President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in June had said that the nation’s reservists would play a more important role in national defense. Minister of National Defense Yen De-fa (嚴德發) told lawmakers that there had been 1,710 and 1,029 incidences of Chinese planes and ships respectively having crossed into the nation’s air defense identification zone so far this year. Minister of National Defense Yen De-fa speaks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign and National Defense Committee in Taipei yesterday. Administratively, all reservists would fall under a defense mobilization agency that would be established in January 2022 and is expected to cost NT$8.9 billion (US$307.3 million), he said. The ministry would need to construct additional facilities due to the increased number of reservists who would be recalled for training, Yen said.

Source: Taipei Times October 07, 2020 15:56 UTC