Taipei, Jan. 31 (CNA) As the heartland of Taiwanese glove puppetry, it is fitting that Yunlin County's Huwei Township now features a six-meter tall statue of a glove puppetry icon in the middle of town.
Yunlin County Commissioner Chang Li-shan (張麗善) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and her family have become embroiled in allegations of illegal construction and using public land.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Michelle Lin (林楚茵) yesterday said that the site of the family’s residence known as “Chingpu Palace” in Yunlin County’s Huwei Township (虎尾) is zoned as farmland.
The regulations require that the home not exceed 10 percent of the site and that 90 percent be used for agriculture, she said.
Citing aerial photographs and data from the county’s land registry office, Lin said that the home occupies 479m2, which is
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and other senior officials support a merger of Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) announced yesterday following a high-level meeting at the presidential residence.
The attendees, who included senior government officials and other prominent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members, discussed key policy measures following Saturday’s referendum, Chang said.
Tsai hopes the party caucus can back government policies while obtaining support from across party lines for the national budget, Chang added, referencing a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) boycott of the budget bill over what the KMT called partisan campaigning by DPP officials ahead of
TALK VS ACTION: Hsinchu City’s mayor said ‘greater Hsinchu’ should be made a reality soon, but the Hsinchu County commissioner said that more public debate was requiredBy Yang Chun-hui and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Four banned imported items in Taiwan test positive for African swine fever focustaiwan.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from focustaiwan.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.