Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan said that at this stage, Hsinchu City will not follow Zhubei City's general distribution of cash.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)

[Reporter Hong Meixiu/Hsinchu Report] Zheng Chaofang, the mayor of Zhubei, announced a general distribution of 6,000 yuan in relief funds. Li Yanhui, spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and former Hsinchu councilor, believes that Hsinchu City should not be absent, and 4,077 yuan should be shared with the citizens.

In this regard, Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan said that considering the debt situation of Hsinchu City, it will not follow up at this stage, and it will not be as common as Zhubei City.

Gao Hongan said that she had asked the Finance Department and the Accounting Department to conduct relevant calculations after seeing such issues raised by former members. The current calculation results show that the statutory budget of Zhushi City in 2022 and 2021 is short of 1.907 billion yuan and 1.969 billion yuan respectively. As a result of increasing and reducing expenditures, the balance after the final accounts is 877 million yuan and 808 million yuan respectively.

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If you just look at the income, there is a surplus, but in fact, the current debt of Hsinchu City exceeds 10 billion yuan, including the World Expo Taiwan Pavilion Industry and Innovation Park Fund, which has a debt of 1.167 billion yuan due to poor management. warning.

The city government's accumulated non-self-paying debts amounted to 10.017 billion yuan, all of which had to be repaid by the city treasury.

Gao Hongan said that considering fiscal soundness and fiscal discipline, the balance of final accounts should be based on the principle of prioritizing debt repayment and implementing major policies, so as to reduce the pressure on debts and avoid debts to keep children and grandchildren.

Unlike Zhubei City, Hsinchu City has zero debts, so for the time being, it will conduct an inventory of all financial plans with the Finance Office and Accounting Office before reporting to the public, but it will not follow up at this stage, and will not carry out general cash payment like Zhubei City .