Taipei Times
Date: Feb 26, 2018
By: Chen Wei-han  /  Staff reporter

The Cabinet is to prioritize economic bills, an anticipated revision to the Mining Act (礦業法) and military pension reform during the new legislative session beginning tomorrow, placing more than 100 bills at the top of the agenda.

The bills also include revisions to the Company Act (公司法), the Urban Renewal Act (都市更新條例) and tax reduction proposals, among others, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) said yesterday.

There are also government budgets, appointments and restructuring bills to be considered, and the exact list of the priority bills would not be finalized until the coordination meeting between the Executive Yuan and DPP Caucus, which is to be held today, Ker said.

Military pension reform and economic proposals — such as revisions of the urban renewal and company acts, which would streamline building reconstruction process and improve compliance with measures against money laundering and flexibility in company management — might be urgent, but while “people like to ask which bills are of the highest importance, personnel appointments and budgets are also very important,” Ker said.     [FULL  STORY]