Donations oversight body to be set upTAROKO INCIDENT: The committee would regulate how public donations for victims of Friday’s train accident, which have exceeded NT$60 million, would be usedBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe government has collected about NT$60 million (US$2.1 million) in donations through Line Pay and convenience stores for victims of last week’s fatal train accident and plans to establish an oversight committee to determine how the funds should be used to help them, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday. The exterior of Taipei 101 in Xinyi District yesterday displays an electronic message of condolence for victims of Friday’s train accident in Hualien County. The Ministry of Health and Welfare is in charge of accepting public donations. The ministry would also set up an oversight committee to strictly regulate the use of the funds, he said. The agency has not confirmed if Lee breached the agency’s order of not working on the construction site from Thursday to yesterday, Yen said.

Source: Taipei Times April 05, 2021 15:56 UTC