Financial services to stay open amid level 3 alertNO IN-PERSON FILING: Tax offices in the north would only offer other services, and scheduled shareholders’ meetings would implement virus curbs, authorities saidBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterBanks, insurers and brokerages in Taipei and New Taipei City are to open as normal tomorrow, the Financial Supervisory Commission said on Saturday. All financial service providers have been instructed to ensure uninterrupted customer services while following the cities’ tightened disease prevention measures, the commission said. Taipei National Taxation Bureau employees, left, check tax documents from behind plastic partitions on Wednesday. The requirement for in-person shareholders’ meetings is stipulated in the Company Act (公司法) to safeguard the participation rights of minority shareholders, it said. Of those companies, 28 had more than 50 shareholders attending their meetings in person last year, the commission said.

Source: Taipei Times May 16, 2021 15:56 UTC