New rules limit travel for Chungshan Institute staffBy Aaron Tu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerNew regulations governing international travel for Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology personnel would take effect “in the coming days,” a source said on Sunday. The institute president, vice president or supervisors of units under the board of directors would need permission to travel from the minister of national defense, the source said. Supervisors and directors who need to travel abroad on business related to the institute would need permission from the institute’s chairman of the board, and level-one supervisors would need permission from the institute president, the source added. Institute employees would be prohibited from traveling to, or transiting through, China, the source said, adding that border officials would share the employees’ travel data with the National Immigration Agency and the military. The majority of weapons in the Executive Yuan’s procurement plan for the special budget are anti-ship and anti-air missile systems being developed by the institute, the source added.

Source: Taipei Times December 07, 2021 03:59 UTC