Lai Proposes US$500M Increase to Disaster Prevention Budget

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After Typhoon Krathon caused flooding in Taiwan last week, President Lai Ching-te has proposed increasing the 2025 disaster prevention budget by around US$500 million.

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00:00President Lai Ching-teh says he hopes to increase the country's disaster prevention budget after

00:05Typhoon Kratong caused flooding and landslides last week.

00:09The budget is in the hands of all the party members.

00:13We hope that the budget can be reviewed as soon as possible, and that the local government

00:17can get the funds as soon as possible to promote the water control project to protect the people's

00:23life and property.

00:26Lai said the proposal would increase the disaster prevention budget by close to US$500 million

00:32in 2025 to around US$1.7 billion in total.

00:37Lai made the announcement in New Taipei City, where he visited areas that were damaged when

00:42last week's typhoon overwhelmed flood control measures.

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