Roundup 04-10

Talk Shows

Pending uploading, still. But I updated yesterday's 2100.

Headlines

New government will continue cooperation projects with allies: Ma (CNA)

Dollar diplomacy: we'll never get away from it.

Participants at Boao Forum will be treated equally, Siew says (Taiwan News)

Except for Taiwanese, who can't bring in their own passports or use their national title or symbols.

Ministry hands demerit to Taipower chairman (Taipei Times)
Reports point to economic achievements under DPP (Taipei Times)
KMT requests that military drill be postponed for Ma (Taipei Times)
DPP foresees NT$200m debt by end of the year (Taipei Times)
EDITORIAL: Taming the KMT dragon(Taipei Times)

A couple of weeks ago the legislature passed amendments proposed by KMT legislators Yang Chiung-ying (楊瓊瓔), Chu Fong-chi (朱鳳芝) and Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) that doubled the benefits given to traditionally pro-KMT village and borough chiefs nationwide, all at the taxpayers’ expense.

And then there are the proposed amendments to the Statute Governing Reconstruction of Old Military Dependents’ Villages (國軍老舊眷村改建條例) that will benefit the families of KMT military veterans to the tune of around NT$1.32 trillion (US$40.6 billion) if (or should one say when) it passes.

Is this the kind of government for “all the people” that those who voted for Ma expected?

Note: I don't think the borough chief bribe bill's been passed yet. It just got out of the procedural committee or something

Newly passed law

中華民國97年4月8日立法院第7屆第1會期第6次會議通過（公報初稿資料，正確條文以總統公布之條文為準）

修正毒品危害防制條例第二十四條條文

第二十四條 本法第二十條第一項及第二十三條第二項之程序，於檢察官先依刑事訴訟法第二百五十三條之一第一項、第二百五十三條之二之規定，為附命完成戒癮治療之緩起訴處分時，或於少年法院（地方法院少年法庭）認以依少年事件處理法程序處理為適當時，不適用之。

前項緩起訴處分，經撤銷者，檢察官應依法追訴。

第一項所適用之戒癮治療之種類、其實施對象、內容、方式與執行之醫療機構及其他應遵行事項之辦法及完成戒癮治療之認定標準，由行政院定之。

Newly introduced bills

No bills recently introduced by legislators. The EY did bring the following last session:

勞工保險條例部分條文修正草案
漢生病病人補償條例草案
所得稅法部分條文修正草案
就業服務法部分條文修正草案
臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例第二十四條及第三十五條條文修正草案