Lu Shiow-yen Hopes for Fair Distribution in Drone Development; Green Party Criticizes How to Distribute After Budget Cuts
Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen called for the central government's drone industry development budget to be distributed fairly to Taichung as well. In response, DPP councilors criticized, 'How can you have fair distribution (jūn zhān) when the rain and dew (the budget) have been cut?'
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Taichung, May 14 (CNA/Reporter Chao Li-yen) - Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen said today that with mature aerospace, chip, machinery, and optical industries in central Taiwan, she hopes the central government's development of the drone industry will be distributed fairly. Blue (KMT) councilors hope the drone industry center will be established in Taichung, while Green (DPP) councilors criticized, 'How can you have fair distribution when there is no rain and dew (budget has been cut)?'
During the Taichung City Council's regular meeting today, KMT city councilors Chang Liao Nai-lun and Huang Hsin-hui stated that the central government will invest NT$44.2 billion to support the drone industry. However, drone testing sites and industrial bases are all located in Chiayi, and even aerospace industries in Taichung might be required to set up factories in Chiayi. Pouring all the funds into Chiayi is unfair to Taichung.
In response, Lu Shiow-yen stated that central Taiwan has four major industries: optics, machinery, aerospace, and chips, including large enterprises like TSMC, Micron, AUO, Largan, and AIDC, making it the most suitable region for developing the drone industry. The global demand for drones is urgent, and if a new base has to be built elsewhere now, it could take several years just to build factories, recruit personnel, and plan production.
Lu suggested that the budget for supporting the drone industry should be distributed fairly. She proposed a win-win solution: similar to the establishment of science parks, a drone industry center could be set up in central Taiwan in addition to Chiayi.
DPP city councilors Yang Tien-chung, Shih Chih-chang, and Lin Te-yu said that the blue and white caucuses in the Legislative Yuan jointly cut the defense budget, and the related budget for commercial procurement and commissioned manufacturing of drones in the special defense act is gone. 'With the rain and dew gone, how can there be fair distribution?'
Shih Chih-chang pointed out that Taichung is the core of Taiwan's drone industry. When the central government allocated a NT$44.2 billion budget to help manufacturers build a 'non-red supply chain' and obtain international cybersecurity certification, the budget-cutting actions of the blue and white legislators were like confiscating the international ticket for Taichung's precision machinery industry to transform from 'black hand' (manual labor) to 'high-tech.'
Lu reiterated that she hopes the central government's drone budget can be distributed fairly and hopes that legislators and mayoral candidates will join in lobbying the central government. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150514
During the Taichung City Council's regular meeting today, KMT city councilors Chang Liao Nai-lun and Huang Hsin-hui stated that the central government will invest NT$44.2 billion to support the drone industry. However, drone testing sites and industrial bases are all located in Chiayi, and even aerospace industries in Taichung might be required to set up factories in Chiayi. Pouring all the funds into Chiayi is unfair to Taichung.
In response, Lu Shiow-yen stated that central Taiwan has four major industries: optics, machinery, aerospace, and chips, including large enterprises like TSMC, Micron, AUO, Largan, and AIDC, making it the most suitable region for developing the drone industry. The global demand for drones is urgent, and if a new base has to be built elsewhere now, it could take several years just to build factories, recruit personnel, and plan production.
Lu suggested that the budget for supporting the drone industry should be distributed fairly. She proposed a win-win solution: similar to the establishment of science parks, a drone industry center could be set up in central Taiwan in addition to Chiayi.
DPP city councilors Yang Tien-chung, Shih Chih-chang, and Lin Te-yu said that the blue and white caucuses in the Legislative Yuan jointly cut the defense budget, and the related budget for commercial procurement and commissioned manufacturing of drones in the special defense act is gone. 'With the rain and dew gone, how can there be fair distribution?'
Shih Chih-chang pointed out that Taichung is the core of Taiwan's drone industry. When the central government allocated a NT$44.2 billion budget to help manufacturers build a 'non-red supply chain' and obtain international cybersecurity certification, the budget-cutting actions of the blue and white legislators were like confiscating the international ticket for Taichung's precision machinery industry to transform from 'black hand' (manual labor) to 'high-tech.'
Lu reiterated that she hopes the central government's drone budget can be distributed fairly and hopes that legislators and mayoral candidates will join in lobbying the central government. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150514