Green Island residents protest about shortage of food /客輪只載乘客 綠島居民抗議"快斷糧了"　　　　　　　　　　

The two Typhoons last week have significantly disrupted traffic to Green Island. Yesterday, additional ships traveling from Taitung's Cheng Kung Fishing Port to Green Island were set up temporarily to help solve the problem. Yet the ships primarily carry passengers, leaving little room for transported goods. As the shortage of fresh foodstuffs on the Island has worsened over the past days, many residents have protested at the administrative office, demanding more goods to be transported. Close to 30 Green Island residents crowded the administrative office on the morning of the 22nd, protesting the shortage of transported foodstuffs due to new passenger ships. There is no fresh fruit, meat, or milk. The administrative office must find a solution because their lives are depending on it. ==CROWD MEMBER== At the very least, there must be one shipment per day. Otherwise, Green Island residents simply won't survive. All dead in days. (No, we'll settle all this.) They say a certain quota of people must be met before sending a shipment. ==CROWD MEMBER== We're all almost dead. Shipments haven't come in for days. What should we do? Can we really just do nothing? Without fresh ingredients or meat products, grocery store refrigerators and freezers are empty, and there are only a few eggs left in the vegetable freezers. Green Island residents must rely on white rice and instant noodles to get through the day, along with the fish caught by the fishermen, and county restaurants can no longer do business. ==SHOP OWNER== They've been unable to send ships with goods such as milk. Goods can't be sent that far, and Cheng Kung is quite far. After Typhoon Meranti damaged a lighthouse at the Fu Kang fishing port, passenger ships to Orchid Island and Green Island from Cheng Kung fishing port have been set up for the time-being. The shipping industry has agreed to let one ship through daily, and the county mayor has complied, offering to coordinate between the county government and the shipping company to increase the speed of goods transportation and address residents' concerns. TRANSLATED BY：M. LARSEN-STRECKER 近三十位綠島鄉民，22號上午湧進綠島鄉公所，抗議物資短缺，因為臨時加開的客輪，只載乘客，載來的民生物資實在太少，沒有新鮮蔬果，沒有肉類和鮮奶，要鄉公所想想辦法，否則再繼續下去，真的沒法生活。 ==民眾== 最糟一天要一趟啦 不然綠島人會死啦 不用幾天就死光了 (不會啦 這些我們會去溝通) 他們說要達到人數才要開喔 ==民眾== 我們這些人快死了啦 船也好幾天沒有開了 我們要怎麼辦 我們要放著讓他死嗎 沒有新鮮食材，雜貨店的冰箱裡，空空如也，放肉類的冷凍櫃，什麼都沒有，存放青菜的冰箱，只剩一點雞蛋，綠島民眾每天只能靠白米飯和泡麵乾糧度日，還有漁民捕獲的魚，鄉內餐飲店也無法做生意。 ==老闆== 很多雜貨類的東西 沒有辦法寄客輪 譬如像牛奶 就沒有辦法送到很遠的地方 成功是比較遠一點 因莫蘭蒂颱風造成台東富岡漁港燈塔斷裂，臨時加開往返成功漁港到蘭嶼、綠島的船班，船運業者同意每天有一個往返船班，鄉長也允諾，會協調縣府還有船公司，加速物資運補，短時間先化解鄉民不滿。 記者 綜合報導