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Lu Jiang Elementary school (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7956)
Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 3. Business and Community Organizations

We estimate 10 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Luzhou, located on the west bank at the downstream of freshwater river, was named "River Delta" at first. As a result of low topography, it is prone to flooding. The earliest settlers in Luzhou were largely poor people from the south central part. They came to Luzhou for a living. Luzhou is next to Sanchong, which used to be a heavy industrial city, providing many employment opportunities,. The rural migration tide provided considerable human resources to the knitting industry and textile factories that are in great need of labor. For this geopolitical reason, Luzhou area became a place of settlement for the immigrants at the time.

Project Description: The 1970s was the peak time for the development of Taiwan garment industry. The quantity and the production technology of knitting industry in Sanchong were mature then. With the establishment of several textile garment factories on the west side in the early times, the adjacent Luzhou area become one of cities for that textile garment factories outsource tailoring process at that time. In Luzhou area, there were a number of sewing workshops undertaking sewing businesses including clothing, gloves, etc. These small and exquisite sewing workshops were often hidden in the alleys or the first floor of big buildings. Inconspicuous as they were, they had many relevant weaving machines and old staff busily working inside of the doors. You will find the finished products piled aside are actually big clothing brand that we are all very familiar with. We used the data from surveys and interviews to understand the history of the sewing workshops in Luzhou. We also tried to know the locations of those workshops near our school, and dig out the old stories behind them through ground visits to residents, businesses as well as employees. We also came to understand the hardships and difficulties of garment industry through actual participation in the work of these workshops. Finally, we promoted the Luzhou sewing workshops on campus, so that all the teachers and students would understand the close connection between sewing workshops and Luzhou.

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