The amendment of the labor assistance law: how to deal with the pollution problem of agricultural land factories? facing the problem, agricultural land still needs to be used.

The legislative progress of the revised draft of the "Factory Management Assistance Law" has not been as expected by the administrative department. The consultation between the government and the opposition on the controversial provisions is currently on hold. The environmental groups continue to protest against the lack of sunset clauses in the government's version of the Labor Assistance Law, allowing factories to be legal on the spot, and accelerating the disintegration and disappearance of Taiwan's agricultural land. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, refuted on the 29th, stressing that the government's version of the Labor Aid Law is to face and solve the problem of agricultural land factories for many years."What a joke!" All farmland is 100% agricultural and there is no room for compromise."Please read Article 28 of the Labour Assistance Law carefully.

Chen Jizhong explained that there are three key points in the draft amendment to the Labor Assistance Law. First, the newly built farmland factories after May 20, 2016 will be demolished immediately upon report. If the local government is lazy and does not dismantle them, the central government will forcefully cut off water and electricity. Second, all farmland factories are managed. If they fail to comply with fire safety, environmental safety and water pollution control regulations within 10 years, they will not be able to obtain specific factory registration and will face demolition or water and electricity cuts. This is the first time in history that the Government has dealt with the problem of farmland factories.

Third, medium and high polluting factories must move out of agricultural land within a specified time limit. The Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Environmental Protection Department, and the Council of Agriculture will work with local governments to set a guidance period. Medium and high polluting factories must move out of agricultural land within the specified time limit. This is a great guarantee for people's food safety. Chen Jizhong said that the contents of these three amendments have not been noticed by the outside world. The revised draft of the Labor Assistance Law is a positive protection for agricultural land.

How can farmland build factories? Therefore, these factories built on agricultural land are illegal factories and have a long history. However, whether they should be demolished and how should they be demolished? There are arguments. The draft amendment to the Labor Assistance Law in the Legislative Yuan has been questioned and protested by environmental groups. Environmental groups believe that the provisions of the bill are very loose. First, they should be legal on the spot, so that illegal factories can obtain legal permanent residence rights. The next step is to legally sell and sell a wave of speculation. Chen Chi-chung refutes, saying that this is the first time in the history of the government to face and deal with the problem of agricultural land factories, and it can ensure that agricultural land will never be occupied by illegal factories in the future.

Consumers are most concerned about whether agricultural factories pollute farmland and crops. Chen Chi-chung stresses that the draft amendment stipulates that medium and high polluting factories must move away from agricultural land, while low polluting factories must improve to comply with relevant laws and regulations and obtain specific factory registration before they can stay.

CHAN Kat Chung thinks that there is misunderstanding about the draft amendments to the Labour Assistance Act. He asks Members to read clause 28 carefully,"What a joke! All agricultural land must absolutely be used for farming, and there is no room for compromise. The management of agricultural land and factories must be advanced. In the future, no agricultural land will be built by factories. Medium and high polluting factories must also be relocated. Those that have not been registered as agricultural land and factories within 10 years must also be eliminated. These three points are absolutely positive to the protection of agricultural land."