The 1989 central government budget recently announced by the Executive Yuan provides for a major increase in expenditures on social welfare. Social welfare spending will swell by 48.4 percent over the figure for 1988, and its share of the budget will climb from 18.3 percent to 21.1 percent.
在行政院主計處最近公佈的七十八年度中央政府總預算案中，「社會福利」預算大幅提高，較七十七年度增加百分之四十八．四一，在總預算中所佔的比例也由十八．三四增為廿一．○五。