Taiwan government approves merger and upgrade of Tainan City and County

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Tainan City and County will merge and be upgraded to a higher municipal status despite disagreements within the review panel last week, the Cabinet announced Monday. A 15-hour marathon session by a special review board last Tuesday unanimously approved an upgrade for Taipei County and mergers and upgrades for Taichung City and County and Kaohsiung City and County, but was divided on Tainan. A total of eight panelists approved of the Tainan merger, while six opposed it and the others failed to have a clear opinion, Interior Minister Liao Liou-yi said Monday. The panel turned down requests from the counties of Taoyuan and Changhua for separate upgrades and from the counties of Yunlin and Chiayi for a merger and upgrade. At a special meeting Monday however, the Cabinet decided to accept Tainan’s arguments... [read full story]                    

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