Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/31
By: Sophia Yeh and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen ( 蔡英文) said Monday that a long-term

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care program is a major policy contributing to social stability, and she urged everyone to pitch in to make it a success.

Tsai discussed the planning and preparations for the long-term care program at a weekly Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) policy coordination meeting, also attended by the heads of 13 cities and counties controlled by the DPP.

Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺) cited Tsai as saying after the meeting that Taiwan is an aging society and that long-term care has become a pressing issue.    [FULL  STORY]