Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/12
By: Lu Hsin-hui, Bien Cehn-feng and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday promised to improve the personal
President Tsai Ing-wen (left).
equipment and living environment of the nation’s troops during a visit to a military base in Hsinchu.
Tsai traveled to Taoyuan and Hsinchu to visit troops that will remain on duty there throughout the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 15 this year. Offices and schools will be closed for an extended four-day weekend.
Speaking during an inspection tour of the Army’s 542 Armor Brigade in Hsinchu, Tsai told the troops there that she has directed the Ministry of National Defense to complete its upgrade of military clothing and individual equipment within three years and quicken the pace of refurbishing old military barracks.
As part of the tour, Ma Shu-jung (馬樹榮), the head of the research and development division at the the Armament Bureau’s 205th manufacturing factory displayed a variety of military kits and personal equipment it has developed. [FULL STORY]
