In order to facilitate the transportation needs of the elderly in the specially remote areas (such as Alishan Fengshan), the Chiayi County Government sought full subsidies from the Highway Administration to open a "happiness bus", and began to operate on New Year's Day, but the county councilor He Zifan revealed that although this policy is convenient for the elderly, it harms the rights and interests of civil servants in mountainous areas. The Personnel Office of the Chiayi County Government responded that it is actively coordinating with relevant units and intends to restore the original addition.
In order to facilitate the transportation needs of the elderly in the special areas (such as Alishan Fengshan), the Chiayi County Government has sought full subsidies from the Highway General Administration to open a "happiness bus", driving 6-7 people two times a week on four days and sundays, so that the elderly can traffic and seek medical treatment more conveniently, the bus can be stopped on call, in the "general passenger transport" public transport can not reach the place, by the happiness bus to the passenger station node, the original meaning of the good.
He Zifan pointed out that the county government in order to fight for the needs of the elderly in the remote areas to fight for the happiness of the bus, connecting the people in the special remote areas to the passenger station node, but damaged the due rights and interests of the colleagues serving in the mountainous public service units, Alishan Laiji, Fengshan and other areas of the public service organs and schools received the county government notice, since January 1 this year, the remote areas of the personnel of the second level to modify the first level of the personnel to add to the first level, the local nurses, teachers, police officers are affected, teachers who have served more than 5 years, the monthly salary gap of NT$5,000.
He Zifan criticized that the "Happiness Bus" is not a general public passenger transport system, but a flexible and convenient measure to supplement the shortage of passenger transport, but it has seriously damaged the work rights and interests of the public service colleagues in the remote townships, and even seriously hit the service morale of the colleagues in the remote townships, requiring the county government to adjust the wrong cognition and correct the wrong decisions as soon as possible.
The Personnel Office of the county government responded that the "Longmei Chashan Line" and "Shizhu Fengshan Line" Happiness Bus, which have been operating since January 1 today, have call stations along the line, and according to regulations, the number of kilometers between the bus call station and the service place and the stop sign is the condition for the approved region to be added to the level, considering that the Happiness Bus is a stop-and-go method, and there is no need to set up a stop sign, it will coordinate with the Alishan Township Office to cancel the setting of the 2-route Happiness Bus Greeting Station and restore the original payment amount added to the affected institutions and school areas.