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Taiwanese expatriates donate rice to Philippines

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/21
By: Lin Hsing-chien and Maria Tsai

Manila Aug. 21 (CNA) Taiwan Association Philippines and an expatriate association

Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Association Philippines

Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Association Philippines

donated 20 ton of rice to disadvantaged Filipinos in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, on Thursday, to assist local residents who live in severe poverty.

TAP honorary director Huang Shih-mo (黃世模), Taiwanese officials stationed in Manila and leaders of local Taiwanese communities, presented the rice to Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada at the city government office.

Estrada, who was president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, expressed his gratitude to Taiwan and Taiwanese expatriates for their kindness.     [FULL  STORY]

St. Kitts and Nevis prime minister lauds ties with Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/20
By: Elaine Hou

Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris lauded the 201508200025t0001cooperative projects between Taiwan and the Caribbean country and expressed hope for more Taiwanese investment during a visit here Thursday.

The programs of cooperation have helped cement relations between the two countries, Harris told CNA in an interview.

He cited as an example the two countries’ more than 30 years of close cooperation in agriculture, which have included achievements such as the introduction of new varieties of fruits to St. Kitts and Nevis and improvements in the quality of its agricultural products.

Bilateral cooperation also covers the area of renewable energy, he said, pointing out that a Taiwanese company has provided solar energy to St. Kitts and Nevis.     [FULL  STORY]

KMT asset issue tars Eric Chu: DPP

“ACCOMPLICE:”The DPP said Eric Chu does not dare to reveal information on party assets that are still unprocessed and what the status of the processed party assets is

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 21, 2015
By: Jake Chung  /  Staff writer

The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) controversial party asset issue has revealed to

Cross-Strait Policy Association secretary-general Anson Hung presents an opinion poll on the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) asset issue at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Cross-Strait Policy Association secretary-general Anson Hung presents an opinion poll on the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) asset issue at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

the nation both the incompetency of KMT Chairperson Eric Chu (朱立倫) and his complicity in the party’s opaque handling of the issue, which warrants a public apology, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday.

The DPP cited a poll by the Zero KMT and Taiwan Association of University Professors (TAUP), which found that 58 percent of respondents were dissatisfied with how Chu was handling the issue.

The poll showed that 66.9 percent of respondents were supportive of passing the draft political party act and draft regulations on processing inappropriate party assets, DPP spokesperson Huang Ti-ying (黃帝潁) said.

The claimed amount of party assets by the party, totaling 229, contrasted greatly with the Ministry of Finance’s claimed thousands of items, Huang said.     [FULL  STORY]

MOFA to hold international NGO forum on climate change

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-20
By: By Tang Pei-chun and Maria Tsai, Central News Agency

Taipei Aug. 20 (CNA) An international conference of non-governmental organizations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Taipei Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Thursday.

The 2015 UNFCCC NGOs Forum will focus on the issues such as gender, indigenous people, public health and matters related to climate change, according to the ministry’s statement.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan’s representative to Canada named vice foreign minister

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/20
By: Tang Pei-chun and Romulo Huang

Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) Taiwan’s representative to Canada, Bruce Jung-da Linghu (令狐榮

CNA file photo

CNA file photo

達), was named Thursday vice foreign minister to replace Andrew Kao (高振群) who was transferred in July to serve as deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council.

Foreign Minister David Lin said that Linghu is an adequate official to take over the post of vice foreign minister, based on his rich diplomatic experience, specially in North American and Asia-Pacific affairs.

During his long diplomatic career, Linghu has served as director-general of the Department of North American Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, Taiwan’s ambassador to the Marshall Islands and director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles and in Auckland.

He assumed his current post in Canada last year.

The Vinyl Word

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 21, 2015
By: Marcus Aurelius  /  Contributing reporter

Most Westerners who come to Taiwan spend a year teaching, save some money and

Fratzuki, pictured here at last week’s Havana Pool Party, will open for Moti tonight at Elektro. Photo courtesy of Jason Matthew Peters

Fratzuki, pictured here at last week’s Havana Pool Party, will open for Moti tonight at Elektro. Photo courtesy of Jason Matthew Peters

then move on. Sometimes, however, something magical happens in that first year. Because Taiwanese are extremely welcoming and those passing through Taiwan are stimulating, deep bonds are made in a short time, and soon that first year inexplicably becomes three, and then five and then 10.

This story is true for Fratzuki (real name Dominick Fresnia), who deejays and emcees at Elektro four times a week. He arrived in Taiwan after traveling the world and was in need of a financial windfall. In the decade since, he has been a party promoter, worked as a magician, started his own booth that sold deep fried oreos at the Raohe night market, made a hip-hop album in Mandarin, and has been an all around hustler since he has stepped off the plane.

The people that have a hard time in Taiwan usually get sick of teaching snotty-nosed kids rather quickly and are frustrated that there are not a ton of other opportunities out there. Fratzuki’s advice to them is to find something to do that you are passionate about.     [FULL  STORY]

MOFA honors hospital, foundation for humanitarian work

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-19
By: Central News Agency

Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) presented medals Wednesday to a local hospital and a Los Angeles-based foundation set up by a Taiwanese national living in the United States, in recognition of their international humanitarian efforts.

Foreign Minister David Lin conferred the Friend of Foreign Service Medal on Lee Fa-kung , superintendent of Taipei-based Cathay General Hospital, and Tina Bow , founder of the SimplyHelp Foundation. In his address, Lin noted that since 2007, Cathay General Hospital has been sending medical teams to Paraguay, Fiji, India and Mongolia to serve people there.

For example, in 2007, 2009 and 2010, the hospital sent medical teams to Paraguay to provide services to people in different parts of the country, which is Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in South America, Lin said. In May, the hospital’s team performed 20 free artificial joint replacement surgeries on people in Paraguay, the ministry said. The hospital has also helped to train medical personnel from Vietnam, Paraguay and Mongolia, Lin said.     [FULL  STORY]

Model racing car built from recycled phones to go on display

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/19
By: Wang Hsin-hsuan, Chen Yi-wei and Brook Hsiao

Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) Noted Taiwanese artist Shih Pao Lin (林世寶) said Tuesday that 201508190034t0001his touring exhibition of an eco-friendly model racing car will kick off November in Taipei with the aim of showing the world that Taiwan is an environmentally friendly country.

The eco-friendly Formula 1 model car was made from 20,000 recycled mobile phones that Lin collected from 40 countries.

The exhibition is scheduled to kick off Nov. 9 at Taipei City Hall and will run through Nov. 13.     [FULL  STORY]

PM2.5 standard to go into effect in Taiwan from next year

Want China Times
Date: 2015-08-19
By: CNA

The PM2.5 air quality monitoring and simulation standard has been added to Taiwan’s Air

Smog hangs over Taichung, June 6. (File photo/Chen Shih-tsung)

Smog hangs over Taichung, June 6. (File photo/Chen Shih-tsung)

Pollution Control Act, and will take effect on January 1, 2016, the country’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said Monday.

The amendment to the Air Pollution Control Act is aimed at strengthening the control of emissions of stationary sources of air pollution by the nation’s industries.

The steel industry, petrochemical industry, and electricity generation industry which are emitting a large number of particulates, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide, and oxysulfide in Taiwan will be the sectors primarily affected after the amendment goes into effect, the EPA said.

The term PM2.5 refers to particles 2.5 microns or smaller in diameter, which are considered particularly dangerous because they are often composed of substances like heavy metals that are very toxic and are minute enough to travel deep into human lungs.     [FULL  STORY]

Soong a ‘hired thug’ of authoritarian regimes: Shih

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 20, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber  /  Staff reporter

People First Party presidential candidate James Soong’s (宋楚瑜) advocacy of transitional justice is “shameless,” veteran activist and independent presidential candidate Shih Ming-te (施明德) said yesterday, adding that Soong was a former “hired thug” of authoritarian regimes.

“Where in the world does a perpetrator say that he would effect transitional justice and reconciliation,” Shih said, adding that Soong had invited “muckraking” with his promise to establish a presidential office for “transitional justice” if elected, which would investigate unresolved cases from the Martial Law era.

Having Soong offer to effect transitional justice was like asking a “demon” for a prescription, Shih said, calling Soong “shameless” and “detestable” for “parroting” Shih’s position, and promising to “stalk and expose” Soong if the PFP candidate was elected.     [FULL  STORY]