Hsichih

“It’s only a few minutes from Nankang to Hsichih, my friends. Kindly make room for the lady,” the driver was all unctuous smiles, and spoke as though nobody was going to object after he had given the word.

1975, Meng Yao (孟瑤), “Homeward Bound”, in An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature: Taiwan, 1949-1974, volume 2, Taipei: China Printing, Ltd., →OCLC, page 33

Hardest hit was the town of Hsichih, north of Taipei. The whole town was flooded as the river overflowed its banks. Police rescued 3,000 stranded residents. The Hsichih Baptist Chapel, where Southern Baptist missionaries Herbert and Alice Barrett work, was flooded with six feet of water.

1987 November 5, Linda Phillips, “Typhoon blasts Taiwan; churches are damaged”, in The Baptist Record, Mississippi Baptist Convention, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, columns 4, 5

Work on the Second Northern Highway is now under way, and it is predicted that it will be completed by the end of 1992. Related projects such as the Keelung-Hsichih sectionand the Hsinchu-Pingtung sectionare stillin the design stage, and are scheduled for completion by the end of 1996.[…] Difficulties encountered during the construction of the second freeway for northern Taiwan and Taipei-llan freeway and during the extension project of Hsichih-Wuku section of the Chungshan North-South Freeway are being overcome bit by bit.

1993, Hau Pei-tsun, Straight Talk, Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 156, 192

Shortly after her election as mayor of Hsichih Township, Chou Ya-shu came to see me at City Hall. During our meeting, I reminded her that if Hsichih were to pursue prosperity and progress to the exclusion of all else, paying attention only to surface achievements such as skyscrapers popping up all around and tax revenues increased, the town's residents would eventually be the ones to suffer. I pointed this out because Hsichih, while pursuing growth, had not paid attention to management.[…] Viewed from the highway, Hsichih looks like a smaller version of Taipei, and in some respects actually appears more modern than Taipei due to the height and appearance of its buildings.

2000, Chen Shui-Bian, “Putting Together a Winning Team and Approach for Success”, in David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 108

Minister of Economic Affairs Lin Hsin-yi said that 117,000 households were without electricity and more than 90,000 households were without water on Thursday. As of Friday morning, 61,000 households still had no electricity and 10,000 remained without water, mostly in Hsichih and Nankang.

2000 November 3, “President Chen Inspects Hsichi”, in Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from the original on 05 Aug 2022