To avoid partisan confrontation in the run-up to next March's presidential poll, Lin said that it is highly unlikely that the Cabinet will make the budget request before the election.
Yu also insisted on building part of eight submarines the US promised to acquire for Taiwan although the US government claimed that it would cost much more to do so.
Under the Cabinet's plan, the state-run China Shipbuilding Corp will send technicians overseas to observe construction of the first two submarines to learn about the design, materials, production and logistics. The company then hopes to be able to build one-third of the hardware for the third and fourth subs. For the fifth and sixth subs, the company plans to build two-thirds of the hardware and then build all of the last two.
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