Premier Wu Den-yih praised a new riverside park in Yingge Township in northern Taiwan's Taipei County as a good place for photography while presiding Saturday over an opening ceremony for the park. Wu toured the new facility, named the Sanying Waterfront park, which is part of a 32-hectare land reclamation project along the banks of the township's Tahan River. A big outdoor stage over the river -- the largest of its kind in northern Taiwan -- caught Wu's eye and he also praised the multifunction nature of the stage, which can also be used as a flood protection device. According to the county government, the park is built on the site of a former dump for waste from the ceramic industry, the local specialty. The local government started in 2006 to develop the reclaimed riverside land into a green area for sports and leisure activities. said Taipei Magistrate Chou Hsi-wei. He noted that the government has also mapped out plans to build an exhibition center and an art gallery on the reclaimed land, as well as a gondola system over the river that will connect Yingge and its neighboring township of Sansia. The inauguration celebration also included an all-day concert featuring a variety of local entertainers. 