Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/29
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Nov. 29 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Thursday that her
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, front center)
administration’s goal of making Taiwan a nuclear-free homeland remains unchanged, despite the passage of a referendum against the 2025 deadline for realizing the policy.
In her first public comments since Nov. 24 when Taiwanese voted on 10 referendums and elected local government officials, Tsai said the goal of phasing out nuclear power in Taiwan is part of the Basic Environment Act.
“Therefore, that goal remains unchanged,” she said.
The passage of a referendum on Nov. 24 against closing all nuclear power facilities by the 2025 deadline does not mean the goal of creating a nuclear-free homeland must be abandoned, Tsai said. [FULL STORY]
