The Taoyuan City Council continued to review the budget, and the 12 bureaus shelved 13 budgets, amounting to 527 million.

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[Reporter Xie Wuxiong/Taoyuan Report] Taoyuan City Council continues to jointly review the 2023 general budget of Taoyuan City today. A total of 12 bureaus including the Tourism and Tourism Bureau have been reviewed, and 13 budgets amounting to more than 527 million yuan have been put on hold. The two budgets for parks and inclusive recreational facilities, with the largest amount of 420 million yuan, will be reviewed in the second and third readings after the Bureau of Public Works supplements the materials. In addition, Taoyuan Mayor-elect Zhang Shanzheng’s policies such as the three-day welfare for the elderly are estimated to take The increase of 800 million yuan will be paid through additional budget in the future.

Xu Minsong, deputy director of the Social Affairs Bureau, said that the Social Bureau has set the implementation points for the three-day welfare fund for the elderly and the Chongyang Festival respect for the elderly. Therefore, the amount and conditions for the payment are not specified in the budget. In the future, only the implementation points need to be revised. It is expected to increase the budget by 630 million yuan, and the amount of the Double Ninth Festival Respect for the Elderly will be increased from 2,000 yuan to 2,500 yuan, which is expected to increase the budget by 170 million yuan. The two welfare policies will increase the budget by 800 million yuan. .

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The Taoyuan City Council jointly reviewed the budgets of 12 bureaus including tourism, health, environmental protection, police, society, aboriginal administration, finance, water affairs, public works, economic development, labor, and urban development. The review process went smoothly, except for a few budgets that were Apart from shelving, most of the budgets were passed without objection. The budgets of the 12 bureaus were reviewed around 11:00 am. The Hakka Affairs Bureau, the Sports Bureau, subsidiary units (funds) and the parliamentary budget will continue to be reviewed tomorrow. It is expected to be summarized on the 15th. The budget and the second and third readings of the budgets and comprehensive statements of subsidiary units.

The budget that has been put on hold today, in addition to the 200 million yuan budget for the Park of the Public Works Bureau, 220 million yuan for inclusive recreational facilities, and 950,000 yuan for the investigation of women's living needs by the Social Affairs Bureau, and the "Taoyuan City River Corridor Space Planning and The Decision Support Service Plan” is 5 million yuan, and the preliminary operation plan of the sewage sewer system is 9.8 million yuan.