Residents of Village in Kaohsiung Protest Terms of Relocation Order
Residents of a village in Kaohsiung are protesting the terms of a relocation order that they say gives insufficient compensation for houses of equal size to what they currently own.
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00:00 More than 300 people in southern Taiwan took to the streets to protest the terms for their relocation
00:06 Residents of falling pool village in Kaohsiung need to move because they're suffering from industrial air pollution
00:12 But they say the city government won't pay enough for their land for them to afford
00:17 Similarly sized homes in a new location
00:19 They worry they would have to go into debt to buy as much land as they currently have
00:24 The Kaohsiung government says it will continue to collect residents feedback and hold discussions to ensure the relocation goes smoothly
00:32 Thank you.