Kaohsiung expects more shared tax revenue in 2027 but says a larger loss of central project grants will leave its overall budget NT$4.9 billion smaller. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) disputes that explanation, arguing that the law increased Kaohsiung’s share of national tax revenue and that the reduction in project grants was a separate decision by the central government.
You may have missed
(WARNING! The video is graphic) A video circulating online shows residents standing near the roadside with trash bags as they wait for a garbage truck. A vehicle then appears to move onto the shoulder at high speed to pass traffic before hitting the woman and throwing her into the air.
A speaker at a DPP mayoral candidate’s rally told supporters to adjust their answers in political polls. Critics say that’s cheating. The candidate says it was just an explanation of how polls work.
The same dataset showed that several other parts of Taiwan were also shrinking. Kaohsiung was listed at 2,713,913, down 0.32 percent, while Tainan was listed at 1,849,281, down 0.25 percent.
The Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport development in Fengshan District (鳳山區), marked a major milestone in what will become the company’s third LaLaport shopping complex in Taiwan.
