Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/08
By: Christie Chen, Lee Ching-wei and Liang Pei-chi

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) The name “Chinese Taipei” may be familiar to people who follow

international sports meets because it is the name that Taiwan has been forced to use over the past 36 years to participate in various international events.

But the appearance of the “Chinese Taipei” term in parts of the English-language media guide for the upcoming 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei has taken the use of the substitute name to a new level.

In the guide, “Chinese Taipei” is used not only to refer to the Taiwanese team and delegation, but also the actual island of Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]

‘ORANGE’:Whether the deployment of three new power generators could ease the power supply problem would depend on how hot the weather turns out, an official said

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 09, 2017
By: Lauly Li  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan Power Co’s (Taipower, 台電) three new power generators, which began trial runs

yesterday, are expected to provide a combined 415,000 kilowatts (kW) from today to help ease power supply constraints, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

“We do not rule out the possibility of revising the ‘red’ alert back to ‘orange’ [today] with the support from the new generators,” Bureau of Energy Deputy Director-General Lee Chun-li (李君禮) told a news conference.

The national power supply indicator on Monday flashed “red” for the first time this year, as the operating reserve fell below 900,00kW. Taipower said at the time that it could remain in that state every day through Friday because of increasing power demand due to the hot weather.

The operating reserve yesterday plunged to 624,000kW, or a reserve margin of 1.72 percent, as power demand surged to a historic high of 36.26 gigawatts (GW) at 1:54pm when the mercury rose above 37oC, Taipower said.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: August 8, 2017
By: The China Post

TAIPEI — Taiwanese dads had a poor showing on the Child Welfare League Foundation’s

“report card for dads” released Tuesday to coincide with Father’s Day.

The child welfare group gave dads an average score of 60 out of 100 for their relationship with their kids, as reported by schoolchildren in surveys.

Here is the group’s Facebook post on the survey:

The surveys showed that while children generally looked up to their fathers, they didn’t feel that their fathers understood them.

Questionnaires were filled out by 1,730 school kids from grades 5 to 8 from April 10 to May 5.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-08-07

The government is urging the public to save energy as Taipower’s operating reserves

could dip to 3% in the coming days. Cabinet spokesman Hsu Kuo-yung made the call on Monday.

Hsu’s call came after Hoping Power Plant was damaged by a typhoon about a week ago. A coal-fired power plant in Taichung also ran into problems over the weekend.

Because of rising temperatures, Hsu said it is expected that electricity use will increase on Wednesday and Thursday. But he said Taiwan should be able to get by if nothing goes wrong and if the public saves energy.

“By saving electricity, we can probably save 300,000 KWs. On a normal day, that is not a large figure. However, now that Hoping Power Plant is damaged, the figure carries leverage and is important. We are still calling on the public to save energy. The coal-fired power plant that broke down on Saturday has already been connected to the grid. [Because] other generators are able to operate, we probably can get by. If nothing goes wrong, only 3% of operating reserves will be left on Wednesday. We hope that the public saves energy to get through these days,” said Hsu.
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Taiwan News
Date: 2017/08/07
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A black dog with yellow stripes in Taiwan’s offshore county of

Penghu bears testimony to the saying that “dogs are man’s best friend.”

Magong traffic police captain Hsu Shou-chin (徐守秦) said on Monday that a traffic accident happened at an intersection in downtown Magong on the night of July 31. The accident involved a car and a scooter, the rider of the latter was a woman surnamed Lee Lin. Prior to the accident, the woman was riding the scooter supposedly with her dog on board, Hsu said. When the accident happened the dog was terrified and ran away, and the woman suffered leg injuries and was sent to a hospital for treatment, leaving the damaged scooter and the helpless dog on the scene, he said.

After police’s traffic accident handling team finished the investigation and drawing the accident scene, the dog came back to the scene and has since been waiting at where the damaged scooter is parked under the scorching sun and into the night for a week to date for its owner to come back. The sight of the faithful dog waiting for its owner makes passersby feel sympathetic to the animal, and some have brought dog food to feed the waiting dog, Hsu said.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/07
By: Sophia Yeh and Y.F. Low

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, left) ; Photo courtesy of the Presidential Office

Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) met with former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday and expressed the hope that the strategic partnership between Taiwan and the United States will continue to strengthen.

Tsai noted that Cheney has been a supporter of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) since he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1979, according to a statement released by the Presidential Office after the meeting, which was not open to the media.

Over the past 38 years, the TRA has served as an important foundation for Taiwan’s security and development as well as peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and is the best example of the strong Taiwan-U.S. relationship, Tsai said.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 08, 2017
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

The Summer Universiade presents an opportunity to reorganize and mobilize local

governments, and supporting the games is a way to support the nation by showing its best side to the world, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.

Ko made the remarks on a Yahoo TV program, hosted by meteorologist Peng Chi-ming (彭啟明), in which Ko spoke about this month’s Universiade in Taipei and political issues.

Peng said that many Taipei residents seem to be distant from the Universiade because they are not university students anymore.

Ko said public opinion polls conducted by the Taipei City Government showed a majority of Taipei residents thought the games have nothing to do with them.
[FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: August 7, 2017
By: The China Post

TAIPEI — The state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) announced the year’s first red alert as the reserve capacity plummeted to 648,000 kilowatts (kW) Monday afternoon.

The power grid is only 148,000 Kw (the power used by about 5,000 central air-conditioning units in a day) from triggering a black alert, which typically entails power rationing.

Temperatures rose to a searing 38.5 degrees Celsius in Northern Taiwan on Monday, setting a record for the year not only for the region but for all of Taiwan.

Taipower spokesman Lin Te-fu (林德福) said that power use hit 36,017,000 kW at 2 p.m. Monday to leave reserves of 648,000 kW, which is well below the 900,000 kW threshold that prompts a red alert.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/08/06
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–A Korean man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly

burglarizing the headquarters of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taipei and stealing more than NT$90,000 (about US$3,000) on Wednesday, police said.

The DPP earlier said in a statement that surveillance footage showed a man sneaking into the eighth floor of the party’s headquarters and stayed for more than 10 minutes. After a thorough check, the party said it suffered a loss of more than NT$90,000, but no documents, computers or other equipment were stolen.

Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Forth Brigade deputy commander Tsai Po-hsi (蔡伯熙) said that police responded to a hot spring hotel in Wulai District, New Taipei City after receiving a tip-off about Cho Jun Ki’s whereabouts around 4 a.m. on Sunday. Cho was wanted by police in connection with the DPP burglary case.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 07, 2017
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

With the accessibility of the Internet, now is the time to transition from a

representative democracy to a direct democracy, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.

The theme of his mayoral election campaign next year is to be “progressive values,” Ko said during a speech at National Taiwan University on Saturday, adding that the idea came from thinking about how he won the previous election by winning “a battle between generations,” but that it should progress into politics that are value-driven.

Values such as democracy, freedom and openness have become more important, he said, adding that since the city government’s planned budgets are open for public viewing online, city councilors’ supervision would not be needed.    [FULL  STORY]