A blackout that affected 300,000 households in Taipei and New Taipei City on Sunday morning was caused by a transformer exploding, not because of a shortage of electricity, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Tseng Wen-sheng (曾文生) said yesterday.
Tseng also dismissed rumors that the power outage came after Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) lowered the voltage of the grid, leading to a transformer at a primary substation in Taipei’s Wanlong District (萬隆) becoming worn and causing secondary substations to break down.
“This is a mechanical malfunction not a power supply issue,” Tseng said. “We had plenty of power. Where is the logic?”
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The legislature yesterday approved an additional NT$159.893 billion (US$5.76 billion) of funding for COVID-19 relief and prevention NT$170 million less than the Cabinet’s proposal of NT$160 billion.
Approved by the Cabinet in September, the additional funds are to be allocated to COVID-19 prevention and control, and financial relief, including stimulus spending.
However, following the completion of the legislature’s review on Wednesday, the proposed funding was cut by NT$170 million.
COVID-19 prevention and control including enhancing testing capacity, establishing screening stations, amd mass vaccination programs, opening COVID-19 consultation hotlines and procuring medication for treatment of patients is to be allocated NT$18.9
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Taiwan would not negotiate with China under the threat of force, National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) told lawmakers yesterday.
Chen made the remark at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in response to a question by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wen Yu-hsia (溫玉霞) on the US Department of Defense’s Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.
The report, released on Wednesday, said that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aims to complete the modernization of its forces by 2027, a goal that, if realized, “would provide Beijing with
By Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan would not negotiate with China under the threat of force, National Security Bureau （NSB） Director-General Chen Ming-tong （陳明通） told lawmakers yesterday.