A self-government ordinance proposed by the Taichung Transportation Bureau to regulate shared transportation services was yesterday passed at a municipal administrative meeting.
The draft is to be sent to the city council for review.
Shared transportation is gaining in popularity in Taipei and New Taipei City, both of which have introduced self-government ordinances in response to problems caused by such services.
Problems such as illegally parked oBikes, which were stationless and no longer exist, and parking spaces occupied by shared motorbikes and cars prompted the two governments to implement the ordinances in 2018 and last year respectively.
The Taichung City Government is preparing in
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Monday spoke at a media event promoting a lottery for couples who marry this year.
One might wonder if the lottery in which newlyweds could win up to NT$200,000 (US$7,052) is a publicity stunt, particularly as Ko’s final term as mayor is coming to an end. Ko himself acknowledged that the lottery would not convince couples to marry. One-third of adults over 40 in the city are single, and the city’s population has been steadily decreasing and aging. However, the NT$3 million in annual prize money from Ko’s lottery would be much
Taipei, March 17 (CNA) Taiwan's top government watchdog on Thursday issued a corrective measure urging Taichung City Government and the Sports Administration (SA) to take steps to strengthen their response in the wake of the death of a seven-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted by his judo coach during practice.
Negligence and lax oversight by the Taichung City Government and the Sports Administration led to the death of a seven-year-old boy last year, the Control Yuan said yesterday.
Control Yuan member Yeh Ta-hua (葉大華), who headed the probe into the death of the boy after he was slammed to the floor multiple times by judo instructor Ho Tsung-le (何聰樂), said the city government failed to supervise the rental of public sports facilities, and the Sports Administration failed to properly manage the facilities and enforce training regulations.
Yeh said that officials failed to set up measures to protect children against injuries and neglected
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