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  • Taiwan eyes closer business ties with France

    Paris, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan's representative to France, Michel Lu, visited the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) Friday to promote economic exchanges, eyeing closer business ties between the two countries.Lu, along with the secretary of the Taipei representative office's economics division, Liang Chia-chen, met with Pierre-Antoine Gailly, president of the CCIP, and Gilles ...

  • Taiwan DPP congress sticks with candidate selection method

    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - At a congress Saturday, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party rejected the reintroduction of voting by party members to select election candidates while also ...

  • Taiwan teachers protest against pension reform

    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Tens of thousands of teachers protested outside the Presidential Office Building in Taipei Saturday against the government's pension reform plans. The teachers union organizing the event said the administration of ...

  • Taipei Twin Towers officials detained

    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - The Taipei District Court ordered the detention Saturday of the main developer and the spokesman for the contested bidder for Taipei's Twin Towers project. Allegations of bribes paid by Taipei Gateway International Development to officials and politicians sank the prestigious NT$70 billion ...

  • Economic Daily News Clear up facts about Taiwans economy

    The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics on Friday lowered its 2013 economic growth forecast for Taiwan to 2.4 percent. We assume that starting next week, the government will again be desperate to introduce various stimulus programs and we urge the government to clear up the current economic situation first before making another move. Some people have said that the ...

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The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) [Blu-Ray]

The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) [Blu-Ray]

The Tenth Victim is one of the great, bizarre curiosity pieces of 60s international cinema at its most flamboyantly groovy and ridiculously satirical. One would be hard-pressed to describe a film as fundamentally absurd and utterly mired in the most blatant cinematic, stylistic ... ...

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  • Trend for late marriages on rise

    Taipei, May 25 (CNA) The average age in Taiwan for people getting married for the first time in 2012 was 31.9 for men and 29.5 for women, up 0.9 years for men and 2.7 years for women from 10 years ago, according to statistics published by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) Saturday. In terms of nationality, the average age of first marriages for foreign men was the highest at 37.1, followed by ...

  • Home sellers in Taiwan turn active in search of buyers realtor

    Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Home sellers in major cities in Taiwan have become active in seeking buyers after a luxury tax on property has been in place for almost two years, which means that the impact of the speculation-curbing measures is fading, a real estate agent said Saturday. Yung Ching Realty Group, one of Taiwan's leading property agencies, said the number of visitors from seven major ...

  • Taiwan-Japan pact helps increase catches for Taiwanese fishermen

    Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Catches of yellowfin tuna in waters off northeastern Taiwan have increased 20 percent in May compared with the same period of last year following the signing of a fishery pact ...

  • Microsoft Germany to buy tablets in Taiwan

    Taipei, May 25 (CNA) A manager at Microsoft Corp.'s German branch is to visit Taiwan to procure tablet computers, according to Taiwan's main trade promotion body. Thorsten Thomas, partner account manager at Microsoft Germany, will spend May 27 holding tablet procurement meetings, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council said. Thomas was quoted as saying that he is interested in ...

  • Language abilities urged for local tourism sector

    Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Taiwan's travel industry needs to recruit staff who can speak less popular foreign languages in the wake of growing numbers of inbound tourists from those countries, tourism insiders said Saturday during national exams for tour guides. About 30,000 people in Taiwan hold a tour guide license, but fewer than 100 can speak the languages of tourists from countries that are ...

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