Financial sector urges eased lending rules for long term care

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) The local financial sector has expressed hope that the government will ease rules on lending in a bid to facilitate the local long term care business in an aging society, according to a white paper from the sector. In the white paper ... ( read original story ...)

Chunghwa Telecom Announces Management Changes

Mr. Fu-Kuei Chung, the newly-appointed Chief Audit Executive, is the Chairman of Taiwan International Standard Electronics, a subsidiary company of Chunghwa Telecom. Prior to the Chairman position, Mr. Chung had overseen several major business and ... ( read original story ...)

HTC U11 review: Knight in shining armour

HTC took a 'U' turn this year for its smartphone design philosophy as it ditched metal in favour of glass. The Taiwan based smartphone maker announced the U-Play and U-Ultra smartphones earlier in the year which got a very underwhelming response. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan shares retreat slightly

and Largan Precision Co. (大立光), a smartphone camera lens supplier to Apple Inc., lost 0.79 percent to end at NT$5,650.00. In the non-high-tech sector, China Steel Corp. (中鋼), the largest steel maker in Taiwan, fell 0.39 percent to close at NT$25 ... ( read original story ...)

iPhone 8 rumours we hope are true

More rumoured details of the iPhone 8, Apple’s 10th anniversary smartphone, have surfaced this week, following Apple’s quarterly earnings announcement last week. According to a recent video released by Taiwanese smartphone store Hao, which showed an ... ( read original story ...)

Ou-yang Nana swings from Jackie Chan role to Disney album

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Ou-yang Nana may be the new 'it girl,' with a starring role in the next Jackie Chan movie, but she's returning to her roots and first love: cello. The 17-year-old actress just released her second cello album, "Cello Loves Disney," where ... ( read original story ...)

Post office to offer Universiade-themed products and services

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) Chunghwa Post Co., Taiwan's official postal service, said on Tuesday it will provide a wide range of products and services based on the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade which runs from Aug. 19-30. The company will issue commemorative ... ( read original story ...)

2017 SU: Torch Relay continues E Part of LOVE Route

Taoyuan City is one of the main partners of Taipei Universiade 21 sports, nine will take place in the city, namely taekwondo at Taoyuan Arena, archery, swimming and water polo at National Taiwan Sport University, football at Chang Gung University ... ( read original story ...)

SparkLabs Taipei Launches to Help Taiwanese Startups Go Global

SparkLabs, a network of accelerators in Asia, is launching in Taipei after recently launching in Beijing. The first accelerator was launched in Seoul in 2012 with 79% of its 74 graduates receiving follow on funding and over $195 million in venture capital. ( read original story ...)

Fuses are blowing in Northern Taiwan

Unplanned power outages have been reported in Northern Taiwan, most recently this morning at an Executive Yuan office building in New Taipei City. The power went out for five minutes at the Executive Yuan's Xin Zhuang United Office Building at 11:09 ... ( read original story ...)