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Further Suhua improvement plan to make road safer: ministry
03/17/2021 08:47 PM
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (left). CNA photo March 17, 2021
Taipei, March 17 (CNA) An ongoing project to improve road conditions on the Suhua Highway along Taiwan s rugged east coast will make travel on the route safer, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Wednesday in the wake of a fatal tour bus crash the previous day.
Construction has been planned since 2019 for three stretches of the highway, which connects Yilan and Hualien counties, said Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍).
Safety enhancements between Dongao and Nanao in Yilan County, as well as between Heping and Hezhong, and Heren and Chongde in Hualien County will complement a major overhaul the highway underwent between 2011 and 2020, Lin said.
Minister pledges review amid licensing scandal
‘NO OVERSIGHT’: Sung Li-heng had for more than 10 years allegedly received up to NT$8,000 for each yachting license he produced for people who did not pass the test
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday promised a comprehensive review of the yachting license distribution system after an associate technician at the Maritime and Port Bureau was indicted last week for allegedly exploiting loopholes in the system and accepting bribes from people wanting to purchase licenses for more than 10 years.
Lin made the remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee, where he had been asked to brief lawmakers on the case and the ministry’s plan to address the potentially systematic problem.
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) would not change its shift system for now, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday, after more than 200 of the agency’s staff threatened to strike during the Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend from April 2 to 5.
The employees, all of whom are members of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union in Yilan, said they opposed the TRA’s plan to change from a two-shift system (day shift and night shift) to a three-shift system (day shift, evening shift and night shift).
The total work hours under the proposed new system would remain
In addition to Palau, the nation is in talks with four other countries about forming “travel bubbles,” Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
“The Tourism Bureau has also been talking with counterparts from Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam since last year about the possibility of forming a travel bubble,” Lin said, answering questions from Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hung Mong-kai (洪孟楷).
“Aside from Palau, the Singaporean government has the COVID-19 outbreak well under control and is most active in pursuing an opportunity to form a travel bubble