The Taiwan Railway Company’s transformation target was approved by the end of January, and the Ministry of Communications pointed out that it is expected to hold its first board of directors in July and be listed next year.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] The Taiwan Railway Company aims to be listed in January next year. However, the 15 sub-laws of corporatization were originally scheduled to be negotiated with the Taiwan Railway Union at the end of last year, but it has not yet been completed.

Hu Xianglin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Communications, said that although the next 10 consecutive days of the Spring Festival holiday will be ushered in, there will still be intensive consultations with the trade unions before the end of January to reach a consensus, and then the administrative work of hiring directors will begin. The goal is to hold a meeting at the end of July. Taiwan Railway Company's first board of directors.

During the negotiation of the Taiwan Railway Company's sub-law, what difficulties have been encountered at this stage and it has been difficult to reach a consensus. Du Wei, director of the Taiwan Railway, said that the main reason is that the trade union should fight for more rights and interests of employees, but a consensus has been gradually drawn up during the discussion process. Negotiations will continue to be strengthened.

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The Taiwan Railway Company’s sub-law originally hoped to be approved by the end of last year, and the revised draft was also announced one after another. However, in the follow-up process of coordination with the Taiwan Railway’s labor union, the union hoped that the sub-laws must reach a consensus before they can be announced, so it took some time.

Hu Xianglin said that before the end of this month, he will communicate intensively with the trade unions to complete the negotiation and finalize the 15 sub-laws. Meetings will be arranged today, tomorrow, and January 30.