KMT lawmaker says birthrate measures have failed

By Lo Kuo-chia and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmaker yesterday criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government over the nation’s declining population, calling it Taiwan’s top national security threat.The National Development Council on Friday said that Taiwan’s population would fall below 20 million by 2045.The prospect of a declining population is immediate and real, threatening Taiwan’s economy, finances, healthcare, social welfare and national security, KMT caucus deputy secretary-general Hsu Yu-chen (許宇甄) said yesterday. A woman carries a child at a park in Taipei on Friday. Photo: CNA The decreasing workforce would come under increasing pressure to support the National Health Insurance progra