GUEST OF HONOR: Townships in which half the people are Hakka are to make Hakka the primary language, while some civil servants are to take a language test
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 30, 2017
By: Cheng Hung-ta and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Hakka has been made an official national language after the Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Hakka Basic Act (客家基本法).
According to the amendment, townships in which Hakka people make up at least one-third of the population are to be designated key developmental areas for Hakka culture by the Hakka Affairs Council, and Hakka is to be used as one of the main languages for communication.
Such areas should strive to bolster the teaching and speaking of Hakka, as well as the preservation of Hakka culture and related industries, the amendment said.
Townships in which Hakka people comprise half the population should make the language their primary method of communication, with relevant regulations to be determined by the council, the amendment said. [FULL STORY]