Here is some info from Department of Roads dated 8/30, followed by a loose translation:
台21線(甲仙~小林~民生，長約35.7公里)目前由甲仙(237K)可經替代道路方式行駛至小林地區(224K)，小林以北道路遭土石淹沒及沖毀，無 法確定道路位置，正評估是否依原路線或另尋替代道路搶通。另有關民生(那瑪夏鄉)聯外道路部分，規劃由民生村附近之青山產業道路~鄉道嘉129-1線(嘉 義、高雄縣政府刻正搶修中，預計9月7日搶通)~嘉129線~台3線轉往嘉義大埔地區。另民權(那瑪夏鄉)聯外道路部分，規劃由鄉道南179-1線~平坑 產業道路~雙連堀~民權為替代道路，目前高雄縣政府已搶通至雙連堀，預計98年9月6日搶通至民權。
About Hwy 21 from Jiashen to Namasia.
They can get to Hsiaolin but north of Hsiaolin is buried too badly to find the road. Discussing whether to continue using this route or find another route.
To Namasia(Ming Shen) the plan [...]
The Road to Namasia
Road to Namasia?那瑪夏的路開了?
Every day I hear a different time frame for access to Namasia. Usually one two two years, sometimes never but rarely anytime soon.
My wife has just been talking to her brother Vaji who is still in Ming Chuan. He says the first road will pass through the Alishan range, but not as I expected via [...]
Sanming, San Ming, Namasia, Namasiya or Namasya 那瑪夏, 三民鄉
Although Namasia has been all over the news recently as a village hit hard by Typhoon Morakot, I suspect most Taiwanese know little of the area. Especially because of the name confusion. Namasia was called San Ming and was only recently renamed Namasia. To compound confusion even more, there seems to be no standard English [...]
Updates on Morakot
We’ve moved into the eighth day of Ghost Month here in Taiwan. Twenty days since the first slide in Namasia’s Ming Chuan (now Maya) Village and 19 days since Shiao Lin Village was all but buried. CNN placed death tolls at 376 two days ago and added a gruesome “….60 human limbs had been found, [...]
Typhoon Morakot
A journalist from the Guardian contacted me showing interest in a story about Morakot, so I interviewwed my brother in law in the refugee center in Kaohsiung. I’m trying to get it published myself, but I’ll put it here anyway.
Here is rajen nair’s version:
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=1212&catID=4
Some of the facts are mixed up, but I’m happy the story [...]
