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Beach Cleaning and Interviews with Government Officials
[Tainan] On January 27, 2002, fellow practitioners from the Tainan Center braved gusty winds and heavy rain to carry out their regularly scheduled cleaning and maintenance work on the Golden Beach in Tainan.
Director Hsieh Shih-jieh of the Tainan City Environmental Protection Bureau personally inspected the site and complimented the practitioners on their enthusiastic participation in environmental protection, saying that he was deeply impressed by the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association's persistent efforts to clean the beach despite harsh weather. Mr. Hsieh observed that it is ideal for a civic group like ours to inspire public participation in environmental protection efforts, for such work is not only a task for the cleaning staff of the Environmental Protection Bureau, but also the common duty of every citizen. Director Hsieh further acknowledged that he was inspired to join in the Association's next cleaning project at the Golden Beach. Together, they would do their part for environmental protection, and provide Tainan citizens with a clean and beautiful area for recreation. After an interview with our fellow practitioners, Director Hsieh stayed to enjoy a vegetarian meal lovingly prepared by fellow practitioners.
Exclusive Interview with Tainan Mayor
A Journey through Aesthetic Realms.On February 1, 2001, fellow practitioners from the production team of the TV program A Journey through Aesthetic Realms visited the Tainan City Government to conduct an exclusive interview with the new mayor, Mr. Hsu Tien-tsai. During the interview, team members exchanged views with Mayor Hsu on the ecological importance of environmental protection. The mayor called for increased social introspection on this topic, commenting that human communities are the Earth's major source of pollution, which is currently too much for nature to digest and eliminate through ecological recycling. He also stated that the Tainan City Government had conferred a public - interest award on the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association in recognition of its enthusiastic participation in environmental protection and other public-interest efforts, especially the Tainan Beach-cleaning project, which is carried out more thoroughly and is better implemented than those by other groups.
Mayor Hsu understands the importance of vegetarianism for the environment within the human body, for ecological conservation, and in terms of the effective use of the Earth's limited resources. Thus, environmental protection must begin with vegetarianism.
The exclusive interviews with Tainan Mayor Hsu Tien-tsai and Director Hsieh Shih-jieh of the Tainan City Environmental Protection Bureau were broadcast in Serial 41 of the program A Journey through Aesthetic Realms. They can also be viewed on the Internet at
http://137.hichannel.com.tw (Chinese).
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