| Taiwanese Bicycle Sales To See More Than 10% Grown This Year A double-digit growth, surpassing 10 percent, is predicted in Taiwan’s bicycle sales this year, said Yang Ying-ming, Chairman of Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association Saturday as the Taipei... | |
| Taiwan Businesses To Shoulder Additional Nt$20 Billion Labor Cost Per Year As Health Insurance Premium Increases Industries have to allocate more than NT$20 billion to the labor cost per year once the national insurance premium is increased, to be effective April 1, which provoke angers among trade... |
| Taiwan President To Visit Six Pacific Allies Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is to leave late Sunday on a visit to six South Pacific island states to cement diplomatic ties.Ma and his delegation will visit the Marshall Islands, Kiribati,... |
| Lafa Dance Company Proud To Be Taiwanese Culture Ambassador Taipei, March 20 (CNA) The principal dancer and co-founder of the LAFA & Artists Dance Company said Saturday that the troupe was deeply moved by the warm responses from Canadian audiences when it... |
| Business Groups Angry At Nhi Insurance Hikes Major business associations in Taiwan are stepping up a campaign against the imminent increase in National Health Insurance (NHI) premiums that they say is adding extra burden to their labor... |
| Online Game Developer Reports Record Profit Last Year Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Online game developer UserJoy Technology reported revenue growth of more than 100 percent last year and set a record profit, a company statement said earlier this week. UserJoy... |
| Items In Luggage Of Taiwanese Tourist Raised Suspicions Of An overabundant supply of lingerie and cookware in a Taiwanese tourist's luggage first raised the suspicions of border officials at Vancouver International Airport.That, combined with a large dose of... |
| No Need To Worry About Plasma Imported From China: Doh Taipei, March 20 (CNA) The Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday that the opening of Taiwan to imports of blood plasma and serum from China is mainly for non-invasive diagnostic test kits and has... |
| Medical Tourism Groups From China To Visit Next Month Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Two high-end medical tourism groups from China will come to Taiwan in April and are expected to bring in substantial revenue, the semi-official Taiwan External Trade... |
| Suspected Molesters Turned Over To Military Court Army Command Headquarters said yesterday that two military personnel have been disciplined for contravening military regulations and are also facing a military court over allegations of molestation.A... |
| Trade Pact With China Urgently Needed, Says Premier Premier Wu Den-yih stressed yesterday that Taiwan urgently needs to sign a tariff-concession trade pact with China, saying that the agreement is critical for Taiwan's development.Wu also criticized... |
| Aief Education Fair Draws Big Crowd On Opening Day The opening day of the 2010 American Education Spring Fair organized by the American International Education Foundation (AIEF) yesterday in Taipei was packed with thousands of Taiwanese students and... |
| President Ma Denies Report That Military Bases To Be Relocated President Ma Ying-jeou has not instructed that military bases on the west coast of Taiwan should be relocated to the east in order to make available land with high economic value, his spokesman Lo... |
| Rustic Ny Stirred Twain's Mississippi Memories Huckleberry Finn sprang to life in a swirl of cheap cigar smoke at Mark Twain's cozy hilltop cabin in upstate New York, far from the Mississippi River.On the centenary of the American author's death,... |
| Nantou Ideal For Watching Buzzard Migration The season to watch gray-faced buzzard eagles migrate north is under way, and Nantou City's Hengshan and Hou Tan Jing leisure areas in central Taiwan are the best spots to observe the bird, local... |
| Taiwanese Designer Wins Int'l Bicycle Award A Taiwanese designer who has beaten hundreds of competitors from 49 nations to win an international award for bicycle design said yesterday that he focused on the practicability of his winning work... |
| Double-digit Growth Predicted For Taiwanese Bicycle Sales Taipei, March 20 (CNA) The head of the Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association predicted double-digit growth in Taiwan's bicycle sales this year Saturday as the Taipei International Cycle Show... |
| Paraguay, El Salvador Tied To Derecognise Taiwan, Says Official Taipei - Paraguay and El Salvador tried to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in order to recognize China, but China rejected the offer due to improving Taipei-Beijing ties, a Taiwanese official said... |
| President To Film Online Journal On Solomon Islands Taipei, March 20 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou will film his weekly online journal overseas for the first time when he visits the Solomon Islands next week. Ma will also host a banquet aboard a... |
| Mofa Addresses Traveler's Canadian Border Incident Taipei, March 20 (CNA) A Taiwanese traveler's problems with Canadian officials were caused by cultural and language differences, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Saturday, but added that... |
| Ministry Gives Migrating Butterflies Helping Hand PHOTO: LIN KUO-HSIEN, TAIPEI TIMES Green protective netting stretching 860m will be set up along the Formosa Freeway for the next two weeks to help purple crow butterflies on their annual... |
| Two Suspected Molesters Turned Over To Military Court Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Army Command Headquarters said Saturday that two military personnel have been disciplined for contravening military regulations and are also facing a military court over... |
| Microlight Crashes Into Sea, Pilot Injured Taipei, March 20 (CNA) A microlight crashed into the sea between 3 km and 4 km from the mouth of the Tachia River in the central county of Taichung Saturday, injuring the pilot, coast guard officials... |
| Taiwan Smart Hybrid Car To Hit The Market In 2013 Mark Kellberg, left, and Carl Medlock, right, technicians at Tesla Motors in Seattle, move charging cords for a Tesla electric car in their shop, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, in Seattle. The Environment... |
| Swiss Office To Hold Hotel Management School Fairs Taipei March 20 (CNA) The Trade Office of Swiss Industries (TOSI) will hold school fairs in two cities in Taiwan later this month to provide a platform for students to pursue a career in hospitality... |
| Cna English News Budget For March 20 light crashes into sea, pilot injured 2. LAFA dance company proud to be Taiwanese culture ambassador 3. Swiss office to hold hotel management school fairs 4. Trade pact with China urgently needed:... |
| Sumptuous Breakfasts Reveal Tainan's Old-time Pride Many people are drawn to Taiwan's oldest city by its abundance of historical relics, but if you really want to understand Tainan's past, the best place to visit is a shop selling a breakfast typical... |
| Trade Pact With China Urgently Needed: Premier Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Premier Wu Den-yih stressed Saturday that Taiwan urgently needs to sign a tariff-concession trade pact with China, saying that the agreement is critical for Taiwan's... |
| Taiwanese Designer Wins International Bicycle Award Taipei, March 20 (CNA) A Taiwanese designer who has beaten hundreds of competitors from 49 nations to win an international award for bicycle design said Saturday that he focused on the practicability... |
| Tseng Yung-fu Named New Justice Minister TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Premier Wu Den-yih yesterday named a new justice minister to replace Wang Ching-feng, who had resigned over her refusal to sign warrants for the execution of death-row... |
| Abolition Of Death Penalty A Long And Winding Road: Activist Taipei, March 20 (CNA) The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been and will be a long and winding road, but ongoing public debate on the issue is more than welcome and will be positive in the... |
| United Daily News: Not Even One In 500 Civil Servants Gets 'c' At present, the number of civil servants who receive a "C" rating for their performance account for less than 0.2 percent in a single year -- not even one in 500. A reform plan initiated by the... |
| Taiwan's Unification Or Independence Can't Be Achieved Unilaterally: Official Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Neither unification nor independence can be achieved unilaterally, Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Kao Charng said Saturday, suggesting that President Ma Ying-jeou's... |
| China Times: Law Revision Is Not The Point The Executive Yuan and the Examination Yuan recently had a bitter debate on a proposed revision of the Civil Service Performance Evaluation Act, which highlights the flaws in this evaluation system... |
| Taiwan President Denies Report That Military Bases To Be Relocated Taipei, March 20 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou has not instructed that military bases on the west coast of Taiwan should be relocated to the east in order to make available land with high economic... |
| Talk Of The Day -- New Justice Minister The Executive Yuan announced Friday that Tseng Yung-fu, the acting prosecutor-general and a former chief prosecutor for the High Prosecutor's Office, will be the new minister of justice. Tseng, 67,... |
| Liberty Times: The Reality Is That 'everything Is Fake' The results of a survey released Friday showed that the approval rating of President Ma Ying-jeou continues to hover at an unimpressive level below 25 percent. Ma, who garnered more than 7.6 million... |
