Taiwan’s finance, insurance workers saw pay cuts

To make things worse, several financial firms have also pulled out businesses in Taiwan or cut their workforce. In the real-estate front, the drop in residential and commercial property transactions was mainly due to the government’s measures to rein in ... ( read original story ...)

Employees in financial sector suffer steepest salary drop: poll

Lee said that the local property market suffered a drop in residential and commercial ... felt the pinch resulting from a fall in the number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan. In 2016, transactions of homes, shops and offices in Taiwan totaled 245,396 units ... ( read original story ...)

Apartment V in New Taipei City / Ganna Design

Completed in 2016, Apartment V is a private home located in Xindian, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The project was designed in 2016 by Ganna Design. From the architect: The house owner of this project is a couple. Because the host and hostess are all doctors ... ( read original story ...)

Water project: Work starts on TWC training complex

TAIPEI, Taiwan ... of Tainan City Mayor William Lai, recently conducted an inspection of the construction site, which is located behind Tainan's Xinying railway station. In a briefing to Lin, TWC Chairman Kuo Chun-ming said the project was slated ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Protests over Spain Deportations to China

The Spanish government has chose to deport 269 Chinese, mostly from Taiwan, on suspicion of being involved in telecom scams, to the Chinese mainland, according to reports in Taiwan media on Saturday. Since the suspects were arrested in December previous ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei airport rail line ready to roll

On March 2, Taiwan will officially launch a rail service that will allow visitors to travel from its Taoyuan Airport to central Taipei in just 35 minutes, finally catching up with Asian rivals such as Seoul and Hong Kong in offering direct rail links from ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese technology can help India fight pollution: official

Instead of letting farmers and landowners burn agricultural waste like straws, stalks, pasture and woody chips and pollute the air, Taiwan has second-generation bioethanol technology to manufacture cellulosic ethanol from a wide range of those waste ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei Cycle d&I Awards winners announced

The Taipei Cycles d&I Awards seal of quality for design and innovation has been awarded to 57 entries for 2017. The event – which is organised by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and the Taiwan Bicycle Association – was announced after ... ( read original story ...)

Businesspeople want DPP to change labor law to save on costs

Taipei, Feb. 19 (CNA) Businesspeople want the President Tsai ... an exodus of companies, infuriated business owners and unhappy workers. Chin Chia-hung (秦嘉鴻), chairman of the Manufacturers United General Association of Industrial Parks of the ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei confirms bird flu in chicken

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The Taipei City government on Friday said it has detected bird flu in a chicken slaughtered at the city's poultry wholesale market two days ago. The bird was one in a batch of 2,450 chickens from a farm in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung ... ( read original story ...)