Mayor Attends Traditional Ceremony for One-year-olds at Lin An Tai Historical HousePost date：2018-02-27
Updates：2018-02-27
1334
Mayor Ko Wen-je participated in the traditional birthday event celebrating the first birthday of 50 infants at Lin An Tai Historical House & Museum on February 25. The ceremony involves activities such as “drawing lots” (for predicting the baby’s vocational inclination) and “anti-drooling” practices.
Describing Taipei as a city boasting cultural characteristics, the mayor made a case for preserving traditions as the capital strives to transform itself into an innovation-embracing metropolis open to new ideas and new cultural infrastructure.
Holding birthday ceremonies for one-year-olds at Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum is especially meaningful, as the venue is one of the most long-standing and well-preserved historical residences in Taipei, Ko noted.
He also expressed his gratitude to all the parents and kids who enrolled in the event for playing a role to boost the City’s low birth rates. According to Ko, the number of families registering for the newborn lot drawing services at the facility is set to exceed 10,000 by the end of 2018.
Asked by the media about the possibility of increasing the amount of cash payment as birth incentive, the mayor reckoned that city government places more emphasis on helping parents relieve the burden of childrearing. An additional NT$200 million will be required to expand the scope of the kindergarten tuition fee subsidy to cover three-year-olds; the policy currently benefits four-year-old kids or above.
He added that the biggest hurdle faced by Taipei in the implementation of child-rearing policies is to secure land for establishing daycare facilities.
Describing Taipei as a city boasting cultural characteristics, the mayor made a case for preserving traditions as the capital strives to transform itself into an innovation-embracing metropolis open to new ideas and new cultural infrastructure.
Holding birthday ceremonies for one-year-olds at Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum is especially meaningful, as the venue is one of the most long-standing and well-preserved historical residences in Taipei, Ko noted.
He also expressed his gratitude to all the parents and kids who enrolled in the event for playing a role to boost the City’s low birth rates. According to Ko, the number of families registering for the newborn lot drawing services at the facility is set to exceed 10,000 by the end of 2018.
Asked by the media about the possibility of increasing the amount of cash payment as birth incentive, the mayor reckoned that city government places more emphasis on helping parents relieve the burden of childrearing. An additional NT$200 million will be required to expand the scope of the kindergarten tuition fee subsidy to cover three-year-olds; the policy currently benefits four-year-old kids or above.
He added that the biggest hurdle faced by Taipei in the implementation of child-rearing policies is to secure land for establishing daycare facilities.
