At the end of July, the Taipei City Council passed a set of guidelines on pensions for themselves. According to the guidelines, city councilors who had served two full years would be able to receive a lump-sum pension payment. Those who had served at least a full four-year term could choose to receive a monthly pension of NT $ 25,000-58,000 for life or could choose to take a lump-sum payment of NT $ 3.93 million.
台北市議會上月底通過的退職金辦法中規定，市議員任滿二年以上得支領退職酬金；任滿一屆即四年以上，退職後則終身可月領兩萬五千元至五萬八千元不等的酬金，或是最高可以一次領取三百九十三萬餘元的退職酬勞。