Premier Yu Shyi-kun yesterday announced that Liu San-chi (
Yu said he believes Liu is highly qualified for the post given his extensive experience serving the department.
The premier said he had consulted President Chen Shui-bian (
Having served in the budget and accounting department for 27 years, Liu, 55, told the media that he is honored to take over the post and will work to allocate resources in the most efficient manner possible.
Acknowledging it as a tough task to distribute public funds, Liu said, "I will continue to play the `bad cop' [in performing the task] in a bid to make the best use of government funding."
The new chief praised the performance of his predecessor, saying the department's system was well designed under Lin's management. Liu said he will follow that system, adding that it had received the support of the premier.
Liu graduated from the accounting department of Soochow University. He has served as a section chief and the deputy head of the DGBAS. He has also acted as head of the accounting department of the Ministry of Education.
The Cabinet is undergoing a small reshuffle in the wake of the policy about-face on the reform of grassroots financial institutions last week.
Lin Chuan and Director of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Lee Chin-lung (李金龍) were appointed earlier this week as the new minister of finance and the chairman of the Council of Agriculture, respectively, to replace the outgoing Lee Yung-san (李庸三) and Fan Chen-tsung (范振宗).
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 7pm yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the temblor was at sea, about 69.9km south of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 30.9km, it said. There were no immediate reports of damage resulting from the quake. The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was highest in Taitung County’s Changbin Township (長濱), where it measured 5 on Taiwan’s seven-tier intensity scale. The quake also measured an intensity of 4 in Hualien, Nantou, Chiayi, Yunlin, Changhua and Miaoli counties, as well as
Credit departments of farmers’ and fishers’ associations blocked a total of more than NT$180 million (US$6.01 million) from being lost to scams last year, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed. The Agricultural Finance Agency (AFA) said last week that staff of farmers’ and fishers’ associations’ credit departments are required to implement fraud prevention measures when they serve clients at the counter. They would ask clients about personal financial management activities whenever they suspect there might be a fraud situation, and would immediately report the incident to local authorities, which would send police officers to the site to help, it said. NPA data showed
ENERGY RESILIENCE: Although Alaska is open for investments, Taiwan is sourcing its gas from the Middle East, and the sea routes carry risks, Ho Cheng-hui said US government officials’ high-profile reception of a Taiwanese representative at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference indicated the emergence of an Indo-Pacific energy resilience alliance, an academic said. Presidential Office Secretary-General Pan Men-an (潘孟安) attended the conference in Alaska on Thursday last week at the invitation of the US government. Pan visited oil and gas facilities with senior US officials, including US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and US Senator Daniel Sullivan. Pan attending the conference on behalf of President William Lai (賴清德) shows a significant elevation in diplomatic representation,
The Taipei MRT is to begin accepting mobile payment services in the fall, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp said on Saturday. When the company finishes the installation of new payment units at ticketing gates in October, MRT passengers can use credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, the operator said. In addition, the MRT would also provide QR payment codes — which would be compatible with Line Pay, Jkopay, iPass Money, PXPay Plus, EasyWallet, iCash Pay, Taiwan Pay and Taishin Pay — to access the railway system. Currently, passengers can access the Taipei MRT by buying a single-journey token or using EasyCard,
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