now derek lawrence, louis has more in this now from hong kong. the latest measures announced by taiwanese president trying one is aimed at increasing the islands defense capabilities. and one think tank estimates that the extra 8 months that cones conscripts will now be required to serve, could potentially add $60.00 to $70000.00 personnel annually to the current setting forth by the year 2027. and that's not the only change announced on tuesday. conscripts will now undergo more intense training. they'll be more ly fire drills to learn how to handle more sophisticated weapons. the president also said the government plans to increase the overall salaries for conscripts and professional soldiers. the number of years a conscript serves will also be taken into account and the governments labor retirement plan. all this is to make, serving in its defense forces more attractive now increasing the number of months that a conscript has to so really is not new. previously conscripts had to serve for 2 years, but that was slowly with down to 4 months by pr