Virus Outbreak: KMT calls for cash grant instead of relief couponsBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe government should issue cash handouts instead of coupons as part of its relief and recovery plan for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said yesterday. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang, right, chairs a meeting of the KMT Central Standing Committee in Taipei yesterday. Local governments have “almost no role” in a NT$60 billion special budget approved by the Legislative Yuan last month, the KMT said. Amid the intensifying calls from the KMT for cash handouts this week, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Tuesday said that the effectiveness of distributing cash would not be great. Many of the Executive Yuan’s plans involve giving out cash, Su said.

Source: Taipei Times April 08, 2020 15:56 UTC