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The Ministry of Transportation and Communications, along with the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC), should consider applying for provisional attachments against Jiong De Construction to prevent the company from liquidating its assets, New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) said yesterday.
On April 1, a Southeast Cement Corp silo in Kaohsiung that Jiong De was dismantling fell and knocked down a transmission tower, causing a power outage and suspending railway services, which affected more than 126,000 passengers.
The government must launch a review of safety measures for construction projects near traffic systems, and regulations
Following the failure of last year’s referendum item on reinstating the ban on imports of US pork containing traces of the additive ractopamine, the battle lines have shifted to whether to lift the ban on food imports from areas near Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.
In a speech delivered to the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Central Executive Committee on Jan. 12, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that bilateral negotiations with Tokyo would adhere to the principle of ensuring public health and safety, and involve stringent checks in line with international standards and scientific evidence.
Tsai said that her administration
Nearly 70 percent of respondents in a survey on proposals to merge or upgrade some cities and counties said they would like to see the issue discussed at a National Affairs Conference, the New Power Party (NPP) said yesterday.
Several proposals have been raised about merging or upgrading some municipalities, including one to merge Hsinchu city and county, one to upgrade Keelung to a special municipality and one to upgrade Changhua County to a special municipality or merge it with Taichung.
A large number of respondents said they hoped the current status of counties and municipalities would be maintained and that if