/ Staff writer, with CNAThe army is today to begin live-fire exercises in Pingtung County using all of its helicopter models to test its combat readiness, a military source said yesterday.
Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Two Sikorsky Black Hawk UH-60M helicopters from the Air Force's Air Rescue Group conducted live-fire drills in Penghu County from June 27-28, a military source told CNA Saturday.
The Executive Yuan on Tuesday initiated a NT$1 billion (US$33.69 million) program to boost natural disaster resilience in response to extreme weather events and earthquakes, Cabinet spokesman Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) approved the program’s launch, Lo said in statement following a Cabinet meeting on disaster management.
Taiwan is in an earthquake hot spot and reports an average of 40,000 quakes a year, making the promotion of earthquake awareness among the public an important duty for the government, Su was quoted as saying.
A previous disaster prevention and response improvement plan would be continued in the new program, which aims