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Premier to visit Tainan
Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) is scheduled to visit Tainan on Tuesday for a briefing by Tainan Mayor Hsu Tien-tsai (許添財) and Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智) on why the city and county should be merged and upgraded to a municipal city. A 25-person ad hoc committee convened by the Ministry of the Interior unanimously approved the upgrade of Taipei County to a municipal city and the mergers of Taichung City and county and Kaohsiung City and county on Tuesday night. The committee, however, failed to reach a consensus on Tainan City and County’s proposal to be merged and upgraded to a municipal city. Tainan’s application will be referred to the Executive Yuan for a final decision. Liu’s planned trip was interpreted by some observers yesterday as a hint that the merger and upgrade plan might be approved by the Executive Yuan.
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