Article: HEAD OF TAIWAN'S TAICHUNG COUNTY URGES MERGER WITH TAICHUNG CITY.

TAICHUNG COUNTY, Nov. 6 Asia Pulse - Taichung County Magistrate Huang Chung-sheng suggested Monday that Taichung County and Taichung City should be combined into one administrative area to speed up the development of greater Taichung.

Speaking at a meeting of the Taichung County Council, Huang pointed out that the county currently has a population of 1.55 million, surpassing the 1.25 million required for an administrative area to become a special municipality under direct Cabinet control.

In addition, Huang added, Taichung county has an international seaport and an international airport, making it more advantageous for the county to ...

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