Overview
- From the 3,020-meter Hsiaohsueshan radar station, President Lai pledged stronger defense and public security in his Lunar New Year remarks.
- A government holiday video featured footage of Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine undergoing undersea trials.
- The opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan has refused to review Lai’s roughly US$40 billion, eight-year plan and is pushing smaller alternatives.
- Lai thanked troops, coast guard, police and public workers for holiday duty, and praised rescue and repair teams after last year’s disasters.
- Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council dismissed Beijing’s renewed “reunification” call as rhetoric threatening the island’s existence.