TRA to become state-run firm: minister
REFORM: The agency’s transformation would happen over three years and would be conducted by communicating with its personnel, the transportation minister said
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The ultimate goal of reforming the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to turn the government agency into a state-run corporation, Minister of Transportation and Communication Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said yesterday.
Wang made the remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee in Taipei, where he and new TRA Director-General Du Wei (杜微) briefed lawmakers about the details of reforming the nation’s oldest and largest railway agency, after a Taroko Express train derailed in Hualien on April 2, killing 49 people and injuring more than 200.
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The Executive Yuan yesterday announced measures to improve the safety and stability of the Taiwan Railways Administration’s (TRA) service and change its business model.
The government has pledged to reform the nation’s oldest and largest railway agency since the Taroko Express No. 408 derailment on April 2, which killed 49 people and injured 244.
In a Cabinet meeting earlier yesterday which was attended by officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications; the Ministry of Finance; the National Development Council; the Public Construction Commission; the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration; and Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌)
Taiwan Railways enterprization to take place within three years: minister
04/25/2021 06:22 PM
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From left: Transport Minister Wang Kwo-tsai, Executive Yuan spokesperson Lo Ping-cheng, Executive Yuan Secretary-General Li Meng-yen, and TRA Director-General Tu Wei. CNA photo April 25, 2021
Taipei, April 25 (CNA) New Transport Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) on Sunday said that the enterprization of state-owned Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is expected to take place within three years as part of the government s ongoing overhaul of the TRA following a deadly train accident in eastern Taiwan earlier this month.
Wang made the comments during a press conference following a meeting during which he and other government officials briefed Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on issues relating to the reform of the TRA.
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