“The Ministry of Culture signed an agreement for CTS to produce its television programs with the NT$96 million subsidy. The agreement stated that CTS must invite bid by open tender, but it did not do so,” Lin said. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times“Instead, CTS gave production projects directly to five outside companies, which received a total of NT$87 million, or 91 percent of the ministry’s subsidy,” Lin said. We demand an investigation by the government ethics office, since CTS had deviated from the procedures the culture ministry stipulated in the agreement,” Lee said. “Therefore the ministry helped to obtain the funding, and abided by the professionalism and programming production of works under taken by CTS.

Source: Taipei Times July 29, 2020 15:56 UTC