The Ministry of National Defense is to refer obese members of the military for weight counseling after an internal report showed that thousands of soldiers are overweight, it said on Friday.
The Chinese-language United Daily News cited the ministry’s Medical Affairs Bureau as saying in a report that more than 10,000 service members had a body mass index (BMI) higher than 30.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a BMI of 18.5 to 24 is ideal for Taiwanese adults, while a BMI of 30 to 34.9 indicates moderate obesity.
Deputy Minister of National Defense Wang Shin-lung (王信龍) told legislators that the
Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) The Cabinet on Thursday approved several measures to improve road safety, in its first meeting of 2022, after Taiwan ended the last year with more than 2,000 traffic accident deaths.
The government is to implement stricter criteria to determine whether a person serving a prison sentence after a drunk-driving incident can be released on parole and whether penalties in such cases can be commuted to a fine, the Executive Yuan said yesterday.
The rise in casualties of drunk-driving incidents came under scrutiny after a man surnamed Huang (黃), 38, allegedly struck a family of four as they were crossing a street on Dec. 26 last year, killing the mother. His blood alcohol level reportedly exceeded the legal blood alcohol limit fivefold.
Following the accident, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications proposed
There are more pressing issues than amending the Local Government Act (地方制度法) to allow for the merger of Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, the New Power Party (NPP) said yesterday.
The party strongly opposes such an amendment, NPP Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) told a news conference in Taipei, where she also announced that the NPP would host a fundraiser on Jan. 23 to celebrate its seventh anniversary and prepare for this year’s nine-in-one elections.
NPP legislative caucus whip Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) said that legislators need to handle the amendment cautiously, as it could widen the gap between rich and poor people in
Things have heated up in the past few months, with the four referendums on Saturday and next month’s by-election for the legislative seat in Taichung’s second electoral district drawing attention.
The nation’s political parties have attempted to use the two events to help their own causes.
However, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and some lawmakers have overstepped their roles and functions, either neglecting their duties or even violating the Constitution.
The KMT made a surprise announcement last week to suspend its review of the central government’s budget for the next fiscal year giving the excuse that “the Executive Yuan has violated administrative