Discussion and delay dog Taiwan pension plan

Taiwan's major political parties are in for more negotiation over what shape the country's new pension system should take following the government's announcement this week that the national retirement plan will be delayed from its scheduled implementation date of 1 July 2001.The Council of Economic Planning Development (CEPD) is yet to table a report to a cross-party committee set up to select a model for the National Annuity Plan. Three of the six-member committee are from the ruling…