FORTY DRAFTS: While a consensus has formed on plans for the EPA, the Water Resources Agency and the Mainland Affairs Council, six proposed plans have yet to be completed
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 29, 2018
By: Lee Hsin-fang / Staff reporter
More than 40 draft bills regarding government restructuring plans at the Cabinet level are
Premier William Lai speaks in an undated photograph. Photo: Lee Hsin-fang, Taipei Times
expected to be approved by the Executive Yuan on Thursday, a source with close knowledge of the matter said yesterday.
Conclusions have been reached on the proposed upgrade of the Environmental Protection Administration, but contrary to proposals made during previous discussions, only part of the Water Resources Agency’s responsibilities would be transferred to the proposed ministry, the source said, adding that officials at the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration have decided to divest the agency of about half of its tasks.
Tasks pertaining to economic growth — such as the appropriation of water for industrial use and river remediation projects — would remain under the agency’s jurisdiction, while tasks associated with conserving water resources would be moved under the purview of the proposed ministry of environmental resources, the source said. [FULL STORY]
