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AIoT market likely surpassed NT$1.4tn
‘GROWING RAPIDLY’: The government would earmark about NT$95 billion to build digital households and NT$49 to improve 5G infrastructure, Minister Kung Ming-hsin said
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
Taiwan’s artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) market might have exceeded NT$1.47 trillion (US$51.7 billion) last year and is set for fast growth this year and beyond, as 5G and other new technologies take off, National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said yesterday.
“AIoT businesses should have surpassed NT$1.47 trillion last year, growing rapidly after hitting NT$1 trillion in 2018,” Kung told an AIoT forum in Taipei to underscore the government’s support for the industry.
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Tamil Nadu successfully lowered its road crash deaths by over 25 percent in five years. Credit: Ikhwan Ameer / Shutterstock.com
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In 2014, more than 15,000 people were dying every year from road crashes in Tamil Nadu. But decision-makers have turned the situation around through strategic vision and leadership.
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed a special budget of NT$229.83 billion (US$8.07 billion) for the third stage of the government’s Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program.
The funding for the third phase, which began this year and runs through next year, was approved after NT$169.65 million was deducted from the original budget.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Oct. 6 last year told a legislative session that funding for the third phase would be allocated to infrastructure projects slated to be completed by 2025 to accelerate Taiwan’s digital development, and improve the urban-rural allocation of resources to boost rural infrastructure development.
The legislature passed a special
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe Legislative Yuan yesterday passed a special budget of NT$229.83 billion （US$8.07 billion） for the third stage of the government’s Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program.