Taipei Times
Date: May 07, 2018
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Tainan has received the highest amount of subsidies — NT$40 million (US$1.35 million) — for communities affected by live-fire military exercises, the Ministry of National Defense said in a report.

The ministry in 2005 began offering subsidies to local governments based on how much the live-fire drills affect local communities.

The ministry has asked the local governments to help distribute the funds so that they could be spent on facility improvements and local development.

Last year, the ministry budgeted NT$195 million for this purpose.

This year, the amount rose to NT$216 million that would go to 10 counties and cities.    [FULL  STORY]