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Airport screening identifies two more dengue cases in Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-05
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The two confirmed dengue cases were female Taiwanese travelers returning

Airport screening identifies 2 more dengue cases in Taiwan.

from trips to India and Thailand, areas at-risk of dengue fever infection.
Airport fever screening has identified two confirmed dengue cases since the beginning of the year. The authorities have immediately started prevention and control measures.

Taiwan has begun a series of new measures starting January 1, including rapid dengue fever screening tests to check for possible infection of inbound passengers with a body temperature higher than 38 degrees Celsius and having arrived from dengue-endemic areas for more than six days, according to the Central News Agency.

The two confirmed dengue cases were female Taiwanese travelers returning from trips to India and Thailand, areas at-risk of dengue fever infection. [FULL STORY]

Dengue fever may become ‘normal’ in Taiwan: premier

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/05
By: Zoe Wei and Christie Chen

Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) Dengue fever outbreaks may become normal in Taiwan, Premier Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國) said Tuesday, as the government announced a nationwide action plan for the prevention of the mosquito-borne disease.

The public should know that a dengue fever epidemic is likely to occur in Taiwan every year, and they will not be small-scale outbreaks, Mao said at a forum on dengue fever prevention, which was organized by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA).

Experts have said the annual plum rain season in Taiwan in May and June is a critical time to prevent dengue fever outbreaks, and they suggested that authorities implement measures before the arrival of the season, Mao said. [FULL STORY]

MOC unveils winners of National Cultural Award

Taiwan Today
Date: January 5, 2016

Recipients of the 35th Executive Yuan National Cultural Award were unveiled

(from left) Novelist Chung Chao-cheng, movie director Li Hsing, and historical architecture preserver and academic Li Chien-lang are the three winners of the 35th National Cultural Award announced Jan. 4 by the Ministry of Culture. (UDN)

Jan. 4 by the Ministry of Culture, recognizing lifelong contributions to enriching the local artistic and creative landscape.

Novelist Chung Chao-cheng, movie director Li Hsing, and historical architecture preserver and academic Li Chien-lang will each receive a certificate, medallion and cash prize of NT$1 million (US$33,236) at a presentation ceremony March 24 in Taipei City.

MOC Minister Hung Meng-chi said the three winners left indelible marks on the nation’s cultural tapestry and are worthy additions to the list. “Their work and influence reach far and wide, inspiring more young talents to take up the torch.”

Chung, 91, a Hakka educated during the Japanese colonial era (1895-1945), only started learning Chinese after World War II. He devoted himself to promoting writing with local identity and is acclaimed as trailblazer of Taiwan literature. [FULL STORY]

Paiwan Style 排灣風

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 06, 2016

From writing “Dreamseeker” with correction fluid on them to dressing them up

Paiwan students wear traditional costumes in Pingtung in this undated photo.
排灣族學生穿上傳統族服合影。
Photo courtesy of Chen Mei-chen
照片：陳美珍提供

with a variety of ornaments, in the past many students have given a lot of thought to their schoolbags. Pingtung’s Laiyi Senior High School discovered that its students often wear their schoolbags in reverse. In order to engender a sense of pride in the students when they wear their schoolbags, Principal Chien Chih-ming teamed up with Aboriginal artist Chiu Wen-hsiung to design a new schoolbag, which has a black background and features earthenware pots and pit vipers, symbols of Paiwan culture. This new schoolbag, which is rich in “Aboriginality,” is due to be launched this year.

“Schoolbags with a blue background and white characters on them are really dull,” opine the students. The old bags have big characters showing the school name, which look pretty grotesque in the eyes of many students, and that is why they have worn them in reverse. On the other hand, the newly designed bags have Aboriginal totems, which look very stylish to the students, and look much better than the old bags. [FULL STORY]

Ex-III VP slams leaders for lacking enthusiasm to reform

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-04
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A former Institute for Information Industry (III) vice president slammed the

Source of photo: Wang Ko-yang’s Facebook)

organization leaders for lacking enthusiasm to lead Taiwan’s software industry into the realm of international competitiveness. The III is a semi-official nonprofit organization founded in 1979 in Taipei, responsible for promoting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research and business development.

Recently the III has had troubled times. Heavyweight critics have heaped criticism on the III. The most recent one was on December 29, when I-Mei Foods General Manager Luis Ko pointed the finger at the III in front of Taiwan’s presidential front-runner, Tsai Ing-wen, saying if the III is again tasked by the new government to make strategies and policies for Taiwan’s information and software industry, the industry will not have a future.

On December 31, III Executive Vice President Wang Ko-yang resigned from office, which was confirmed by the organization’s public relations department. [FULL STORY]

Gap between KMT, DPP presidential candidates shrinking: KMT poll

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/04
By: Lilian Wu

Taipei, Jan. 4 (CNA) The ruling Kuomintang’s presidential candidate Eric Chu

KMT presidential candidate Eric Chu (left) campaign with wife in Taipei Dec. 31.

(朱立倫) has come within 8 percentage points of his main rival, Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party, for the first time, according to latest public opinion poll published by the KMT Monday.

With 12 days to go before the Jan. 16 election, Chu’s approval rating has climbed to 31.2 percent after the second and final presidential debate on Jan. 2, while Tsai is leading with 39.2 percent, the KMT said in a news release.

James Soong (宋楚瑜) of the People First Party, is trailing with a 10.7 percent approval rating, the KMT said, adding that 18.9 percent of voters have not disclosed how they will vote. [FULL STORY]

Chu, Soong, Tsai outline policies in 2nd TV debate

Taiwan Today
Date: January 4, 2016

The three ROC presidential candidates Eric Chu, James Soong and Tsai

From left, Kuomintang Chairman Eric Chu, People First Party Chairman James Soong and Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen pose for a photo before presidential debate in Taipei. (Courtesy of Sanlih Entertainment Television)

Ing-wen fleshed out key policies in response to questions from Taiwan civic groups in their second and final televised debate Jan. 2 in Taipei City.

Addressing national development issues ranging from economy, finance, judiciary and labor to technology, the trio was bullish on upgrading the country’s Internet infrastructure, maintaining the independence of the ROC Central Bank and implementing judicial reform.

Chu of the ruling Kuomintang proposed introducing court assessors into the nation’s legal system, a view shared by his peers. “It is the president’s duty to uphold justice and promote judicial reform,” he said. “By implementing this mechanism of impartial assessment, we can minimize the chance of questionable rulings.”

The KMT chairman also plans to better protect the rights of workers by seeking amendments to existing labor laws. “We will address this issue by strengthening the enforcement of labor standards while boosting the overall salary structure in Taiwan,” he said. [FULL STORY]

Radium Life cut from Nangang deal: Ko

RADIO INTERVIEW:Ko Wen-je said he would not let the Nangang MRT project turn into another MeHAS City. He also promised ‘a showdown’ with Farglory Land’s boss

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 05, 2016
By: Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA

The Taipei City Government is to dissolve its contract with scandal-tainted

Talk show host Clara Chou, left, and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je don their headphones ahead of an interview at Taipei radio station Hit FM yesterday morning. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

real-estate developer Radium Life Tech Co (日勝生) on a MRT project in Nangang District (南港), Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday morning during an interview on Hit FM radio.

Ko told Hit FM radio host Clara Chou (周玉蔻) that the developer was trying to “make a carbon copy of MeHAS City” (美河市) with the Nangang Depot Joint Development Project.

He then said he would cut Radium Life out of the deal.

The Taipei City Government and Radium Life have been in mediation over the city’s claim for NT$7.6 billion (US$228.66 million) in compensation for alleged fraudulent appraisals in connection with the MRT Xiaobitan Station project, also known as the MeHAS City project, in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店). [FULL STORY]

KMT calls Tsai a ‘bare-faced liar’

EMERGING IDEA:Increasing wages to boost growth is a new concept in academia, which has benefited millions in the US, Eric Chu’s spokesperson said

Taipei Times
Daste: Jan 04, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday hit back at Democratic

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu, center, KMT legislative candidates Lin Wei-chou, center right, and Cheng Cheng-chien, center left, gesture at the crowd at a rally in Hsinchu County yesterday. Photo: Huang Mei-chu, Taipei Times

Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who had, during Saturday’s televised debate, criticized KMT presidential candidate Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) proposal to boost economic growth by promoting pay raises, saying that she was “telling bare-faced lies.”

“In 2014, seven Nobel Prize winners urged US President Barack Obama to implement wage increases to drive economic growth. Last year, more than 600 economists also called on the US government to impose a minimum wage hike for the same reason,” Chu’s campaign spokesman Lee Cheng-hao (李正皓) told a press conference in Taipei.

Lee said such a plan was a relatively new concept in academia and has been welcomed in the US, where more than 7 million workers have benefited from its application. [FULL STORY]

Private universities in Taiwan fighting for life

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-03
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Private universities and colleges on the lower level of Taiwan’s higher

Private universities in Taiwan fighting for life.

education totem pole have been undergoing a brutal death match. They are faced with a live or die situation from a falling birthrate.

Deep into the night of February 13, 2014, a posting quietly appeared on the website of Kao Fong College of Digital Contents, a private college located in southern Taiwan’s Pingtung county, with the signatures of its then acting president and chair of board, announcing that the school had mapped out plans to close. Although just a few words, the brief announcement actually fired the first shot of a real survival game among Taiwan’s numerous universities and colleges.

Half a year later, Yung Ta Institute of Technology & Commerce located in the same county became the second school to bow out of Taiwan’s higher educational arena. [FULL STORY]

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