Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/17
By: Kuan Jui-ping and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Two young men, including a grandson of an elderly man murdered Nov. 9, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of the killing, just one day before the dead man’s funeral.

Prosecutors said there is “providence” in the arrests of 24-year-old Wu Chia-wei (吳家葳) and his friend, Yao Cheng-hung (姚承宏), 29, both of whom had been in hiding.

The death of the 84-year-old victim was not discovered until Nov. 10, when his son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters came back to their home in Zhunan, Miaoli County after a visit to Japan.

At first, the family members thought the old man had died of natural causes when they found him sitting in an armchair and not breathing. But Prosecutor Ma Hung-hua (馬鴻驊) found the circumstances suspicious and ordered an investigation.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/16
By: Bien Chen-feng and Kay Liu

Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) A Chinese woman was deported on Monday after she was found to have used the entry permit issued to another woman who shared the same name, according to the National Immigration Agency.

The woman, identified only by her surname Sun, arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on board a flight from Shandong Province in China on Sunday, the agency said.

The immigration officer questioned the woman’s identity after noticing that she looked different from the photo on the entry permit, according to the agency.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan Today
Date: November 16, 2015

President Ma Ying-jeou condemned the terrorist attacks that left at least 129 people dead and

Taipei 101 glows red, white and blue Nov. 14 in support of France following the terrorist attacks the previous day in Paris. (CNA)

more than 350 injured Nov. 13 in Paris, extending the condolences of the ROC government and people to the families of the victims.

“At this moment, we stand side by side with the people of France in denouncing the violence,” Ma said Nov. 14 in Taipei City. “We hope that order will be restored as soon as possible.”

Immediately after the incidents, the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed sympathies of the Taiwan people to the French Institute in Taipei as well as the French government through the country’s representative office in Paris.

In light of recent developments, MOFA has raised the travel advisory for Paris to a yellow alert, urging Taiwan people to refrain from visiting the French capital unless necessary and to take precautions if they must travel to the city.

According to Executive Yuan spokesman Sun Lih-chyun, Premier Mao Chi-kuo has instructed the Tourism Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications as well as the Ministry of Education to ensure the safety of ROC nationals residing, studying or traveling in France.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 17, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday dismissed a news report claiming that he informed

President Ma Ying-jeou, right, yesterday shakes hands with officials of the Lions Clubs International at the Presidential Office in Taipei. Photo: CNA

the US of his plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) just four days ahead of time, saying that Washington was given five days’ notice.

“We notified the US government five days before the meeting and it expressed appreciation for our early notice and the ‘zero accidents’ in our relations,” Ma said while meeting with officials of Lions Club International District 300G2 at the Presidential Office in Taipei.

Ma said that his administration would never let the US learn about such a development from the media, adding that Washington welcomed and supported his decision.

His comments came one day after the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) published an exclusive story that cited a “credible source” as saying that Ma’s administration had only notified the US government of the Xi meeting via the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) on Nov. 3.     [FULL STORY]

ON REFLECTION:Yesterday’s commemoration service for WWII prisoners of Imperial Japan offered one veteran the chance to talk about the kindness of Taiwanese civilians

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 16, 2015
By: Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter

Military families, 95-year-old British veteran Ken Pett and a number of international

Ninety-five-year-old British war veteran Ken Pett, right, and family members of former prisoners of war yesterday attend a Remembrance Day Service in Taiwan by the POW Camps Memorial Society in the POW Memorial Park in Jinguashi. Photo: Lin Hsin-han, Taipei Times

dignitaries yesterday commemorated a day of remembrance at the site of the former Kinkaseki prisoner of war (POW) camp in New Taipei City’s Jinguashi (金瓜石).

Of 14 POW camps Imperial Japan established in Taiwan during World War II, Kinkaseki was the most notorious. More than 1,100 POWs were forced to work in a copper mine at Jinguashi enduring starvation, rampant disease and constant abuse from guards, according to the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society.

Pett, an enlisted man in the British Army’s 80th Anti-Tank Regiment, was captured during the Battle of Singapore and said he endured inhuman conditions while on a ship transporting him to Taiwan.

“I remember most of the brutality of the guards,” Pett said, adding that he believes in commemorating fallen comrades at the site of the former camp, because honoring his friends is “the right thing to do, and no one else can do it, if not me.”     [FULL  STORY]

Thanhnie nEWS
Date: November 15, 2015
By: Thu Hang, Thanh Nien News

It will be very difficult for Vietnam to send workers to Taiwan next year after many

Vietnamese workers in Taiwan. Photo: H.BinhVietnamese workers in Taiwan. Photo: H.Binh

Vietnamese illegally broke their contracts to find jobs that paid better, officials said at a Hanoi conference Friday.

Around 1,100 Vietnamese workers in Taiwan quit their job in the middle of their contracts every month this year, almost twice last year’s monthly average, according to data released at the conference. More than 110 labor exporters attended the event.

Officials from the labor ministry said many workers have complained that the exporters charged them too much, US$7,000 a person, much more than the official fee of $4,000 set by the government.

Many workers had to borrow money for the payment, but the jobs they were given did not allow them to pay off that loan easily. Caregivers at hospitals, for example, earn around $500 a month.     [FULL  STORY]

Maritime News
Date: 15/11/2015

Guang Yun sinkingThe general cargo vessels Guang Yun and Ji Xin 9 collided off Shantou, China in Taiwan Strait. The two ships were proceeding on crossing routes and serious violation of the ColReg and last minute maneuver caused Ji Xin 9 to hit the Guang Yun portside. The general cargo ship Guang Yun got large breach portside below the waterline, started getting water ingress and increased list to portside. The cost guard dispatched two patrol boats at the scene of collision and evacuated the crew of the sinking vessel. The salvage team boarded the general cargo ship Guang Yun and started pumping out the water from the flooded compartments and kept the ship afloat. The local authorities started investigation for the root cause of the collision.

The general cargo ship Guang Yun has overall length of 100.00 m, moulded beam of 16.00 m and maximum draft of 4.00 m. During the accident the ship was en route from Zhoushan to Dong Guan.

The general cargo ship Ji Xin 9 has overall length of 98.00 m, moulded beam of 15.00 m and maximum draft of 4.50 m. After collision the ship remained seaworthy and succeeded to reach Shantou under own power.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/15 14:39:37
By: Bien Chin-feng and Jeffrey Wu

Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) A woman surnamed Chung and her family who were frightened by

Taiwanese tourist surnamed Chung.

the series of terrorist attacks in Paris that have caused at least 127 deaths returned to Taiwan Sunday, saying they felt relieved to be home.

“It’s nice to be back in Taiwan,” Chung said upon her arrival at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

Chung said that she and her family hid in her friend’s house when the terror attacks occurred, and decided to depart for the airport in Paris earlier than scheduled to make a detour around the multiple attack sites throughout the French capital.

Another Taiwanese tourist said his tour group was returning to the hotel by bus when the shootings and explosions took place.

He said his tour group members were frightened after they witnessed a lot of heavily armed police officers in the city.     [FULL  STORY]