Culture ministry cuts threaten Taiwan’s voice

PRECEDENTED TARGET: To destroy a nation, first erase its history; to destroy a people, first destroy its culture,’ the culture minister quoted as opposition budget cuts hit By Hsu Yung-ching and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Minister of Culture Li Yuan (李遠) on Saturday lamented the erosion of Taiwan’s cultural sector, saying that opposition parties used cuts to the ministry’s funding, saying that, “to destroy a people, first destroy its culture.”The Ministry of Culture’s proposed publicity budget of NT$47.38 million (US$1.48 million) was deleted in the budget cuts passed in the legislature on Friday, while funding for the Public Television Service (PTS) was reduced by NT$21.85 million and Taiwan Plus saw its budget cut by NT$200 million.Li on Satu