We want fresh air, not a crematorium complex!

Close to 3000 residents from New Taipei City districts of Sanxia and Tucheng took to the streets in protest over New Taipei City Government’s plans to build a crematorium complex in the area. Residents of the area believe that in recent years Sanxia District has been turned into a “telecommunications satellite receiver city”.  The area already possesses a crematorium complex and with such a concentrated population the people believe the government is acting underhand with this latest project. It is felt that for the government to propose such a plan without adequately informing or communicating with local residents is absolutely unacceptable; the plan has the potential to destroy Sanxia’s “City of Culture” image. Protestors expressed their strong determination to resist this development plan, and vowed that should the government fail to provide an acceptable response, protests are set to continue.

We want fresh air, not a crematorium complex!

URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/86260

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將近三千多位來自新北市三峽以及土城地區的民眾，前往新北市政府前抗議，他們反對地方政府計畫在此地規劃興建殯葬特區。民眾認為三峽一帶近年成為台北的衛星都市城，人口密集，而且當地已經有一個殯葬的火葬場，新北市政府不應該黑箱作業，在沒有與居民充分溝通下，規畫要在三峽土城交界設立殯葬特區，這將大大影響三峽文化城的形象。抗議民眾表示，他們堅決反對此規畫案，若是新北市政府不給予明確的回應，居民將繼續發動抗爭。

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