Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/24
By: Sabina Cheng and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) The Ministry of Culture is aiming to incorporate Taiwan’s major

Culture Minister Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君)/CNA file photo

public media such as the Public Television Service (PTS) and Central News Agency (CNA) into an independent media group to better serve the people, Culture Minister Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said Wednesday.

The ministry is drafting a public media law under which PTS, CNA, Radio Taiwan International (RTI) and Chinese Television System (CTS) will be amalgamated into a media group, Cheng said.

The main goals of the media group will be to serve the public, to help develop the country’s media industry and connect Taiwan to the rest of the world, she told reporters during a lunar year-end gathering.    [FULL  STORY]