Military nixes turning Kinmen tunnel into running race sight
ROC Central News Agency
2010/12/13 21:17:24
By Ni Kuo-yen and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Dec. 13 (CNA) Taiwan's military rejected on Monday a proposal to allow one of its defense installations on Kinmen to be used as a venue for a running race during next year's Republic of China centennial celebration.
The Kinmen County government suggested transforming the world-class Central Tunnel that runs through Mt. Taiwu, the highest mountain on the former frontline island, into a temporary sports venue.
The venue would showcase Kinmen's transition from a military outpost to tourist destination, said Kinmen County Education Bureau Director Lee Tzai-hang.
He also said it would symbolize Kinmen's emergence from the shadow of war into the light of peace.
But Kinmen Defense Command officer Wu Fu-kuo said the tunnel, part of an underground tunnel network, was still a key military installation that was not open to the public.
The underground tunnels played a key role in Kinmen's resistance against Communist China's extensive shelling of the island in 1958.
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