Lawmakers on Monday said that plans to move the legislature to Taichung were still being considered, but experts have raised concerns about the logistics.
Such a move has been discussed since at least 2004. In 2012, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) who was a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator at the time called for Taichung to be made the nation’s second capital.
Lin said that moving the Legislative Yuan would better balance national development and allow the land occupied by the legislature in Taipei to return to being a school, its original purpose.
Relocating a nation’s capital is
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to step up inspections of tracks and double down on compliance with railway repair standard operating procedures (SOPs) to maximize railway safety, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.
The comments came after TRA personnel reported three separate instances of cracked rails since Thursday, when a cold air mass reached Taiwan.
Cracked rails were found on Thursday between Yunlin County’s Douliou City (斗六) and Dounan Township (斗南), and on Friday on the Hualien-Taitung line, and between Taitung County’s Chihshang Township (池上) and Hualien County’s Fuli Township (富里), the TRA said.
Yesterday, cracked rails were
TRA boss explains NT$8.84m spent on books
By Yang Chun-hui
and Cheng Wei-chi / Staff reporters
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday called on Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Director-General Chang Chen-yuan (張政源) to provide an explanation after the TRA was criticized for spending NT$8.84 million (US$310,644) on publications allegedly extolling his personal achievements.
The agency on Wednesday published a set of four Chinese-language books titled Train for Change (一張通往改變的車票), which expand on the agency’s reforms over the past two years.
However, some local media reported that the books might be aimed at touting Chang’s achievements before his retirement next week.
Officials eye 10,000 quarantine hotel rooms
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The government is aiming to raise the number of hotel rooms used for quarantine to 10,000 to meet rising demand caused by Taiwanese returning home for the Lunar New Year holiday, which is from Feb. 10 to 16, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday presided over a ministerial meeting, in which he asked the Tourism Bureau to meet with local government officials and hotel association representatives to study the possibility of building a mechanism to balance the supply and demand of quarantine hotel rooms nationwide.
2021/01/05 19:54 Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (right) (Directorate General of Highways photo) Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (right) (Directorate General of Highways photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Directorate General of Highways (DGH) on Tuesday (Jan. 5) opened five bus routes to mobile payments on a trial basis for six months in the run-up to a potential nationwide adoption. The DGH announced that the five routes include Kuo-Kuang Motor Transport Co’s 1800 line and Metropolitan Transport Corp’s 2088 line, which both run between Taipei and Keelung; the Kenting Express 9189 line; and Fengyuan Bus Transportation Co’s 865 and 866 lines, which both run between attractions in mountainous parts of Taichung.