Thu, Jul 18, 2002 - Page 1 News List

Legislature passes special budget bill

`PAN-GREEN' VICTORY Excluded from yesterday's budget was a request by the Taipei City Government for NT$1.98 billion for flood-prevention measures

By Crystal Hsu  /  STAFF REPORTER

Echoing the frustration, PFP lawmaker Lee Yong-ping called the Cabinet's niggardly behavior a political vendetta.

"The DPP quashed Ma's fund request because the party just can't get over with the fact that Ma beat Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) in the contest for Taipei mayor back in 1998," Lee said.

Still, the legislature, at the behest of the opposition parties, adopted a resolution mandating the Cabinet to file a detailed report on the progress of the project one month after the fall session begins.

The resolution also sets a limit on the amount of public bonds the government may issue to cover expenses for the project.

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