Lawmakers across party lines yesterday voted to approve a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 20 to 18, clearing the amendment’s path to a referendum later this year.
The proposed bill was put to a vote on the legislative floor yesterday afternoon as dozens of high-school students and representatives of non-governmental organizations mobilized outside the Legislative Yuan building in Taipei to express their support for the amendment.
The final vote was 109-0, surpassing the minimum 82 “yes” votes required for the bill to clear the legislature.
The result was a victory for student and civic groups, many of which have spent
VOTING FROM 18: The bill passed with votes from KMT lawmakers, even though the party did not commit itself to voting in favor of the DPP-sponsored amendment/ Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei, March 23 (CNA) With the Legislative Yuan scheduled to discuss a constitutional amendment bill to lower the voting age in Taiwan from 20 to 18 on Friday, several student groups have urged lawmakers from all four parties with seats in the legislature to support the revision.
Taiwanese publisher Rye Field Publishing Co this month caused a stir in the book publishing industry. <i>The History of Spicy Food</i>, a book about the history of chili peppers in China, was recalled because the editors had used the Chinese word for “China” (<i>zhongguo</i>, 中國) in place of “continent” (<i>dalu</i>, 大陸).
This error led to absurd sentences such as “chili peppers were introduced to China thanks to Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the new China,” even though the author had written “new continent” in the original text. Other examples included the “Indian subcontinent” being replaced with “Indian sub-China.” The source of
Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) Braving low temperatures and heavy rain, hundreds of people gathered in Taipei on Sunday to advocate for enshrining the protection of animals in the Constitution.