The China Post
Date: October 3, 20170
By: By Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has sent her condolences to the

bereaved families of the victims of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas and wished the injured a speedy recovery, Presidential Office spokesperson Sidney Lin (林鶴明) said Tuesday.

Lin said Tsai was deeply concerned about the shooting that left scores dead and hundreds injured and immediately instructed Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), secretary-general of the Presidential Office, to express her deepest condolences and concerns on behalf of the people of Taiwan to the people of the United States.

Wu called Kin Moy (梅健華), director of the American Institute in Taiwan’s (AIT) Taipei Office, to convey Tsai’s regards and her condemnation of the act of violence, Lin said.    [FULL  STORY]

It’s business as usual, island’s foreign minister says, though analysts suggest city state may gradually pull back from decades-old deal
 
South China Morning News
Date:  Monday, 02 October, 2017
By: Lawrence Chung

Taiwan said on Monday that it had been assured by Singapore that a long-term military agreement between the two sides would remain in place.

“[Singapore said] everything would be the same as usual,” Taiwan’s Foreign Minister David Lee said in reference to Project Starlight, a deal signed more than 40 years ago that involves Singaporean troops travelling to Taiwan for military training and joint exercises.

His comments came amid speculation that improving relations between China and Singapore might lead to the city state terminating the arrangement, which has long been a thorn in Beijing’s side.    [FULL  STORY]

A man in Taiwan’s central county of Nantou has been attending to his mother in the hospital almost every night for four years, hoping she will one day wake up and stroke his head again.

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/10/03
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A man in Taiwan’s central county of Nantou has been

attending to his mother in the hospital almost every night for four years, hoping she will one day wake up and stroke his head again.

“Dear Mom, A-Chen is here to begin helping you rehabilitate. Mom, please keep patience if there is any discomfort.”  A man with the pseudonym of “A-Chen” (阿楨) could be heard softly talking to his mother behind drawn curtains in a ward at Nantou Christian Hospital almost every night. A-Chen’s mother has been unresponsive because she suffered a severe stroke four years ago which sank her into a coma. While A-Chen turned his mother over to her side, gave her a bed bath, and massaged her arms and legs, he kept talking to her about recent occurrences.

The hospital said that A-Chen’s mother had her first stroke in 1997, and she suffered three other strokes before the massive one four years ago. The tools A-Chen’s mother had relied on to help her walk and rehabilitate before the fateful stroke had changed from regular canes to quadricanes and to wheelchairs with the increased severity of the strokes. But the last stroke has left her unconscious since then, and she is being kept alive on a ventilator.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/03
By: Ku Chuan and William Yen

Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday that Taiwan did not

receive any application for the nephew of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to transit though Taiwan earlier this year, as a foreign media report has claimed.

In response to questions on the reports that Kim Han-sol, his mother and sister had transited through an airport in Taipei in February, MOFA spokesman Li Hsien-chang (李憲章) said North Koreans are required to apply for visas to enter Taiwan.

MOFA had not received any visa applications from the three people mentioned in the news reports and was not aware that they had filed any such applications, Lu said.

The Wall Street Journal reported last Sunday that after the exiled brother of Kim Jong-un was killed with nerve gas at a Malaysian airport on Feb. 13, Kim Han-sol, his mother and his sister arrived in Taiwan two days later in transit to Europe.
[FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-10-02

Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung says Taiwan should welcome more young people from

Southeast Asia to stay in Taiwan. He said that ASEAN countries have similar cultures to Taiwan and are not politically sensitive like China is. Therefore, he said, there are good reasons to promote more exchanges. His comments came in a recent exclusive with Radio Taiwan International.

“In addition to new immigrants and migrant workers, [Southeast Asian] students studying in Taiwan should settle in Taiwan and help develop the economy and society here. Developing ties not only applies to foreign spouses but also to other people from Southeast Asia as well. The more bigger the flow of people and capital, the better it is for development,” said Lin.

Lin said that ASEAN countries have a joint population of 700 million people. He said the region is full of opportunities for economic, trade, tourism and cultural exchanges.
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Cheryl Yang most beautiful dress, Rainie Yang most elegant dress at Golden 52nd Bell Awards according to fashion designers

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/10/02
By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — At the 52nd Golden Bell Awards hosted in Taipei Saturday,

fashion designers Jason and Liu Ta-chiang (劉大強) said that when it came to the red carpet entrance, actress Cheryl Yang (楊謹華) had the most beautiful dress, while actress Rainie Yang (楊丞琳) had the most elegant dress, reported CNA.

In an interview with CNA, Liu said that Cheryl had the most beautiful outfit, including the jewelry she wore with the ensemble. Jason said that the material on the stitching was also good, and though the jewelry at first glance felt a bit exaggerated, after a while it started to grow on him.

As for the winners of the red carpet, both designers agreed that Rainie Yang was the clear winner because her dress was generously elegant, and the details greatly suited her.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/02
By: Han Tin-tin and Isabel Wang

Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) The flu vaccine of Taiwan-based vaccine maker ADImmune

Corporation (國光生技) is now available to people around Taiwan after the company obtained the approval of the country’s health authorities, the company said Monday.

The vaccine for domestic use is now being distributed nationwide after receiving the green light from the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

At the same time, ADImmune’s vaccine for China is now being shipped to its provinces and cities after the vaccine was approved by the China Food and Drug Administration in late September, according to the company.

In the United States, vaccines for four strains of the flu ADImmune developed in collaboration with U.S.-based drug maker Protein Sciences Corp. have been approved by the U.S. FDA and will soon be available in that market, the company said.     [FULL  STORY]