Ministry readies for disruption in holiday travel

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is to announce a contingency plan on Friday to facilitate the transportation of travelers during the International Workers’ Day long weekend, as a majority of Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) workers have threatened to take May 1 off to protest a plan to corporatize the agency.
The legislature’s Transportation Committee is to review and deliberate over a draft statute of Taiwan Railway Corporation on Thursday morning.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) on Friday met with the members of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union, who asked the transportation ministry to withdraw the draft statute that

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