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Mao demands clear line between duty and leisure for military

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-21
By: CNA

Taiwan’s premier, Mao Chi-kuo, said Tuesday that a clear line should be

Mao Chi-kuo, right, at the Legislature, Oct. 20. (Photo/CNA)

drawn between duty and leisure amid reports that a lapse of discipline was seen during an ROC Navy training mission in May.

Media reports said the Kidd-class destroyer, the Navy’s most powerful vessel, was turned into a “sport boat” in May, when the commander of the destroyer allowed a petty officer to fish from the deck, from where he landed a big marlin.

Legislator Wu Yu-jen of the ruling Kuomintang said that military personnel should make completing their missions a priority. But he also noted that life at sea can be boring and that finding ways to enhance leisure activities for military personnel without compromising their duty is important. [FULL STORY]

Curriculum change activists indicted

DOUBLE STANDARDS?Wang Pin-chen said that the judicial system should apply the same standards to the Ministry of Education as it does to student activists

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 22, 2015
By: Hsieh Chun-lin, Liang Pei-chi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday announced the indictment of

From left to right, Chen Po-yu, Yin Juo-yu, Yen Hsiao-he, Tsai Ming-ing and Peng Cheng, pictured in a composite photograph, have been indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and coercion over their actions during the storming of the Ministry of Education’s compound in Taipei on the night of July 23 during protests against the changes to the high-school social studies curriculum guidelines. Photos: Taipei Times

five anti-curriculum changes activists — Chen Po-yu (陳柏瑜), Yen Hsiao-ho (閻孝和), Peng Cheng (彭宬), Yin Juo-yu (尹若宇) and Tsai Ming-ying (蔡明穎) — on charges of obstruction of justice and coercion.

The office said that it has referred two adolescents, surnamed Chang (張) and Lin (林), to a juvenile court, and that it would not file charges against 22 remaining activists being investigated for breaking into and occupying the Ministry of Education compound, due to the ministry’s withdrawal of charges, insufficient evidence and the death of one defendant. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan reports new indigenous measles case, 23 cases seen year to date

Outbreak News
Date: October 20, 2015
By: Staff

Late last week, Taiwanese health officials announced one new indigenous measles case confirmed in a 19-year-old male who resides in Xinying District, Tainan City. The case history is as follows:

On October 8, the case sought medical attention at a clinic after experiencing

Measles/CDC

sore throat, cough and yellow phlegm. On the next day, when his symptoms persisted and he developed rashes on his limbs, he sought further medical attention at a clinic on October 10 and then returned home. On October 11, when he was still experiencing discomfort, he sought medical assistance at a hospital and was placed in an isolation ward for treatment. Infection with measles was confirmed in the case after the hospital reported the suspected case to the health authority. As of now, the case has been discharged. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan to prosecute woman who gave birth on flight

Business Standard
Date: October 20, 2015

A woman who gave birth on a China Airlines flight enroute to Los Angeles

Photo courtesy of a witness

from Taipei, will be prosecuted in Taiwan to compensate the airlines for the expenses caused due to the childbirth.

Minister of Transport and Communications Chen Jian-yu said the airlines (of which the ministry is the largest shareholder) will claim compensation for extra costs incurred due to the childbirth, EFE reported on Tuesday.

The passenger, under current regulations, had not declared herself to be in her 36th week of pregnancy and the childbirth forced the plane to divert from its route and land in Anchorage, Alaska, so that the mother and baby could receive medical attention in a hospital.

The route diversion cost the airlines more than $33,000, according to the airlines.

Apparently the passenger was travelling to the US so that her baby could be born there and obtain US citizenship that is granted automatically to those born on its soil.

The woman returned to Taiwan following her deportation, while her baby is in the care of a friend in the US.

Color powder party organizer apologizes

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-20
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The organizer of last June’s color powder party

Color powder party organizer apologizes. Central News Agency

which led to the deaths of 12 people and injured 500 apologized to the public Tuesday.

The apology came after Lu Chung-chi became the only person last week to be indicted over the June 27 disaster at the Formosa Fun Coast water park in Bali District, New Taipei City. The fact that eight others, including owners and managers of the park, escaped without charges caused widespread consternation. Families of the victims want prosecutors to reconsider.

Lu came out for a news conference with his attorney Tuesday where he offered a statement containing four apologies. He said he had to apologize first to the party goers and their families, and second to the rescue workers, doctors and nurses who treated the victims. [FULL STORY]

Video recording possible at next election: CEC

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-20
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Making video recordings of the ballot counting will

Video recording possible at next election: CEC. Central News Agency

be allowed at the next January 16 legislative and presidential elections, the Central Election Commission said Tuesday.

However, the CEC added the caveat that it would only be permissible if the regular order of the counting proceedings was not disturbed.

Before last November’s local and regional elections, the CEC banned the practice, leading to complaints that irregularities in the counting process would be more difficult to uncover.

At a meeting Tuesday, the CEC overturned its own ban though it added it would devise a new set of rules to make the process fair and open. Last week, lawmakers from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party froze part of the CEC budget on the condition that the government body would allow the practice of video recording. [FULL STORY]

Abused Indonesian caregiver films own video to get help

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/20
By: Chao Li-yen, Bien Chin-fong and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Oct. 20 (CNA) An Indonesian caregiver who recorded a video of her being abused by her employer has been put in a migrant worker shelter, police said Tuesday.

Police said 26-year-old Siti Inayatus Solekah arrived in Taiwan three months ago to take care of a 75-year-old woman surnamed Mao (毛), who needs dialysis year round.

As Siti could not speak Mandarin, she had great difficulty communicating with her employer.

Lai Chien-chih (賴建智), head of the Tanze police precinct in Fengyuan, said Mao often slapped Siti on the face or pinched her cheeks because she was angry that Siti could not follow her instructions due to the language barrier. [FULL STORY]

Woman faces compensation claim for giving birth on CAL flight

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-20
By: CNA

Taiwan-based China Airlines (CAL) will demand compensation from a woman

Chen Jian-yu speaks at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Oct. 19. (File photo/CNA)

who gave birth on a Los Angeles-bound flight earlier this month, forcing it to make an unscheduled stop in Anchorage, Alaska, the country’s minister of transportation and communications Chen Jian-yu said Monday.

Chen made the remarks during a legislative hearing in the wake of media reports that the woman had concealed the fact that she was already 36 weeks pregnant and intentionally took the flight late in her pregnancy for the purpose of giving birth in US territory.

Ruling Kuomintang legislator Lo Shu-lei condemned the woman for neglecting her own safety, that of her baby and other passengers to get a US passport for her child. [FULL STORY]

Supplier of tainted bean curds busted in Pingtung County

Tsai brothers likely to face seven-year imprisonment

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-19
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed Monday that batches

Tainted bean curds found in Pingtung. Central News Agency

of bean curds containing excessive hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) sold in traditional markets in Pingtung last week may have presumably been consumed.

According to the FDA, results of the tainted products manufactured and distributed by Li-Chen Foods in Pingtung County failed to pass safety regulations after samples of pressed tofu were randomly picked up last Thursday pending laboratory tests.

The Monday bust, comprised of health authorities and police from the municipal government, found six barrels of hydrogen peroxide at the factory complex weighing 1,350 kilograms in total. [FULL STORY]

For Taiwan, subsidized retirement accounts a heavy burden

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/19
By: Sophia Yeh and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Oct. 19 (CNA) Taiwan’s government has to spend NT$80 billion (US$2.47 billion) a year to subsidize preferential interest rates paid on the retirement accounts of some public employees, and reforms are needed, an official said Monday.

Ministry of Civil Service chief Chang Che-shen (張哲琛) said the 18 percent rate paid on parts of special savings accounts of retired civil servants, military personnel and public school teachers dwarfs the standard interest rate of about 1 percent most people earn.

The difference in interest rates is paid for by the government. [FULL STORY]

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