New budget creating more disparity: mayorBy Hung Jui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerChanges to the way budgets are allocated to local governments would result in greater economic disparity between northern and southern Taiwan, amounting to “systemic injustice,” Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said yesterday. Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che speaks to reporters in the city on Nov. 10 last year. Taipei received NT$41.6 billion (US$1.32 billion) from government tax allocations, while Tainan only got NT$16.3 billion, Huang said. “The cities and counties that receive more funding will not shy from asking for more from the central government if they are hit by natural disasters,” he added. The disparity caused by the amendments was not just a fiscal issue, but a warning that national resilience and systemic justice were being undermined, Huang said.

Source: Taipei Times January 08, 2026 16:05 UTC