PTS executives resign after voteBy Chen Yu-hsun / Staff reporterThree Public Television Service (PTS) executives, including the president, yesterday resigned after a controversial plan was passed at a board meeting. PTS president Tsao Wen-chieh (曹文傑), executive vice president Hsieh Tsui-yu (謝翠玉) and news department manager Su Chi-chen (蘇啟禎) tendered their resignations after the vote. Public Television Service board member Feng Hsiao-fei talks to reporters after a board meeting at the company’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chen Yu-hsun, Taipei TimesAfter Minister of Culture Lee Yung-te (李永得) on Tuesday last week confirmed that PTS was planning the project, there had been rumors that the project had not been approved by the PTS board of directors. PTS last month submitted a request for funding from the ministry, with NT$45 million (US$1.53 million) earmarked for the pilot project.

Source: Taipei Times July 27, 2020 15:56 UTC