Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance has launched a new cross-border remittance service, allowing individual income tax payments to be made from abroad. It comes in response to requests from overseas residents who have in the past struggled to pay tax bills. ( read original story ...)
Curing the ‘Ghost Island’: Why Taiwan Needs Basic Income
Sun Yat-sen believed that the benefits from natural resources, monopolies, and property should be shared amongst all citizens. This is precisely the philosophy behind UBI, argues Tyler Prochazka. Ask any college aged student in Taiwan about their financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Okura announces its third luxury hotel property in Taiwan.
Source : Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. Hotel Okura announced that it will open The Okura Prestige Taichung, in 2021, for the operation and management of The Okura Prestige Taichung, Hotel Okura has signed a contract with Goldman International Hotel Management ... ( read original story ...)
REVEALED: The blossoming expat communities in countries you may NOT have considered
Taiwan (originally named Ilha Formosa, which translates to ‘beautiful island’) does not make it into the top 15 in terms of the numbers of British expats that flood there every year, but it currently ranks #1 in the world for a number of expat ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s exports show broader gains beyond tech
Taiwan's exports continued to expand rapidly in July, with growth accelerating in a wider range of items beyond the mainstay tech sector. The value of overseas shipments increased 12.5% from a year earlier to $27.11 billion, the Finance Ministry said Monday. ( read original story ...)
Builder looks beyond Chinese buyers for Malaysia’s Forest City project
Country Garden said it expects to open galleries targeting customers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and Dubai between ... to slow down or stop the project," said Mr Yu. Country Garden's Forest City development, which houses ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s longest underground book street opens in Taipei
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) The popular Eslite Bookstore chain officially opened Taiwan's longest underground book street in Taipei on Monday, creating what the city hopes will become ... that the book street was Wu's last project. Wu's daughter Mercy Wu ... ( read original story ...)
Google slashes Pixel and Pixel XL price by up to $200 for back-to-school promotion
In October 2016, the search giant formally unveiled the Pixel and Pixel XL, two top-of-the-line smartphones made in partnership with Taipei, Taiwan-based electronics maker HTC. The Pixel and Pixel XL may be produced by HTC, but they’re unquestionably ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei City library fosters love-for-reading atmosphere even for kids too young to read
One major reason is its government has spared neither money nor technology to bring the latest state-of-the-art learning environment to its constituents. Book-processing machines are found throughout the Taipei City Public Library to facilitate the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shares end at 27-year high
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed at a 27-year ... Buying also spread to old economy and financial stocks, further boosting the market, they said. The weighted index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange closed up 72.82 points, or 0.69 percent, at ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan exports grow for 10th straight month in July
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Taiwan's exports grew year-on-year for ... according to data released Monday by the Ministry of Finance (MOF). In July, Taiwan's outbound sales totaled US$27.11 billion, up 12.5 percent from a year earlier, after a 13 percent year ... ( read original story ...)
Applied Optoelectronics announces 100 Gbps PIN photodiode array
In addition to its corporate headquarters, wafer fab and advanced engineering and production facilities in Sugar Land, TX, AOI has engineering and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan and Ningbo, China. ( read original story ...)
July’s top stories: LAP and Peru sign agreement, New York seeks JFK’s redevelopment proposals
London Gatwick Airport launched a new service to Taipei in Taiwan that expands the airport’s ... the Chinese company is focused on providing tourism, logistics, and financial services to its customers. The company will acquire the equity stake from ... ( read original story ...)
Exim Bank hits dollar bond market with benchmark issue
Mumbai, Aug 7 () After a long lull, domestic corporates and financial institutions are back in the overseas ... the developmental institution and will be traded on the Singapore and Taipei stock exchanges. Three domestic entities raised USD 1.9 billion ... ( read original story ...)
My Favorite 23 Things to do Taipei
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan – a tiny island with 23 million inhabitants. You guessed it – it is crowded – but Taipei still manages to feel like a big suburb. It’s the Houston of Asia, just more crowded. The Taiwanese are easily the friendliest ... ( read original story ...)
Apple CEO will not attend TSMC’s anniversary ceremony
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC ... co-founder and CEO of graphics integrated circuit designer NVIDIA Corp. and Steve Mollenkopf of smartphone IC designer Qualcomm. Both NVIDIA and Qualcomm are heavyweight clients of ... ( read original story ...)