[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The Kinmen and Matsu public Spring Festival transportation project (the project "small three links") expires on the 6th.
According to Taiwan's "Business Times" report on February 5, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council issued a press release on the evening of the 4th, stating that it will promote the normalization of the "small three links" project, and adjust the routes and flights from the 7th, of which the Jinxia route will maintain at most one flight per day. The newly added Jinquan route has a maximum of two flights a week, and the Matsu route has increased from a maximum of two flights a week to a maximum of four flights a week.
In terms of passengers, it is still limited to people in the Jinma area and mainland spouses, etc., and the local government of Jinma is responsible for compiling and controlling. In the future, it will make dynamic adjustments to the follow-up "mini-three links" passenger transportation arrangements depending on changes in the operation status and epidemic situation. , Steadily resume normal communication.
According to statistics from the Mainland Affairs Council, the project "Mini Three Links" has been implemented since January 7 this year. As of February 3, there were a total of 34 round-trip flights between the two sides (28 flights from Kinmen and 6 flights from Matsu), carrying a total of 4,299 passengers. And their spouses account for about 99%, and other humanitarian objects account for about 1%.
Kinmen "legislator" Chen Yuzhen bluntly stated that the authorities are simply standing still, and Taiwanese businessmen are still unable to be included in the scope of the "miniature three links", which shows that the "Executive Yuan" is "virtuous and unyielding" in promoting the normalization of the "miniature three links" passenger transport. There is no sincerity”, this move will once again cast a shadow over the recent signs of easing cross-strait relations.
Wu Jiaying, honorary president of the Xiamen Taiwanese Business Association, said, "This kind of practice not only discriminates, but also insults Taiwanese businessmen in the mainland. Taiwanese businessmen will use their votes to teach the government a lesson."
He said that Taiwan’s SEF just held a symposium on the Spring Festival fellowship of Taiwanese businessmen on the 2nd. Taiwanese businessmen made the most suggestions on the full opening of the “small three links” and the restoration of mainland destinations. Initiated dialogue with Beijing, and the result was "even the opening of the small three-way link is not possible. How can we expect them to improve cross-strait relations?" Adhere to the "miniature three links" can only do half a set, the new plan and the Spring Festival project only have a different name, "It's basically a trick to sell dog meat, it seems to have encountered a fraudulent group", it is like a slap in the face of a Taiwanese businessman, it is a double-sided game , Integrity has been completely bankrupt.
(Cheng Dong)
(Global Times)