Ko Promises Child Care Subsidies Won't Change During his Term|柯P專案報告 保證0-6歲補助不縮水

A relief to all parents residing in Taipei. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-Je has announced that the city government's subsidies for children between the age of 0 and 6 will not be lowered during his term of office, despite the Executive Yuan's latest policies of wanting to standardize subsidies across the country.


In order to boost birthrate, the Executive Yuan is promoting subsidies for education and for childcare. The Executive Yuan also expressed hope that all counties and cities across Taiwan should receive the same level of benefits, which leads to concerns for Taipei City to lower its current level of subsidies. In a recent briefing session at the Taipei City Council, mayor Ko Wen-je promised that the city government's subsidies for elderly and childcare will remain unchanged during his term in office.

We're still in discussion with officials from the central government regarding the subject. It seems like they are not very firm on their stance. Their main concern is to set a uniform standard for all cities, and we'll further discuss the issues with the Ministry of Health and Welfare. But at least I can promise that the city government's subsidies for childcare and elderly care will not change during my term.

Ko said that having a different standard compared to that of the central government could be considered a violation, and that he will continue discussion on the matter with the Ministry of Health and Welfare. On the other hand, Ko participated a local music party last Friday as a DJ. However, the party was reported by nearby residents for excessive noise.

I'm still thinking about the issue. (Should you apologize to the residents in Neihu District? ) The matter is actually… (You're still not apologizing, aren't you?) My staff members and I have held discussion on the matter. And we understand it's certainly wrong to make it a recurring incident. But if it occurred on an individual basis… (So it's okay to let it happen once? Therefore other companies and groups could do that on individual basis as well? Or is it just for the mayor?) Of course we need to enforce noise regulations.

Taipei City Councilor Wang Chih-Ping asked whether Ko needs to apologize for the incident. Ko responded by saying that he's thinking about it. Ko also pointed out that the party was held to promote Taiwan by including it , along with Taiwan's flag, to live stream across the world with six other countries, and that there was no much he could do when the party was reported by nearby residents for excessive noise, other than to keep enforcing noise regulations.