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To Strengthen Fraud Prevention, the Keelung City Government Has Consolidated Councilor Cooperation Funds Into Neighborhood Construction Projects.
Summary
To ensure that public budgets are governed by the rule of law, professionalism, and transparency, the Keelung City Government held a press conference today (13th) to explain the direction of reforms to the system of local proposals by councilors. Starting with the 2027 general budget, the city government will consolidate the relevant budget items, commonly known as "councilor matching funds," under the "neighborhood construction and maintenance"…
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Regarding the Keelung City Government's announcement yesterday (12th) of a significant reduction in funds allocated to councilors' proposals, and its repeated claims that this move is "promoting reform," Cheng Wen-ting pointed out that no one would oppose genuine reform, but if the city government is truly committed to promoting it, it should simply eliminate the entire amount of funding. The current practice, however, is to retain a massive bud…