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Source: The Taipei Times
Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng announced yesterday that the 228 Memorial Day will remain a public holiday this year.
February 28 was made a public holiday in 1997, effective since 1998 (24-Feb-1997).
Last October, the Legislative Yuan attempted to turn the February 28 from its current status as an annual public holiday into a regular work day. The proposal had been made to help make up for work days lost under the new five-day workweek policy (20-Jun-2000).
The public holidays that the government planned to cancel were: 228 (February 28), Sun Yat-sen's birthday (November 12) and Constitution Day (December 25).
While the November 12 and December 25 public holidays could be canceled by an administrative order, the 228 public holiday status was established as part of a law providing compensation for victims of the incident (24-Feb-1997).
Therefore, to cancel the 228 public holiday, this law must be revised by the legislature. By the time the legislature got around to considering the proposal to cancel the 228 public holiday, it was too late to do anything about it for this year.
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Taiwan To Maintain 228 Public Holiday ... For The Moment