The Executive Yuan is planning to subsume the Cabinet- level Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) into an Executive Yuan secretariat, Vice Premier Chiu Cheng- hsiung, who concurrently serves as CPC Minister, said Monday. Chiu made the remarks to reporters after receiving members of the Control Yuan who visited the CPC for an inspection. According to Chiu, the Control Yuan was satisfied with the performance and function of the CPC, which receives an annual budget of just NT$100 million (US$3.3 million ), a tiny fragment of the country's annual budget. Chiu said he proposed subsuming the CPC to the level of a section under the Executive Yuan, but the Control Yuan members expressed preference for the commission to remain independent of and separate from the Cabinet. If the organization were to be simplified, Chiu said, the CPC would be directly under the Cabinet and would be able to work more efficiently. He added that he will consult further on the issue with the Cabinet-level Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, which serves policy planning, evaluation, coordination and integration functions. The Control Yuan members also expressed satisfaction with how the CPC dealt with a recent glitch by Dell Inc., as well as the recent tainted cooking oil issue. The CPC pressured Dell's Taiwan operation to come up with a satisfactory solution in response to the glitch that occurred in June and July when online shoppers took advantage of an error by Dell that saw the company offering laptops at a 75 percent discount. Dell canceled the discount offer as soon as the error was detected and provided coupons for those who had already placed orders, the value of which the company increased a few days later after an outcry by disappointed shoppers and intervention by the CPC. In the other incident, cooking oil containing high amounts of toxic heavy metal arsenic was found being used in two McDonald's outlets and one Domino's Pizza store, all in Taipei County. The CPC took quick action to warn fast food chains that they would face fines if subsequent tests showed no improvement. The case is currently under judicial process. In addition to these two cases, the Control Yuan members also expressed concern about underground radio stations selling drugs, to which the CPC promised to consult with the National Communications Commission and crack down any illegal drug selling, Chiu added. 