City Councilor Huang Shouda asked the city government to return the shopping festival budget by itself.

(Photo by reporter Su Jinfeng)

[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] The Taichung City Council held a procedure committee today to discuss the first interim meeting agenda, among which was the city government’s first additional budget reduction, DPP city councilor Huang Shouda approved, this time 350 million will be allocated to the shopping festival However, it was decided in the previous session that the shopping festival should not be added or subtracted, and the city government was required to return it on its own; KMT city councilor Huang Jianhao opposed it, saying that the fourth session is a new public opinion, and it should be "discontinuous". Deputy Mayor Huang Guorong explained , "Consumer Gold Gift" is not a shopping festival budget, it is a coordinating measure to cooperate with the central government to distribute 6,000 yuan in cash to the public to promote economic development.

Huang Guorong also said that because the 2011 City Council’s total budget was reviewed and approved by the Council last year, although the City Council has made a resolution that no additional budget reductions will be made for the next shopping festival, the 2011 Shopping Festival has been compiled and passed, so 113 The budget for the annual shopping festival will be fully compiled in this budget and will not be included in the supplementary budget.

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The 4th Taichung City Council held a program committee today, presided over by Speaker Zhang Qingzhao, to determine the agenda for the first interim meeting. Since this interim meeting will be included in the city government’s first additional budget reduction of 17.2 billion, the Democratic Progressive Party City Councilor Jiang Zhaoguo requested that the Second Council should not only have one time, but should at least add one more time just like reviewing this budget.

Jiang Zhaoguo also believes that the city council included the Digital Governance Bureau in the Civil Affairs Committee for review because it established a separate bureau from the seminar, but whether it is suitable should be sent to the general meeting for discussion.

DPP city councilor Huang Shouda said that this time there will be a temporary review of the city government’s first additional budget reduction. The city council had an accompanying resolution in the previous session. The shopping festival should be fully prepared with this budget, and no additional Budget cuts, but the first additional budget cuts this year, the city government used the name of "consumer gold gifts" to carry out additional budget cuts for the shopping festival, seriously despised the council, evaded the supervision of the city council, and disrespected the city council .

Huang Shouda also pointed out that what is more serious is that the city government has allocated another 350 million yuan, which is the same as in the past. The city government has already estimated it, but it still uses additional and reduced budgets. It is basically evading the supervision of the city council and asking the city government to return it. If it is returned, the parliament will also strictly supervise it.

KMT city councilor Huang Jianhao said that the current city council is all newly elected councilors, which is a new opinion of the people. It is a resolution of the previous city council that the shopping festival should not be increased or reduced, and the new public opinion should be respected if there are opinions on the shopping festival.

Deputy Mayor Huang Guorong said that the non-shopping festival budget of "Golden Gifts for Consumption" is a coordinating measure for the central government to distribute 6,000 yuan in cash to the public. Letting everyone touch the cash prize will promote consumption, and if the shopping festival wants to draw cash, it will be included in the budget for 2011.

Speaker Zhang Qingzhao announced that the first interim meeting will be held from March 13 to 22, the general assembly will be held at the same time as registration on the 13th, the second reading meeting will be held on the 20th, and the second and third meetings will be held on the 22nd.

Deputy Mayor Huang Guorong said that the non-shopping festival budget for the "consumer gold gift" is to cooperate with the central government's 6,000 yuan cash discovery policy.

(Photo by reporter Su Jinfeng)

The City Council convenes a program committee to discuss the agenda for the first interim meeting.

(Photo by reporter Su Jinfeng)