The China Post
Date: August 25, 2017
By: The China Post

The United Arabic Emirates men’s volleyball team might not have taken gold at this

Supplied by Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee

Universiade but it has certainly won plenty of hearts. After the preliminary round ended Friday, team members pooled their own funds and donated NT$3,727 to the local Chensenmei Social Welfare Foundation.

The UAE has a tradition in which people assist charity organizations either through donations or volunteering, and the players wanted to bring the custom to Taiwan, they said. The team didn’t manage to win any of its five preliminary matches, coming in sixth in Group D. It will play for a spot between 17th and 22nd.    [SOURCE]

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 25, 2017
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter

The government should support Hong Kong’s democratic values following the

Sunflower movement leader Lin Fei-fan, center, former secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students Chan Shu-fai, fourth right, Taiwan Association for Human Rights vice secretary-general Shih Yi-hsiang, third right, and other human rights advocates yesterday attend a news conference in Taipei to show support for Hong Kong democracy advocates.
Photo: Lu Yi-shuan, Taipei Times

imprisonment of several prominent democracy advocates in the territory, Taiwanese human rights advocates and civic groups said yesterday.

“The government should make a statement and defend democratic values in Hong Kong, as they have come under increasing pressure,” Sunflower movement leader Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) said.

Lin urged Taiwanese to join a campaign launched by the Taiwan Association for Human Rights to writer letters to the jailed Hong Kong democracy advocates.

“Even if there is nothing we can do, we hope that our support can reach them so they know that they have friends in Taiwan,” Lin said.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-08-24

Taiwan’s Cabinet has begun to discuss the possibility of ratifying the UN

Cabinet spokesperson Hsu Kuo-yung speaks on behalf of Premier Lin Chuan that Taiwan should work to write international conventions into law even though Taiwan is not a UN member. (CNA file photo)

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Cabinet held a meeting on Thursday to address the two covenants even though Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations.

Taiwan has previously ratified several other UN rights conventions. These include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Civil Rights, and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

Premier Lin Chuan said that even though Taiwan is not a UN member, the country should still work to write international human rights conventions into law. He said that would enable Taiwan’s people to enjoy the privileges that come with economic and social development.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/24
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) EVA Air, one of Taiwan’s two major airlines, launched its

Photo courtesy of EVA Air

third-generation uniforms in a ceremony that also marked the retirement of the Boeing 747-400, a model which has served the carrier for 25 years.

More than 500 EVA staff, aviation geeks and travel agents burst into cheers when flight attendants strutted onto the catwalk wearing the new uniforms. The ceremony was held in a hangar where EVA positioned its retired jumbo jet as a backdrop.

The new uniforms keep the base color of verdelite like its predecessors, but are more fashionable with color blocks, geometric patterns and streamlined shapes designed to create a professional look with a classical style, explained Wang Chen Tsai-hsia (王陳彩霞), the lead designer, who hails from Taiwan’s Shiatzy Chen fashion house.    [FULL  STORY]

‘WE ARE PAYING’:KMT’s Chiu Da-chan said he was confident that the bond payment would be accepted, but the Ministry of Finance said the bonds were not legally binding

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 25, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter

The Ministry of Finance yesterday rejected the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT)

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Administration and Management Committee director-general Chiu Da-chan speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA

offer to pay a NT$864.8 million (US$28.6 million) fine imposed by the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee with US dollar-denominated bonds issued by the government in 1947.

The party would pay the fine, which has a deadline of today, with US dollar bonds issued by the KMT administration in 1947, KMT Administration and Management Committee director-general Chiu Da-chan (邱大展) said yesterday, adding that the bonds are worth at least NT$38.5 billion at the current exchange rate.

The committee in June fined the KMT in connection with more than 485 properties determined to be ill-gotten, which were partially acquired and expropriated by the KMT in 1947 after the party designated them as “special state-owned properties.”
[FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-08-23

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je says police may place barriers around the venue of the

(CNA file photo)

Universiade closing ceremony if the event attracts large protests.

Ko was responding Wednesday to questions from reporters about security at the closing ceremony on August 30.

“I support bringing out barriers. This way, we don’t need to be afraid of looking bad and ending up wasting too much police manpower making a human wall. I don’t agree with that, so I told the head of the police department to deploy barriers if the police judge that there are too many groups protesting,” Ko said.

The opening ceremony on August 19 made global headlines after opponents of the government’s pension reform plan disrupted proceedings. Many athletes were blocked from going into the venue on time and were unable to participate in the opening parade of nations. Ko was a target of criticism after the incident.
[FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/08/23
By: Agencies

Taiwan art troupes have been praised at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after wowing audiences with innovative artistic performances, the Ministry of Culture said Aug. 22.

This is the fourth consecutive year that Taiwan artists have participated in the festival. The pieces being performed this year are modern dance programs “Together Alone” by Lee Chen-wei and Art B&B and “038” by Kuo-shin Chuang Pangcah Dance Theatre; “The Backyard Story” by Puppet Beings Theatre; and two works of dramatic theater, “Heart of Darkness” by Sun Son Theatre and “Never Ever” by Co-coism.

Performed by Lee and Zoltan Vakulya of Hungary, “Together Alone” has been shortlisted for the Total Theatre and The Place Award for Dance, an accolade presented by U.K.-based Total Theatre Magazine in recognition of outstanding artistic achievement. Every showing has been sold out, the MOC said, adding that audience members have included honored guests such as French Ambassador to the U.K. Sylvie Berman and French Consul General in Scotland Emmanuel Cocher.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/23
By: Wang Shu-feng and Evelyn Kao

A plan of Terminal 3 in Taoyuan Airport (From www.taoyuan-airport.com)

A plan of Terminal 3 in Taoyuan Airport (From www.taoyuan-airport.com)

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s second terminal will be closed two years for renovation after the new Terminal 3 comes into service in 2021, said Tseng Dar-jen (曾大仁), chairman of Taoyuan International Airport Corp. on Wednesday.

The airport operator decided to overhaul Terminal 2’s aging power and water supply systems to prevent further problems that could affect the terminal’s operations after two power outages at the terminal in 2014 and 2016, respectively, according to Tseng.

The renovation will focus on replacing electrical wiring, water pipes and the air conditioning system, and the work is expected to take two years to complete, Tseng said in an interview with CNA.    [FULL  STORY]