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Cash handout timing depends on legislature: president

Summary by Taipei Times
Taiwanese and eligible residents would each receive the universal NT$10,000 (US$311.8) cash handout before the Lunar New Year holiday, if the legislature passes next year’s general budget review before Jan. 5, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesman J

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The Kuomintang caucus proposed a universal cash handout of NT$20,000 to all citizens and demanded that it be passed three times before the November 28 election. The Executive Yuan, however, still advocates for a universal handout of NT$10,000, emphasizing that the policy must meet three principles: not crowding out other expenditures, having no real debt, and being legal and constitutional. The Executive Yuan also called on the Legislative Yuan …

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Taipei Times broke the news in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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