By Tsai Wen-chu and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writerTainan’s population of those aged 20 to 49 has fallen by about 67,000 since Tainan city and county merged to form the special municipality in 2010, Democratic Progressive Party Tainan City Councilor Chiu Li-li (邱莉莉) said on Monday. In December 2010 — when the merger took effect — there were 895,457 people between the ages of 20 and 49 in Tainan, Chiu said while questioning Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) at the Tainan City Council. Tainan’s population has declined for 10 consecutive months, from 1,883,831 in December last year to 1,881,204 last month, she said. The city government wants to help young people who are starting out in life, but it still hopes they remain independent, he said. The Tainan City Government has responded by running a pilot subsidized subletting program, he said.

Source: Taipei Times November 12, 2019 16:03 UTC