The Cabinet yesterday approved a draft statute on streamlining the Cabinet, cutting the number of agencies under it from 36 to 26.
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (
Although a number of Cabinet members had questioned the need for instituting a ministry to deal with veterans' affairs, Cabinet spokesman Shieh Jhy-wey (謝志偉) told a news conference after the meeting that Taiwan's move toward a volunteer military service would still necessitate the creation of a ministry to care for veterans.
Chang said that the draft bill, along with amendments to the Organic Standard Law of Central Government Agencies (
With the new legislative session scheduled to start on Friday, the Cabinet will seek to actively cooperate with the legislature to speed up the restructuring of the executive branch of the government, the premier said.
Under the draft bill, six new ministries would be established under the Executive Yuan to add to the eight ministries mandated by the Organic Law of the Executive Yuan.
The 14 ministries would cover interior and homeland security, foreign and overseas affairs, defense, finance, education and sports, justice, economic affairs, transportation and construction, labor and human resources, agriculture, public health and social welfare, environmental resources, tourism and culture, and veterans' affairs.
The seven commissions would cover a new technology commission, a new maritime council, a new commission on gender equality, a new national development commission, the Hakka Council, the Council of Indigenous Peoples and the Mainland Affairs Council.
The five independent institutions are the Central Bank of China, the Central Election Commission, the Fair Trade Commission, the Financial Supervisory Commission and the National Communication Commission.
The restructured Executive Yuan will also add two deputy secretary generals, one of which will help the secretary general with administrative affairs and the other to act as the body's spokesman.
Four factors led to the declaration of a typhoon day and the cancelation of classes yesterday, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said. Work and classes were canceled across Taiwan yesterday as Typhoon Krathon was forecast to make landfall in the southern part of the country. However, northern Taiwan had only heavy winds during the day and rain in the evening, leading some to criticize the cancelation. Speaking at a Taipei City Council meeting yesterday, Chiang said the decision was made due to the possibility of landslides and other problems in mountainous areas, the need to avoid a potentially dangerous commute for those
Typhoon Krathon, a military airshow and rehearsals for Double Ten National Day celebrations might disrupt flights at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in the first 10 days of next month, the airport’s operator said yesterday. Taoyuan International Airport Corp said in a statement that it has established a response center after the Central Weather Administration issued a sea warning for Krathon, and urged passengers to remain alert to the possibility of disruptions caused by the storm in the coming days. Flight schedules might also change while the air force conducts rehearsals and holds a final airshow for Double Ten National Day, it added. Although
SEMICONDUCTORS: TSMC is able to produce 2-nanometer chips and mass production is expected to be launched by next year, the company said In leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing China is behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) by at least 10 years as the Taiwanese chipmaker’s manufacturing process has progressed to 2 nanometers, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文) said yesterday. Wu made the remarks during a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee when asked by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) about a report published in August by the Chinese version of Nikkei Asia that said Taiwan’s lead over China in chip manufacturing was only three years. She asked Wu Cheng-wen if the report was an accurate
PRO-CHINA SLOGANS: Two DPP members criticized police officers’ lack of action at the scene, saying that law enforcement authorities should investigate the incident Chinese tourists allegedly interrupted a protest in Taipei on Tuesday held by Hong Kongers, knocked down several flags and shouted: “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China.” Hong Kong democracy activists were holding a demonstration as Tuesday was China’s National Day. A video posted online by civic group Hong Kong Outlanders shows a couple, who are allegedly Chinese, during the demonstration. “Today is China’s National Day, and I won’t allow the displaying of these flags,” the male yells in the video before pushing some demonstrators and knocking down a few flagpoles. Radio Free Asia reported that some of the demonstrators
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