Wearing rain ponchos and holding photos of their ancestral temples near Hsinchu, Taiwan's semiconductor capital, 40 residents braved lashing winds in early October to protest plans to take their rural land for cutting-edge chip production.
Longtan residents take part in a protest against the expansion of an industrial park for advanced chip manufacturing in Taoyuan, near the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan September 12, 2023.
"Taiwanese society has become a stratified society," he said. "Rich people, the semiconductor industry, bigwigs - they can own land, they can plunder land. Us ordinary folks - prepare for eviction at any moment." The Liao family's ancestral temple also falls within the expansion area. Hundreds of relatives from across the island gather there during Lunar New Year and other festivals.The chip industry has long complained about Taiwan's "five shortages": land, water, energy, labour, and talent. The sector's rapid growth in recent years, which has sent prices of industrial land soaring, is further testing the island's ability to support its prized chipmakers.
Available land is "absolutely sufficient" to meet the industry's needs, the economy ministry told Reuters, adding that there are already 426 hectares for new semiconductor factories in central and southern Taiwan's science parks.
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