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Tsai to lead judicial reform in person

Introduction jury system to be top issue

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-25
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen said

Tsai to lead judicial reform in person. Central News Agency

Tuesday she would personally lead judicial reform efforts if she were elected president next January.

The opposition leader has been far ahead of her challengers in nearly all recent opinion polls for the January 16 presidential and legislative elections.

She told a delegation from four judicial associations visiting her Tuesday that since the judicial system could not reform itself automatically, it should be led by the president himself in order to book significant results.

Tsai and her top legal advisers participated in a one-hour open-door meeting with the judicial reform activists and attorneys to hear their demands and grievances about the present system. [FULL STORY]

Dengue fever deaths in Tainan rise to four

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/25
By: Yang Se-rui and Chen Pei-yu

Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) Dengue fever has claimed two more lives in Tainan, increasing the

Soldiers help spread pesticide in Tainan. (Photo courtesy of the Army)

death toll from the tropical disease to four so far this year in the southern municipality, the city government said Tuesday.

All four cases were elderly people over the age of 70 with chronic diseases, the city government said.

The two most recent deaths, which occurred over the past week, were both in the city’s Northern District. One patient was a 71-year-old female and the other a 78-year-old male.

Tainan has had the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Taiwan this summer, recording 1,974 cases as of Monday, according to the city’s health department. [FULL STORY]

Higher pay for foreign maids in Taiwan? Taipei amenable to $521 monthly pay, says Baldoz

InterAksyon.com
Date: August 25, 2015

MANILA – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz on Monday she received a report

OFWs bound for Taiwan wearing ‘I love Taiwan’ shirts. FILE PHOTO BY ERIC APOLONIO

saying Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor is inclined to agree to a salary increase for household service workers proposed by the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam which could very well reach NT$17,000 a month, equivalent to P24,270, or $521.

“Our labor representative in Taiwan, Llewelyn D. Perez, has reported that there is already an understanding among the four countries sending household service workers to Taiwan, through their representative offices, to accept the proposal of Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor for a minimum salary of NT$17,000 per month, with a commitment to meet with the sending countries annually to discuss a yearly increase,” Baldoz said in a news release.

“The NT$17,000 minimum salary is NT$1,160 above the current NT$15,840 a month salary of HSWs, but NT$500 less than what the four sending countries have demanded. Nevertheless, this is the first increase in the minimum salary of HSWs in the last 18 years,” she added. [FULL STORY]

K-town to carry weeklong spraying against dengue fever

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-24
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A dengue fever cluster was reported in the areas surrounding Kaohsiung’s Jinshi Lake

K-town carries measures against dengue. Central News Agency.

Scenic Park after 35 cases of the disease were confirmed in the span of 20 days by local health authorities, reports said Monday.

The park has been sealed off to the general public for a week starting Monday as members of the local health bureau and the environmental agency, including the military’s chemical decontamination force are being deployed to spray insecticide over the area to eliminate mosquitoes.

Six teams composing of 18 personnel began the day by disinfecting every nook and cranny in nearby communities surrounding the Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages and the scenic park. [FULL STORY]

Organizer denies questions over who painted damaged artwork

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/24
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) The co-organizer of the “The Face of Leonardo, Images of a

photo from Della Rocca Casa d’Aste catalogue

Genius” exhibition on Monday rejected suspicions that it misidentified the painter of the artwork damaged by a Taiwanese boy on Sunday.

TST Art of Discovery Co. (京銓藝術) released a surveillance tape earlier on Monday, showing that the 12-year-old boy tripped over a rope barrier post while walking near a painting, which organizers identified as “Flowers” by Italian painter Paolo Porpora (1617-1673).

The boy’s tumble left a hole the size of a fist in the painting, and it was being restored on the spot as of Monday evening.

Organizers said the 200-centimeter tall painting was valued at over NT$50 million (US$1.5 million). [FULL STORY]

Woman’s death at Hsinchu internet cafe goes unnoticed

Want China Times
Date: 2015-08-24
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

Police in Taiwan on Sunday urged the public to be more aware of the people around

The internet cafe in Hsinchu where the woman died, Aug. 23. (Photo/CNA)

them after a woman’s death at an internet cafe went unnoticed for hours.

The 37-year-old woman was found dead Saturday at an internet cafe in the northern city of Hsinchu, according to local police.

A preliminary investigation showed that she died of cardiac arrest, although prosecutors and forensic experts are still confirming the cause of death, the police said.

Police said the woman arrived alone at the cafe late on Friday night. Shortly after her arrival, she leaned against a partition between the seats and stopped moving, apparently because of some discomfort, police said after viewing the cafe’s surveillance recording. It was not until Saturday that the night shift employees at the cafe discovered something was wrong and called the police. [FULL STORY]

Fishermen protest labor issues

SALARY CONCERNS:A Ministry of Labor official said that accommodation in lieu of payment is in the rules, but added it would probe the issue among employers

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 25, 2015
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter

Civil groups and scores of migrant fishermen rallied in front of the Ministry of Labor

Civic groups and migrant fishermen demonstrate outside the Ministry of Labor headquarters in Taipei yesterday, calling on the ministry to enforce labor laws. Photo: CNA

headquarters in Taipei yesterday, saying their employers have improperly docked money from their salaries and comparing their working conditions to slavery.

Protesters and migrant fishermen, mostly Filipinos, performed a skit and shouted slogans in different languages, demanding free accommodation and direct payment of salaries for migrant fishermen.

Taiwan International Workers’ Association researcher Wu Jing-ru (吳靜如) said many migrant fishermen have NT$5,000 deducted from their pay per month for onboard accommodation, as employers are allowed to provide lodging or other benefits worth up to NT$5,000 in lieu of the full minimum wage, according to the Labor Standards Act (勞基法). [FULL STORY]

Ma: we don’t need nuclear subs

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-23
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Despite the Navy’s repeated call to replace its current fleet of antiquated World War II

Ma: we don’t need nuclear subs. Central News Agency

leftovers, President Ma Ying-jeou however said the nation does not need state-of-the-art nuclear subs, but rather diesel-electric submarines as Taiwan’s sea space is fairly restricted.

Ma’s comments came during a Sunday visit to a domestic propeller plant in Pingtung County, where he was guided by Cheng Cheng-yi, president of Hung Shen Propeller Co., Ltd., for a tour of his factory ground.

The visiting delegation also included Premier Mao Chi-kuo, Minister of Economic Affairs John Deng, Kuomintang Secretary-General Tseng Yung-chuan, and officials from the Executive Yuan.

During the guided tour, Cheng told Ma that the nation’s precision machinery industry is facing a serious shortage of skilled engineers, and that in order to expand their businesses to international markets, similar firms have eventually moved their production to China. [FULL STORY]

Memorial service in Kinmen commemorates key battle against China

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/23
By: Huang Hui-min and Jeffrey Wu

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) A memorial service was held Sunday in the outlying Kinmen County to mark the 57th anniversary of a battle that occurred during hostilities across the Taiwan Strait in 1958.

The service, organized by the Kinmen Defense Command, was attended by more than 70 retired soldiers in honor of their fellow servicemen who died defending the outlying island from Chinese invasion.

Lee Jing-chuan (李景川), who lives in Pingtung County’s Wandan Township and has set up an exhibition there of the battle, said the victory paved the way for the peace that now exists in Taiwan. He said Aug. 23 should be celebrated as “Peace Memorial Day of the Taiwan Strait.” [FULL STORY]

Life as the only woman in Taiwan’s Air Rescue Group

Want China Times
Date: 2015-08-23
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

Dressed in an orange flight suit, Tech Sgt Luo Hsiu-wen was the only woman in a

Luo Hsiu-wen and a colleague, Aug. 22. (Photo/CNA)

five-member crew getting ready to board a rescue helicopter at the Air Force base in Taiwan’s Chiayi county as they were undergoing a regular training drill to airlift people who are stranded.

Luo is the first female medical technician in the Air Force’s Air Rescue Group, which was established in 1954. Her experience in joining girl scout clubs in both high school and university sparked her interest in pursuing a career in the military after graduation, she said.

With her desire to challenge herself and save people’s lives, Luo decided to sign up to take the test to become one of the Air Rescue Group’s medical technicians after seeing the recruitment advertisement.

Surprised to find herself the only woman to take the test, Luo passed the examination in 2011. She became a qualified medical technician in the same year after six months of rigorous training with the group. [FULL STORY]

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