關懷烏坵 李縣長走透透

To send their concerns and provide more care for Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County Magistrate Li, Wo-Shi (李沃士), Secretary-General of the Fujian Provincial Government, Zeng, Hua-De (曾華德), and crew members of county and provincial governments traveled a long journey to Daqiu Village and Xiaoqiu Village located in Wuqiu Township on July 11th and 12nd to see first-hand the situation there and to better understand their needs.
　 縣府為關懷烏坵，11、12日兩天，由金門縣長李沃士、省府秘書長曾華德率相關人員，走遍烏坵鄉所屬的大坵村與小坵村，訪視村民，並實地了解他們的需求。

Wu-Qiu Township mayor, Chen, Xing-Qiu (陳興坵), and the township council chairperson, Cai, Fu-Chun (蔡福春), have expressed the urgency for construction of the harbor expansion in Daqiu Village and Xiaoqiu Village as this will contribute to improving marine traffic safety for the village citizen. Maritime Patrol also pointed out that there is no qualified wharf for patrol boats to dock in Wuqiu Township. With a suitable wharf, they could better carry out anti-illegal fishery tasks against fishing boats from Mainland China.
　 烏坵鄉長陳興坵、鄉代會主席蔡春福都表示，大坵、小坵都希望擴建碼頭，改善村民海上交通安全。海巡隊也表示，目前烏坵沒有可以作為巡防艇停靠的碼頭，巡防艇無法進駐；若有碼頭，將有利於驅離大陸漁船和護魚工作。

Citizens of Xiaoqiu Village are currently living in run-down (1) houses which would not be able to withstand earthquake tremors (2) and are prone to (3) easy collapsing. To prepare for foul weather conditions, a citizen spent three months independently building a shabby (4) house using remnants of wrecked boats. He planned to use this house as an emergency shelter should his house collapse.
　 小坵村民目前居住的房屋均是危樓，遇強震均有倒塌的危險。一位曾姓村民未雨綢繆，在海邊以破爛船板，花三個月時間，獨力蓋了一間簡陋木板屋，他說，準備在他的危樓倒塌後，就住進木板屋，作為棲身之所。

Wu-Qiu Township mayor, Chen Xing-Qiu has thus proposed to Magistrate Li that the entire Xiaqiu village be moved temporarily to Kinmen. Magistrate Li urged Mayor Chen to do a village citizen survey on their willingness to move. In addition, he also gave direction to the County Transportation and Tourism Bureau to promptly find temporary housing for Xiaoqiu village citizens.
　 烏坵鄉長陳興坵因此向李縣長提出小坵村民暫時遷住金門的構想，李縣長希望陳鄉長儘速調查村民意願，也指示交旅局趕快著手為小坵村民尋覓暫住處所。

Furthermore, village citizens also asked the county government to offer help with the promoting and marketing of Wuqiu seaweed to increase their income. They also hope that the poor TV signal reception can be improved, and proposed the possibility to travel to mainland China directly from Wuqiu for their ancestor worship ceremony.
　 另外，村民也建請縣府協助行銷烏坵紫菜，以增加收入；大坵村民也反映電視收訊不良，以及希望協調可由烏坵直接到大陸探親祭祖。
In order to make this "Send Care to Wuqiu Trip", members of the county government traveled from Kinmen to Taiwan by air on July 11th, then set off from Taichung Port by way of the Coast Guard Administration's "Kinmen Ship"-which took more than four hours to finally reach Wuqiu. They stayed overnight on the island and returned to Taichung Port on July 12th.
　 縣府此次的「關懷烏坵之旅」，11日從金門搭機赴台，隨即在台中轉乘海巡署「金門艦」，經歷四個多小時航程才抵達烏坵。一行人在島上停留兩天一夜，12日下午返回台中港。

【註解】
●1. run-down-年久失修的、破敗的。
●2. tremor-(n)震動。
●3. be prone to-有～的傾向。
●4. shabby-(adj)簡陋的；破舊的。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年7月13日報導