International scholars convene in Taipei this weekend to discuss the importance of education for national development

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/05
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) –The Professor Huang Kun-Huei Education Foundation is hosting the 2018 International Conference on Educational Policy and Economic Development in Taipei, Oct.5-6.

The conference invited scholars and specialists in education and economics from the U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Singapore to join Taiwanese experts in the field in discussing the relationship between education and economic development amid a rapid global transformation.

Research has consistently shown the inseparable link between educational programs and the development of human capital, which relates directly to the livelihood and health of a country, as well as its international competitiveness.

At a panel forum on the afternoon of Oct. 5, I-Mei Foods CEO Luis Ko (高志明) was joined by Silicon Valley veteran, and Taiwania Capital’s General Manager David Weng (翁嘉盛), and the President of National Taichung University of Education (NTCU) Wang Ru-Jer (王如哲) before international audiences of scholars to discuss the topic of developing effective strategies that will contribute to national economic development as well as individual well-being.    [FULL  STORY]

Unrepresented Nations And  Peoples Organization
Date: Oct 08, 2018

Recently, the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), modified its website to refer to Taiwan as “Taiwan, China”. Whilst the spokesperson for the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned conceding to Beijing’s demands, this is only the most recent episode in western businesses giving in to Beijing’s policy of blackmailing international companies over the Taiwanese issue, by threatening to restrict their market in China. Similar tendencies can be spotted amongst hotels and airlines operating flights to Taiwan. The US has criticised Beijing’s tactics as “Orwellian”. 
The article below was published by South China Morning Post:

Taiwan has criticised China for “barbaric intervention” after another international English proficiency test modified its website to fall into line with Beijing’s claims over the self-ruled island.

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) changed its reference to Taiwan on a drop down menu to “Taiwan, China” on Friday, according to Taiwan’s United Daily News.

A Taiwan foreign affairs ministry spokesman expressed “strong discontent and condemnation” against the “barbaric intervention” of mainland Chinese authorities over civilian business activities and operation.

In August 2018  the Test of English as a Foreign Language website changed the island’s reference to “Taiwan, China” triggering a protest by Taiwanese students.
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Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/08
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Double Ten Day national celebrations are coming up this

Wednesday, Oct. 10. The preparatory committee held a preview of performances in front of the Presidential Building on Oct. 7.

This year’s performances have been designed to emphasize that Taiwan is a multi-ethnic country. To demonstrate this, indigenous groups, and New Immigrants have been invited to join the celebrations.

This year for the first time, among the media hosts emceeing the event will be a New Immigrant host of Vietnamese origin, Nguyen Thu Hang (阮秋姮). Taiwanese indigenous TV host Laway Futol (弗杜勒) will also be in the lineup.

Overseas groups and Hakka cultural performances will also feature in the Double Ten Day events.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/08
By: Phoenix Hsu and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Oct. 8 (CNA) Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez on Monday expressed gratitude for the assistance Taiwan has provided his country, especially the establishment of the Taiwan-Paraguay Polytechnic University (Universidad Politechnica Taiwan-Paraguay, UPTP).

Benitez expressed great confidence in the project, saying he believes the UPTP will help put Paraguay on the map for science and technology around the world.

The project was jointly initiated by Taiwan and Paraguay in December last year, with funding for the school’s construction coming from Paraguay, while National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) will provide teachers, curriculum plans and lab equipment.

Speaking at a ceremony where he received an honorary doctorate degree from Taipei-based NTUST, Benitez said he was honored to receive such a recognition and thanked the school for providing instructors to the UPTP.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 09, 2018 
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

New Power Party (NPP) Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) yesterday called

on Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp to explain its decision to hire a company linked to a major fraud case.

XDL Capital Ltd (興得利投資有限公司) has signed a contract with Kaohsiung Rapid Transit to take over a NT$1 billion (US$32.3 million) water park construction project in Daliao District (大寮), despite having achieved little since being founded in March last year, Huang told a news conference at the party’s caucus office in Taipei.

XDL is headquartered at the same address as Ching Fu Shipbuilding Co (慶富造船) and has the same telephone number, he said.

The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office in February charged Ching Fu chairman Chen Ching-nan (陳慶男); company director Chen Lu Chao-hsia (陳盧昭霞), who is his wife; deputy chairman Chen Wei-chih (陳偉志), his son; former chief executive oChien Liang-chien (簡良鑑); and former consultant Lee Wei-feng (李維峰) with fraud, breach of trust and breaches of banking laws.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/06
By: Charles Kang and Ko Lin

New Delhi, Oct. 6 (CNA) A Taiwanese man has died of altitude sickness in Solukhumbu, Nepal, after a Mount Everest Base Camp tour, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India said Saturday.

The deceased, in his 40s, has been identified as Chenari Chang. He was found dead in his hotel Thursday evening in Kjumbhu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-4 where he had been staying, according to a Kathmandu Post report.

There was no indication of the altitude at which Chang got sick.

An official with the Taiwan office in India told CNA that local authorities later confirmed after an autopsy that the Taiwanese had died of altitude sickness.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 07, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Minister of National Defense Yen De-fa (嚴德發) on Friday reaffirmed the ministry’s ability

to defend the nation.

The minister was responding to a CNN report on Thursday, which said that the US was planning a show of force in areas close to Chinese-claimed territory in the South China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait.

The Ministry of National Defense was closely monitoring the situation, Yen said.

“Taiwanese do not need to worry,” Yen said at a hearing held at the Legislative Yuan. “The military is capable of ensuring national security and defending the nation.”

In the report, CNN quoted several unnamed US military officials as saying that “the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet has drawn up a classified proposal to carry out a global show of force as a warning to China and to demonstrate the US is prepared to deter and counter their military actions.”
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