Executive Yuan

[upbeat music] These are your top stories for October ninth, twenty twenty-six.

The Executive Yuan has approved the AI dividend shared with all citizens plan, budgeting two hundred and thirty-five point seven billion New Taiwan dollars to hand every citizen ten thousand New Taiwan dollars.

Premier Chao-te Cheng said that if the Legislative Yuan passes the twenty twenty-seven central government budget by January fifth and President William Lai promulgates it by January twentieth, distribution can begin before Lunar New Year.

Registration would open as early as January twenty-fifth, with the first deposits landing January twenty-sixth.

We called行政院冲突.

The Executive Yuan?

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That's it.

That's when they tried to occupy the Executive Yuan.

Yes.

Li, who is leading Taiwan's delegation, said he had submitted his entry request well in advance, and he rejected what he called political suppression.

The Foreign Ministry said it would keep defending Taiwan's right to take part, while the Executive Yuan urged the games to preserve a fair competitive environment.

Taiwan is set to march in 36th place at Saturday's opening ceremony, led by flag bearers Huang Hsiao-wen and Chang Huan-I.

Next in politics, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs froze electricity prices for October, keeping the rate at about 3.78 New Taiwan dollars per kilowatt hour and putting off any decision until December.