Taipei Aims to Boost Student Consumption|柯:針對北市高中職學生 推振興加碼專案

Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je announced on June 24 a measure to boost consumption among Taipei's senior high and vocational school students. They can link their student IDs to the triple stimulus vouchers. For spending of over NT$3,000, in addition to the NT$2,000 provided by the central government, the Taipei City Government will subsidize NT$500.


The government recently announced the launch of the triple stimulus vouchers, which can be used starting in July. On June 24, Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je announced that Taipei's 89,000 senior high and vocational school students can link their student IDs to the triple stimulus vouchers. For spending of over NT$3,000, the government will subsidize NT$2,000 and the Taipei City Government will subsidize NT$500.

June 24 was also the last day for candidates to register to run in the Kaohsiung City mayoral by-election. Ko's Taiwan People's Party decided on June 23 to field Kaohsiung City Councilor Wu Yi-jheng of the People First Party as its candidate, which means it will not work with the Kuomintang.

The ideas are the same, we discussed this before, including Kaohsiung's municipal administration policies. I think he's full of ideas, and I've known him for a long time. I think this is a person who is up for the challenge.

The Taipei City Government recently signed off on alterations to Taipei Dome's construction permit, and it's possible that constructor Farglory Group will be able to resume construction. This move was criticized by city councilors. Chien Shu-pei suspected illegal benefits for Farglory Group, and said she would sue if the city government issues the permit. Meanwhile, Lin Liang-jyun alleged that Farglory Group illegally installed sound-absorbing materials at the beginning of the year, and this was not discovered in numerous inspections conducted by the city's Construction Management Office. She concluded the city government was openly cheating.

I only found out about the sound-absorbing materials after I received information. Last time, they secretly installed seats, and it didn't come to light until the media exposed them. The Taipei City Government's knowledge of the 14 disaster prevention projects currently being carried out by Farglory Group is virtually zero.

My thinking is this, what's to be done is what's to be done. What were Farglory Group and the Construction Management Office doing? We need to figure it out.