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Taiwan vows new safety laws after quake disaster

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Taiwan's premier pledged Friday (Feb 19) to change safety laws after more than 100 people were killed when an earthquake toppled an apartment complex thought to have been weakened by shoddy construction, reports Straits Times

In the first sitting of Taiwan's new parliament since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) swept to victory in elections in January, Chang San-cheng said his cabinet's priority was to improve disaster prevention. Many residents of the 16-storey Wei-kuan complex in the southern city of Tainan were buried in rubble after the 6.4-magnitude quake on February 6. All but two of the 117 dead were from the building.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Governance Disaster risk management Structural safety
Country and region Taiwan (China)
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