Taiwan DPP condemns outcome of county mergers and upgrades

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The opposition Democratic Progressive Party on Wednesday condemned a review panel decision to reject applications for mergers and upgraded status for several counties and cities after a 15-hour marathon session. Just before midnight Tuesday, Interior Minister Liao Liou-yi announced that the panel had unanimously agreed to upgrade the status of Taipei County and to allow the mergers of Taichung City with Taichung County and of Kaohsiung City with Kaohsiung County to form new special municipalities. The three approvals had been widely predicted, leading to DPP accusations that the reviewers were following a previously agreed secret government agenda. The 25-member group failed to reach a consensus on the merger of Tainan City with Tainan County, handing the case over to the Executive Yuan. The Tainan case... [read full story]                    

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