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Victoria Academy (Elementary School) (2014 CyberFair Project ID 7806)
Taiwan, Yunlin, Douliu
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 3. Business and Community Organizations

We estimate 10 student(s) from 15 to 18 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Huwei town is located in the center part of Yunlin County, which is surrounded by the other three counties, Changhua, Nantou, and Chiayi. Yunlin county is a warm place with suitable conditions for agricultural development. Therefore Yunlin is also known as “City of Agriculture”. The total area of Huwei town is 68.7420 km2, with the population of 70,555. Huwei town has a nickname of “Sugar City”, which plays an important role of economy. The town is named after Huwei River, it became the sugar producing center since the Japanese colonial period. We hope that TSC will have a brilliant and bright future with the centuried foundation.

Project Description: Since the school founder decided to build Victoria Academy, they rent the land from TSC for 50 years. Our teachers told us to appreciate what we have. April showers bring May flowers, we should not to forget the kindness of TSC. When the school has been approved to high quality status by the government, our social study teachers decided to make a research about TSC. We divided the project into seven sections: background of the research, history of the sugar industry, organization of Huwei Sugar Mill, the growth and produce of sugar, antiquities in Sugar Mill, legend of Sugar Mill railroad, and transform of the sugar industry.

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