Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-12-01
President Tsai Ing-wen says the government’s determination to make Taiwan self-
Tsai was speaking Friday at a ceremony marking the formation of a P-3C anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft fleet in the southern county of Pingtung.
sufficient in building military hardware will not be affected by a setback in shipbuilding. Tsai was speaking Friday at a ceremony marking the formation of a P-3C anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft fleet in the southern county of Pingtung.
Tsai said the fraud scandal involving a contract that Ching Fu Shipbuilding won from the defense ministry in 2014 has caused “temporary” problems. The company was contracted to build minesweepers for the navy but is on the brink of bankruptcy. Tsai said however that making Taiwan self-sufficient in building military hardware has never been an easy task, and the setback won’t change the government’s direction. [FULL STORY]