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    Thursday 8th January, 2009 
  • Pro-independence group says Taiwan should join UN, institute new constitution
    Taiwan Headlines
    Several pro-independence scholars said on Sunday that Taiwan should join the United Nations under the name of "Taiwan" and should write a new constitution to secure the independence and sovereignty...

  • Legislators lobby for Taiwan
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 5 A seven-member legislative delegation visited the Philippines and Malaysia over the weekend during the New Year holiday, with an aim to lobby for Taiwan to become the fourth...

  • Taiwan man hides wife, kids at home for 7 years
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    A Taiwan man, fearing deportation of his Indonesian wife, hid her and their three children at home for seven years, an immigration official and a local news report said Wednesday.

  • KMT urges legislature to handle dual citizenship issue properly
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 7 Ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung urged the Legislature Wednesday to handle the dispute over KMT Legislator Lee Ching-an's dual citizenship according to the law...

  • President praises work of CCK Foundation
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 4 President Ma Ying-jeou on Monday applauded the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange for its work in promoting Sinological studies worldwide, saying...

  • KMT taps wife of unseated legislator to run in Miaoli
    Taiwan Headlines
    The wife of Lee E-tin (李乙廷) was tapped by the Kuomintang to run in the legislative by-election in Miaoli County in March after Lee's status was invalidated last month because of...

  • TSU slams Yahoo over e-mail tag
    Taiwan Headlines
    The Taiwan Solidarity Union on Tuesday called on the public to stop using their Yahoo e-mail accounts if the US search-engine giant continues to attach the Web site address of Chinese Yahoo for...

  • DPP wary of reported missile dismantling offer by Beijing
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 3 Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen urged the government and the public Saturday not to view a reported offer by Beijing to decrease the number...

  • Minors under 15 barred from video arcades during school hours
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 6 The Cabinet amended the statute governing video arcade operations Tuesday to impose categorical bans regarding video arcade visits by teenagers. The amendment stipulates that...



  • Mechanism in works to weed out incompetent civil servants
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan.2 A mechanism will be put in place to weed out incompetent and unfit public servants, as part of the government's efforts to improve administrative efficiency and realize the goal...

  • President names envoy to attend Palauan presidential inauguration
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 5 President Ma Ying-jeou named Examination Yuan President John Kuan Monday as his special envoy to attend the inauguration of President-elect Johnson Toribiong of Palau, one of...

  • Former legislators, experts urge cabinet reshuffle
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 6 Experts and former legislators urged the government on Tuesday to replace the premier and reshuffle the Cabinet as soon as possible to bring new hope to Taiwan and revive the...

  • Legislators slam CPA minister
    Taiwan Headlines
    Legislators across party lines slammed Central Personnel Administration Minister Chen Ching-hsiu (陳清秀) on Monday for his plan to hold outings for high-ranking Cabinet officials. When...

  • Talks with Japan on fishing rights to open next month
    Taiwan Headlines
    The 16th round of talks between Japan and Taiwan on fishing rights disputes will be held in Taipei next month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, but added that the matter of...

  • Ma makes statement on Hu remarks
    Taiwan Headlines
    President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) on Tuesday offered his first statement on Chinese President Hu Jintao's (胡錦濤) recent remarks on Taiwan, saying his administration was still analyzing Hu’s...

  • Envoy to Japan ready to upgrade two-way ties
    Taiwan Headlines
    Tokyo, Jan. 5 Taiwan's top envoy to Japan, John C. T. Feng, promised to do his best to enhance and cement ties between the two countries at a New Year's gathering at his official residence in...

  • CPA discusses presidential leave
    Taiwan Headlines
    Minister of the Central Personnel Administration Chen Ching-hsiu (陳清秀) said yesterday that his office would draft vacation regulations for the head of state. The issue of whether...

  • KMT lawmakers to push for firing mechanism for civil servants
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 4 The legislative caucus of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) said Sunday that it will push for an amendment to the law to facilitate the establishment of a mechanism to weed out...

  • SEF chairman leaves for China to meet Taiwanese investors
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 7 Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung departed for China Wednesday to meet with Taiwanese investors operating there, with the aim of helping them solve...

  • Lawmakers take Nobel Prize winner to task over remarks
    Taiwan Headlines
    A number of Kuomintang legislators criticized former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) on Sunday over Lee's claim that local enterprises offered more money to the KMT's...

  • MOFA, AIT refuse to speculate on next AIT director
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 7 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said Wednesday that they have no comment on reports that former AIT Chairman Richard Bush might...

  • MOFA mum about name to be used in WHA observer bid
    Taiwan Headlines
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday refused to confirm media reports that Beijing was prepared to give a green-light to Taiwan’s bid to become an observer at the World Health Assembly...

  • Taiwan cuts interest rate after exports drop
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    Taiwan's central bank cut the island's key lending rate by half a percentage point Wednesday, its sixth rate cut in three and half months, to support the export-dependent...

  • Legislature amends real estate and tax legislation
    Taiwan Headlines
    The legislature passed an amendment on Tuesday to the Real Estate Securitization Act (不動產證券化條例) that would expand the options for securitizing real estate, answering a longstanding...

  • Taiwan stocks end 1.32% higher
    Eview Week
    ... iexcl;¡ - Taiwan stocks closed 1.32 percent higher on Wednesday, extending the rally to the fifth straight sessions, according to media reports reaching here Wednesday...

  • NGO urges judicial reform to guarantee legal human rights
    Taiwan Headlines
    Taipei, Jan. 7 The nongovernmental organization Judicial Reform Foundation urged the Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Yuan Wednesday to propose concrete steps and a timetable for judicial...

  • Directors of rival museums in China and Taiwan to trade visits
    Taiwan Headlines
    Directors of rival Chinese art museums in Taiwan and China will trade visits in 2009 to examine each other's disputed treasures, part of a broader move towards improved political ties, a Taipei...

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