TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Saturday to pursue pension reform to the end despite a protest by more than 30,000 angry opponents who demonstrated outside the Presidential Office against the reform. Invoking ex-President Ma Ying-jeou's own failed efforts to push for the reform, She said pension reform should not be a political divisive issue, urging attendees and wider society to consider Taiwan's future. The conference comprised three group discussions and coincided with a year-end banquet for the disadvantaged taking place outside the Presidential Office. Group talks centered on nine key reforms to the nation's embattled pension system. The plan was released earlier this week by the Presidential Office's pension reform committee.

Source: The China Post January 22, 2017 06:44 UTC