Browsing: Nanzih (楠梓)

Deputy Mayor Lin Chin-jung says Nanzih’s new freeway connection will be completed by December 2028. The NT$15.591 billion project is intended to ease traffic around the semiconductor park, but construction is currently causing congestion.

Renwu and Ciaotou led district population gains over the past year as Kaohsiung lost more than 16,000 registered residents. Only five of the city’s 38 districts grew.

Lantian Elementary School, a new NT$1.07 billion campus near Kaohsiung University, is scheduled to open Aug. 31. The city said Lantian is Taiwan’s first elementary school built entirely with a steel structure. Construction was completed in less than two years.

Kaohsiung City Government (高雄市政府) reportedly decided around midnight on a citywide stop to work and school after updated rainfall forecasts showed significant rain was still expected during the Friday morning commute. The city said the measure was intended to reduce the risk of travel during possible extreme torrential rain.

District 5, which covers the suburban districts of Dashe (大社區), Renwu (仁武區), Nanzih (楠梓區), and Dashu (大樹區), has five available council seats and has historically favored Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates. While formal campaign activity remains limited ahead of the local elections later this year, contenders from across the political spectrum are competing for public visibility through community gatherings and social media operations.

Her decision came one day after she initially indicated she would not exit the race, a stance that drew widespread criticism online and from political observers.