The Greater Tainan Government on Friday revoked a building permit awarded to a pesticide manufacturer for a new factory following a clash between the company and local residents.
Greater Tainan authorities said in a statement that Rotam Global AgroSciences Ltd’s permit to build a plant in Sinhua District was revoked because of violations of building regulations and to protect public safety.
The city appealed for calm and dialogue between Rotam, Sinhua residents and anyone else affected by the project. Rotam produces insecticides, fungicides and herbicides, as well as plant growth regulators and nutrients.
Company chairman Lo Chang-keng, a Tainan native, said he is hoping to bring 800 job opportunities and a factory with an annual output of NT$10 billion to his hometown through the project.
However, Sinhua residents are opposed to the plant because of pollution fears prompted by speculation on the Internet that China discouraged the new Rotam project after pollution problems at its existing China-based factories, leading the company to return to Taiwan.
On April 1, more than 100 residents gathered at the plant’s groundbreaking ceremony, vowing to stop the plant from opening and clashing with police and security guards. The Tainan government said on Friday that it is dedicated to creating a good investment environment and welcomes enterprises to invest in the city, but added that it will not pursue economic development at the expense of the environment and public health.
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