些船隻設備簡陋,缺乏衛浴設備,只能在甲板上沖澡,有的船沒熱水,冬天寒風刺骨,洗澡宛如一種酷刑。
蘇澳區漁會總幹事陳春生說,船隻設施有好有壞,主要是看船主心態,也有的船上有冷氣、卡拉OK等設備,不能一概而論。
高雄漁民服務中心指出,高雄地區外籍漁工的生活環境已改善許多。漁民服務中心理事長陳武彰表示,高雄外籍漁工約二萬三千人,隨船入港時多半短暫停留一、二周,期間只能住船上,不能上陸,但目前遠洋漁船不乏新造船隻,漁工生活環境已較過去改善許多。
船居、陸居皆可 極少漁工申請陸居
高雄海員中心一名社工表示,漁船作業會依淡旺季進出台灣不同港口,今天在南方澳、過幾天可能就到東港,船東很難在固定地方安排宿舍,因此外籍漁工住宿雖有「船居」和「陸居」兩方案,卻極少人會申請陸居。
宜蘭縣漁工職業工會秘書長李麗華說,漁工自由不受限,其實可以上岸賃屋而居,但房租需要自行負擔,對月薪不到兩萬元的漁工是一大負擔;就算漁工有意合租,付一點錢換好一些的生活品質,但她曾聽過有船長怕船沒人顧,以「開除」來威脅,漁工最後只能以船為家。
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The fishermen’s sad songs / they take the boat as their home, no toilets, deck showers
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Reporter Wang Zhaoyue, Cai Rongqiao, Wang Yanhua, Lin Zhengzhong/Connected
October 3, 2019, 9:01 am
On the second day of the break of the South Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge, the bridge was broken under water to block the waterway. Nearly 500 ships in the port could not go to the sea, and foreign fishermen could only wait on the ship.
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On the second day of the break of the South Australia Cross-Harbour Bridge, the bridge was broken under water to block the waterway. Nearly 500 ships in the port could not go to the sea, and foreign fishermen could only wait on the ship.

Foreign fishermen have traveled across the sea to Taiwan to support their families. They are engaged in high-risk work on the ship. They are living on the ship in order to save the rent and the pressure of the employer. The facilities on board are rudimentary, and some even have no toilets. What should I do when I am in a hurry? The fisherman shrugged and said with a smile, "I am facing the sea!"
Blessing with the candle A group of foreign fishermen came to the bridge of the South Australia Bridge last night with candlelight to pray for the victims.
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Blessing with the candle A group of foreign fishermen came to the bridge of the South Australia Bridge last night with candlelight to pray for the victims.

Taiwan is surrounded by the sea, but an old captain said, "Taiwan's traditional fishing village has long since disappeared." The sea life is too bitter. The seafarers are desperate to fight with God. The second and third generations of Taiwanese young people have left the fishing village. Now, the offshore fishing industry is known as the "eight-nation coalition army". Most of the fishing nets and repair tools on the shore are foreign fishermen.

Hanging out the stern of clothes, such as the flag of Wan

Yilan Nan'ao Fishing Port is one of the three major ports in Taiwan. It has about seven or eight hundred fishing vessels. It is owned by large and small vessels. It is often seen on ships on the harbor. Foreign fishermen can often see the activities of the fishermen on the boat. Rows of clothes, like the flag of Wan. Here is their "home."

Foreign fishermen use boats as their homes. Some of them have simple equipment and lack of sanitary equipment. They can only take showers on the deck. Some boats have no hot water. In winter, the wind is biting and the bathing is like a kind of torture.

Chen Chunsheng, director general of the Suao District Fisheries Association, said that the ship facilities are both good and bad, mainly depending on the ship owner's mentality, and some ships have air-conditioning, karaoke and other equipment, which cannot be generalized.

The Kaohsiung Fishermen Service Center pointed out that the living environment of foreign fishermen in Kaohsiung has improved a lot. Chen Wuzhang, the head of the fishermen's service, said that there were about 23,000 foreign fishermen in Kaohsiung. When they entered the port, they stayed for a short period of one or two weeks. They could only stay on board and could not land. However, there are many new vessels and fishing workers in the ocean fishing boats. The living environment has improved a lot over the past.

Ships and land can be used. Very few fishermen apply for land.

A social worker at the Kaohsiung Seafarers' Center said that the fishing boat operations will enter and leave different ports in Taiwan during the off-peak season. Today, in southern Australia, it may be possible to go to Donggang in a few days. It is difficult for shipowners to arrange dormitory in fixed places, so foreign fishermen’s accommodations are There are very few people who apply for housing in the "boat" and "land" schemes.

Li Lihua, secretary-general of the Yilan County Fishery Workers' Trade Union, said that the freedom of fishermen is not limited. In fact, they can live on the land, but the rent needs to be paid by themselves. It is a big burden for the fishermen with a monthly salary of less than 20,000 yuan. Even if the fishermen Interested in sharing, paying a little money for a better quality of life, but she has heard that the captain is afraid of the boat and no one cares, threatened by "expulsion", the fisherman can only use the ship as the home.

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