President Lai Ching-te said that the upcoming 41st Hang Kuang and city-town resilience exercises would demonstrate the country’s strong commitment to self-defense.
Lai hosted the 4th meeting of the Whole-of-Society-Resilience Committee June 26 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. He emphasized that protecting the country is not only the responsibility of the armed forces, but also that of ordinary citizens.
The president said that it has been a year since the committee was established, adding that a special budget of NT$150 billion (US$5.1billion) has been allocated to strengthen national defense capability through procurement of equipment including coastal guard defenses and unmanned vehicles.
The Hang Kuang drills, set to take place July 9-18, test military personnel on tackling grey zone tactics, rapid reaction, conflict preparedness, operational strategic communications and use of new equipment.
Alongside the Hang Kuang exercises, a series of city-town resilience exercises will be held, the president said and added that in March, field exercises were conducted to examine coordination between central and local governments as well as public and private sectors. Since April 10, further drills were implemented in eight cities and counties including eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County, Keelung City in the north and the outlying Lienchiang County.
The president further noted that three more drills will be staged July 15-17 in the central city of Taichung, the southern city of Tainan and Taipei City while air and civil defense exercises will take place in 22 cities and counties.
Following Lai’s outline, the Ministries of Defense and Interior and the Executive Yuan briefed the meeting on Hang Kuang planning, goals set for whole-of-society resilience and the 2025 city-town resilience exercises, the PO said. (POC-E)
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Lai hosted the 4th meeting of the Whole-of-Society-Resilience Committee June 26 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. He emphasized that protecting the country is not only the responsibility of the armed forces, but also that of ordinary citizens.
The president said that it has been a year since the committee was established, adding that a special budget of NT$150 billion (US$5.1billion) has been allocated to strengthen national defense capability through procurement of equipment including coastal guard defenses and unmanned vehicles.
The Hang Kuang drills, set to take place July 9-18, test military personnel on tackling grey zone tactics, rapid reaction, conflict preparedness, operational strategic communications and use of new equipment.
Alongside the Hang Kuang exercises, a series of city-town resilience exercises will be held, the president said and added that in March, field exercises were conducted to examine coordination between central and local governments as well as public and private sectors. Since April 10, further drills were implemented in eight cities and counties including eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County, Keelung City in the north and the outlying Lienchiang County.
The president further noted that three more drills will be staged July 15-17 in the central city of Taichung, the southern city of Tainan and Taipei City while air and civil defense exercises will take place in 22 cities and counties.
Following Lai’s outline, the Ministries of Defense and Interior and the Executive Yuan briefed the meeting on Hang Kuang planning, goals set for whole-of-society resilience and the 2025 city-town resilience exercises, the PO said. (POC-E)
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