COVID-19: KMT calls for universal cash payments‘MOST EFFECTIVE’: The COVID-19 situation this year is different from that of last year, and the government should think of a better way to help people, Johnny Chiang saidBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) maintains that universal cash payments would be the “most effective” form of COVID-19 relief, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday, following news reports that government plans for another stimulus voucher program are in the works. Since last month, the KMT has on multiple occasions urged the government to provide a universal relief payment of NT$10,000. Earlier in the event yesterday, Chiang brought up his party’s proposal for universal cash relief payments, describing it as the “simplest, fastest and most effective” relief measure, which has proven effective in other countries. Chiang also repeated his party’s calls for the government to impose a price freeze on fuel and electricity as part of COVID-19 relief. Many people are still struggling, despite a partial relaxation on Tuesday last week of COVID-19 restrictions, Chiang said.

Source: Taipei Times July 19, 2021 15:56 UTC