Nearly 70 percent of respondents in a survey on proposals to merge or upgrade some cities and counties said they would like to see the issue discussed at a National Affairs Conference, the New Power Party (NPP) said yesterday.
Several proposals have been raised about merging or upgrading some municipalities, including one to merge Hsinchu city and county, one to upgrade Keelung to a special municipality and one to upgrade Changhua County to a special municipality or merge it with Taichung.
A large number of respondents said they hoped the current status of counties and municipalities would be maintained and that if