DPP Legislator Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬), co-convener of the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee, was supposed to chair yesterday’s meeting. New Power Party (NPP) legislators arrived hours ahead of the scheduled meeting to occupy the speaker’s podium and “hold a place” for Lin. By Abraham Gerber / Staff reporterEfforts to push ahead with proposed amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) stalled yesterday after a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator failed to show up for a review. We would allow her to chair the meeting if she comes,” NPP Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said. They returned more than an hour later after a private meeting with Minister of Labor Kuo Fan-yu (郭芳煜) to say that the meeting would be postponed.

Source: Taipei Times July 21, 2016 15:56 UTC