FCFC employees pleads county government to ensure working rights / 台化員工下跪抗議 求縣府保障工作權　　　　　　　　　　

On October 3, employees of Formosa Chemicals and Fiber Corporation's Changhua plant knelt down before the company and pleaded the Changhua County government to ensure their rights to work. In response, the Minister of Economic Affairs Lee Chih-Kung said he will continue to communicate with the company and the county government. ==EMPLOYEES OF FORMOSA CHEMICALS FIBER CORPORATION'S CHANGHUA PLANT== Against defamation! Refuse to shut down plant! On October 3, around 1,000 employees of Formosa Chemicals and Fiber Corporation's Changhua plant protested against Changhua County government, which had refused to renew permits for the plant's cogeneration equipment. Facing a shutdown of the plant, employees expressed their anger and asked the county government not to deprive them of their right to work. The Minister of Economic Affairs Lee Chih-Kung said he will continue to communicate with both sides. ==LEE CHIH-KUNG, Minister of Economic Affairs== So far, Formosa Chemicals and Fiber Corporation's Changhua plant acted in compliance with the Changhua County government's latest and strictest regulations. The operating license for Formosa Chemicals' three power plants in Changhua expired on September 28. Plants will be forced to close down because the county government rejected the company's application for license renewal over and over again. Changhua County government's Environmental Protection Bureau said they didn't set a higher standard to make things difficult for Formosa Chemicals. The company can re-submit application anytime. ==CHIANG PEI-KEN, EPB Chief, Changhua County Government== We issue licenses according to the Stationary Pollution Source Installation and Operating Permit Management Regulations, which is authorized by the Air Pollution Control Act, and Formosa Chemicals' environmental impact statement. We did not set a stricter regulation for them. ==YEN SHU-NU, Leader of Fight for Health Women's Group in Changhua== If a coal-fired power plant does not cause any pollution, then set such a plant beside the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Meeting standards for air pollution control does not mean there are no pollutants in the air at all. Especially carcinogens groups 1 and 2, they are just not yet detected. Formosa Chemicals said they will resort to administrative solutions. They plan to file a petition, lodge an administrative appeal, and even apply for national compensation. Around 1,500 employees of the Changhua plant will protest outside the Changhua County government this morning. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH ==台化員工== 反抹黑 拒絕關廠 台化彰化廠汽電共生操作許可未獲得展延，面臨關廠，近1千多名員工恐失業。上午員工集結在公司門口舉牌抗議，要縣府不要剝奪工作權，放他們一條生路。而經濟部長李世光上午透露，目前持續與彰化縣政府及台化溝通協調，外界揣測關廠可能還有轉圜餘地。 ==經濟部長 李世光== 到目前為止我們看到 縣政府所放出來 最新的 最嚴格的規範 台化看起來是符合的 台化彰化3座汽電共生廠的許可證已在上個月28號過期，台化多次向彰化縣政府申請展延，遭到退件，最終被迫關廠。環保局表示，地方政府並沒有訂「更高標準」刁難台化，只要符合規定，隨時歡迎台化補件、重提申請。 ==彰化縣環保局長 江培根== 我們審查的依據是 空氣汙染防制法授權的 固定汙染源許可證管理辦法 跟(台化)曾經做過的 環境影響說明書的內容 我們沒有另外訂一個 非常嚴格的標準 ==要健康婆婆媽媽彰化團長 顏淑女== 如果燃煤發電廠 真的沒有汙染 請經濟部旁邊 就蓋一個燃煤發電廠 合乎標準不表示沒有汙染 尤其一級 二級致癌物 現在是偵測不到而已 不是沒有 台塑則表示，尊重經濟部長的言論，未來將採用各種救濟手段，提出訴願、行政訴訟及申請國家賠償。而台化員工預計明天上午號召1500人到縣政府抗議，要政府保障台化員工的工作權。 記者 綜合報導