PROTOTYPE PLANS: KMT lawmakers who proposed freezes criticized one by a DPP legislator, saying it was doubtful that Washington would grant export permits
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 11, 2020
By: Aaron Tu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tsai Shih-ying, second left, and Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang, third left, participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for an indigenous vessel project at CSBC Corp, Taiwan’s Keelung shipyard yesterday.
Photo: Lin Hsin-han, Taipei Times
Citing concerns over export licenses and blueprint designs, lawmakers from across party lines have pushed for a motion to freeze a portion of the budget for the submarine project, which has been earmarked to receive NT$10.51 billion (US$368.69 million) for construction of a prototype.
KMT Legislator Ma Wen-chun (馬文君) proposed a freeze on NT$5 billion, citing failure to complete procedural requirements before starting a detailed design for the prototype.
KMT Legislator Wen Yu-hsia (溫玉霞) proposed a freeze of NT$2 billion; Chiang (江啟臣) proposed NT$1 billion and KMT Legislator Lu Yu-ling (呂玉玲) proposed NT$20 million.
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