Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday touted the government’s programs for families at the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Taiwan Women Leadership Forum in Chiayi County’s Taibao City (太保).
Organizers from the party’s department of women’s affairs said that more than 200 women attended forum, which started on Friday and was designed to help prepare volunteers for the Nov. 26 local elections.
About one-third of them are “new Taiwanese,” women from other countries who now live in Taiwan, they said.
Su said that under President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), the government has implemented policies to increase support for women and families, including raising wages, cutting taxes
Taiwan is seeking to revive its international tourism industry as part of its efforts to revitalize the nation’s economy after a COVID-19 pandemic-related downturn, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday.
Tsai made the remarks in an address in her capacity as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairperson at the party’s national congress in Taipei ahead of the Nov. 26 local elections.
The government would “seize opportunities to revitalize the economy, carefully evaluate a timeline for lifting border restrictions and endeavor to attract international tourists to Taiwan,” she said.
The congress was themed on “Unite Taiwan, take good care of the future,” which Tsai said