EpiSonica designs ultrasound 3D breast tissue image scanner for women with dense breasts

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/04/12 20:21
By: Judy Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)— Hsinchu-based EpiSonica (振磬科技) displayed an automatic

ultrasound technology based 3D breast tissue image scanner at Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) press conference in Taipei, Tuesday.

Breast cancer mortality rates remain high in Taiwan, with the disease ranked as the fourth deadliest type of cancer among women in 2015, claiming 1.82 million lives nationwide, according to latest statistics compiled by The Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound Tomography (iABUS) was designed specifically to meet the medical imaging needs of Asian women’s dense breast tissue, said company CEO Jimmy Chang (張尊民).    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: April 13, 2017
By: Kuan-lin Liu

TAIPEI, Taiwan — TAIPEI, Taiwan — Supermarket chain PX Mart is under attack after its

president, Hsu Chung-jen (徐重仁), called young people spendthrift during a press conference promoting his book on Tuesday.

At an event promoting a book on his work philosophy and life goals, Hsu mentioned PX Mart’s Facebook-based strategy for targeting younger customers.

As he continued to speak on the matter of young people, he reportedly remarked that young people should “tolerate rather than complain about low pay” and accused them of “spending too much money.”

“Young people should not fuss over having lower salaries than other people. Withstand rather than complain; work diligently and your boss will see you one day,” Hsu said.
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Taiwan’s Economic Ministry to invest NT$ billion to develop domestic medical equipment industry

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/04/11
By: Judy Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Eyeing health care needs accompanying the escalating global

aging population, the Taiwanese government will be investing NT$2 billion (US$ 6.53 million) in the medical equipment industry, said Lo Ta-Sheng (羅達生), deputy director-general of Department of Industrial Technology of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) at a press conference Tuesday.

The ministry intends to invest NT$ 2 billion in Taiwan’s medical equipment industry with the aim of increasing the industry’s value to NT$200 billion by 2020.

“In 2016, Taiwan’s biomedical industry total market value reached NT$447 billion,” said Lo. “The medical equipment market business alone amounted to nearly 32 percent of the total value at NT$144 billion.”    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/04/11
By: Chen Cheng-wei and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, April 11 (CNA) The Cabinet-level National Development Council (NDC) on

Tuesday approved a feasibility study on the construction of a 37.72-kilometer railway line to Hengchun Township in Taiwan’s southernmost Pingtung County.

The railway will be built from Neishi Station in Pingtung County’s Fangshan Township and include the building of seven new stations — New Fangshan, Fenggang, Zhukeng, Haikou, Checheng, Wuliting and Hengchun, according to the study.

After completion of the new railway line, an express train from Xinzuoying Station, the southern terminus of Taiwan’s bullet train (high-speed rail), to the planned Hengchun Station, from where it is about 10km to Kenting National Park at the southern tip of Taiwan, will take 90 minutes, while regular trains will take about two hours and 21 minutes.

About 8 million people visit Kenting National Park every year, according to the NDC.

Wen Tai-hsin (溫代欣), an official at the Railway Reconstruction Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, said the proposed service would provide one train per hour during weekdays and two trains every hour on weekends and holidays.

The railway will initially be a single-track line, said Wen.

The estimated cost of the project is about NT$19.9 billion (US$649.48 million) with the earliest date of operation being June 2026, according to the study.    [SOURCE]

The China Post
Date: April 12, 2017
By: CNA

CNA — Bob Hung (洪偉淦), left, general manager of Trend Micro Taiwan and Hong Kong, and Wang Yeong-her (王永和), right, president of National Applied Research Laboratories, pose at the launch of a joint project to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence in the technology sector, on Tuesday, April 11. “T-brain,” a machine-learning AI operation analysis platform which is part of the project, is now online.    [FULL  STORY]

The company is no stranger to receiving recognition for its service.

Taiwan News
Date: 017/04/11
By: Wendy Lee , Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – EVA Airways, one of Taiwan’s largest carriers, has been named

one of the Top 10 Major Airline in Asia Pacific and the Best Airline in Taiwan by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.

The travel site announced the winners of its first annual Travelers’ Choice Awards on Monday, highlighting the world’s top carriers based on the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings for airlines worldwide gathered over a 12-month period.

In the category of Best Airline in the World, Dubai-based Emirates ranked top with an overwhelming “Excellent” rating, followed by Singapore Airlines, Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul, New York-based low-cost carrier JetBlue, and Air New Zealand.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 017/04/10
By: Sophia Yeh and S.C. Chang

Taipei, April 10 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) encouraged more Taiwanese

enterprises to embrace Fairtrade, promising that the Taiwan government will continue to promote Fairtrade ideas and help educate consumers about social responsibility.

Meeting Fairtrade International’s CEO Dario Soto Abril at the Presidential Office, Tsai praised the international group for its great efforts to prevent less privileged workers and producers from being exploited.

Fairtrade International also helps workers and farmers play a larger role in the global market economy, enabling them to gain more resources which can then be invested to improve education and livelihood in their communities, according to the president.
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