Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-11-05
Premier William Lai is gearing up to announce new plans to deal with the so-called “five
Premier William Lai is featured in this CNA file photo.
shortages” which are hampering Taiwan’s economy. Those include shortages of water, electricity, land, talent and labor.
The premier presided over a meeting on Sunday to finalize the government’s plans. He also led a separate meeting to address possible changes to a controversial law mandating that workers must take one day off each week, with a flexible second day off.
A Cabinet spokesperson said on Sunday that the premier is scheduled to hold press conferences nearly every day this coming week to announce the plans for dealing with the five shortages.
The premier will kick things off on Monday with a 9:30 am press conference to announce proposed solutions to the shortage of land. Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s press conferences will deal with water and electricity. [FULL STORY]
