The water resources development plan under the Forward-looking Infrastructure Program is key to mitigating the effects of climate change in Taiwan, Premier Lin Chuan said June 5 while inspecting areas affected by recent nationwide torrential rainfall in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.
Premier Lin Chuan visited the Central Emergency Operations Center for the third time today to monitor disaster losses and reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the recent torrential rains. The center had already announced aid measures the previous day (Saturday), and the premier requested that government authorities streamline administrative procedures, and make it a priority to deliver prompt, practical post-disaster aid.
The Cabinet approved June 1 a four-year wind power promotion plan that aims to increase Taiwan’s installed turbine capacity to 1.334 gigawatts by 2020.
Taiwan’s exports to the 18 countries covered by the government’s New Southbound Policy picked up more steam during the first four months of the year, reflecting the effectiveness of the initiative in driving the local economy, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics June 2.
Premier Lin Chun inspected the dedicated Central Emergency Operation Center this afternoon as a powerful storm front moved across Taiwan, lashing the northern part of the island with torrential rains.
At today’s Cabinet meeting, Premier Lin Chuan commended Taiwan’s World Health Assembly (WHA) action team for highlighting the importance of Taiwan’s medical and health care expertise at the 2017 WHA in Geneva last month.
The vast majority of Taiwan was officially recognized by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as foot-and-mouth disease-free at the 85th OIE General Session May 25 in Paris, according to the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture.
Mosaic Taiwan, an international youth leadership program organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, kicked off May 31 in Taipei City, bringing together 29 young students and professionals from Canada and the U.S. to experience the country’s culture, economy, history and society.
President Tsai Ing-wen praised May 27 the team led by Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung to Geneva, stating that its efforts on the sidelines of the 70th World Health Assembly highlighted Taiwan’s indispensable role in the global disease prevention network.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) is on track to become the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after its Constitutional Court ruled May 24 that provisions of the Civil Code forbidding such an act violate the people’s freedom of marriage and rights to equality as guaranteed by the Constitution.
