REPLACEMENTS:The construction of five customs patrol boats would begin next year and is expected to be completed by 2021, an unnamed Cabinet official said
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 10, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin / Staff reporter
The Cabinet has approved a NT$870 million (US$28.64 million) budget to build five 100-tonne customs patrol boats.
The new boats are to be designed and constructed locally to increase border protection capacity, replace aging ships and improve navigation safety.
The government has already launched the project and the ship designs are expected to be finished this year before the project is put to public tender next year, a Cabinet official said yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The construction of the ships would begin next year and is expected to be completed by 2021, the official said.
The new ships will replace two aging patrol boats at Keelung customs, one at Taichung customs and two at Kaohsiung customs, the official added.
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