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A Year after Typhoon Morako

Two Years after Typhoon Morako

3. Annual Progress of Post-Disaster Reconstruction of Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan

4. Consolation Money Released for Deaths, Missing Persons and Seriously Injured Persons

As of July 1, the total number of dead is 681, while 23 bodies have yet to be identified. In addition, 18 people remain missing and 4 is seriously injured, bringing the total number of deaths, missing and seriously injured to 726 people. In 46 cases funds have been unable to be distributed to individuals. Of the 653 persons qualified to receive the funds, 653 have already received consolation money, equivalent to a distribution rate of 100%.

Category				No. of People
Dead	681 People	Already Verified	Already Distributed	651
		Funds Unable to be Distributed: 30 People	Not Meeting Qualifications (Persons Killed in Line of Duty Receiving Compensation from Other Authorities: 8; Persons Dying Not as a Result of the Disaster: 11)	19
			Relatives Qualified to Receive Funds Also Died	6

			Relatives Eligible to Receive Funds are Foreigners or Mainland Chinese	3

			Unable to Contact Relatives	2
Unable to be Identified	23 Cases	Funds Unable to be Distributed: 23 Cases	Bodies Are Unable to be Identified or Body Parts Are Missing, Preventing Identification	23 Cases
Missing	18 People	Already Verified	Already Distributed	2
		Funds Unable to be Distributed: 16 People	Relatives Qualified to Receive Funds Also Died	11
			Still Verifying Whether Deaths Were Result of Disaster and Place of Death	3
			Relatives are Foreigners or Mainland Chinese	2
Seriously Injured	4 Person	Identity Already Verified	Already Distributed	4
◎(Total No. of Dead and Missing) 699- (Funds Unable to be Released) 46 People= (No. of People Able to Receive Funds) 653 People ◎ No. of People Able to Receive Funds 653, No. of People Already Receiving Funds 653, Distribution Rate: 100%

Source: Ministry of the Interior (July 1, 2010)

5. State of Funds Released for Relocation of Individuals Whose Homes Are Uninhabitable

City/ County	No. of Households Estimated by Village (Neighborhood)Authorities	No. of Households Examined in Secondary Review	No. of Households Deemed Eligible for Compensation in Secondary Review	Resettlement Funding Already Distributed
City/ County		No. of Households Examined in Secondary Review		No. of Households	No. of People	Percentage
Changhua County	13	13	8	8	29	100%
Nantou County	147	147	36	36	106	100%
Yunlin County	6	6	6	6	14	100%
Chiayi County	392	392	234	234	705	100%
Tainan County	84	84	74	74	171	100%
Kaohsiung County	963	963	946	946	2,499	100%
Pingtung County	1,004	923	309	309	984	100%
Taitung County	150	150	141	141	429	100%
Tainan City	78	78	13	13	38	100%
Total	2,837	2,756	1,767	1,767	4,978	100%

Source: Ministry of the Interior (November 11, 2010)

6. State of Relief Funds Released for Flooding

As of January 29, 2010, the central government (Water Resources Agency under the Ministry of Economic Affairs) has paid out a total of about NT$2.8 billion of flooding relief assistance to county and city governments. These funds had been disbursed in full as of August 27. County and city governments have released about 99.54% of these funds to township governments, while these local government agencies have released about 99.54% to those impacted by the disaster. The operational ratio in terms of fund disbursement is 100 %.

Note:

The percentage of funds released to disaster victims from township and city government administrations is the amount of funds distributed to disaster victims as a portion of the total amount of funds to be distributed by townships and cities to these persons. The operational ratio refers to the amount of funds released to disaster victims as a percentage of the amount of funds issued by county and city administrations to respective township and village administrations for release to victims.

Source: Ministry of Economic Affairs (January 29, 2010)

7. Statistics of Financial Assistance for Losses Sustained by the Agricultural and Fisheries Industries

State of Cash Assistance Provided

Category	State of Work	Anticipated Date of Completion
Farming	1. Total number of applications filed is 224,448 and surveys have been completed on 224,448 applications, with 194,287 applications deemed meeting qualifications. 2. The amount of financial relief approved is NT$4,222.19 billion and the number of farming applicants receiving assistance is 194,287.	October 20, 2009
Fisheries	1. Total number of applications filed is 4,374 and surveys have been completed on 4,374 applications, with 4,374 applications deemed meeting qualifications. 2. The amount of financial relief approved is NT$813.43 million and the number of fisheries applicants receiving assistance is 4,374.	October 15, 2009
Livestock	1. Total number of applications filed is 2,002 and surveys have been completed on 2,002 applications, with 961 applications deemed meeting qualifications. 2. The amount of financial relief approved is NT$219.04 million and the number of livestock applicants receiving assistance is 961.	September 20, 2009(completed)
Forestry	1. Total number of applications filed is 4,631 and surveys have been completed on 4,631 applications, with 2,981 applications deemed meeting qualifications. 2. The amount of financial relief approved is NT$81.46 million and the number of forestry applicants receiving assistance is 2,981.	November 20, 2009

Source: Council of Agriculture (March 16, 2010)

8. Shelters for Disaster Victims and Resettlement

(1) The state of shelters and settlement of people is detailed in the followed table. As of November 11, 2010, one shelter was still in use, housing a total of 0 people.

City/ County	Township/ City	Shelters			No. of Persons Living in Shelter
City/ County	Township/ City		Name	Address	No. of Persons Living in Shelter
Chiayi County	Alishan Township	1	Xinmei Community Activity Center	No. 67, No. 4 Neighborhood, Xinmei Village	0
Total		1			0

Source: Ministry of the Interior (November 11, 2010)

(2) As of November 11 2010, a total of 562 people had been relocated to 4 medium-term shelter facilities.

City/ County	Township/ City	Shelter			No. of Persons in Shelter	Date of Moving In
City/ County	Township/ City		Name	Address	No. of Persons in Shelter	Date of Moving In
Taitung County	Taitung City	1	Malan Veterans Home	No. 1010, Gengsheng Road, Taitung City	0	September 2, 2009
Kaohsiung County	Yanchao Township	1	Fengxiung Base Camp (Southern Reserve)	No. 23, Fengqi Road, Yanchao Township	0	August 27, 2009
	Yanchao Township	1	Jinling Base Camp – Army Engineering School	No. 1, Zhongxi Road, Yanchao Township, Kaohsiung County	0	August 28, 2009
	Meinong Township	1	Veterans Affairs Commission Kaohsiung Farm	No. 500, Wailiuliao, Jiyang Neighborhood, Meinong Township, Kaohsiung County	0	August 27, 2009
	Fengshan City	1	Huangpu Base Camp, Kaohsiung County (ROC Military Academy)	No. 1, Weiwu Road, Fengshan City	0	August 31, 2009
	Dashu Township	1	Renmei Base Camp, Kaohsiung County (Army 43rd Artillery Command)	No. 1, Zhongshan Road, Jiuqu Village, Dashu Township	0	August 31, 2009
Pingtung County	Neipu Township	1	Pingtung Veterans Home	No. 100, Jianxing Village, Neipu Township, Pingtung County	165	August 25, 2009
Pingtung County	Sandimen Township	1	Longquan 298th Brigade Base Camp	Sandi Village, Sandimen Township	356	August 31, 2009
Total		4			521

Source: Ministry of the Interior (November 11, 2010)

Other Medium-term Settlement Facilities

City/ County	Township/ City	Shelter			No. of Persons in Shelter	Date of Moving In
City/ County	Township/ City		Name	Address	No. of Persons in Shelter	Date of Moving In
Taitung County	Dawu Township	1	Daniao Senior Citizens Home	No. 56, No. 2 Neighborhood, Daniao Village	0	August 09, 2009
Tainan County	Nanhua Township	1	Water Company Purification Plant Dormitory	No. 154, Beiliao Village, Nanhua Township	7	August 31, 2009
Pingtung County	Laiyi Township	1	Danlin Checkpoint	No. 72, Jiyi Road	0	August 22, 2009
	Mudan Township	1	Gaoshih Daycare Cente	No. 60, Gaoshih Road, Mudan Township	34	September 5, 2009
	Pingtung City	1	Qingjing Hostel	No. 2-36, Guili Lane, Hunan Neighborhood, Pingtung City	0	August 15, 2009
Total		2			41

Note:

Disaster victims who had been housed at the Changzhi branch of the Central Radio Station in Pingtung were gradually relocated to the Pingtung Veterans Home starting on September 23.

Source: Ministry of the Interior (November 11, 2010)

9. Comprehensive Preferential Resettlement Plan Statistics

Families whose homes were damaged by Typhoon Morakot to the extent that the structures have become uninhabitable are eligible to take part in the Comprehensive Preferential Resettlement Plan. Under this project, households can select one of three options – renting a home on their own, purchasing a home on their own, or being resettled by the government. As of January 14, 2010, a total of 2,860 households had applied to rent homes on their own, with applications of 2,009 of these households having been approved (979 households were those with less than three people, 340 households were those with four people, and 690 households were those with five people or more). Meanwhile, thirty-one households applied to purchase homes on their own, and each of these applications was approved. Also, 2,493 people applied to be resettled by the government, and all of these applications were approved.

Options	Households (No. of People)	Approved Households (No. of People)
Rental of Homes	2,860 Households	2,009Households No. of Households with Three People or Less: 979 No. of Households with Four People: 340 No. of Households with Five People or More: 690
Purchase of Homes	32	32
Government Resettlement	2,493	2,493People

Source: Ministry of the Interior (January 14, 2010)

10. Repair of Breached Dikes and Dredging of Rivers

(1) Of 63 projects where repair work was needed on dangerous areas, all 63 projects have been completed. Of 118 projects where repair work was needed for damaged places, work contracts have been issued for all 118 projects, and 117 projects have been completed.

Waterway	River Management Office	Repair of Dangerous Areas			Repair of Damaged Areas
Waterway	River Management Office	Total No. of Projects	Already Completed	Date of Completion	Total No. of Projects	Yet to be Contracted	State of Contracting	Already Contracted	Already Completed	Under Construction	Date of Completion
Lanyang River	First River Management Office	2	2	August 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Houlong River	Second River Management Office	2	2	August 10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Da-an River	Third River Management Office	2	2	August 10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dajia River		-	-	-	1	0	Completely Contracted	1	1	0	August 10
Wu River		5	5	August 14	7	0	Completely Contracted	7	7	0	August 23
Zhoshui River	Fourth River Management Office	11	11	August 17	27	0	Completely Contracted	27	27	0	Forecast December 15
Beigang River	Fifth River Management	7	7	August 17	7	0	Completely Contracted	7	7	0	August 15
Puzi River	Office	7	7	August 17	16	0	Completely Contracted	16	16	0	September 2
Bazhang River	Office	2	2	August 14	7	0	Completely Contracted	7	7	0	August 20
Jishui River	Sixth River Management Office	1	1	August 10	1	0	Completely Contracted	1	1	0	August 15
Cengwen River		3	3	August 15	2	0	Completely Contracted	2	2	0	August 17
Yanshui River		3	3	August 12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Erren River		2	2	August 13	1	0	Completely Contracted	1	1	0	August 11
Gaoping River	Seventh River Management Office	7	7	August 17	32	0	Completely Contracted	32	32	0	Forecast November 25
Beinan River	Eighth River Management Office	7	7	August 15	10	0	Completely Contracted	10	9	1	Forecast December 22
Area Drainage	Sixth River Management Office	-	-	-	1	0	Completely Contracted	1	1	0	August 8
Sea Embankments	Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth River Management Offices	2	2	August 11	6	0	Completely Contracte	6	6	0	Forecast December 7
Total		63	63		118	0		118	117	1

Source: Ministry of Economic Affairs (January 29, 2010)

(2) The following is a table detailing the dredging/clearing of rivers and waterways managed by the central government. In all, 39.3 kilometers of rivers and waterways will be dredged/cleared at an anticipated cost of NT$34.461 million.

No	City/ County	Waterway	Type of Repair	Spot of Dredging	Forecast Cost (NT$1,000)	Distance of Dredged Area	Expected Contracting Date/ Actual Contracting Date	Forecast Start Date of Work/ Actual Start Date	Forecast Completion Date/ Actual Completion Date
1	Yunlin County	Beigang River	Embankment	Upstream & Downstream of Unnamed Bridge over Dapu River, Downstream of Yungan Bridge over Ganxi River	3,500	Dredging of About 4,000 Meters of the Waterway	Handled Via Open Contract	August 8, 2009 August 8, 2009	August 17, 2009 August 14, 2009
2	Chiayi County	Puzi River	Embankment	Fuxing No. 2 Embankment on Puzi River	2,000	Dredging of About 300 Meters of the Waterway	Handled Via Open Contract	August 26, 2009 August 26, 2009	September 14, 2009 September 4, 2009
3	Pingtung County	Gaoping River	Embankment	Clean-up of Ailiao River Waterway	9,081	Clean-up of About 10,000 Meters of the Waterway	August 26, 2009 August 26, 2009	August 27, 2009 August 27, 2009	November 25, 2009 --
4	Pingtung County	Gaoping River	Embankment	Clean-up of Laonong River Waterway	9,940	Clean-up of About 13,000 Meters of the Waterway	August 26, 2009 August 26, 2009	August 27, 2009 August 27, 2009	November 25, 2009 --
5	Kaohsiung County	Gaoping River	Embankment	Clean-up of Qishan River Waterway	9,940	Clean-up of About 12,000 Meters of the Waterway	August 26, 2009 August 26, 2009	August 27, 2009 August 27, 2009	November 25, 2009 --
Total				34,461		39,300

Note:

The dredging/clearing work in these five projects has been combined with the budgeting for the projects to repair dangerous areas.

(3) The following table details the repair and dredging/clearing work of waterways by country and city governments:

City/ County	Repair of Dangerous Areas				Repair of Damaged Areas				Dredging Work
City/ County	Total No. of Projects	Yet to be Contracted	Work in Progress	Already Completed	Total No. of Projects	Yet to be Contracted	Work in Progress	Already Completed	Total No. of Projects	Yet to be Contracted	Work in Progress	Already Completed
Miaoli County	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Taichung County	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taichung City	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	9	18	0	0	18
Nantou County	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yunlin County	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Chiayi County	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	30	0	0	0	0
Tainan County	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
Kaohsiung County	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Pingtung County	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	14	3	0	0	3
Taitung County	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	6	94	0	0	94	21	0	0	21

Source: Ministry of Economic Affairs (January 29, 2010)

11. Disaster Victim Employment Plan

(1) August 8 Temporary Work Plan

The mission of the “August 8 Temporary Work Plan” was deemed completed on September 16. As of September 16, the Council of Labor Affairs approved employment projects by 92 townships and villages, providing 13,940 employment opportunities. In all, 230,623 people received jobs under this program.

(2) Post-Disaster Temporary Work Plan

As of the morning of December 10, 125 agencies provided notice of their manpower requirements and 20,647 work opportunities had been approved. To date, a total of 19,383 people have begun work.

(3) Hiring Incentives

Hiring incentives for post-disaster reconstruction work are provided for companies that have won various bids to carry out reconstruction work in disaster areas. These firms are to provide job opportunities to unemployed persons in disaster areas. As of the morning of December 15, no company winning a bid had designated manpower needs for reconstruction work.

（4）Immediate Work Plan

The “Immediate Work Plan” came into effect on September 22 and is applicable for any person from a disaster area with a disaster area ID who is unemployed. A total of 373 people have been provided jobs under this plan so far.

（5）Disaster Area Residents Resettlement Training Plan

A total of 63 persons have completed training in one of three courses – home utility and air-conditioning system repair, bricklaying, and food & beverage and travel services.

（6） Liugui Township’s Xinfa Community Activities Center in Kaohsiung County has held a homeland reconstruction concrete course that has trained 30 people. These people will assist in the reconstruction of disaster areas.

（7）Disaster Victim Vocational Exploration Workshop Plan

Five courses in hand weaving, innovative ornaments, beauty, forklifts, and soap making were held. A total of 85 people received training, and the courses ended on October 30.

In addition, the instructors from the Tainan District Agricultural Improvement Station under the Council of Agriculture held a seminar to train people in fruit tree cultivation technology. The training of 14 people concluded on October 21.

Source: Council of Labor Affairs (December 10, 2010)

12. Indigenous Peoples Project

（1)Release of Basic Living Expense Stipends to Disaster Victims from Indigenous Tribes

Category	No. of Persons Qualified	No. of Persons Already Receiving Funds
Death (Emergency Financial Relief of NT$50,000)	39	39
Missing (Emergency Financial Relief of NT$50,000)	8	8
Seriously Injured (Emergency Financial Relief of NT$30,000)	18	18
Family Livelihood Imperiled (Emergency Financial Relief of NT$10,000)	4,951	4,951

Source: Council of Indigenous Peoples (January 18, 2010)

(2) Introduction of Welfare for Work Project

In addition to the Project Providing Temporary Employment after the August 8 Natural Disaster that is being implemented by the Executive Yuan’s Council of Labor Affairs, 2,000 jobs have been arranged for a six-month period under a welfare for work plan. At present, 26 township administrations have approved 1,810 work opportunities. As of September 28, 2009, 730 people have begun various jobs under this program.

(3) Release Scholarship Funds for Indigenous Students in Need

Elementary and junior high school students from families in disaster areas whose livelihood has become imperiled due to the disaster are receiving scholarships of NT$3,000 each. As of September 28, 2009, a total of 2,102 students qualify for these scholarships under this program, and scholarship money has already been issued to 1,779 students, equivalent to 85% of those who qualify. A total of NT$5.337 million of funds are being distributed under this program.

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