Cabinet wants autonomy, assistance for Aboriginals

This article was written by Ko Shu-ling and published by The Taipei Times on June 3, 2003. It reports that the Executive Yuan wants Taiwan's native peoples to have greater say in how they govern themselves and in the future of the land they call theirs. Aborigines will be able to establish their own autonomous region to preserve their traditional culture, language and land, if a draft bill on the establishment of the Aboriginal autonomous region passes into law.