Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/17
By: Chiu Po-sheng and Elaine Hou
Taipei, Sept. 17 (CNA) A group of employees of the state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower,台
Photo courtesy of the campaign organizers
電) has launched a campaign to call for greater consideration of the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act and is set to submit a petition to the Executive Yuan — the highest executive branch of the government — on Sept. 19.
The campaign kicked off on Sept. 5 in Pingtung, with Taipower staff planning to walk from southern to northern Taiwan over a period of 15 days. Separated into different groups, participants are scheduled to complete the journey in relays.
Due to the severe damage caused by Typhoon Meranti in southern Taiwan, the group decided to suspend the walk from Sept. 15-18, as many of them had to repair the damaged electricity supply system to restore power to households in disaster-affected areas, said Tseng Yueh-hui (曾玥惠), a spokesperson for the campaign.
The walk will resume on Monday, when the participants are scheduled to reach the Executive Yuan later in the day and will hand in a petition letter to urge the government to give the people’s interests a top priority when drafting amendments to the Electricity Act. [FULL STORY]
