Taipei, July 21 (CNA) Taiwan's government is considering revising a "luxury tax" on housing transactions to raise more revenue and further curb property speculation, but a Taiwanese scholar on Sunday proposed taking a different approach. Chuang Meng-han, a professor of industrial economics at Tamkang University, advised the government to raise the costs of owning second houses in ...
TI plans new poll for Taiwan after original findings questioned
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) Transparency International (TI) will commission a new poll on corruption in Taiwan, an official said Sunday, after the group's original findings sparked widespread skepticism. Kevin Yeh, executive director of Transparency International Chinese Taipei (TICT) said the non-governmental organization based in Berlin has agreed to having a new poll conducted, although how it ...
Civilian prosecutors to look into video issue in dead soldier case
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) The Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office will investigate a suspiciously blank section of a surveillance video that may have offered clues into an army conscript's death, the office said Sunday. The office said it would launch an investigation into allegations that Col. Chen Yi-ming gave an order to delete parts of the July 1 video to destroy key evidence, because ...
Talk of the Day -- Military in hot water
The Sunday editions of all local newspapers were dominated by the protest and vigil held Saturday over the death of Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu, with Taiwan's only evening newspaper reporting on the possible impact of the scandal on the plan to turn Taiwan's military into an all-volunteer force. The following are excerpts on the story from the Sunday papers: United Evening News: ...
Earthquake strikes eastern Taiwan
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) An earthquake struck eastern Taiwan early Sunday, with no reports of casualties or damages thus far, reports the Central Weather Bureau. The magnitude 4.1 tremor, according to preliminary reports, occurred at 3:19 a.m. with the epicenter at 34.9 km north by west of Hualien City Hall and 9.3 km underground, reported the bureau. The shock was felt in eastern and northern ...
United Daily News Ma re-elected to head KMT amid rising discontent
Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected as chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) Saturday amid public outrage over the death of a conscript under suspicious circumstances and the Miaoli County government's forced demolition of four homes. Though Ma won more than 90 percent of the votes in a race in which he ran unopposed, both the president and KMT party members are well aware that the high percentage of ...
Panda cub Yuanzai has great appetite Taipei Zoo
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) Taipei Zoo's two-week-old panda cub, nicknamed "Yuanzai," has a great appetite, zoo officials said Sunday in its daily update on the panda cub's condition. When feeding time comes, zoo officials first wipe the panda cub's mouth and touch its mouth with the nipple of a baby bottle. Yuanzai, which cannot yet see, then starts greedily sucking the milk ...
Nauru disabled children to visit Taiwan
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) A group of disabled children and young adults from Nauru will visit Taiwan next week to learn about Taiwanese culture and meet with physically and mentally challenged Taiwanese, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the invitation of the ministry, the 10 residents of Nauru, who are visually impaired, hearing impaired or physically disabled, will visit Taiwan from ...
Taiwan wins 1 gold 3 silvers at International Biology Olympiad
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) Taiwan has won one gold medal and three silvers at the just-concluded International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Bern, Switzerland, the Ministry of Education said Sunday. Lin Pin-cheng from National Taichung First Senior High School was the only gold medal winner of Taiwan's four-member team. The team's other three members -- Hsu Chia-an from Taipei Municipal Jianguo ...
Pro-independence groups defend textbook wording for Japanese rule
Japan ese rule" in high school history textbooks. The appeal came after three local publishers recently complained to lawmakers and the Control Yuan that their textbooks were rejected by a ministry textbook review committee because they referred to the colonial era as ...
Taipei by Tao Lin ? review
GChat -honed style of the American-Taiwanese writer Tao Lin signals suspicion not only of cliche but also the effort required to avoid it: the last line of his new novel, his British debut, both tugs the heartstrings and rolls the eyes when it tells us the main character "felt 'grateful to be ...
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou re-elected KMT chairman
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected as chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) in an uncontested election on Saturday.About 57.86 percent of the voters turned out in the election and Ma won 202,750 valid votes, or nearly 92 percent of the votes, according to the KMT Central Committee.Ma told reporters after the election that he would push for reform in his party during his tenure as KMT ...
Taiwan President re-elected ruling party chair amidst protests
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeouwas on Saturday was again elected chairman of the ruling party almost unanimously, news agency STT reported quoting ...
Jiang backs service pact in meet with Kaohsiung locals
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Premier Jiang Yi-huah yesterday stressed that the cross-strait service pact is meant to boost Taiwanese businesses' competitiveness in the Chinese market, as he explained the benefits of the freshly signed trade agreement in a meeting with residents in ...
8-year-old girl found dead in Taoyuan
The girl, surnamed Huang, went missing from her grandmother's home in Xinwu Township, Taoyuan County on Thursday. When she was found Friday in a pond some 2 kilometers from the grandmother's house, she was already dead, with signs of lacerations and bruises on her body and blood on her underpants, police said. No suspect has been identified yet, and the cause of the death has yet to be ...
Miaoli County leads in mobilizing environment cleaning force EPA
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Northern Taiwan's Miaoli County ranked first out of all local counties and cities in mobilizing mountain and stream cleaning personnel during the "Earth Environment Season," fielding over 5,000 county residents to join the activity, according to the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), which organized the ...
Citibank Taiwan puts forth upgrades to Diamond Visa
Until the end of the year, Diamond Visa cardholders will be entitled to discounts on flight and hotel bookings, including up to 56 percent off for stays at Hotel Royal Chiao Hsi in Yilan and up to 60 percent off for Royal Chih-pen Hotel in Taitung, according to Citibank Taiwan. Eva Air business-class round-trip tickets to Hong Kong will also be available at NT$8,999 for card holders, while Air ...
MOEA expects rise in month-on-month June export orders
TAIPEI--Taiwan is expected to report growth in export orders for June from a month earlier, and possibly year-on-year, snapping a four-month decline, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said ...
LED suppliers revenues forecast to grow this year
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The total revenues of Taiwanese light-emitting diode (LED) companies are expected to grow this year on the back of a growing lighting market, according to a market information advisory ...
Local tourism promoted at Singapores largest MRT station
Starting July 17, advertisements to promote Taiwan's colorful activities and attractions, such as the New Year fireworks show at Taipei 101, the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, numerous bike trails and cherry blossoms, appeared at the Dohby Ghaut MRT station. A Taiwanese tourism official hopes the campaign, built around the slogan "Time for Taiwan," will attract tourists even before ...
Merrill Lynch keeps buy rating on flexible PCB supplier
TAIPEI--Bank of America Merrill Lynch has maintained a "buy" recommendation on shares of Zeng Ding Technology Holding Ltd., one of Taiwan's leading flexible printed circuit board (PCB) suppliers, amid optimism over its third quarter ...
Global large-sized panel shipments suffer 2.5 monthly drop
TAIPEI--Global shipments of large-sized panels dropped by a monthly 2.5 percent in June due to the slow season effect, according to a local flat screen research ...
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