The China Post
Date: October 24, 2016
By: CNA
TOKYO — Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs Lee Chih-kung (李世光) elaborated on his government’s
This photo shows the Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun’s interview with Taiwan’s Economics Minister Lee Chih-kung in the newspaper’s Sunday, Oct. 23 edition. Lee spoke on current policies and the challenges encountered in trying to create a nuclear-free nation. (CNA)
policy of making Taiwan nuclear-free by 2025 and the many challenges that remain on the road to that goal, in an interview with the Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun published Sunday.
Asked why Taiwan wants to implement a nuclear-free policy, Lee said that there has been a radical change in public opinion that has tilted toward a nuclear-free policy since the March 11 2011, earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan and led to a nuclear accident that forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate the region around the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant.
In addition, after Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party took office in May, it reaffirmed its goal of phasing out nuclear power by 2025 and the policy of promoting renewable energy, according to Lee.
Related measures will be formulated and more investment will be poured into the energy sector as long as the policy objective is ensured, Lee said. [FULL STORY]
