Not long ago, plans to build a parking garage and hotel near Bamboo Lake and the Matsao Hot Springs in the Yangming Mountains stirred city residents to protest. People were alarmed, for to them the area is more than just a nearby place to have fun and spend money on weekends and holidays. It is one of the nation's most precious natural resources, one of its six national parks.
不久前，陽明山區竹子湖、馬槽溫泉要蓋停車場、旅館，卻遭市民抗議，人們好似猛然驚覺：陽明山原來不只是台北近郊假日「休閒、消費」所在，她，是台灣珍貴的自然資產﹘﹘六座國家公園之一。