Basic training camps to get air conditioners: MND
ROC Central News Agency
2007-11-05 17:53:47
Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) The installation of air conditioners at 10 military basic training camps is intended to give newly enlisted men time to adapt to their new environment, a Ministry of National Defense (MND) official said Monday.
Wu Ta-peng, vice chief of the Command Staff, made the remarks while delivering a report to the National Defense Committee at the Legislative Yuan.
Responding to news reports that the MND is preparing to spend NT$400 million (US$12.27 million) to install the air conditioners, Wu said the ministry is hoping that new conscripts will be "given time to adjust during the transitional period from a civilian to a member of the military."
The Reserve Command said in a press release that the basic training camps were built between the 1960s and 1970s. They are cement flat-roofed buildings that trap light and heat easily. The bedrooms are usually over 30 degrees Centigrade during the summer, making sleep difficult.
To conserve energy, the MND has asked for strict regulation of how the air conditioners will be used, the Reserve Command added.
Basic training camps in developed countries have air conditioning in leisure spaces, which includes bedrooms, according to the Reserve Command.
(By Lilian Wu)
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