Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/19
By: Hsiao Po-yang and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, June 19 (CNA) Senior citizens over 65 years old whose households have been registered in

Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷), right. CNA file photo

Changhua County for at least three years are eligible for financial assistance when getting dentures, starting in July, the county government said Tuesday.

Senior citizens who have lost all their teeth or all but three of their teeth in the upper arch or lower arch can apply for subsidies for partial or complete dentures, Changhua County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷) said.

Each senior will be eligible to apply for the financial assistance once in their lifetime.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-19
By: CNA

The prospects of Taiwan and the Philippines signing a fishery law enforcement agreement are good,

Footage from an ABS-CBN report about fishery disputes between Taiwan and the Philippines. (File photo/CNA)

James Sha, vice minister of Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture, said Thursday after fishery officials from both sides met in Manila earlier in the week to discuss the contentious issue of fishing rights.

The meeting was scheduled to be held in Taipei but the Philippine delegation canceled their trip following a series of incidents, including a standoff between coastguard vessels from the two countries, and the detention of Taiwanese fishing vessels by Philippine patrol boats.

Led by Tsay tzu-yaw, director-general of the COA’s Fishery Agency, a Taiwanese delegation of officials from the foreign ministry and Coast Guard Administration left for Manila earlier this week to meet with their Philippine counterparts to try to iron out the issues and negotiate an agreement on fishery law enforcement.      [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/19
By: Chen Ching-fang and Lilian Wu

Taipei, June 19 (CNA) Margarine is widely considered unhealthy because it contains trans fatty acids,

A former “comfort woman” listens to Shinzo Abe address the US Congress, April 29 local time. (File photo/CNS)

but a serving of French fries can actually contain more trans fat than margarine, according to a nutritionist.

Of edible oils sold on the market, vegetable oil, vegetable shortening and margarine contained 1.47 percent, 2.44 percent and 0.48 percent trans fat, respectively, according to Lin Shih-hang (林世航) of National Taiwan University’s Institute of Food Science and Technology, citing a study by Shyu Shyi-liang (徐錫樑), a professor of food science at National Chiayi University.

The study found that vegetable shortening does not contain the highest level of trans fat, Lin said, noting that coffee creamer and shortening can have trans fat as high as 24.9 percent and 18.2 percent, respectively.

Lin’s remarks came as Taiwan decided that starting July 1, packaged foods must be clearly labeled if their trans fat level exceeds 0.3 percent for the reference of the consumers.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/17
By: Elaine Hou

Taipei, June 17 (CNA) Kin Moy, the new director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), said

Kin Moy (center)

Wednesday that the post was a “dream assignment,” given his previous experience in Taiwan and his most recent work on East Asian affairs and Taiwan issues in the U.S. State Department.

At a meeting with the local media, Moy said it was great to return to Taiwan, where he had spent time about 20 years ago, and to observe the many changes. He said the economy is thriving and there is a strong sense of civil society in Taiwan.

Moy said his wife also has “strong contacts” in Taiwan and they were both pleased to have the opportunity to return.

His wife, Kathy Chen, worked as a reporter and editor at the local English-language China Post in the 1980s, according to a report in the paper earlier this month.

Prior to Moy’s appointment to the AIT, he was deputy assistant secretary of state in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, with responsibility for U.S. relations with China, Mongolia, and Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/16
By: Claudia Liu and Lilian Wu

Taipei, June 16 (CNA) The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) has included the “1992 consensus” into its draft amendments to policy guidelines, it announced Tuesday.

The “1992 consensus” refers to a tacit agreement reached between Taiwan and China in 1992 that there is only one China with each side free to interpret its meaning.

Party sources said draft amendments to the guidelines have been sent to the delegates to the party’s national congress for them to submit their views.

The KMT will then forge a consensus and submit a final version for approval at the party’s national congress, which will convene July 19.     [FULL  STORY]