Measure designed to combat the aging of society
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/02
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Trains will have to provide priority seats for pregnant women and for families with children. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Trains will have to provide priority seats to pregnant women and to families with children, according to an amendment passed by the Legislative Yuan Friday.
The measure forms part of government efforts to encourage a rise in the birthrate amid fears over a rapidly aging society, the Central News Agency reported.
Lawmakers felt that trains on long-range journeys were not family-friendly enough, as they often did not provide carriages suitable to children’s needs. The absence of such facilities made travel for young families highly inconvenient and uncomfortable, reports said.
In the future, when the Ministry of Transportation buys new train carriages, it will also have to be make sure they are multifunctional and with the interests of families and children being a large part of these improvements, according to CNA.
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