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(Tai Pei Times) -- Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP) presidential hopeful Tsai Ing-wen yesterday defended her
plans to move the nation’s petrochemicals industry to the Middle East, calling
the effort environmentally friendly, viable and urgently needed. On a visit to
the Yilan Green Expo, the contender for the DPP’s presidential nomination said
the sensitive wetlands in Changhua County were an “unsuitable” location to build
a USD 20.5 bln petrochemical complex.
Tsai said a better idea would be to build the facilities in oil producing
regions, referring to comments she made last week proposing that future
petrochemicals plants be built either in Saudi Arabia or other oil-producing
Middle Eastern states.
Her comments came amid controversy over whether construction should start
at the proposed eighth naphtha plant, which has drawn opposition from activists
and local residents, citing health and environmental concerns.
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