DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY AND THE AREA INFRASTRUCTURE IN KOSYUN, SOUTHERN TAIWAN, BETWEEN THE 1900S AND 1930S

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the development processes of both the sugar industry and the area infrastructure in Kosyun (present-day Hengchun), in southern Taiwan, during the period of Japanese administration.

The Kosyun sugar refinery company was established in 1917 and constructed two improved traditional sugar manufacturing plants. The Kaikou port boat basin, in northern Kosyun, was constructed in 1922.

In 1926 Kosyun sugar refinery company integrated its two factories into one large sugarcane mill and constructed its push-car railway between Kosyun and Kaikou port. Furthermore, Kosyun sugar refinery company constructed irrigation facilities in the surrounding farmlands.