Broadstairs the 1930s by A.H. Simison (the photographic chemist) entitled "Ramsgate (The Kent Coast at its best) Pictorially Presented", describes Broadstairs town as having approached modernisation and urban development "always with a consistent policy of retaining those characteristics for which it has for so long been renowned". The town has retained many aspects of historical interest, besides its maritime history. Amongst these is its notable religious history, evoked by places such as the Shrine of Our Lady, Bradstowe. Lifeboats arrived in Broadstairs in 1851. News of the loss of the Irish packet with 250 lives, on the sands off Margate on
Taitung Miramar Resort Taitung Miramar Resort Taitung Miramar Resort is a BOT (Build Operate Transfer) development on Shanyuan (杉原灣)/Fudafudak, a beach in Taitung (Taidong) County, south-east Taiwan. In 2004, a contract was signed by Miramar Resort Taitung Ltd (majority owned by Huang Chun-fa) and the Taitung County Government under then County Magistrate Hsu Ching-yuan (徐慶元). It was supported by three subsequently elected magistrates. Although still standing, Miramar was unable to open due to supreme court rulings relating to the legality of its construction. In 2003, the Taitung County Government received Central Government permission to employ the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) model to demolish the change