Cabinet passes fire safety reform amendments 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.
Taipei, March 19 (CNA) A total of 1,316 unlicensed local factories have not yet submitted pollution reduction plans as required to be granted legal status, the economics ministry said Sunday, warning that failure to do so could lead to their demolition or the suspension of water and electricity supply.
Despite today’s deadline, 8,629 factories built illegally on farmland had not been registered as of March 13, a senior Executive Yuan official said yesterday.
An amendment to the Factory Management Act (工廠管理輔導法), which took effect on March 20, 2020, stipulates that factories built on farmland prior to May 20, 2016, can register as special factories as long as they meet low-pollution criteria.
Factories had two years to register. The deadline was extended to today as it fell on a Saturday.
If factories fail to register in time, local governments would first be told to cut off the water and electricity to those with