Taichung Mass Rapid Transit System Corp (TMRT) lost NT$103.92 million (US$3.5 million) from January to March, and its merchandise failed to generate revenue due to a lack of appeal, a city councilor said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the company, with the average ridership estimated to be fewer than 54,500 people per day so far this year, Taichung City Councilor Huang Hsin-hui (黃馨慧) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said during a question-and-answer session at the Taichung City Council on Friday.
TMRT chairman Lin Chih-ying (林志盈) said ridership fell short of expectations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company’s
The Taichung City Government has censured the head of its Social Affairs Bureau over his poor handling of a case involving physical abuse of young children at a care center, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said yesterday.
Lu made the remarks during an extraordinary session convened by the Taichung City Council to ask the city government to report on the matter, with many councilors saying the administration has shown a lack of urgency in investigating the child abuse charges.
Peng Huai-chen (彭懷真) has already received a formal written warning about the bureau’s negligence in investigating Hwa Shin Infant Care Center, Lu
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Fraud might be involved in a decision to allow a property developer associated with the family of Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) candidate in a by-election in Taichung tomorrow, to pass an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a project near Taichung International Airport, New Power Party (NPP) lawmakers said on Tuesday.
The lawmakers called for an investigation into whether Chuang Li Development Co is part of the Yen family’s business empire. Yen’s brother Yen Chia-yi (顏嘉儀) is a board member.
The project site is in a “military control zone,” NPP Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said.
“The EIA process was