Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/15
By: Chung Jung-feng and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Thursday in her New Year’s
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, second left)
Eve speech that her government is hoping to devise a security system that will help to minimize earthquake damage.
Speaking of the deadly Hualien earthquake that struck on Feb. 6, Tsai said she wanted to assure residents of the eastern county that the government and people are standing with them, no matter what the challenges.
The government cannot prevent quakes, but it can devise an earthquake protection system to reduce the damage to a minimum, the president said in a pre-recorded video address.
She said that since the magnitude 6.0 quake struck, killing 17 people and injuring hundreds, there has been an outpouring of love and support for the victims, which inspires confidence in the future of the country. [FULL STORY]
