New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Claire Wang (王婉諭) yesterday urged the government to focus more on the needs of mothers and working women, calling for more effective measures to combat surging housing and consumer prices.
Ahead of Mother’s Day tomorrow, the NPP held a news conference at its legislative caucus office to highlight the worsening plight of homemakers and ordinary citizens.
“We do not need any superficial ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ messages this weekend,” as rising costs are posing new problems for families and children, Wang said.
Wang presented the four most pressing issues: rising prices of groceries and household items, soaring housing
The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday urged people to vote “no” on a nuclear power plant referendum and “yes” on three other questions to be considered on Dec. 18.
The four referendums being considered next month call for a ban on imports of pork containing the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocating a natural gas terminal to protect algal reefs off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), holding referendums alongside national elections and activating the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮).
NPP Caucus Office Director Lai Chia-lun (賴嘉倫) said that people should know that the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant was built