Premier Su, Rather than Counting Parking Garage Spaces, It Would Be Better to Plan for Opening the Borders

Premier Su, Rather than Counting Parking Garage Spaces, It Would Be Better to Plan for Opening the Borders

United Daily News Editorial (Taipei, Taiwan)

June 2, 2020

 Translation of an Excerpt

Japan plans to implement the first wave of post-pandemic border control loosening at the end of June. To date, Japan, which still has dozens of newly confirmed cases every day, has begun lifting the bans in order to revitalize the economy. Why can’t Taiwan carry out its own opening plan, but has to wait for others to include us in their opening programs? In our country, there have been no domestic confirmed cases for 50 consecutive days, while there are only sporadic imported cases. However, the Tsai government has always remained indifferent and refused to actively think about the limited opening of our borders. Isn’t the government watching the loss of both opportunities and initiative?

Last weekend, Premier Su went south to inspect the Pingtung Branch of the Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and asked the superintendant of the hospital how many parking spaces there were in the newly constructed parking garage. The superintendant replied "probably over 500". Premier Su Tseng-chang expressed great dissatisfaction, reprimanding bluntly "You are not even clear how many parking spaces there are". Nevertheless, instead of wasting his time to remember the number of parking spaces, the big chief might as well think about the bigger things in Taiwan! Including how to use simpler revitalization coupons to stimulate the economy, and use a more active deployment to open our borders.

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