Anti-nuclear activist and former DPP chairman Lin I-hsiung (林義雄) said yesterday the government would not need to build new power plants if existing plants under construction are completed on schedule.
"If the privately-operated power plants are completed in the future, the overall power supply would exceed the real power demand, and Taiwan Power Co would not need to build any new power plants in the future," Lin said yesterday.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
Lin made the remarks yesterday in response to a media report that the government is planning to substitute the controversial construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant with that of a thermal power plant.
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) has vowed to push for a referendum next March to decide whether to continue the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in order to keep a campaign promise.
Lin yesterday delivered a speech at a forum in memory of Aug. 15, 1945, when Japan surrendered in World War II.
The forum named "Reexamination of the War's End and Taiwan's Prospects" is aimed at discussing Taiwan's progress and potential while building an independent country after the end of Japanese colonization and the KMT's authoritarian rule.
Speaking in the forum, Lin yesterday urged the public to actively take part in public affairs.
"Japanese rule and the KMT's authoritarian regime has made most Taiwanese citizens more hesitant about participating in public affairs. Though this situation has improved, many people have yet to fully accept that they could actually be their own rulers," Lin said.
A strong continental cold air mass and abundant moisture bringing snow to mountains 3,000m and higher over the past few days are a reminder that more than 60 years ago Taiwan had an outdoor ski resort that gradually disappeared in part due to climate change. On Oct. 24, 2021, the National Development Council posted a series of photographs on Facebook recounting the days when Taiwan had a ski resort on Hehuanshan (合歡山) in Nantou County. More than 60 years ago, when developing a branch of the Central Cross-Island Highway, the government discovered that Hehuanshan, with an elevation of more than 3,100m,
Death row inmate Huang Lin-kai (黃麟凱), who was convicted for the double murder of his former girlfriend and her mother, is to be executed at the Taipei Detention Center tonight, the Ministry of Justice announced. Huang, who was a military conscript at the time, was convicted for the rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend, surnamed Wang (王), and the murder of her mother, after breaking into their home on Oct. 1, 2013. Prosecutors cited anger over the breakup and a dispute about money as the motives behind the double homicide. This is the first time that Minister of Justice Cheng Ming-chien (鄭銘謙) has
TRANSPORT CONVENIENCE: The new ticket gates would accept a variety of mobile payment methods, and buses would be installed with QR code readers for ease of use New ticketing gates for the Taipei metro system are expected to begin service in October, allowing users to swipe with cellphones and select credit cards partnered with Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC), the company said on Tuesday. TRTC said its gates in use are experiencing difficulty due to their age, as they were first installed in 2007. Maintenance is increasingly expensive and challenging as the manufacturing of components is halted or becoming harder to find, the company said. Currently, the gates only accept EasyCard, iPass and electronic icash tickets, or one-time-use tickets purchased at kiosks, the company said. Since 2023, the company said it
Ferry operators are planning to provide a total of 1,429 journeys between Taiwan proper and its offshore islands to meet increased travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, the Maritime and Port Bureau said yesterday. The available number of ferry journeys on eight routes from Saturday next week to Feb. 2 is expected to meet a maximum transport capacity of 289,414 passengers, the bureau said in a news release. Meanwhile, a total of 396 journeys on the "small three links," which are direct ferries connecting Taiwan's Kinmen and Lienchiang counties with China's Fujian Province, are also being planned to accommodate
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