The Kuomintang group held a press conference today (22nd) on "Ji Zhong said goodbye to Da Nei Xuan, but you can't produce a whole egg for schoolchildren's nutritious lunch". The general summoner Zeng Mingzong presided over, the secretary-general Xie Yifeng, the legislator Fei Hongtai, and the deputy secretary-general Hong Mengkai And Zheng Zhengqian attended.

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[Reporter Wang Qianhao/Taipei Report] In response to the recent "egg shortage" in Taiwan, the Legislative Yuan KMT Group held a press conference today (22) to criticize Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, who repeatedly promised that there would be no shortage of eggs since last year, but repeatedly skipped votes. There is absolutely no solution to the problem of lack of eggs in the country, and they strongly demand that Chen Jizhong must step down; the Kuomintang group asks, when will the so-called warm and tough Chen cabinet solve the problem of lack of eggs?

When will a whole egg be available for a child's nutritious lunch?

Zeng Mingzong, the head of the Kuomintang League, said that every time he asked Chen Jizhong whether he would be short of eggs, Chen Jizhong would pat his chest to ensure that he would not be short of eggs.

In 2022, Chen Jizhong promised that if there is a shortage of eggs, he can go to the Council of Agriculture to buy eggs, but the ticket was skipped; in January 2023, Chen Jizhong promised again that there would be no shortage of eggs this year, but he still cannot buy eggs, and the ticket was skipped again , the Kuomintang group strongly demanded that Chen Jizhong must step down.

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Zeng Mingzong said that the Kuomintang group made humble demands on behalf of the 23 million people in the country. Is it so difficult for the growing children to eat an egg every day for the so-called warm and tough Chen cabinet?

There has been a shortage of eggs for several years. When will Chen Jianren, Premier of the Executive Council, solve the problem of egg shortage?

When can children eat a whole egg every day?

Xie Yifeng, secretary-general of the Kuomintang League from Changhua County, Taiwan's largest laying hen production area, pointed out that according to the forecast of Jincheng, the former chairman of the Agricultural Committee, the supply of eggs will not stabilize until 2024. The cost of raising laying hens has increased sharply, but the price of eggs has risen. In order to grab eggs, mid-market egg merchants have raised prices, but the income of egg farmers has dropped sharply, and the number of laying hens has also decreased.

Xie Yifeng questioned that the Council of Agriculture only imported 300,000 laying hens in large quantities this year. Why didn't it solve the problem of the shortage of laying hens last year?

The imported 300,000 laying hens and breeder hens will not be reflected in the yield rate of eggs until 2024 and 2025.

Secondly, why do layers and breeders rely on imports?

Why not grow your own breeder source in Taiwan?

Isn't Chen Jizhong an agricultural expert?

Didn't you say that you want to upgrade agricultural production technology and equipment?

Why hasn't it been resolved?

Fei Hongtai, a legislator of the Kuomintang, said that after Chen Jizhong took office as the chairman of the Agricultural Committee, the price of laying hens will be 20.5 yuan per catty in 2018, 35.64 yuan in 2019, 25.5 yuan in 2020, 34.5 yuan in 2023, and 40.5 yuan this year. The wholesale price of mid-market dealers is 52 yuan; compared to last year, the price of eggs has increased by 100%, which is Chen Jizhong's political achievements.

Zheng Zhengqian, deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang League, said that the DPP government likes to call the national team the most. On April 8, 2020, the Council of Agriculture established the "National Team of Eggs". Three years later, the problem of egg shortage is still unresolved. Even children can't eat whole eggs in their nutritious lunches, so they can only be provided with egg liquid and other ingredients. He questioned where the "egg national team" of the Council of Agriculture is?

Hong Mengkai, deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang League, said that the green battalion's flanking cyber army and the Green Committee are still leading the way, saying that there is no shortage of eggs at all, but that there is a shortage of eggs in the north. Eggs can be bought in the central and southern regions. There's something wrong with supply allocation, isn't it?

Why has the problem of unbalanced North-South eggs been allowed to happen again and again?