Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/07
By: Yu Hsiao-han and Isabel Wang

Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) According to the Ministry of Labor’s (MOL) amended “Foreign

Worker’s Living Care Service Plan,” employers will in the future be required to provide migrant crew members on fishing vessels with accommodation and food when on land, an official said Tuesday.

The amendment, ratified in July and expected to take effect on Jan. 1, aims to protect migrant workers in the fishing industry after they were not initially included in the plan due to prolonged periods at sea, said MOL Workforce Development Agency official Hsueh Chien-chung (薛鑑忠).

The original service plan only included foreign workers employed in the manufacturing, construction and nursing sectors.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-11-06

President Tsai Ing-wen says the Pacific island nation Kiribati is a faithful ally of Taiwan.

Tsai made the statement on Monday while meeting a delegation led by the Speaker of Kiribati’s House of Assembly, Tebuai Uaai.

Tsai said Taiwan wants to deepen cooperation with Kiribati to jointly promote sustainable development.

Tsai also said the government and Taiwanese people are grateful to Kiribati President Taneti Maamau for speaking out in favor of Taiwan at the UN General Assembly last year and this year.

It’s been 14 years since the two countries established formal diplomatic relations. Since then, they have embarked on more than a hundred cooperative projects, covering everything from medical care, health, and agriculture, to fishing, talent development, and clean energy.    [FULL  STORY]

A reporter took to Facebook on Sunday to thank a stranger for saving his life when he was seriously injured and nearly died in a traffic accident in May this year.      

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/11/06
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–A reporter took to Facebook on Sunday to thank a former

volunteer firefighter for saving his life when he was seriously injured and nearly died in a traffic accident in May this year.

SET News reporter Fu Chia-ching (傅家慶) was riding a scooter on a street in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City in the morning of May 4 when he was involved in a crash. The impact reportedly broke Fu’s right femoral artery, causing him to bleed profusely and lose spontaneous breathing and heartbeat for 23 minutes.

Recounting the moment between life and death, Fu said that a motorcyclist was riding through the accident scene when “he saw me lying in a pool of blood, he had no fear; he began to put the first aid training he had received into use and performed CPR on me” until emergency medical responders arrived.

“It’s your professionalism and courage that made the miracle of my revival possible,” Fu said.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/06
By: S.M. Yang and Flor Wang

Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) A group of 50 people has been recruited by the Council of

Agriculture (COA) to help the local dairy farming sector, which like many other old-economy businesses is plagued by a manpower shortage.

COA chief Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) said the approach is one of the ways the council is trying to lure new blood into agriculture to avoid having to bring in foreign workers to fill the manpower gap.

“The government would only consider allowing in migrant workers as a last resort to prevent a hollowing-out of Taiwan’s rural areas,” Lin said.

The 50 men recruited will be sent to help at local dairy farms for a six-month period after being trained for one month, said Chu Chien-wei (朱建偉), head of the COA’s Department of Farmers’ Services.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 07, 2017
By: Reuters, TAIPEI

Taiwan hopes to find a “natural way” to exchange views with Chinese President Xi

Jinping (習近平) at the APEC summit that is to start in Vietnam on Saturday, People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) said yesterday.

Speaking at a news conference at the Executive Yuan, Soong, who is to serve as envoy to the summit, said that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has privately and publicly said that Taiwan is willing to engage with China.

“We also need to say that both sides of the Taiwan Strait should have some constructive dialogue,” Soong said. “President Tsai has clearly told us to use a natural way with Xi Jinping at this APEC meeting to have the opportunity to exchange views.”

Soong has met Xi twice before and has visited China.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: November 6, 2017
By: Wang Shu-fen and Y.F. Low

TAIPEI 6 (CNA) — The weather in Taiwan is expected to warm up Monday as a cool air

system weakens, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.

With the approach of a southern cloud system, however, heavy rain can be expected in parts of eastern Taiwan and on the Hengchun Peninsula on Monday, the bureau said.

Daytime highs on Monday are forecast to reach 26-27 degrees Celsius in areas north of Taoyuan and in northeastern Taiwan, and 27-30 degrees in the rest of the country, the CWB said.

At nighttime and in the early morning, temperatures are expected to drop to 20-21 degrees, according to the bureau.    [FULL  STORY]

It’s better for me to focus on the must-see attractions in the old section of downtown Tainan so that people new to the city will know where to start with and not miss the finest of the city has to offer.

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/11/05
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–I feel obliged to write about Tainan, where I grew up, not

because it is my home city but because there are so many interesting places to talk about in the oldest city on the island. It’s better for me to focus on the must-see attractions in the old section of downtown Tainan so that people new to the city will know where to start with and not miss the finest the city has to offer.

I can tell readers right off the top of my head that you must not miss four of the city’s many Grade 1 national monuments– Tainan Confucius Temple (台南孔子廟), Guan Gong Temple (祀典武廟), Tainan Grand Matsu Temple (大天后宮), and Ch’ih K’an Lou (赤崁樓, Fort Provintia). The writing will introduce readers to the four monuments in that order as well as a few other attractions along the circle route.

I skipped Anping, a district rich in historic heritage, because I had written about the area in another article early this year.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/05
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) More than 40 people with cancer, including eight from Hong Kong, set off from Taipei on Sunday on a 1,100-kilometer cycling trip around Taiwan to encourage cancer patients to approach the illness with optimism and bravery.

A total of 105 people, including family members of the patients, physicians, nurses, and a cancer patient from Malaysia who will join the tour in Yilan County, are taking part in the trip, which has been organized by the Taiwanese Anti-Cancer Association for seven straight years.

They will cycle down the east coast to southern Taiwan and head north up the west coast, and expect to return to Taipei on Nov. 14.    [FULL  STORY]