Taipei's meal program for seniors will end on Dec. 31. In response to calls for the program to continue, Taipei City Mayor Chiang Wan-an said an announcement would be forthcoming from the social affairs bureau.
Liu Yung-hsiung, Linjiang Borough Chief, Daan District, Taipei: “I hope Mayor Chiang will continue this wonderful program.”
Many seniors in Taipei look forward to sharing a meal with their friends and neighbors at their local borough office every week. Taipei's borough meal program, which spans 80 boroughs across the city, ends on Dec. 31. As many as 4,558 seniors could be affected.
Chien Shu-pei, Taipei City Councilor (DPP): “Mayor Chiang Wan-an has no right to take away the meal rights of 4,500-plus old people.”
Chiang Wan-an, Taipei City Mayor: “We listen to everyone and we care very deeply about elder care and elder rights. The social affairs bureau will be announcing further details. ”
According to Taipei City Councilor Chien Shu-pei, Chiang Wan-an is clueless about city affairs and Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-hua needs to report to work as soon as possible so that seniors aren't sacrificed. Taipei's NT$1,500 elder subsidy is coming back next year. Ko Wen-je, who canceled the subsidy, questions where the money will come from.
Chiang Wan-an, Taipei City Mayor: “This is something all city residents are hoping for, and we take the responsibility of elder care very seriously.”
The subsidy program will cost the city NT$170 million. Chiang says his election promise will be realized.
台北市許多長輩都很期待每個星期到里辦公室，和鄰居朋友一起吃飯，但明（2023）年可能無法繼續。台北市的里辦共餐專案，落日訂在2022年底，目前有80個里辦據點，預計有4558位長輩的共餐機會受到影響。
台北市大安區臨江里里長劉勇雄說道：「我希望這個好的政策，蔣市長能聽到，讓我們持續的辦理。」
民進黨台北市議員簡舒培指出：「不要讓我們4500多位的長輩，在蔣萬安蔣市長上任之後，就共餐權益消失。」
台北市議員簡舒培呼籲，蔣萬安市長對市政不熟悉，負責督導社會局的副市長林奕華應該趕快上任，不要犧牲長輩的共餐權益。除了老人共餐，北市明年將恢復發放重陽敬老金1500元，柯文哲說不意外但有點失望，還問錢從哪裡來。
台北市長蔣萬安表示：「我們在基層本來就已經聽到很多的心聲，那這個部分，我們對於長輩的照顧絕對是我們非常重要，重視的事情。接下來社會局也會對外有清楚的說明，像長輩照顧的權益絕對不受損，我想這是市民共同的期待，而且我們對長輩的照顧，絕對是最重要的責任。」
重陽敬老金調高到1500元，預估需多花1.7億，蔣萬安表示，已經責成社會局，朝發放1500元的方向規劃，要落實競選政見。
