A Taipei City councilor yesterday urged the Ministry of the Interior to remove its restriction on senior-citizen participation in civic groups. The Civic Group Personnel Management Regulation stipulates that people older than 65 are not allowed to join civic groups.

"The number of genealogy groups makes up over 10 percent of the civic groups registered in Taipei. Furthermore, according to a survey conducted by the Bureau of Social Affairs, out of 172 groups questioned, the leaders of 112 of them are over the age of 65. Sixty-five percent of these people do not meet the regulation," Li Keng said.
The Taipei Times

- posted by Mike Goad @ 10/19/2004 07:11:00 PM