The Legislative Yuan's cuts and freezes to the Presidential Office's state affairs fund have also wiped out Mid-Autumn gift box orders at sheltered workshops nationwide — bad news for workers with disabilities.

• The KMT-TPP camp passed a proposal by KMT legislator Weng Hsiao-ling to cut and freeze NT$30 million of the Presidential Office's state affairs fund.
• The money was originally earmarked to purchase 15,000 Mid-Autumn gift boxes from 37 sheltered workshops.
• The Parents' Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Taiwan sharply criticised the move as "cutting it in full knowledge," since the Presidential Office had already explained what the money was for during negotiations.
• What is at stake is not just the number of gift boxes, but stable employment and job opportunities for people with disabilities.

Outlook: Sheltered workshops may face a drying up of orders, and pressure from various quarters could force legislators or the Presidential Office to find alternative funding to make up the shortfall.