The new chairman was not a village elder but 31-year-old Chou Ya-wen, who won by a margin of over 200 votes, becoming the first woman town council chairman in Orchid Island's history.
一向和山水相伴的蘭嶼鄉民，最近有個熱門話題：在二月間舉行的台灣省鄉鎮縣轄市長選舉中，出現了蘭嶼地方自治史上第一位女性鄉長。周雅雯，卅一歲，台東農工職校畢業。