CONVENIENT LEAK? A plan to raise the minimum income norm for military retirees was criticized by veterans as still being too close to the poverty line
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 05, 2018
By: Lin Liang-sheng and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The 800 Heroes group of veterans opposed to pension reforms yesterday rejected a leaked
Retired lieutenant general and 800 Heroes group spokesman Wu Sz-huai addresses the media in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
plan by the Pension Reform Committee to raise the pension floor for military veterans, calling it a “trick” and “unreasonable.”
An unnamed official from the Ministry of National Defense on Saturday was quoted by the Central News Agency as saying that the ministry, the Pension Reform Committee and other parties have reached a consensus to raise the pension floor for military personnel to NT$37,850 — more than the NT$32,160 minimum for civil servants and public-school teachers.
The logic behind the pension floor design is seriously flawed, said retired lieutenant general Wu Sz-huai (吳斯懷), a spokesperson for the veterans’ group. [FULL STORY]
