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Domestic fuel prices could fall next week

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/16
By: Lin Meng-ju and Frances Huang

Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) Fuel prices in Taiwan are expected to drop next week in the wake of a fall in international crude oil prices, amid lingering concerns over weakness in global demand, market sources said Friday.

The weakening global crude prices also reflect an increase in oil inventories at a time when the world’s economy has shown signs of slowing, the sources said.

State-owned CPC Corp. Taiwan (中油) is likely to cut gasoline and diesel prices by NT$0.4 (US$0.01) and NT$0.5 per liter, respectively, next week after raising gasoline prices by NT$0.8 per liter and hiking diesel prices by NT$0.9 this week. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan weather bureau keeps an eye on tropical storm Koppu

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-16
By: CNA

Tropical Storm Koppu continues to move west and will likely turn into a

Koppu is on course for the Philippines but could potentially move north to affect Taiwan, Oct. 15. (Photo/Central Weather Bureau)

moderate typhoon Friday Depending on whether it veers northward, Taiwan’s weather authorities will not rule out the possibility of issuing sea and land warnings, a meteorologist said Thursday.

Koppu, located 1,260 km from Taiwan at 2pm Thursday, was moving in a westerly direction toward the Philippines at a speed of 14 km per hour with sustained winds of 25 meters per second and gusts of up to 33 meters per second with a radius of 120 km, according to the Central Weather Bureau.

Hsu Chung-yi, a CWB forecaster, said he would not rule out the possibility of issuing both sea and land warnings for the storm in the worst-case scenario that it hits Taiwan instead of traveling north toward China or past eastern Taiwan. [FULL STORY]

Chiang Wei-shui memorial unveiled

POLITICAL REFORMER:The ‘Taiwan Minpao’ founder has been described as a pioneer of social activism who was committed to helping the nation’s poorest people

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2015
By Chien Hui-ju and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Institute of Yilan County History on Thursday unveiled a memorial

Relatives of late democracy pioneer Chiang Wei-shui and guests attend a memorial ceremony in Yilan City on Wednesday. Photo: Chien Hui-ju, Taipei Times

dedicated to Taiwanese democracy pioneer and nationalist Chiang Wei-shui (蔣渭水) at the site of the activist’s former Yilan City residence.

Born in Yilan in 1891, Chiang was an anti-colonialist who contested Japanese rule and was also the founder of the Taiwan Minpao newspaper, the Taiwanese People’s Party, a labor union and other pro-democracy groups.

The ceremony was presided over by Yilan County Commissioner Lin Tsung Hsien (林聰賢), Yilan Mayor Chiang Tsung-yuan (江聰淵), and Chiang Wei-shui Cultural Foundation executive director Chiang Chao-ken (蔣朝根), who is also Chiang Wei-shui’s grandson.

The memorial consists of a plaque and a colonial-style wooden door, behind which historical information about Chiang Wei-shui is displayed over a photocopy of an issue of Taiwan Minpao. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan film-maker eyes Oscars

Straits Times
Date: October 15, 2015

LOS ANGELES • Acclaimed Taiwanese film-maker Hou Hsiao-hsien has

Shu Qi (above)PHOTO: SHAW ORGANISATION

racked up numerous international awards in his career, but today he is aiming for the Oscars with his latest movie The Assassin.

Hou, on tour in the United States ahead of the upcoming US launch of the movie, sat with Agence France-Presse to discuss The Assassin – among 81 foreign Oscar hopefuls – Hollywood and his next project.

Hou acknowledged that The Assassin, a slow-burning movie set in ninth-century China, may not appeal to a wide American audience more used to Hollywood films with a strong narrative and high drama.

“I think they will probably fall asleep,” he laughed. “I think people will probably have problems understanding what the movie is about.” [FULL STORY]

Editorial: No more drama, but more debate

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-15
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The most dramatic episode of the campaign for the January 16 presidential

Editorial: No more drama, but more debate. Taiwan News

and legislative elections lies in the days ahead. On October 17, the Kuomintang will hold its special congress which is expected to culminate in the replacement of its original presidential candidate, Hung Hsiu-chu, by its reluctant party chairman, Eric Liluan Chu.

The move tops a long and arduous process which was rich in the drama department. Hung was one of two totally unexpected candidates who volunteered for the primary selection process within the KMT. The other one, former Health Minister Yaung Chih-liang, never made it past the first hurdle, leaving Hung in the race as the only contender. [FULL STORY]

Miracle survivor of water park fire discharged from hospital

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/15
By: Justin Su and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) A college student who suffered burns to 85 percent of

Photo courtesy of Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

his body in a flash fire at Formosa Fun Coast water park (八仙樂園) in New Taipei more than three months ago was discharged from hospital Thursday.

After 111 days in hospital, Lin Chi-yu (林祺育) said, he was very happy to be going home and was grateful to the doctors who helped him escape death. [FULL STORY]

Champi strengthens to typhoon; Koppu set to bring rain to Taiwan

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-15
By: CNA

Two typhoons have developed over the Pacific, but so far only Typhoon

The predicted paths of typhoons Koppu and Champi on Oct. 15. (Photo courtesy of Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau)

Koppu is projected to clip Taiwan, depending on the angle at which it turns north, the country’s Central Weather Bureau said Wednesday.

Koppu is expected to bring rain to Taiwan but whether the typhoon itself will reach the island will only be clear on Oct. 18.

As of 2pm Wednesday, it was located 1,630 kilometers west-northwest of Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost point of Taiwan, moving at a speed of between 18 kph and 24 kph in a westerly direction. With a radius of 120 kilometers, Typhoon Koppu was carrying maximum sustained winds of 65 kph, with gusts of up to 90 kph, the bureau data showed. [FULL STORY]

Base for part-time job supplemental NHI premium rising

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 16, 2015
By: I-chia Lee / Staff reporter

The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday announced that the minimum

Representatives from the Ministry of Health and Welfare announce the ministry will raise the threshold for National Health Insurance contributions for part-time workers from NT$5,000 to NT$20,000 at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA

threshold for imposing the National Health Insurance’s (NHI) supplementary premium on income from part-time jobs is to be raised from NT$5,000 (US$154) to NT$20,000, starting from Jan. 1 next year.

National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) Director-General Huang San-kuei (黃三桂) said the new policy would benefit an estimated 3.42 million people, allowing them to pay an average of NT$784 less per year, while 2.28 million people would not have to pay the supplementary premium at all.

It will reduce NHI revenue by an estimated NT$4.2 billion per year (about 0.7 percent of the total revenue) — about NT$2.68 billion from supplementary premium payments and about NT$1.52 billion from the government. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan still hoping for delivery of Perry-class frigates: MND

Foxcus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/14
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Oct. 14 (CNA) Taiwan is still hoping to take delivery of two U.S.

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MAYPORT, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2014) The guided-missile frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50) departs Naval Station Mayport for a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. This is Taylor’s final deployment as the ship is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marcus L. Stanley/Released)

Perry-class frigates next year, said Defense Minister Kao kuang-chi (高廣圻) on Wednesday, amid reports that the sale is in limbo and the ships already decommissioned.

Kao said at a legislative hearing that the ministry is hoping to get a letter of offer and acceptance for the frigates by the end of the year and send Navy officers to take delivery of the Perry-class frigates next year.

He added that the military has already inspected the frigates, and they are in fairly good condition, but Kao acknowledged that there have been delays, which he attributed to difficulties in coordination between the executive and legislative branches in the United States. [FULL STORY]

Ministry ponders over Chinese investment in Taiwan’s IC design industry

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-14
By: Jocylin FC, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

In face of China’s uprising red supply chain, the Ministry of Economic Affairs

Chinese might invest in IC design industry. Central News Agency (2015-10-14 19:02:34)

is assessing the possibility of Chinese investments in Taiwan’s IC design industry, the heart of Taiwan’s economy. The government officials stated that they do not have a timetable for the evaluation.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) pointed out that as China’s Tsinghua Holdings grows stronger, MediaTek Inc., one of the nation’s leading firms in the IC design industry, is trying to fight against the red supply chain and securing its market share in China by forming an alliance with Chinese investors.

MediaTek Inc. appealed to the Ministry of Economic Affairs to open doors to Chinese investors, but the Ministry is still pondering over the idea. In the past year, MediaTek chairman Tsai Ming-kai has been in touch with the leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China. [FULL STORY]

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