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History
This prison was established on July 1, 1949. It was originally responsible for receiving and treating inmates suffering from tuberculosis in various prisons affiliated to the Ministry of Justice. When it was established, it borrowed the former site of the Keelung Seaman's Hospital owned by the Taiwan Provincial Government for renovation. Due to its small size and its location in the outer port, it was within the scope of port expansion, so there was a proposal to relocate it. In 1954, I found provincial-owned land in the Guangming Section of Keelung City. 982 hectares (that is, the current site), and went through the appropriation procedures as the new prison address. The construction was completed in 1957 and moved to the current site in July of the same year. On August 24, 1987, the Judicial Committee of the Control Yuan inspected the judiciary in the Keelung area and found that the prison's hardware and software equipment was insufficient, and ordinary inmates were mixed with tuberculosis prisoners. There was no effective isolation measure, and there was a risk of airborne infection. Located in the rainy city, the house is dark and humid, not suitable for recuperation of tuberculosis. It is suggested that the Ministry of Justice should move tuberculosis prisoners to a new type of modern prison for treatment. The Ministry of Justice immediately started planning. The Japanese letter stated that on October 30, the sick prisoners were transferred to Changhua Prison in Taiwan for treatment, and since then only ordinary prisoners have been accommodated. On June 9, 1988, one year after the implementation of the Drug Hazard Prevention Regulations, the Ministry of Justice transferred it to Changhua Prison in order to meet the needs of the Keelung area for receiving rehabilitation inmates and the prison specialized in accommodating lung disease inmates. The hospital approved the "Adjustment Plan for the Establishment of Various Rehabilitation Centers" and incorporated this prison into the addition of "Taiwan Keelung Rehabilitation Center", which was formally established on July 1 of the same year. According to the letter No. 0961304879 issued by the Ministry of Justice on November 26, 1996, it was abolished from January 1, 1997, and the rehabilitation part was managed by the Xindian rehabilitation center. On January 1, 1997, the "Taiwan Keelung Rehabilitation Center" was abolished. Since then, this prison has only accommodated ordinary prisoners. On January 1, 1000, in response to the establishment of the Department of Corrections, the name of the prison was changed to "Keelung Prison of the Department of Corrections, Ministry of Justice". The approved capacity is 315.
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- 2023/08/08 Family Counseling Day "Father's Day Parent-Child Camp"
- 2023/07/25 Speech by a successful rehabilitated person from Libertads
- 2023/07/21 Speech by Tzu Chi's successful rehabilitated inmates
- 2023/07/18 Speeches by successful rehabilitated members of the Rehabilitation Fellowship
- 2023/06/30 The detainee cultural and recreational activities installation art competition
- 2023/06/27 Good Dad School Home Tutoring Day
- 2023/06/21 Family Tutoring Day for Libertaz Family Support Groups
- 2023/06/16 Lectures on health preservation for detainees
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- Promoting green energy innovation
- Four welfare measures for agricultural workers
- Youth vocational training
- Accelerating the promotion of renewable energy
- Draft amendments to the Statute for Industrial Innovation
- Increasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises
- National child care policy for ages 0-6
- Strengthening maritime law enforcement
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2023/08/08 Family Counseling Day "Father's Day Parent-Child Camp"
On Father's Day,We cooperated with the Taiwan Keelung District Court Prosecutor's Office, Keelung City Drug Hazard Prevention Center, Taiwan Keelung District Court Prosecutor's Office Guardian Office, Keelung Branch of the Rehabilitation Protection Association, and the Christian Rehabilitation Group. Keelung District Association, Keelung Liaison Office of Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation (Jing Si Hall), Xiangri Farm and other units organize family support program parent-child camps so that inmates who are fathers can reunite with their children. At the same time, I feel the responsibility of being a father. A total of 13 inmates and 41 family members participated.
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2023/07/25 Speech by a successful rehabilitated person from Libertads
On July 25, 2023, the prison invited Mr. Huang Junhao and Yu Shenghan, who were successfully rehabilitated by Libertas, to give speeches in the prison, sharing their life experience of becoming a seed teacher in Libertas, and what Libertas can provide Serve. A total of 33 inmates participated.
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2023/07/21 Speech by Tzu Chi's successful rehabilitated inmates
On July 21, 2023, the Prison invited Mr. Chen Yueliang, a successful rehabilitated person under the guidance of the Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation, to give a speech in prison. He shared his life experience with the theme of mistakes and enlightenment, and established a halfway house "Bodhisattva's Home". Hope Can help the recipient return. A total of 25 inmates participated.
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2023/07/18 Speeches by successful rehabilitated members of the Rehabilitation Fellowship
On July 18, 2023, the Prison invited Mr. Zhao Huajin, a successful rehabilitated person recommended by the Rehabilitation Fellowship, to give a speech in the prison. With the theme of returning from the lost way, he shared his life experience and his current experience as a tutor in the Rehabilitation Fellowship and the Drug Prevention Center. According to the situation, it is expected that the detainees can rebuild their interpersonal life circle and restore their relationship with their families after they are released from prison. A total of 36 inmates participated.
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2023/06/30 The detainee cultural and recreational activities installation art competition
In order to beautify the flower garden in front of the administrative building of the prison, an installation art competition is organized to encourage the detainees to show their ingenuity and create installation art works with existing materials combined with the cultural scenery and history of the Keelung area. On June 30th, the secretary led the heads of each department to score, and Xiaoshe's work won the championship.
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2023/06/27 Good Dad School Home Tutoring Day
The Prison cooperates with the Korea Tiranu Papa School Promotion Association and the Keelung District Committee of the Rehabilitation Fellowship to organize the Good Papa School course, and held a family counseling day on the afternoon of June 27, 2023. Family members of the detainees who attended the class were invited to the prison to participate in the graduation ceremony. Let family members understand the situation of detainees in prison, and provide detainees with the opportunity to show their determination to change to their families. A total of 8 detainees and 2 family members participated.
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2023/06/21 Family Tutoring Day for Libertaz Family Support Groups
The Prison cooperated with the Libertas Foundation to run a family support group, and held a Family Counseling Day on the afternoon of June 21, 2023. Family members of detainees were invited to join the course to learn about the detainees' conditions in prison. During the event, the detainees made cards by themselves and read them aloud to their families, so that the detainees had the opportunity to express their gratitude and repentance to their families. For those detainees whose family members could not be present, the Department of Education and Culture assisted in sending home the thank you family cards. A total of 9 detainees and 5 family members participated.
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2023/06/16 Lectures on health preservation for detainees
On the afternoon of June 16, 2023, the Meimen Cultural Foundation entered the prison to hold a health-preserving lecture on flat-swinging exercises to promote the health-preserving effects of flat-swinging exercises, and led the inmates to experience it on the spot. A total of 30 inmates participated on the spot.
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2023/06/12 Fo Guang Shan donated the supervisor "Complete Works of Master Hsing Yun"
Master Miaoxu, Master Juehan, Master Miaosheng, and Master Ruyan of Fo Guang Shan Pumen Temple Supervisory Academy led 14 people, including Supervisor Chen Xiuqing of Foguang International International Association, Director Li Xiuzhi, and President Zhang Ruyi of Daan No. 1 Branch, to the The prison, on behalf of Fo Guang Shan, presented a set of "The Complete Works of Master Xingyun". Zhang Longquan, the warden of the prison, accepted the treasure on his behalf. The special collection is kept in the study area of the Buddhist hall, hoping that the detainees can gain wisdom and good deeds from reading. Master Miaoxu, Supervisor of Pumen Temple in Fo Guang Shan, expressed that he hoped that the inmates would have more insight into daily life through Master Hsing Yun's life experience. Master Xu Heng Xingyun has practiced doing good and enlightening all his life. He believes that what is lacking in this society is the idea and action of "doing good and enlightening". He tries to let people understand how to make positive energy an opportunity to change their lives. Therefore, the prison strongly encourages the detainees to participate in various treatment courses, so that the detainees can develop confidence, maintain joy, and then generate the motivation of hope. Finally, in the days to come, the master's proposal of "giving people confidence and Make people happy, give people hope, give people convenience" apply in daily life, be kind to others everywhere, and hope that the hosts can learn to use kind thoughts in the present and contribute to society after reading "The Complete Works of Master Hsing Yun". The detainee (pseudonym Xiaojie) who was present at the ceremony said that he was a professional tour guide before entering the prison. He had led the Fo Guang team more than 100 times. "Do good deeds, speak good words, and have good intentions" moved me very much. I would go to prison because I didn't do these three sentences well. I hope everyone can really do a good job of the true meaning of these three sentences and go home as soon as possible.
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2023/06/08 Interesting memory cultural and recreational activities for the mentally and physically handicapped and elderly inmates
On June 8th, the supervisor held a fun memory cultural and recreational activity in the technical training classroom. A total of 25 persons with disabilities and elderly residents participated in the activity to play games. This activity increases self-confidence, trains memory ability, enhances social function, and is beneficial to physical and mental health through the interaction between the host and other people.
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Promoting green energy innovation
Green energy is one of the pillars of the "five plus two" innovative industries program. To successfully transform Taiwan's energy sector to achieve the goal of carbon reduction, reduce the nation's reliance on imported energy, as well as spur on domestic green energy innovation and turbocharge the green energy industry, the Executive Yuan on October 27, 2016 passed a plan to promote an innovative industrial ecosystem for green technologies. The plan encompasses energy production, conservation and storage, as well as system integration capabilities. Taiwan can look forward to green energy technologies emerging as a new engine that will drive energy sector transformation and economic growth nationwide.Key areas■ Solar energy: Taiwan aims to strengthen the local solar energy industry and develop an independent domestic supply chain. The goal is to build solar-powered generating capacity of 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2025, with total investment of NT$1.2 trillion (US$39.4 billion) and an annual industry output value of NT$340 billion (US$11.2 billion).■ Offshore wind power: Build the required offshore wind foundations and heavy cargo wharfs to enable Taiwan's wind farms to become internationally competitive. The goal is to install approximately 5.6 GW of wind-powered generating capacity by 2025, achieve an annual generation capacity of 21 billion kilowatt-hours, attract investment totaling over NT$865.5 billion (US$28.4 billion) and provide 20,000 job opportunities.■ Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) demonstration project: The installation of 3 million advanced meters by 2024 will drive growth in AMI-related industries and push cumulative production value to NT$41.3 billion (US$1.4 billion) from 2017 through 2024.■ Construction of the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City: Tainan will host a new industrial innovation cluster in the city's Shalun area bringing together industry, academia and researchers as part of what will become a national hub for the research, development and demonstration of green energy technologies, as well as a showcase for Taiwan's technology globally, and create a world-class smart eco-city.
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Four welfare measures for agricultural workers
To reverse the decline of the agricultural workers population and the aging of the farming work force while protecting farmer welfare and interests, the government has in recent years actively promoted four major welfare measures, namely: farmer health insurance, farmer occupational hazards insurance, agricultural insurance and a farmer pension savings system. The measures will create a comprehensive socioeconomic safety net for agricultural workers, protect farmers' health, help farmers diversify business risks to better protect operations, and take care of agricultural workers in their retirement years. The objectives are to allow farmers to more fully concentrate on the work at hand as well as attract more young people to the agricultural profession to inject fresh blood into Taiwan's agricultural sector.Four major welfare measures■ Farmer health insurance: The scope of insureds has been expanded to cover every person actually engaged in farming work, including agricultural production workers who use other people's farmland by oral agreement, beekeepers not of a fixed farming type, and farmers who use public lands adjoining rivers to engage in agricultural work. In addition, to improve the welfare of farmers the government proposed amendments to the Farmer Health Insurance Act in December 2022 to raise the monthly insured amounts for farmer health insurance and farmer occupational hazards insurance, and accordingly double a range of benefits and allowances including maternity benefits, funeral allowances and injury and sickness payments.■ Trial run of farmer occupational hazards insurance (two phases): The first phase, beginning November 2018 and focusing on occupational injuries, expanded the scope of insureds and increased payout benefits for injuries sustained. The second phase, beginning September 2021, brought occupational diseases under the scope of farmer occupational hazards insurance to make agricultural occupational safety protection even more comprehensive. In addition, farmers who newly register under the farmer health insurance program will also be required to enroll in the farmer occupational hazards insurance program.■ Expand agricultural insurance: To help farmers diversify business risks, better protect operations and ensure steady incomes, the government in 2017 expanded a trial agricultural insurance program that offered insurance products and policies of many kinds. In 2021 the program was expanded to cover natural disasters, crop diseases and market risks, freeing farmers from dependence on the vagaries of nature.■ Establish a farmer pension savings system: In 2021 the government established individual farmer retirement savings accounts, allowing the farmer and the government to jointly contribute to the account on a monthly basis. At 65 years of age, the farmer may, based on the principal and interest accumulated in his or her account, collect retirement payouts on a monthly basis. The retired agricultural worker will have retirement benefits just as in other professions and enjoy the guarantee of an appropriate standard of living.
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Youth vocational training
Young people are an important resource and an asset to the nation. Harnessing the opportunities afforded by industrial transformation in support of youth employment, the government is offering diverse vocational training to facilitate workforce upskilling, and providing training and expanding collaboration with industry to provide lifelong learning resources that are aligned with the job market. Furthermore, to ensure that young people are provided with opportunities for continuous learning throughout their careers, the government will partner with the private sector to ensure that the training of young talent keeps abreast of the latest industry developments. These public-private partnerships will allow young people to develop specialist knowledge and skills, placing them at the forefront of industrial development trends and cultivating a new generation of pioneering innovators.Diverse vocational training, enhanced employability■ Industry-academia cooperation (for students): Facilitate school-based early vocational training, which by integrating the educational system with industry-developed practical training will help increase students' knowledge of industry and enhance their practical skills for a seamless transition into the workplace.■ Diverse vocational training (for unemployed youth): Encourage businesses to provide new hires with on-the-job training, launch youth vocational training classes, subsidize youth enrollment in industrial innovation courses and provide a range of pre-employment training for unemployed young people.■ On-the-job training (for employed youth): Strengthen workforce quality and industrial competitiveness, including by providing a range of practically-oriented educational courses and encouraging businesses to provide training according to their operational and developmental needs, and as a means to fill skills shortages.■ Skills competitions: Develop role models and encourage a societal appreciation for technical skills by holding domestic competitions, promoting participation in international skills competitions, rewarding competition winners and guaranteeing their career development. ■ Improved vocational school environments: Promote the vocational components of the Higher Education SPROUT (Sustained Progress and Rise of Universities in Taiwan) Project to continue improving educational facilities and cultivate high-quality skilled labor and technicians suitable for employment in both domestic and overseas industries.
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Accelerating the promotion of renewable energy
In response to the global trend toward carbon reduction and to achieve the concomitant goals of increasing energy independence and enhancing the quality of the public's living environment, in May 2016 the government initiated an energy transition plan aimed at reducing coal usage, increasing natural gas usage, phasing out nuclear power and promoting green energy. The plan comprehensively lays out strategies and pathways for the development of national renewable energy sources. The government has announced a new target of achieving 29 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2025, to be comprised primarily of solar power (20 GW) and offshore wind power (5.6 GW), and complemented by other forms of renewable energy including geothermal, biomass and small hydro. This new target will help ensure a stable energy supply, reduce air pollution and atmospheric carbon dioxide, and accelerate the transition to becoming a net zero nation.Key areas for promotion■ Solar power: Promote rooftop photovoltaic systems, such as at agricultural facilities, public buildings, school campuses, industrial sites and community housing. Promote ground-mounted photovoltaic systems in areas including smart fish farms, remediated contaminated land, state-owned land in non-public use and covered sports venues. Require installation of solar photovoltaic systems on newly constructed, extended or renovated buildings that meet specific conditions.■ Offshore wind power: The offshore wind program's first phase granted subsidy incentives to construct two offshore wind farm demonstration sites. The second phase reviewed potential development site applications and approved projects totaling a capacity of 5.5 GW, which began coming online in 2021 and will be fully operational by 2025. The third phase will carry out zonal development by gradually establishing long-term stable markets for local offshore wind energy based on economies of scale, commissioning 1.5 GW of additional capacity each year from 2026 to 2035 to support the sustainable development of regional supply chains. Site selection will also no longer be restricted to Taiwan's territorial waters, increasing the area available for development.■ Other renewable energy sources: Establish a friendly environment for small hydro power generation, such as by relaxing restrictions on fields of application for small hydro power to encourage development of the industry; amend clauses of the Renewable Energy Development Act relating to geothermal exploration, development permits and review processes to expedite the development of geothermal power; promote high-efficiency biomass conversion technology and its applied uses, and relax zoning restrictions for more flexibility over site location.
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Draft amendments to the Statute for Industrial Innovation
Taiwan holds a vital and leading position in the global semiconductor supply chain, a fact which has been thrown into sharper relief during the last few years by the escalating U.S.-China trade war and a succession of major global events disrupting supply chain operations, resulting in a severe global shortage of chips. These events have caused various countries to become acutely aware of the necessity to develop their own domestic semiconductor capability and provide their key industries with enormous subsidies or expanded tax incentives to reduce reliance on external supply chains. These developments will impact Taiwan's existing position within the global semiconductor supply chain.Faced with the challenge of various nations vying to develop semiconductor industries of their own, the government has been supporting semiconductor firms' continued development within Taiwan and providing policy incentives to attract major international firms in semiconductor fabrication, equipment and materials to invest in the nation. As an additional measure, the Executive Yuan approved draft amendments to the Statute for Industrial Innovation on November 17. The amendments will provide historically high tax credits to domestic companies engaged in technological innovation that also occupy a key position in international supply chains, to encourage continued investment in developing cutting-edge innovative technologies and sustained purchasing of advanced manufacturing process equipment. This will in turn strengthen the resilience of the nation's industrial supply chains and capitalize on Taiwan's existing competitive advantages, consolidating and elevating the status of Taiwan's key national industries within the global supply chain.Major provisions of the draft amendments■ Applicable entities: Domestic companies engaged in technological innovation that also occupy a key position in international supply chains, with their R&D expenditures and intensity reaching a certain scale and effective tax rate reaching a certain ratio.■ Incentive measures: Provide tax credits at a rate of 25% for expenditure in cutting-edge, innovative R&D, offset against the amount payable for the current year in profit-seeking enterprise income tax. Provide tax credits at a rate of 5% for new machinery or equipment purchased for use in advanced manufacturing processes, offset against the amount payable for the current year in profit-seeking enterprise income tax, with no upper limit on machinery and equipment expenditure.■ Implementation period: January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2029.
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Increasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises
Taiwan's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are dynamic, agile and highly innovative, constituting around 99% of the nation's private sector enterprises and providing jobs for approximately 80% of the working population. Within every industry, "hidden champion" companies have always formed the backbone of the nation's economic development and acted as a stabilizing force within society. With SME exports growing by 25% in 2021, they perform a vital role in revitalizing Taiwan's economy and employment market. The government has consistently supported Taiwan's SMEs, including providing financing assistance, establishing an action plan for accelerated investment by SMEs, guiding the transition to digital and green business models and facilitating the working capital required to revitalize business operations. In response to various trends, including the digital economy, sustainable development, regional revitalization and an altered post-COVID international environment, the government has proposed a new plan to raise the overall competitiveness of SMEs (2022-2026). The initiative will allocate a budget of NT$95 billion (US$3.1 billion) over five years to further strengthen the resilience of Taiwan's economy and create a new generation of internationally competitive SMEs.Four major strategies■ Net zero carbon emissions: Assist SMEs to establish a low-carbon mindset and capabilities, and employ measures such as preferential loans for green and sustainability initiatives to facilitate the transition to low-carbon business models, while simultaneously encouraging green business investment. Goal: Save 175 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of power and generate NT$100 billion (US$3.2 billion) of new private investments.■ Digital transition: Assist SMEs to adopt cloud computing tools and strengthen their digital operations and marketing technology; promote data and application sharing to stimulate cooperation among upstream and downstream industry partners. Goal: Facilitate 210,000 discrete cloud computing solutions and 240,000 new trade digital marketing solutions for SMEs.■ Value-added innovation: Assist startups to tap into collaboration among industry, academia and research institutes and encourage cooperation between larger enterprises and smaller-sized businesses to shorten the time it takes to bring products to market. Promote the formation of cooperative alliances between SMEs in key industries to boost innovative R&D; provide subsidies and financial support for innovative R&D. Goal: Foster 200 "hidden champions" and facilitate startups in obtaining NT$130 billion (US$4.2 billion) of funding.■ Regional co-prosperity: Build urban and rural living spaces with high quality services and beautiful environments to attract young Taiwanese to return to their hometowns and help build thriving local communities. Emphasize narrative themes in marketing strategies and link up local resources to highlight revitalization within cities and rural areas. Goal: Bring benefits to nearly 1,700 retail businesses with regional characteristics and target revenue growth of 8% for these businesses.
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National child care policy for ages 0-6
In 2017 Taiwan's government began expanding affordable public education and care services for early childhood in response to an increasingly alarming decline in the nation's birthrate. The government's initial measures (2017-2020) focused on expanding affordable education and care services and easing the burden on parents. This benefited more than 860,000 families and was expected to achieve the goal of providing comprehensive care for children ages 0-6. To provide the greatest level of support possible to families raising children and foster an environment in which young people feel confident to marry and start a family, in 2021 the government expanded its response with the introduction of the national child care policy for ages 0-6 (2021-2024). The ages 0-6 policy focuses on increasing the number of available slots at public preschools and child care facilities, providing additional childrearing allowances and easing the burden of childrearing for young families, harnessing the nation's resources to nurture the backbone of the country's future.Key measures (non means-tested)■ Increase affordable education and care services: Push forward with the rollout of more public child care facilities, as well as quasi-public services, by collaborating with residential child care (nanny) and private infant care centers that meet the required standards. Make use of available space within schools and publicly-owned land to establish more public and nonprofit preschools. Encourage more public and private sector organizations to invest in new preschools, and encourage partnerships with qualified private preschools through the quasi-public mechanism, thereby providing parents with a greater choice of affordable schooling for their children.■ Raise childrearing allowances: Childrearing allowances for children ages 0-6 were raised to NT$5,000 (US$156) per month, and additional allowances were introduced for second and third children and beyond. Tuition subsidies for children ages 5-6 enrolled at private preschools were also adjusted in accordance with childrearing allowances. At the same time, eligibility for these allowances was also expanded to include families receiving parental leave-without-pay subsidies and disadvantaged households collecting other subsidies.■ Lower child care and education fees: Starting August 2022, child care subsidies for children ages 0-2 attending public and quasi-public care centers were increased to NT$5,500 and NT$8,500, respectively, with additional subsidies for the second and third children and beyond. For children ages 2-6 attending public, nonprofit or quasi-public preschools, tuition fees were capped at NT$1,000, NT$2,000 and NT$3,000 per month, respectively, with further reductions for the second and third children and beyond.■ Raise employee salaries: Minimum monthly salaries for personnel working in public child care services will be raised to over NT$35,000. For personnel working in quasi-public child care and teaching staff and educare providers working in quasi-public preschools, minimum monthly salaries will be raised according to three tiers — NT$30,000, NT$33,000 and NT$36,000 — based on level of seniority.■ Provide an incentive structure: The government will provide grants of up to NT$500,000 per additional caregiver per year for child care centers that optimize to a caregiver-to-child ratio of 1:4. Quasi-public child care centers that upgrade their facilities and equipment will be eligible to apply for grants ranging between NT$400,000 and NT$800,000. Additionally, quasi-public nanny services that meet the required equipment standards will receive an increased allowance of NT$12,000 per nanny per year.
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Strengthening maritime law enforcement
Taiwan is an island nation and the ocean is its most natural protective barrier. However, the nation's long and complex coastline also presents problems and risks in relation to law enforcement and epidemic prevention. To strengthen the enforcement of maritime law and safeguard the nation's maritime sovereignty, the Ocean Basic Act was promulgated in November 2019. This was followed by the publishing of the National Ocean Policy White Paper in June 2020 and the promotion of the Salute to the Seas policy. In the last few years, the government has significantly increased coast guard manpower and maintained a continuous drumbeat of coast guard vessel shipbuilding, integrating cross-ministerial resources to defend the coastline, curb illegal smuggling, and block firearms, narcotics, African swine fever, illegal migrants and contraband from entering the nation's borders.Three policy directions■ Uphold maritime security: Proactively investigate and apprehend illegal agricultural, aquatic and animal products, narcotics, firearms, smuggled cigarettes and illegal migrants to effectively curb smuggling operations and safeguard border security. Enforce border epidemic prevention through vessel inspections to prevent undeclared meat products from entering the nation's borders, and carry out inspections of pig carcasses at coastal entry points to prevent animal diseases from entering the nation's borders. ■ Defend the nation's sovereignty: Use a variety of means, including expulsion, vessel impoundment and the levying of fines, to deal with Chinese fishing vessels detected operating within Taiwanese sovereign waters. Robustly clamp down on and punish Chinese sand dredging vessels that encroach into Taiwanese waters to steal sand, thereby defending the nation's marine resources and preventing erosion of the nation's borders.■ Implement an indigenous shipbuilding program: Achieve the construction of 184 next-generation patrol vessels by 2031 required to bolster offshore patrol capabilities, guarantee the nation's maritime interests and support the fishing industry in the nation's exclusive economic zones and international waters.
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