Cabinet outlines demography strategy

SUBSIDIES, LEAVE: The government would increase childcare and education aid, while marriage leave would be extended to 14 days and to 12 weeks for pregnancy By Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The Cabinet has launched a new national strategy to address Taiwan’s demographic challenges, with plans to implement measures covering family support, elderly people, talent development across all age groups and global talent recruitment to improve the country’s resilience in responding to demographic changes, Executive Yuan spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said on Friday.The National Development Council earlier in the day released its population projection that showed Taiwan’s population could nearly halve by 2075, while births are projected to