Asia Cement Corporation won 83% of tribal households to support continued mining

        With the fact finding report on the lease of Aboriginal reserves by Asia Cement Corporation and the holding of the consultation and consent voting meeting, the mining right dispute of xinchengshan mine, which has been noisy for many years, finally revealed the dawn. All this looks like water to canal, but behind it is the indomitable achievements of the team of Asia Cement Corporation

        Hualien County. Xiulin township. Bosian tribe.

                At 5:30 p.m. on February 12, 2022, it was getting dark. When the last "affirmative vote" was issued, Zhang Wensheng, chairman of the tribal council, officially announced that Asia Cement Corporation obtained 294 affirmative votes among the 353 votes cast by representatives of tribal families, and more than half of the residents agreed that Asia Cement Corporation would continue to engage in resource development (mining) in the local area.

        The colleagues from the Hualien plant of Asia Cement Corporation, who had been waiting at the scene all afternoon, burst into thunderous applause and couldn't help laughing; In order to win the support of the tribal people, the aboriginal colleagues who have been sleeping for several months shed tears of relief and congratulated their families over the phone: "we won! We won!"

        This is a vote on whether Asia Cement Corporation can continue mining in Hualien Xincheng mountain mine in the future, and it is also a vote on whether the employees of Asia Cement Corporation Hualien plant can maintain the right to stable work in the future. Although a very small number of opponents continued to protest, shout and interfere during the voting process, the vast majority of ethnic people remained unmoved and bravely exercised their democratic mission and implemented the "right of consultation and consent" - a right conferred on them by the basic law of indigenous peoples.

        In the final voting results, up to 83% of tribal residents agreed with the concept of "coexistence and common prosperity" proposed by Asia Cement Corporation and the "10 + 11" benefit sharing mechanism, and supported Asia Cement Corporation to continue mining in xinchengshan mine.

        On the same day, K. y. Lee president of Asia Cement Corporation also attended the meeting in person to understand the meeting and voting status of the consultation and consent meeting.

        Everything seems logical, but there are twists and turns and dangers behind it.

                Recalling that nearly five years ago, documentary director Zeppelin accidentally crashed in a helicopter and left a photo of Xincheng mountain mining site, which aroused the discussion and negative impression of the outside world on the mining site; At that time, the whole enterprise group was affected and it was hard to say. The planting and greening of Mingming mine has reached world-class, and foreign mines have come to learn from it; Obviously, the "concave mining method" is not only safe, but also takes into account the landscape, and the cost is higher. However, due to the preconceived prejudice of the outside world, we simply can't listen to the instructions and explanations of these majors... At that time, it was really hard to put out fire externally and try to boost morale internally.

        After that, after the government came forward and invited tribal representatives to hold "tripartite talks" with the enterprise side, two groups were set up to evaluate "residential safety" (including drainage, geology and mining) respectively, and to understand whether the process of Asia Cement Corporation obtaining the original resident reserve as mining land 40 years ago involved illegal "Truth Investigation". It took up to three years to hold numerous meetings back and forth and visit the site for many times. Up to now, only the geological assessment report of "residential safety" remains to be confirmed by the expert group. The "Truth Investigation Report" was also released after the lunar new year this year. The report pointed out that Asia Cement Corporation was "not illegal" and finally cleared Asia Cement Corporation.

        With the change of time and space environment, although Asia Cement Corporation rented land from the government legally in the past, today's government policy tends to return Aboriginal reserved land to aborigines, and in line with the legislation of the basic law of Aboriginal peoples and the amendment of the mining law, the spirit of the right of consultation has been gradually implemented; Therefore, as early as June 2020, Asia Cement Corporation, with the support of Douglas Hsu, "advance deployment" took the initiative to declare tribal consultation and consent in accordance with the spirit of the original basic law.

        From that moment on, the colleagues of Asia Cement Corporation Service Center, who were originally committed to being friendly and caring for the tribe, immediately redoubled their efforts to shuttle more deeply between the tribes to serve and care for the people; Over the past year and a half, Hualien factory has also worked closely with the President Office of the head office and the public relations team to hold nearly 10 large and small communication meetings and explanation meetings in every corner of the tribe, listen to the voice of the tribe one by one, carefully evaluate and study, and put forward 11 new schemes combined with the existing 10 feedback contents to form a "10 + 11" benefit sharing mechanism, from birth, upbringing, education, marriage, old age to death, There is a corresponding care plan, which is almost a "lifelong companion", hoping to make the tribal people feel that Asia Cement Corporation is willing to coexist and prosper with the tribe and its sincerity for sustainability development.

        In the course of these years' efforts, a very small number of opponents have also followed suit. Driven by "external forces" - environmental protection groups with other purposes, they have constantly protested, held press conferences, combined with political figures of specific political parties, resorted to judicial complaints, launched Internet attacks, etc., interfering with Asia Cement Corporation's care for tribal people and tarnishing Asia Cement Corporation's corporate image in public opinion.

        Fortunately, the majority remained unmoved. The people of Asia Cement Corporation were deeply moved by their colleagues' long-term service and assistance. When the consultation agreed to vote, we saw a lot of images of "being reconciled": many old men and women with mobility difficulties, supported by their children, insisted on attending in person and casting a sacred vote. They said that because Asia Cement Corporation helped repair the house, the whole family could live a good life here without worrying about the leakage of the house; With Asia Cement Corporation, children can support their families only if they have a stable job; With various subsidies from Asia Cement Corporation, you can live a richer life. In the future, there will be student buses and grandchildren to go to school in Hualien City, let alone worry about safety

        Half a month before the vote, the public relations team of Asia Cement Corporation twice sent leaflets to each household of bosi'an tribe and accompanied Aboriginal colleagues on home visits. They saw that colleagues were familiar with the situation of each family, understood the recent suffering and happiness, diseases and needs of each family, and gave timely assistance. This scene proves that Asia Cement Corporation, a group of lovely Aboriginal colleagues, is really running the tribe with a high degree of enthusiasm and making heart to heart with the people! The voting results of the final consultation also proved that no pains, no gains, and 83% of the high support was not obtained out of thin air!

        In addition to the wholehearted sprint of front-line colleagues, Douglas Hsu's full support and authorization, the strategy of Zhang Zhipeng, General Plant Manager (senior executive vice president) of Hualien plant of Asia Cement Corporation, and the full support and participation of many executives of the head office led by K. y. Lee president are very key factors.

        In fact, the consultation agreed that the clearance is only the beginning. Looking forward to the future, Asia Cement Corporation will face many challenges inside and outside Taiwan. Each challenge requires leadership, strategy, wisdom and courage to break through and overcome. Nevertheless, every colleague of Asia Cement Corporation will uphold the entrepreneurial spirit of Far Eastern group, defy difficulties and continue to move forward!

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