TAIPEI, Taiwan — It is an age-old arrangement, and one that is usually implicit: Parents pay for their children’s educations, and hope that in their old age the children will support them. But in a case that made its way to Taiwan’s highest court, a ... ( read original story ...)
Pegatron chair named Asian business newsmaker
Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Tung Tzu-hsien (童子賢), chairman of Taiwan-based contract electronics maker Pegatron Corp., has been named one of nine business newsmakers in Asia by Japan's Nikkei. In a report posted on its website Monday, Nikkei said as a ... ( read original story ...)
ChipMOS to Present at Credit Suisse’s 2018 Greater China Technology and Internet Conference
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC ... ("OSAT"), today announced that it will present at Credit Suisse's 2018 Greater China Technology and Internet Conference, in Hong Kong on Wednesday, January 10 and Thursday, January ... ( read original story ...)
Lineage M and Taipei 101 Launch The World’s Premier of Mysterious Code mission in Counting Down to the New Year
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Netizens in Taiwan are abuzz with excitement at the hidden message contained within the 60-second countdown video shown on the Taipei 101 T-Pad at New Year's Eve. This was the creative collaboration between ... ( read original story ...)
MediaTek may return to flagship-smartphone chip market in 2H18
Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek's Helio X series flagship smartphone chipsets are expected to stage a comeback in the second half of 2018 at the earliest to brace for the advent of the 5G technology era, while continuing tapping the midrange and high ... ( read original story ...)
Urban renewal breathes new life into Taipei’s old city
After nearly 20 months of work, city officials unveiled the newly restored Qing ... Ko might also have pointed out that the North Gate marks the site of Taipei's first urban renewal project, which began in 1895 when the Japanese arrived and began ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan dentist must repay mother for training fees
Taiwan's top court has ordered a man to pay his mother almost $1m (£710,000) for raising him and funding his dentistry training. The mother signed a contract with her son in 1997, when he was 20 years old, stating he would pay her 60% of his monthly ... ( read original story ...)
China Post Features Young Jamaican Entrepreneur Living in Taiwan
The China Post has featured a story about Ruchmair, a Jamaican who took advantage of Taiwan’s Entrepreneur Visa to travel to that country and set up his own business. Taiwan is in a unique position and has a growing local market, which makes it an ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp Aquos S3 receives certification in Taiwan
The new smartphone has been certified by NCC, Taiwan’s certification body. As per the NCC certification listing, the Sharp Aquos S3 carries a model number of FS8032. It also shows that the device will feature a vertically dual camera and a rear-mounted ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding says unit receives penalty decision from Financial Supervisory Commission
Jan 2 (Reuters) - Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co Ltd : * Says co’s unit Taiwan Cooperative Bank is imposed fine of T$2 million by Financial Supervisory Commission due to lack of prudent assess of the credit business conditions in a loan case ( read original story ...)
Sharp Aquos S3 reveives certification in Taiwan
The new smartphone has been certified by NCC, Taiwan’s certification body. As per the NCC certification listing, the Sharp Aquos S3 carries a model number of FS8032. It also shows that the device will feature a vertically dual camera and a rear-mounted ... ( read original story ...)
Discover the treasures of Taipei from Tom Cruise’s favourite dumpling shop to a meat-shaped stone
It suddenly dawned on me, after spending a couple of days in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, that I’d barely seen any other western tourists. I’d left the cold of London behind and touched down on the tiny tropical island, which is around four times ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan IPO activity seen to remain soft in 2018
The initial public offering market in Taiwan was unable to sustain its momentum after posting a contracted growth this year. Experts also expect that the IPO activity will continue to be soft next year as companies prefer to list somewhere else. According ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei comes bottom in property outlook rankings for region: survey
property developers, real estate agencies, mortgage providers and financial consultants, PwC said. PwC Taiwan said as Taipei is the most watched property market in Taiwan, the results show investors remain downbeat about the property market in the country ... ( read original story ...)
Data transmission skyrockets on New Year’s Eve
Taipei, Jan. 1 (CNA) Data transmission exploded in Taiwan on New Year's Eve on Sunday, with the country's three largest telecommunications companies recording abrupt surges in data transmission during nationwide countdown parties that rang in 2018. ( read original story ...)
PHOTO STORY: The Decline of Taipei’s Shaoxing Community
For someone who has spent an extensive amount of time in the United States, gentrification is a social phenomenon that I have been reading so much about in the past few years. However in Taiwan, this isn’t a topic that attracts much discussion simply ... ( read original story ...)