GIVE NO GROUND: The president issued four points of common understanding, including that vigilance is urgently needed due to Chinese infiltration of Taiwan
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 02, 2020
By: Su Yung-yao and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The “situation in Hong Kong over the past year” has demonstrated that democracy and authoritarianism
President Tsai Ing-wen smiles as she delivers her New Year’s address at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
Responding to criticism from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the legislature’s passage of the Anti-infiltration Act (反滲透法) on Tuesday, Tsai said: “Untying the bell requires the person who tied it” (解鈴還須繫鈴人) — an idiom meaning that whoever started trouble should be the one to end it.
New policies were to take effect at the start of the new year, such as an increase to the minimum wage for the fourth year in a row and improved daycare subsidies for children aged two to three, Tsai said.
There would also be tax breaks or those caring for the elderly and subsidies for farmers who purchase agricultural equipment, she said. [FULL STORY]
