Taiwan Economy Minister Offers to Resign After Deadly Blasts
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Taiwan’s economy minister Chang Chia-Juch offered his resignation yesterday, taking responsibility for gas explosions in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung city that killed at least 30 people.
Chang said he hoped his stepping down would stem the political blame-game in Taiwan, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ website. Premier Jiang Yi-huah commended Chang’s response to the disaster in a statement late yesterday and said he hopes Chang will reconsider his decision.