Slow-moving Reconstruction Affecting Tribes Development

Sixteen months after the Typhoon Morakot disaster and Chiayi County Government are only just beginning to put the 17 million NTD contract out to tender. It is strongly feared that the contract will take up to another year before completion, however in order to survive the tribe are simply unable to wait so long. Since October the tribe in Alishan have resumed normal functioning and consequently held the Pavilion Festival. Local ethnic groups including the Tsou tribe from the most southerly area, Chashan, have begun working together and created a majestic pavilion to share cultural principles – a wonderful place for the working tribesmen to relax.

Unfortunately, the main roads to the villages suffered serious damage from Typhoon Morakot and are still waiting to be repaired. As far as the Chashan villages are concerned, this is a serious setback to chances of restoring the local travel and tourism industry and local villagers understandably can’t help from asking, when indeed the districts communications will get back to normal.

Slow-moving Reconstruction Affecting Tribes Development – Tribe Take Initiative and Strive to Improve Situation (by CJ Zou-gong)
 
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/65468

(以下是中文對照) 

復建緩慢，影響部落發展，部落自立自強(公民記者 鄒公 報導)
 

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八八水災後十六個月，嘉義縣政府對阿里山鄉十七億復建工程，才開始陸續上網發包，全部完成恐怕又是一年後了，部落生存卻是無法等待那麼久。從十月份起各部落 開始恢復年度常態性活動，在阿里山鄉最南邊的茶山部落，也辦理涼亭節活動，當地族群融合，不分你我共同打拼，以原住民鄒族優良傳統的涼亭（fufu） 分享文化為基本概念，打造出戶戶有涼亭的農業休閒部落。但是主要道路重創到現在都未恢復，對發展部落休閒旅遊的茶山部落來說是一項重大打擊。部落居民不禁 想要問，交通到底何時才會恢復？

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