Compared to government’s NT$1.05 relief budget, NT$450 billion not much to ask for: Taipei city councilor

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/12
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei City Councilor Wang Shih-chien (王世堅) during an interview

Tuesday (May 12) gave Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) a failing grade of 59 points, saying the bureaucracy Su leads has failed to fulfill President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) pledge to deliver economic relief to the public amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wang said that cash relief should be extended unconditionally to Taiwanese making less than NT$1.2 million or less per year, Liberty Times reported. He criticized the NT$10,000 (US$330) cash currently being doled out to individuals of lower socioeconomic status, such as those who sell magnolias, sausages, or fruit on the street, those who hold advertisements, and temporary workers, saying that while the intention was good, requiring them to fill out all the forms was too taxing.    [FULL  STORY]