Speed up NCC nominee review, experts say

PILING UP: The slow review has left the commission unable to renew broadcasting licenses, while more than 700 cases are awaiting rulings by the agency, academics said By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source Communications experts yesterday urged the legislature to expedite approval of the Executive Yuan’s nominees to the National Communications Commission (NCC), saying the agency’s prolonged leadership vacuum has undermined the public interest. The experts were commenting at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Transportation Committee prior to the official review of nominees. The Executive Yuan nominated former Taipei Department of Legal Affairs commissioner Yuan Hsiu-hui (袁秀慧) as NCC chairwoman and National Sun Yat-sen University Institute of Marketing Communication pr