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Activists organising “Run Away From Nuclear” in Taipei

Activists call for participation in anti-nuclear run, Taipei Times, By Lee I-chia  Staff reporter,  19 Mar 14 A number of public figures, including a film director, performers and an Olympic bronze medalist, yesterday urged the public to participate in an anti-nuclear road run in Taipei slated for Saturday next week.

The event, dubbed “Run Away From Nuclear” (核輻大逃殺) and sponsored by the Anti-nuclear Alliance of Fathers, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union and the Democratic Progressive Party, is a 5km road-running event that will begin at 7am from Ketagalan Boulevard. The run will simulate a mass of people escaping from radiation after a nuclear accident.

At a press conference yesterday, film director Ko I-chen (柯一正), actor Ralf Chiu (邱彥翔) and Chi Cheng (紀政), the 1968 Olympics bronze-medal winner in the women’s 80m hurdles, called for more people to sign up before registration ends tomorrow.

Also making the call was Hsu Wen-lin (許文麟), who uses a wheelchair after having broken his spine……http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/03/19/2003586037

March 19, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general