An independent candidate for Penghu county chief is campaigning village by village, promising fairer elderly meal subsidies and a new coastal tourism plan — a positive pitch for small villages and the local tourism trade.

• Yeh Chu-lin, running with no party backing, is holding face-to-face talks around Penghu's townships and villages.
• Longmen residents said meal subsidies for older people don't match the real number of people served, leaving small villages short of money.
• Yeh wants the subsidy rules rewritten so funding follows population, the number of seniors, and actual meals served.
• Residents also asked for a long-term plan for the beaches and coastline from Aimen to Longmen, pointing to Kaohsiung's Cijin as a model.
• Yeh proposed linking Aimen beach, Lintou, the coastline, Longmen village and old military sites into a single coastal tourism corridor.

Outlook: Expect more village-level campaign stops as Yeh turns residents' complaints into a policy platform ahead of the county chief race.