Outlying Taiwan Islands Reject Having Casinos in Referendum Vote

Residents of the Kinmen islands, which house Taiwan’s closest military base to China, voted against having casinos in a referendum that echoes the ruling party’s opposition to gambling.

This is the second county after Penghu to reject the construction of gambling developments. In a ballot asking whether to allow recreation complexes to set up casinos, 24,368 people voted “no,” compared with 2,705 who voted “yes,” the Kinmen government said on Saturday in a mobile-phone text statement.