President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday offered an apology for nationwide power outages on Thursday, saying that she has instructed Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) to step up its efforts to improve the nation’s power grid and infrastructure.
Widespread power outages affected more than 5.49 million households and businesses.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs on Thursday evening said that an initial investigation by Taipower showed that human error at the Hsinta Power Plant (興達電廠) in Kaohsiung caused the blackouts.
The power outages should not have happened, Tsai said yesterday during an inspection of the Hsinta Power Plant, adding that Taipower should conduct a
By Chen Yun, Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerPresident Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） yesterday offered an apology for nationwide power outages on Thursday, saying that she has instructed Taiwan Power Co （Taipower, 台電） to step up its efforts to improve the nation’s power grid and infrastructure.
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators yesterday called on the Legislative Yuan to launch a videoconference system for legislators in isolation or quarantine, and urged the government to purchase more oral antiviral drugs for treating COVID-19.
TPP Legislator Ann Kao (高虹安) and New Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) yesterday held a joint news conference calling on the Legislative Yuan to speed up its digital transformation with videoconferencing for legislative meetings, as the risk of infection continues with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
In May last year, the legislature tested a videoconferencing system, but it had not been tested, updated or officially used
A recent spate of driving under the influence (DUI) incidents has garnered the attention of lawmakers and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. One such incident occurred in Kaohsiung on Sunday last week, when a man surnamed Huang (黃), 38, who was five times over the legal blood-alcohol limit, allegedly struck a family of four as they were crossing a street. The incident resulted in a woman’s death and seriously injured her husband and two daughters. A Central News Agency (CNA) report on Tuesday said the driver had two prior DUI convictions, in 2006 and 2009.
Comedian Sung Shao-ching (宋少卿) was
Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) legislators yesterday urged the government to toughen penalties for drunk drivers, improve alcohol interlock devices and order convicted drunk drivers to attend intervention treatment programs to reduce drunk driving accidents.
The party’s legislative caucus held a news conference at its office in Taipei after a man allegedly drove into a family of four on a crosswalk in Kaohsiung while driving under the influence (DUI) on Sunday, killing a woman and injuring three others. The incident caused a public outcry.
Citing DUI fatalities from January to September in the six special municipalities, TPP caucus whip Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠) said