Taiwan is prepared to use military transport planes to fly Taiwanese citizens based in mainland China back to the island for the Lunar New Year holiday next month, a senior official said on Monday, amid a row between Beijing and Taipei over air routes. ( read original story ...)
Fire Breaks Out at Taiwan Refinery
A blaze set off by an explosion at an oil refinery burned for much of Monday in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan. HONG KONG — An explosion at an oil refinery in northern Taiwan set off a fire that took hours to extinguish on Monday, the National Fire Agency said. ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : Holds Taiwan 5G Alliance – CHT Pilot Team Inauguration Ceremony
TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 29, 2018 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ('Chunghwa' or 'the Company') today held an inauguration ceremony for its CHT Pilot Team of the Taiwan 5G Alliance. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese flight routes set off military alarms in Taiwan
Public discussion of a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan has increased of late. Beijing's launch of a new air corridor over the Taiwan Strait has contributed to those concerns. Experts say the new flights carry defense implications for Taipei. A recent ... ( read original story ...)
Realty transactions look up in Taiwan at last
Property transactions in Taiwan climbed 8 percent year-on-year in 2017, effectively ending three consecutive years of falling volumes, reported the Ministry of the Interior. Sales of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan numbered around 266,086 units last ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Bourse Expected To Extend Wednesday’s Losses
CTBC Financial lost 1.17 percent, Taiwan Steel Union eased 0.03 percent and China Steel was unchanged. The lead from Wall Street suggests mild consolidation as stocks failed to sustain an early upward move Wednesday before finishing mixed - although the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Bourse May Spin Its Wheels On Friday
For the day, the index gathered 13.79 points or 0.12 percent to finish at 11,165.95 after trading between 11,131.85 and 11,268.61 on turnover of 160.29 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial shed 0.18 percent, while Fubon Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan mulling English as an official language, but is it ready?
If Taiwan goes ahead with the initiative, it could adopt Tainan as a model. When Lai was mayor of Tainan, he launched a 10-year project in 2015 to make English the city's second official language, and Pan said a national program would take even longer. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Prospects Rosy
Sales generated by Taiwan’s retail sector and by the food and beverage sector both set new record highs in 2017, and 2018 could be another good year for them, according to the ministry of economic affairs, CNA reported. The MOEA said it was bullish on ... ( read original story ...)
Former family physician from Taiwan enjoys new lifestyle owning a Charlottetown cafe
A good reputation can travel a long way. A little more than three years ago, Vincent Huang was a family physician in Taiwan when one of his patients happened to be an Islander living in the country. After hearing about the province from the patient ... ( read original story ...)
Housing transactions in Taiwan end 3-year slump in 2017
Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) Transactions of residential and commercial property in Taiwan staged a rebound in 2017, ending three straight years of declines, according to the Ministry of the Interior (MOI). After transactions of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s high-tech weapons
A recent tour at the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology -- the brains behind Taiwan's weapons program -- gave a glimpse to what high-tech warfare will entail, and what weapons Taiwan hopes to have if the unfortunate happens -- war breaks ... ( read original story ...)
Yang Chin-Long to be next governor of Taiwan’s central bank: sources
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Yang Chin-long, deputy governor of Taiwan’s central bank, will replace Perng Fai-nan at the helm when the 79-year-old financial veteran retires next month, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday. Perng, the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan researchers find key substance for brain cell regeneration
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes (NHRI ... a paper summarizing the team's findings and is also hoping to find a partner for the technology so that further clinical trials can be conducted and a therapeutic drug developed. ( read original story ...)
Government to provide support for social housing: Tsai
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文 ... As for new housing locations, Tsai said the Finance Ministry, the (MOI) and the Defense Ministry will make 350 hectares of government land available for city and county governments for social ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC kicks off record $24bn advanced chip project
"The latest chip project is set to go into test pilot runs ... 5-nanometer advanced chip facility in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan on Friday. It will cost more than 500 billion New Taiwan dollars ($17.2 billion) alone. But if overall research ... ( read original story ...)