TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Kuomintang (KMT) caucus whip Lai Shyh-bao (???) said yesterday that he is confident the party will reach a consensus to support the cross-strait service trade agreement, as most KMT legislators have spoken positively of the ...
Typhoon victims offered relief loans
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The central bank has compiled information on favorable loan programs provided by government agencies and local banks to help those who have suffered losses from Typhoon ...
Ma postpones campaign for party chairmanship
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday postponed campaigning for the ruling party chairmanship in order to visit rural areas as part of the government's Typhoon Soulik relief ...
Local oil refiners raise fuel prices by NT$0.50 per liter
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The nation's two oil refiners announced an increase of NT$0.50 per liter for suggested retail prices for gasoline and diesel products on the domestic market for the ...
Ex-DPP chair aims for choice of the people
She made the remarks in an interview with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). The full interview was made available to the public on the former chairwoman's Facebook page. Tsai, who lost to incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou in the previous presidential election by roughly 5 percent, said that she remains a political figure despite the fact that she currently does not hold public office of any ...
University-educated workers beginning to retire earlier poll
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) said yesterday that tertiary-educated workers on the higher end of the age spectrum are retiring earlier at a growing ...
Typhoon death toll rises to 3 as missing person found dead
TAIPEI -- A 57-year-old man was found dead in Pingtung County yesterday, after he went missing while climbing nearby mountains one day earlier, bringing the number of deaths from Typhoon Soulik to three, according to ...
Taiwan-Philippine fishery meet linked to shooting investigation
TAIPEI -- A second meeting to deal with fishing disputes between Taiwan and the Philippines is set to be held after reports on the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard personnel are released and the victim's family receives compensation from Manila, officials said ...
Wang loses in 2nd start with Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese pitcher Chien-Ming Wang made his second start with the Buffalo Bisons, a Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and pitched six innings in the Bisons' 2-1 loss in Buffalo ...
NTHU professor + math competition=silver medal
TAIPEI -- A Taiwanese professor of mathematics was awarded a silver medal in a math award, dubbed the Fields Medal of the Chinese-speaking world, in Taipei yesterday, the only mathematician from Taiwan to be recognized this year, according to the International Congress of Chinese ...
Greater Taipei dispatches 13500 cleaners to remove more than 4400 fallen trees
More than 4,400 trees in the area were blown down in the storm's powerful winds and torrential rain. The Taipei City Government Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said the department dispatched 3,557 cleaners, cleaning over 1,032 tons of debris, garbage and tree branches. The Taipei City Government said Typhoon Soulik felled more than 1,300 road trees in the city, some damaging ...
Comic exhibition set to show Taiwan Japan works
TAIPEI -- The 2013 Comic Exhibition will kick off Aug. 15 in Taipei, featuring Taiwanese and Japanese graphic artists, voice actors, animation directors and light novelists, the organizers said ...
Taiwan to receive four sub-hunter aircraft by years end
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Taiwan is set to take delivery of four submarine-hunting aircraft purchased from the United States by the end of this year, which are expected to bolster the country's anti-submarine capabilities, the military said Sunday. The four P-3Cs will comprise the first batch of a total of 12 of the aircraft set to be delivered by the end of 2015. The 12 anti-submarine aircraft ...
Premier visits typhoon-affected areas vows government support
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Premier Jiang Yi-huah visited central and northeastern Taiwan Sunday to find out at first hand about agricultural losses in the areas hit by Typhoon Soulik over the weekend, and he vowed government support for the affected farmers. Jiang visited mushroom farms and pear orchards in Taichung before traveling to Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan, where he inspected damage to ...
Typhoon Soulik moves inland across China
China's Jiangxi Province was pounded by heavy rain and howling winds Sunday when Typhoon Soulik rolled inland, provincial officials said. Six counties and cities in the province reported more than 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) of rain by Sunday morning with winds nearing 65 kilometers (40.4 miles) per hour, officials ...
Typhoon agricultural losses exceed NT$400 million
US $13.47 million) as a result of Typhoon Soulik as of 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the Council of Agriculture. The figure includes NT$369.64 million in agricultural produce losses, NT$649,000 in losses of livestock and forestry, and NT$30.32 million in damage to facilities. Nantou County suffered the heaviest loss of NT$88.11 million, while losses in Yilan County, Miaoli County and Taichung City ...
Taiwan-Philippines fishery meeting tied to shooting investigation
Philippines is set to be held after reports on the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard personnel are released and the victim's family receives compensation from Manila, officials said Sunday. Taipei and Manila held a meeting June 14 to address fishing disputes in waters where their exclusive economic zones overlap. ...
Talk of the Day -- Taiwans ICAO bid gets boost
U.S. support for Taiwan's bid to participate in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) received prominent coverage in the Sunday editions of several local newspapers. In a White House statement, U.S. President ...
Road washed away in Miaoli 61 people still stranded
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) A total of 61 people were still trapped in Dahu Township in Miaoli County as of Sunday after Typhoon Soulik washed away a section of road in the township. Around 200 meters of the road collapsed into a 200-meter deep valley a day earlier, leaving more than 20 households stranded in a village there. The road is the only one connecting the village with the outside world. Chen ...
Newborn panda healthy growing well Taipei Zoo
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) Taipei Zoo's newly born panda, nicknamed "Yuanzai," is eating more and getting bigger each day, zoo officials said Sunday in a daily update on the panda cub's condition. The week-old cub, which weighed 183.4 grams at birth July 6, is now a robust 243.4 grams, the officials said. A team of keepers has been working around the clock to take care of Yuanzai, ...
Lightning kills one injures another in Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, July 14 (CNA) One instructor was killed and the other critically injured after being struck by lightning early Sunday during a lifesaving training session on a beach at Sizihwan, a tourist attraction in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. Two other instructors and a trainee who suffered from shock after witnessing the lightning strike were also sent to a nearby hospital, where they were ...
Defense minister visits family of dead soldier
Ma Ying-jeou 's condolence to the family of Hung Chung-chiu, who died in military custody July 3. The minister, who visited Hung's family in Taichung City on Sunday, also promised a thorough investigation of Hung's death. Hung, a conscript in the army's 542 Armor Brigade, died allegedly due to excessive physical training. The case sparked a public furor and led to questions ...
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