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Work on disputed islands monitored

WEB ATTACK:National Security Bureau Director-General Lee Shying-jow said that denial-of-service attacks on the DPP’s Web site had originated with groups in China

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 27, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The government is closely monitoring a flurry of construction work by rival claimant nations in South China Sea islands and reefs, National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Lee Shying-jow (李翔宙) said, although he disagreed with calls to bolster Taiwan’s military built-up in the disputed region.

Lee was asked about reports about Vietnam deploying heavy artillery guns and other enhanced military installations on the Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島) by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Yu-fang (林郁方) at a session of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee yesterday.     [FULL  STORY]

Ma’s Singapore visit a diplomatic coup, says the Economist

Want China Times
Date: 2015-03-26
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

An article in the latest issue of British weekly the Economist has hailed the recent trip to Singapore by Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, to pay his last respects to Lee Kuan Yew, the city-state’s founding father and first prime minister who died earlier in the week, as a diplomatic coup for Taiwan.

It is extremely rare for a Taiwanese president to be admitted to a country that is not one of the country’s dwindling number of formal diplomatic allies — 22 at the last count, the article stated.     [FULL  STORY]

Air Force rescue group marks 3rd anniversary of fatal rescue accident

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/03/26
By: Elaine Hou

Taipei, March 26 (CNA) Taiwan’s Air Force rescue group held an event in the southern county 201503260035t0001of Chiayi Thursday to mark the third anniversary of a deadly rescue mission in which the rescue helicopter crashed and killed five of the six crew members.

The event was held at the Air Rescue Group’s base in Chiayi, in which the only survivor Tech. Sgt. Tsai Yi-che (蔡宜哲), a medical technician who was on the S-70C-6 helicopter that fell into the sea off Taiwan’s southeastern coast while on a rescue mission on March 26, 2012, was present.     [FULL  STORY]

St. Lucia to open embassy in Taiwan

Fox News Latino
Date: March 25, 2015

The government of St. Lucia is set to open an embassy in Taiwan eight years after the countries agreed to end a decade-long rupture of diplomatic ties.

The mission is expected to open in Taipei in June, the government said Wednesday in a statement.     [FULL  STORY]

Over 100 New Taipei schools to suspend swim classes amid drought

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/03/25
By: Wang Hung-kuo and Christie Chen

Taipei, March 25 (CNA) A total of 112 schools in areas of New Taipei that receive water from 201503250034t0001the Shihmen Reservoir will suspend swimming lessons from April 1, when phase-three water rationing will be implemented in parts of the city, the New Taipei City Education Department said Wednesday.

Beginning April 1, four public swimming pools and the swimming pools of four civic sports centers in the city will also suspend operations, according to the department.     [FULL  STORY]

Cancer patients turn to supplements

CONCERNS:More than a third of patients do not tell their doctors about dietary supplements, and a small number think such supplements can cure their cancer

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 26, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

More than 80 percent of local cancer patients regularly take dietary supplements in the hope of increasing their chances of recovery, but a survey found that some turn to such products in place of cancer medications, the Hope Foundation for Cancer Care said yesterday.

The survey, conducted between Sept. 5 and Oct. 24 last year, found that 82.1 percent of respondents use nutritional supplements, taking an average of 4.3 kinds of supplement, the foundation said.     [FULL  STORY]

Former Taiwan premier to attend Lee Kuan Yew’s funeral

Want China Times
Date: 2015-03-25
By: CNA

Former Taiwan premier Su Tseng-chang will attend a state funeral for Lee Kuan Yew, the

Su Tseng-chang, left, meets with Lee Kuan Yew. (Photo courtesy of the office of Su Tseng-chang)

Su Tseng-chang, left, meets with Lee Kuan Yew. (Photo courtesy of the office of Su Tseng-chang)

founding father of Singapore, Su’s staff said Tuesday.

Su received a letter on Monday from Lee Kuan Yew’s son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, inviting Su to attend his father’s funeral scheduled for March 29 in a private capacity, according to Su’s aides.

Su has replied that he will attend the funeral, and his itinerary is being arranged.     [FULL  STORY]

Miaoli youth volunteer gains recognition for service to seniors

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/03/25
By: Kuan Rui-ping and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, March 25 (CNA) A youth volunteer in Miaoli, who set up a soup kitchen and delivers hot

Kao Hsing (高興), center.

Kao Hsing (高興), center.

meals to seniors living alone, has won an outstanding volunteer award and has also been selected to visit the United States on a youth ambassador program.

Kao Hsing (高興), a second-year student at Sanyi Senior High School who is taking culinary classes, began doing volunteer work alongside his parents since he was a child, distributing daily supplies to people in need.

Last year, Kao set up a soup kitchen, which has now more than 10 volunteers, and has been delivering food by bicycle to elderly people living alone.     [FULL  STORY]

MOC stages White Terror memorial service

Taiwan Today
Date：03/23/2015

A service commemorating White Terror victims was held March 22 in Taipei City, underscoring

Family members of White Terror victims pay respect to the deceased during a memorial service March 22 in Taipei City. (Courtesy of MOC)

Family members of White Terror victims pay respect to the deceased during a memorial service March 22 in Taipei City. (Courtesy of MOC)

ROC government efforts to redress the tragic incident and promote social justice.

“It is the government’s responsibility to document the period and help younger generations better understand this painful part of the nation’s past and the value of human rights,” Minister of Culture Hung Meng-chi said.

Organized by the Preparatory Office of the National Human Rights Museum, the ceremony involved several local civic associations. It was attended by more than 100 family members of the victims and human rights activists.     [FULL  STORY]

Young people identify as Taiwanese, survey shows

Taipei Times
Date:  Mar 25, 2015
By: Chen Ping-hung  /  Staff reporter

Nearly 90 percent of younger people in the nation identify themselves as Taiwanese, with about 40 percent of them wishing to maintain the “status quo” across the Taiwan Strait while retaining the option to declare independence, according to a survey released by the China Youth Corps.

The poll, conducted between Oct. 22 and Dec. 10 last year among students in junior and senior-high schools nationwide, found that about 90 percent of the respondents regarded themselves as Taiwanese, with 49 percent preferring to permanently maintain the “status quo” and 38 percent saying they wanted the cross-strait status to remain as it has been in the hope that Taiwan could achieve independence in the future.     [FULL  STORY]