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Rebuild Taiwan’s Island Development Act: Learning from the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 of the UK

The essay employs the theory on public policy as well as the research method of literature review, to explore the island development issues in the United Kingdom (Scotland) and Taiwan. The essay discusses the legal framework of the UK’s“Islands (Scotland) Act 2018”and Taiwan’s“Offshore Islands Development Act.”The essay finds that (1) The“Islands (Scotland) Act 2018”introduces new institution to handle the problems of island development and the Act employs the deregulation measures to loosen the control from other laws. (2) The“Offshore Islands Development Act”focuses on the land infrastructure, and lacks marine development policies. As the island government needs the grants from central government, most island policies tend to“centralization”. Based on the findings, the essay suggests that the government should amend the Act to introduce the national islands plan and the marine area development strategy by taking reference from the UK’s experiences.