Hai Kun-class sub to leave Kaoshiung harbor for 1st time on Monday

Budget conditional on Narwal meeting safety standards and beginning of testing

Subs will be built from 2025 to 2038 at a cost of NT$284 billion

Indigenous submarine slated to be handed over to Navy in 2024

Ground breaking ceremony on secret Taiwan submarine site to held on May 9

Necessary licenses have been obtained and a design is being finalized, MND will seek legislative approval of contractors in March, 2019

Retired specialists to train Taiwan staff and present report in October