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DPP revises parade plan after criticism


Protesters yesterday hold a news conference on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei to speak against the incoming government’s decision to showcase slogans from past social movements as part of the performance at president-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration today.
Photo: CNA

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday said it would remove a controversial section of the parade to celebrate the presidential inauguration today, following criticism from social groups.

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Students get say in curriculum reviews


Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Kuo-shu holds up a placard in the legislature in Taipei yesterday following the passage of the Senior High School Education Act. The placard says that the act consigns non-transparent negotiations on the curriculum guidelines to history.
Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times

The legislature yesterday passed amendments to the Senior High School Education Act (高級中等教育法) to overhaul the review process for the curriculum guidelines, which sparked protests against lack of transparency last year.

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Newsflash

Members of People Masters walk past the entrance to Liberty Square in Taipei yesterday at the launch of a campaign urging legislative candidates to push for revisions to the Referendum Act if elected.

Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

People Masters, a civic group advocating amendments to the Referendum Act (公民投票法), yesterday launched a campaign urging legislative candidates to promise to push for revisions to the law if elected.

Wearing traditional hats made of bamboo leaves and T-shirts with the words “People are Masters,” about 100 volunteers from the organization gathered at Liberty Square in Taipei to go through a brief training session before departing for a march around the city to hand out fliers.