Amid global economic uncertainties, Taiwan's machine tool exports totaled US$310 million last month, down 3 percent from May, the Taichung-based Taiwan Machine Tool and Accessory Builders' Association said in a statement. Citing preliminary government statistics, the association said it saw "instability" in the international economic system, with weak Chinese and European ...
US dollar closes at NT$29.978 on Taipei forex
TAIPEI -- The U.S. dollar fell against the New Taiwan dollar Friday, shedding NT$0.047 to close at NT$29.978 as traders took cues from the strength of other regional currencies such as the Japanese yen and the South Korean won to buy into the local unit, dealers ...
Chinese tourist threshold for medical affairs raised
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Responding to the gradually rising number of tourists illegally remaining in Taiwan, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) yesterday announced a timetable to enforce the management of Chinese tourists who visit Taiwan for medical ...
TSMCs stock drops below NT$100 mark on weak Q3 forecast
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC, ???) took a beating yesterday, falling below the NT$100 (US$3.34) mark, a day after the company gave a worse-than-expected forecast for its future ...
Bus catches fire while driving in tunnel
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A Kuo-Kuang (??) bus caught fire yesterday afternoon at Pengshan Tunnel (????) on National Highway No. 5, according to ...
Animal control workers must receive rabies shots lawmaker
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Animal control workers must be given top priority in the rationing of rabies vaccines before there are insufficient supplies to cover all personnel at high risk of being infected by the virus, a legislator said ...
Chemical truck flips in New Taipei City
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A 35-ton truck transporting the hazardous chemical phenol flipped over on Provincial Highway No. 62 early yesterday, with the driver suffering minor ...
Museum aims to heal broken hearts in Taiwan
TAIPEI--A traveling exhibition centered on failed relationships and their ruins will be held in Taipei from Saturday through Sept. 1, with an objective to heal and inspire locals who have gone through similar experiences, event curators said ...
TI sorry for wrong info stands by findings
TAIPEI--Transparency International (TI) apologized again Friday for having misnamed the company that conducted a corruption survey on Taiwan but expressed full confidence in its ...
DRAM spot prices decline more than 8 on inventory adjustments
TAIPEI--Prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips in the spot market have fallen more than 8 percent since the beginning of July due to inventory adjustments, statistics showed ...
FET accuses China store landlord of robbery
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan-based Far Eastern (FET) Group yesterday accused the landlord of its department store in a western Chinese city of acting like "robbers," demanding the authorities on both sides of the strait to take action to protect its investment in ...
TAIEX dives on electronics sell-off ends day at 8062.03
TAIPEI--Shares in Taiwan fell sharply in expanded turnover Friday, with the bellwether electronics sector in focus after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the most heavily weighted stock in the local market, issued a lower-than-expected sales forecast for the third quarter, dealers ...
Court upholds 30-year sentence for child killer no further appeals
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Supreme Court yesterday denied an appeal from prosecutors on the prison sentence for Liu Chin-lung (???), retaining his previous 30-year sentence for causing the death of a 2-year-old boy through ...
Protesters arrested for defacing Miaoli magistrates residence
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Supporters of Dapu residents whose homes were demolished against their wishes by Miaoli County Government (???) splashed paint on the Miaoli County magistrate's home yesterday, with four of the protesters later being ...
Kaohsiung bike service awards 2 millionth rider
The city's Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) presented the prize to a 16-year-old high school student, surnamed Wu, who became the 2 millionth rider of the Kaohsiung Public Bike (KPC) in May. Wu said that at the time that he was renting the bike after school he never expected to win a prize from the action. Chen Chu-feng, deputy chief of EPB, said the city hopes its residents can use ...
Taiwan is ?frontline? for China?s cyber army
TAIPEI: Taiwan is the frontline in an emerging global battle for cyberspace, according to elite hackers in the island's IT industry, who say it has become a rehearsal area for the Chinese cyberattacks that have strained ties with the United States.The island, they say, has endured at least a decade of highly-targeted data-theft attacks that are then directed towards larger countries. ...
Protesters against corporal?s death prepare to surround defense ministry
Protesters against the death of Army Corporal Hung Chiu-chu hope to rally up to 10,000 students, teachers and parents to surround the Ministry of National Defense today. Three officers of the 542nd Brigade were ordered detained this week as they were suspected of collusion in the July 4 death of the 23-year-old corporal after alleged excessive punishment for bringing a camera phone into his ...
Genetically modified flourescent fish could help the early detection of cancer
Liver genes in the fish are modified and dyed to help monitor cell growth, it is hoped that the technique might, one day, be used to highlight cancerous ...
Limited opening blunts service trade pact president
Ma Ying-jeou said Friday. He was responding to a July 15 report by the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, a local think tank. The think tank tied its forecast of limited effectiveness to limited opening of markets, especially on the part of Taiwan. It ...
Aurora mulls building units in Taiwan
Taipei, July 19 (CNA) United States-based Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. (Aurora) said Friday it is considering to take advantage of Taiwan's well-established manufacturing industry and research capability to set up local branches. The company is mulling both local factories and research centers to better integrate Taiwan's manufacturing skills and technological know-how to cut down ...
Local governments should embrace free trade zones vice premier
Taipei, July 19 (CNA) Vice Premier Mao Chi-kuo said Friday that the establishment of free trade zones (FTZs) is a growing trend and that local governments should see this as a business opportunity. Speaking at a harbor city development forum in Taichung, central Taiwan, he said the country's FTZs are undergoing a transformation, with the focus shifting from cargo toward passengers, mainly ...
Politician pitches plan to develop closed sugar plant area
Taipei, July 19 (CNA) Looking to build support for a possible election bid in 2014, a former acting magistrate of Yunlin County has advocated building a park for small businesses on the site of a sugar refinery in Beigang Township that closed in 2005. Lee Chin-yong of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who is thought to be eyeing his party's nomination for the county magistrate race in ...
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