Taipei City Councilor Jian Shupei and Daan District Linjiang District Chief Liu Yongxiong held a press conference, criticizing Ke for setting the sunset of the project at the end of this year before resigning from office, and completely canceling the communal dining in the village starting next year, digging a hole for Jiang Wanan to dance.

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[Reporter Yang Xinhui/Taipei Report] Former Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe launched the trial project of co-dining bases in the Li office in 2017. There are 80 co-dining bases in Taipei City, with up to 4,558 elders participating; Democratic Progressive Party Taipei City Councilor Jian Shupei found that Ke Wenzhe Before leaving office, she set the sunset date of the project at the end of this year, and it will be completely canceled next year. She criticized that the former mayor Ke Wenzhe canceled the meal, but asked the successor mayor Jiang Wanan to pay the bill. Dong and Jiang Wan'an foolishly cooperated to jump into the pit, and the supervisor of the Taipei City Social Bureau is Lin Yihua, the prospective deputy mayor who has not yet taken office. Now he is "hanging around outside", and there has been a breach in the municipal operation.

After taking office, Ke Wenzhe canceled the payment of the old-age pension, causing a backlash. In 2017, he diverted the relevant funds to set up dining places for the elders in various villages, and implemented a project to calm public grievances. It has been reflected for a long time that it is difficult to cancel the dining base after it is opened, and it still continues to this day.

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According to statistics, there are currently 80 shared meal bases for the Liban project service, with a total of 4,558 elders participating in the shared meal. Among them, there are 16 Lis in Daan District, with a total of 1,028 people participating in the shared meal, ranking first among the 12 administrative districts of Taipei City; Xinyi District has 746 people, 581 people in Wanhua District, and 526 elders in Zhongzheng District.

Jian Shupei said that although the participating elders only eat together once a week, it has become their daily life. For the elders, it is a very important opportunity to go out of the house and interact with others. As a result, Ke Wenzhe set the closing time at the end of 2022, just before leaving office. A week later, the mayor was undoubtedly digging a hole for the new mayor who just took office, and Jiang Wanan was not familiar with municipal affairs, so it seemed that he was incapable of dealing with the mess left by Ke Wenzhe.

Liu Yongxiong, mayor of Linjiang in Da'an District, said that the elders really need a shared meal in the village, and hoped that Mayor Jiang would listen to the voice of the local area and not cancel it.

Jian Shupei pointed out that from January 1 next year, more than 4,000 elders in Taipei City may no longer be able to continue to participate in the meal sharing. In order to confiscate the Da'an District Legislator, she delayed her appointment as deputy mayor until February. Jiang Wan'an did not enter into the state of municipal affairs.

Jian Shupei requested that in order to continue the trial project of communal dining in the neighborhood, Mayor Jiang Wanan should immediately instruct the planning of a formal communal dining project in the neighborhood so that the elders can continue to eat; in addition, in order to avoid further municipal disorder, Jiang Wanan should immediately ask Lin Yihua to take office, or find Other candidates for vice mayor.

In this regard, Jiang Wanan said that he has actually heard a lot of voices at the grassroots level. The social bureau will also explain to the public that the care of the elders is very important, and the rights and interests of the elders will not be damaged.

The Taipei City Government made an oolong response today, pointing out that the business of the Social Affairs Bureau is now under the supervision of Deputy Mayor Li Sichuan. Instead, Secretary-General Li Taixing temporarily acted as Lam Yi-wah's job. Only then did the city government explain that although there was a division of labor, in fact, Li Sichuan "first" supervised the social bureau.

The Taipei Municipal Bureau of Social Affairs stated that it did not suspend the policy of communal meals, but to provide better services for the elderly and to comply with the regulations for signing in by swiping cards. Greetings and care, health promotion courses, and cooperate with the elderly to swipe their cards to sign in and other administrative tasks.