A series of new measures, including regulations preventing landlords from overcharging their tenants and a raised minimum fee for driving schools, are set to take effect tomorrow.
Based on the new standardized lease contract, which was approved by the Consumer Protection Committee in February, a tenant should pay a deposit of no more than two months’ rent.
To prevent landlords from overcharging for electricity, the contract stipulates that the electricity charge be calculated based on the meter readings for each room, and the price of per kilowatt hour must not exceed NT$6.41, which is the price charged to high electricity users in summer.
Damage to houses or facilities should be fixed by landlords, unless caused by the tenant, the contract says.
Tenants should give landlords at least one month’s notice before terminating their lease, and vice versa. Should any party fail to do so, the other party should be given compensation equivalent to one month’s rent, it says.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications would allow driving schools to raise the fee for courses from NT$8,000 to NT$10,000 due to increasing costs.
The cap for the fee remains NT$13,500, the ministry said, adding that driving schools have not adjusted their fees in 12 years.
From tomorrow, Aborigines aged 40 to 60 would qualify for one free hepatitis B and hepatitis C screening.
Previously, those who qualified had to be aged 45 to 53.
New Taipei City residents aged 65 and older will be able to use the points stored in their Elderly Card to board public buses and Taipei’s MRT metropolitan railway system.
Each month, senior residents in New Taipei City receive 480 points their Elderly Cards.
Taoyuan is also launching a trial using technology to reduce the noise created by modified motor vehicles.
Any of noise-producing vehicles would be videotaped if they exceed a certain sound level, the Taoyuan City Government said, adding that the owners of those vehicles would be notified that they must go for an inspection at the motor vehicle office.
Those who do not appear or fail the inspection would be fined NT$1,800 to NT$3,600, it said.
Trips for more than 100,000 international and domestic air travelers could be disrupted as China launches a military exercise around Taiwan today, Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday. The exercise could affect nearly 900 flights scheduled to enter the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) during the exercise window, it added. A notice issued by the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration showed there would be seven temporary zones around the Taiwan Strait which would be used for live-fire exercises, lasting from 8am to 6pm today. All aircraft are prohibited from entering during exercise, it says. Taipei FIR has 14 international air routes and
Taiwan lacks effective and cost-efficient armaments to intercept rockets, making the planned “T-Dome” interception system necessary, two experts said on Tuesday. The concerns were raised after China’s military fired two waves of rockets during live-fire drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, part of two-day exercises code-named “Justice Mission 2025.” The first wave involved 17 rockets launched at 9am from Pingtan in China’s Fujian Province, according to Lieutenant General Hsieh Jih-sheng (謝日升) of the Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence at the Ministry of National Defense. Those rockets landed 70 nautical miles (129.6km) northeast of Keelung without flying over Taiwan,
City buses in Taipei and New Taipei City, as well as the Taipei MRT, would on Saturday begin accepting QR code payments from five electronic payment providers, the Taipei Department of Transportation said yesterday. The new option would allow passengers to use the “transportation QR code” feature from EasyWallet, iPass Money, iCash Pay, Jkopay or PXPay Plus. Passengers should open their preferred electronic payment app, select the “transportation code” — not the regular payment code — unlock it, and scan the code at ticket readers or gates, General Planning Division Director-General Liu Kuo-chu (劉國著) said. People should move through the
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) today released images of the military tracking China’s People's Liberation Army (PLA) movements during the latest round of Chinese drills around Taiwan. The PLA began "Justice Mission 2025" drills today, carrying out live-fire drills, simulated strikes on land and maritime targets, and exercises to blockade the nation's main ports. The exercises are to continue tomorrow, with the PLA announcing sea and air space restrictions for five zones around Taiwan for 10 hours starting from 8:30am. The ministry today released images showing a Chinese J-16 fighter jet tracked by a F-16V Block 20 jet and the
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