Emergency rescue comes with conditions   Chen Chu: Hopes Keelung City Council treats Kaohsiung’s Little Yellow Duck well

Local center / Comprehensive report

The fate of Keelung’s Little Yellow Duck has been fraught with mishaps. At 12:50 p.m. on the 31st, it “burst and deflated,” lying flat on the water surface. With the evening New Year’s Eve event on the verge of being canceled, the city council urgently called Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu for help. Chen agreed to lend out Kaohsiung’s Little Yellow Duck, but she also posted on Facebook saying, “I hope the Keelung City Council treats Kaohsiung’s Little Yellow Duck well,” hinting at some underlying meaning.

▲ The Keelung Little Yellow Duck burst. (Photo / Reporter Li Yilin)

The Yellow Rubber Duck came to Taiwan, and aside from a smooth exhibition in Kaohsiung, accidents involving it bursting occurred in both Taoyuan and Keelung. Both counties and cities sought help from Kaohsiung in the first instance, making Kaohsiung’s Little Yellow Duck essentially travel across all of Taiwan. Some netizens commented that the Yellow Rubber Duck has been called upon twice in a row—it must be really tired!

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu said on Facebook, “Kaohsiung is willing to make all beautiful things happen. Based on spreading love and peace, and allowing more people to feel the happiness brought by the Little Duck, Kaohsiung agrees to lend out the Kaohsiung Little Yellow Duck. But we hope the Keelung City Council will treat it well and complete the production of a new duck as soon as possible so that the Kaohsiung Little Yellow Duck can return safely. Happy New Year to everyone!”