The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday urged the government to establish an agency to address the problem of a falling birthrate.
At a news conference in Taipei ahead of Children’s Day on Sunday, KMT Culture and Communications Committee director-general Alicia Wang (王育敏) said that the number of births in the nation hit a record low of 165,249 last year, citing government statistics.
The low number is “very serious problem . that everyone should pay attention to” as it might cause a “national security crisis,” Wang said.
The decline “has a lot to do with the president’s attitude,” she said.
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A survey conducted by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on support for potential candidates for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chair election, scheduled for July, makes uncomfortable reading for KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣).
The results show overwhelming support for his rival, former New Taipei City mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫).
If they are accurate across the board, KMT voters are looking to eschew the outsider National Policy Foundation vice chairman Sean Lien (連勝文); keep their distance from the populist upstart former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜); say thanks, but no thanks to the stumbling incumbent, Chiang; and opt for Chu, the moderately
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