Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Opposition parties on Tuesday urged the government to boost COVID-19 testing capacity to improve the efficacy of disease control as Taiwan experiences a surge in domestic cases.
The New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday called on the government to shorten border quarantine in favor of measures emphasizing regular testing and vaccination to bring the nation in line with the rest of the world.
The party’s news conference yesterday was held just before the Central Epidemic Command Center announced that mandatory quarantine for inbound travelers would next week be shortened from 10 days to seven days, while revising its regulations to allow clinics to perform polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
As the world is gradually opening up and preparing to live with the virus, Taiwan should not fall behind as
NO. 105 WHARF: Yen Kuang-heng allegedly used his position as a legislator to pressure the port to outsource management of the wharf, which a Yen family-connected firm wonBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday accused former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Yen Kuang-heng (顏寬恆) in 2016 of abusing his power by removing the legal hurdles to his family securing a 20-year lease of the No. 105 wharf in the Port of Taichung.
Yen is the KMT’s candidate in a legislative by-election in Taichung’s second electoral district on Jan. 9 next year, following the recall of then-Taiwan Statebuilding Party legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) last month.
NPP deputy caucus whip Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) told a news conference that the No. 105 wharf is a strategically important infrastructure and the Taiwan International