More than 3m registered for civil defense program

By Huang Ching-hsuan / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan has registered more than 3.26 million civil defense personnel and stockpiled more than 560,000 tonnes of rice to bolster societal resilience, although a National Audit Office report warned of overlapping personnel rosters and urged the government to expand cold-storage facilities for food reserves. More than 3.26 million civil defense personnel have been designated and trained as of April as part of the government’s promotion of all-out defense mobilization to strengthen whole-of-society resilience. The data were revealed in the Audit Report of the Central Government for last fiscal year, which inventoried the implementation status of all-out defense mobilization. A person inspects a public grain storehouse operated by