By Yang Cheng-yu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerA draft amendment that would allow priority seats on public transportation to be given to “people with actual need” instead of only elderly people, women and children passed a legislative committee on Thursday.
HOUSING JUSTICE: The proposal would limit transfers of presales and new housing contracts and impose hefty fines on unfair property promosBy Hsieh Chun-lin and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Taipei, May 31 (CNA) Taiwan on Tuesday reported 80,705 new COVID-19 cases and 90 deaths, breaking the 2 million mark for total cases since the start of the pandemic, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Civic groups and legislators called for legislative amendments to protect against online sexual harassment, such as requiring that intimate images be removed from Web sites within 24 hours following a complaint.
A discussion regarding difficulties in implementing current regulations, along with their reportedly insufficient protections, was prompted by amendments proposed by the Executive Yuan last month to curb digital sexual harassment.
The proposals have limitations, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Fan Yun (范雲) told a news conference in Taipei on Thursday.
There is no timeframe for a Web site owner to remove an image when ordered to do so, and police are not
The government should offer consultations and incentives for tenants in unsafe apartment buildings to set up management committees, rather than making it mandatory, housing rights advocates said on Thursday.
The Executive Yuan on Feb. 24 approved proposed amendments to the Condominium Administration Act (公寓大廈管理條例) that would require the tenants of more than 10,000 buildings to establish management committees by a deadline.
The changes were prompted by a fire at a 13-story building in Kaohsiung in October last year that killed 46 people.
The amendments would require tenants of condominiums built before June 29, 1995, that have been deemed a safety hazard to set