1. To comply with market interest rate mechanism and reasonably reflect operating costs for the National Treasury, the MOF adjusted the base stock of national treasury deposit for fiscal year 2009 to NT$ 50 billion which will have a retroactive effect since February 1 2009, pursuant to Tai-Tsai-Ku-Tzu No.09800131000 on April 3. 2. The MOF commissioned the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to sell through public tender on April 6th and to issue on April 7th NT$20billion of 91-day Treasury Bills with 0.086% discount rate to finance government funds. 3. On April, the MOF and the Department of Health issued the amended Article 2-1 and 17-1 of the "The Sanitation Standards for Alcohol Manufacturers," pursuant to Tai-Tsai-Ku-Tzu No.09803506600 and Wei-Shu-Shih No. 0980400465, in order to stop unlawful business from disguising the unlawful activities by rectifying denatured alcohol or manufacturing other health-damaging alcohol in lawful factories, and to ensure the safety of consumption and restore the market order. 4. The MOF commissioned the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to sell through public tender on April 10th and to issue on April 13th NT$20billion of 364-day Treasury Bills with 0.195% discount rate to finance government funds. 5. The MOF commissioned the Central Bank of the Republic of China（Taiwan） to sell through public tender on April 21st and to issue on April 24th NT$40 billion of the reopening Central Government Construction Bonds, with a 5-year maturity, 1.091％ highest yield rate and 0.875％ p.a. coupon rate to finance government funds. 6. The MOF held the 2009 meeting on local government finance, hosted by the Minister on April 23 and 24, to promote relevant policies and build consensus for solutions to local fiscal issues aimed at raising the overall local financial efficiency.
