Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Paul Hsu Senior High School (2007 CyberFair Project ID 5028)
Taiwan, Taoyuan County , Taoyuan County
Official Status: Project-In-Progress
Teacher:
Category: 7. Environmental Awareness

We estimate 9 student(s) from 16 to 18 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: This newly opened area is known for its tea cultivation and all the local towns and villages such as Ping-Lin, easy the aroma of the tea bushes. There villages are home to gentle and quiet people and there is little crime in these places that lie to east of the tunnel. It shortened the distance between Taipei and Yilan for communities and holidays makers to this area.

Project Description: "Shue-hshan tunnel" through the mountain between Taipei and Yilan is the greatest project in Asia and fifth greatest globally. Opened in 1995 and took 16 years to complete. One of the world’s most difficult modern constructions has opened a new world to the people of Taiwan by connecting Taipei to Yilan and Outlying villages. This development has raised people’s awareness to ecology, environment of their area.

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