The Nantou County Respect for the Elderly Care Card can subsidize taxi rides starting in December. The county magistrate Lin Mingqin and the newly-elected county magistrate Xu Shuhua urged the cardholders to make more use of it.

(Photo courtesy of Nantou County Government)

[Reporter Zhang Xiesheng/Nantou Report] Nantou County Respect for the Elderly Care Card, from today (1st) you can swipe the card to take a special taxi. More convenience and more freedom of movement.

The Nantou County Government pointed out that the Elderly Love Card issued by the county government subsidizes the elderly over 65 years old, aborigines over 60 years old, or people with disabilities to take transportation every month. Since 2015, the monthly subsidy amount has been increased from 300 points to 1,000 points Points (1 point is 1 yuan), originally you can only take 13 road passenger transports or national highway passenger transports (Guoguang Passenger Transport) contracted with the county government. From today, the scope of use is officially extended to special taxis, and the maximum subsidy for each trip is 85 points (yuan), you can swipe up to 4 times a day until the 1,000-point subsidy is deducted every month, and the remaining amount can be paid in cash, or use the stored value of the card to deduct cash.

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The Nantou County Government stated that there are currently 3,704 special taxi fleets, including 5 operators including Taiwan Grand Motorcycle, that can provide the elderly care card swiping service, and all special taxis will post Nantou County special taxi identification stickers to facilitate public identification and boarding Use; the special taxi fleet will provide a call for a car or an APP reservation service, so that people with a caring and respecting the elderly card can easily call a car.

The county government also reminds the public that the Respect for the Elderly Card is limited to personal use, and the monthly subsidy is 1,000 points. If the points are not used up at the end of the month, they cannot be accumulated. It is also recommended that the public can store the amount in the card by themselves, which is more convenient to use the card to take transportation .

Nantou County Respect for the Elderly Care Card has 5 special service taxi fleets, providing taxi dispatch by phone or APP reservation service.

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