Thousands protest outside Taiwan presidential office over pension reform plan

Taipei

THOUSANDS of military personnel, teachers, police and civil servants protested a plan to reform Taiwan's pension system outside of the Presidential Office in Taipei on Sunday, as a national conference to discuss reform was held in the office.

Vice-President Chen Chien-jen announced a pension reform plan this week for teachers, civil servants and non-government employees which would delay a default in payments to retirees by a decade.

The plan has angered the island's public servants, many of whom say it would ruin their retirement plans and th…