The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday called on the public to launch nationwide protests against the government’s COVID-19 vaccine policy tomorrow.
People should protest at home by taking photographs of themselves holding up signs with the slogan “support healthcare workers, we want vaccines” and post them on Facebook under a hashtag for the protest.
Earlier yesterday, the KMT said that people should protest “wherever they are,” suggesting that people make noise in front of open windows at home, bang pots and pans, and turn off their lights for one minute at 8pm, as well as that people who are traveling in their
FSC investigating Next Bank purchase
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is conducting a financial examination of Next Bank (將來銀行), a Web-only bank that has not yet begun operations, to see if it acquired an overpriced information technology (IT) system from its largest shareholder, Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), the commission said yesterday.
The commission last week received reports about the deal from a few whistle-blowers, as well as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Fai (費鴻泰).
It is rare for the commission to inspect banks that have not yet begun operations.
Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Thomas Huang speaks at a meeting of the legislature’s Finance Committee in Taipei yesterday.
Next Bank head resigned over costly IT: legislator
FORCED OUT? Liu i-cheng, who left his position as the bank’s general-manager in March, said that he does not know of a purchase that allegedly led to his ouster
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Next Bank (將來銀行) has allegedly acquired an overpriced IT system developed by its biggest shareholder, Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), despite the doubts of former general manager Liu I-cheng (劉奕成) and the bank’s compliance and financial departments, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Fai (費鴻泰) said yesterday.
Liu on March 18 resigned over the deal, Fai told a meeting of the legislature’s Finance Committee in Taipei, citing a source at the Web-only bank who objected to the purchase.
KMT calls on Facebook not to meddle
By Lin Liang-sheng and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Fai (費鴻泰) yesterday called on Facebook not to “interfere in Taiwan’s politics,” after the platform suspended the account of an environmental campaigner for a “violation of community standards.”
Rescue Datan’s Algal Reefs Alliance convener Pan Chong-cheng’s (潘忠政) Facebook account was temporarily suspended on Sunday for sharing a post about former Taoyuan city councilor Wang Hao-yu (王浩宇) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that reportedly made allegations about Wang’s sexuality.
Pan said he shared the post after Wang accused him of corruption, which Pan said was not true.
KMT lawmakers seek interpretation over irrigation issue
By Wu Cheng-feng and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A group of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday sought a constitutional interpretation over the government’s move to nationalize irrigation associations.
The Legislative Yuan in July last year passed the Act of Irrigation (農田水利法) that converted 17 irrigation associations nationwide into a government body.
The Council of Agriculture in October last year inaugurated the Agency of Irrigation to oversee the associations, whose assets are valued at about NT$75.6 billion (US$2.67 billion).
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Fai, front row, fifth right, and members of a group opposing the nationalization of the nation’s irrigation associations protest outside the Judicial Yuan in Taipei yesterday.