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Taiwan, Panama to cooperate on combating terrorism financing

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/25
By: Lin Chang-shun and Lauren Hung

Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) An agreement on joint efforts to combat the financing of terrorism was signed by Taiwan and the Republic of Panama Wednesday in Taipei.

The agreement, signed by Investigation Bureau Director-general Wang Chung-I (汪中一) and Alexis Bethancourt Yau, chairperson of the international anti-money laundering committee of the President Office of the Republic of Panama, was also aimed at preventing money laundering and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The Investigation Bureau under the Ministry of Justice and the Panamanian committee represent their respective countries in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIU). [FULL STORY]

KMT VP choice rejects housing allegations

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-24
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Kuomintang vice-presidential candidate Jennifer Wang on

KMT VP choice rejects housing allegations. Central News Agency

Tuesday rejected allegations that she not only profited from buying and selling military apartments, but that she also lived at a low-rent dwelling for civil servants.

Since being officially selected last week as KMT Chairman Eric Liluan Chu’s running mate for the January 16 election, the former labor minister has faced a barrage of accusations, not only about her record while in office, but also about her forays into real estate.

The latest media report accused her of having to spend only NT$600 (US$18) a month on a property labeled as a “dormitory for civil servants,” but she retorted Tuesday that it cost NT$10,000 (US$306) a month, while she had also spent considerable amounts repairing and restoring the place. Her husband is a department chief at the Judicial Yuan, allowing them to live on government property. [FULL STORY]

CDC to hold drill simulating bioterror attack

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/24
By: Chen Wei-ting and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Nov. 24 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday that it

(CNA file photo)

will hold a drill to simulate a bioterror attack to examine Taiwan’s ability to respond to bioterrorism.

The drill, set to last 6.5 hours, will be part of a two-day workshop scheduled for Nov. 25-26 for members of the CDC’s biological response teams, the centers said.

Forty-three team members will participate in the drill, according to the CDC.

Chen Chang-hsun (陳昶勳), a CDC section chief, said the centers began to train bioterror response personnel in 2004, and officially established biological response teams in six regions in 2009. [FULL STORY]

Taipei rated fifth in Emerging World Cities survey

Taiwan Today
Date: November 24, 2015

Taipei is the fifth leading emerging city in the world, according to research

Taipei rated fifth in Emerging World Cities surveyTaipei is among the top 10 Emerging World Cities in the latest JLL survey, “Globalization and Competition: The New World of Cities.” (Courtesy of Hsinchu Science Park Administration)

released earlier this month by Chicago-based commercial real estate services and management firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

In JLL’s report, “Globalization and Competition: The New World of Cities,” among the 30 emerging cities surveyed, Taipei trails only Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai and Istanbul in that order.

Based on seven major indexes, including the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Hot Spots Index, Global Financial Centers Index as well as Globalization and World Cities, the report rates the 30 cities based on such criteria as financial activity, higher education, human capital and innovation, level of globalization and physical infrastructure.

“Taipei has developed into an international business center and is rapidly building its reputation as a financial hub,” the JLL Cities Research Center said. “As such, the city is one of the top 10 globally in terms of corporate headquarters and one of the 40 largest destinations for real estate investment.” [FULL STORY]

Trade negotiators fail to reach deal

TRADE IN GOODS:Consensuses have been reached with China on special rules of origin and on technical barriers of trade, but several major issues were unresolved

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 25, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Delegates in the 12th round of negotiations over a cross-strait trade in goods agreement on Monday failed to narrow their differences over several major issues, but Taiwan’s team still hopes to “make major progress” by the end of this year.

“Both negotiating teams have demonstrated their determination and sincerity,” reaching a number of consensuses, but differences remain over some issues and the two sides have decided to hold another round of talks next month in Taipei, head of the Taiwanese negotiating team Board of Foreign Trade Director-General Yang Jen-ni (楊珍妮) said.

The agreement, if reached, would reduce or eliminate tariffs on many goods traded between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, including automobile parts, machinery products, petrochemical products and display panels.

Following three days of talks, one main consensus reached was the clearance of goods within 48 hours of their declaration at customs, Yang said. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan, China agree on speedy custom clearance of imported goods

Cross-strait trade talks spark massive protests in Taipei

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-22
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

An agreement has been reached between Taiwan and China to speed up custom

Taiwan, China agree on custom clearance. Central News Agency (2015-11-22 18:13:00)

clearance of imported goods within 48 hours after the declaration of goods, reports said Sunday.

The move was seen by authorities as a stepping stone to make Taiwan’s customs operations more efficient and in line with global trends.

The 12th round of cross-strait meeting entered its second day of trade discussions at the Grand Hotel Taipei in the morning, with both sides seeking to narrow differences in taxation reductions and address other technical issues.

Although the summit still has one more day to go, the pact has already sparked huge controversies as industry observers believed it would pave an easier access for China’s shoddy products and questionable food supplies into the domestic market, claiming it would also deprive the island’s consumers of safe, quality produce. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan, China fail to complete talks on trade-in-goods pact

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/23
By: Huang Chiao-wen, Milly Lin and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Delegates to the 12th round of negotiations over a cross-

Yang Jen-ni, director general of the Board of Foreign Trade (second right).

Taiwan Strait trade-in-goods agreement failed on Monday to narrow differences over several major issues, but Taiwan still hopes to “make a major progress” in the talks by the end of this year.

“Both negotiating teams have demonstrated their determination and sincerity,” reaching a number of consensuses, but differences remain over some issues, and the two sides decided to hold another round of talks in mid- or late December in Taipei, said Yang Jen-ni, director general of the Board of Foreign Trade and head of the Taiwanese negotiating team.

The agreement, if reached, would reduce or eliminate tariffs on many goods traded between the two sides, including automobile parts, machinery products, petrochemical products and display panels. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan Design Expo gets underway in Yilan

Taiwan Today
Date: November 23, 2015

The 2015 Taiwan Design Expo kicked off Nov. 21 at Chung Hsing Cultural and

A total of 800 wooden birds by Eguchi Toys hang from the ceiling of the Theme Pavilion at the Taiwan Design Expo Nov. 21 to Dec. 6 at Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park in Yilan County. (Courtesy of MOEA)

Creative Park in Yilan County, showcasing the region’s growing profile in the global cultural and creative industry.

Featuring more than 1,000 works by artists from various countries and territories including Taiwan, Australia, France, Finland and Japan, the event is organized by the Taiwan Design Center under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the local government.

“Under this year’s theme of Makers Boom, the expo has brought leading talents and design works to Yilan, and will serve as a major platform for professional exchanges,” Yilan County Magistrate Lin Tsung-hsien said Nov. 16 at a promotional event.

“It will also help build links between design talents and local industries, further boosting the transformation of traditional manufacturing sectors and promoting practical designs fashioned from cloth, paper and wood on the world stage.” [FULL STORY]

This is your military-standard pillow 國軍規格的枕頭

Taipei Times
Date: November 24, 2015

Green Party Taiwan Taoyuan City Councilor Xavier Wang has posted a picture of a

A picture of a filthy military pillow is pictured in an undated photyo on Taoyuan City Councilor Xavier Wang’s Facebook.
桃園市議員王浩宇在臉書貼出的國軍髒枕頭的照片。
桃園市議員王浩宇在臉書貼出的國軍髒枕頭的照。
Photo from Xavier Wang’s Facebook profile
照片取材自王浩宇臉書

dirty pillow on Facebook, saying that it was a military pillow shot by a friend of his when he was serving his short-term reserve training duty at the Armor Training Command And Armor School in Hsinchu County’s Hukou Township. The picture has provoked heated discussions among netizens. Having just offered help in a case involving Jian Chih-lung, a rookie soldier in a military police training center in Taoyuan who was infected with Leptospirosis and died as a result of sepsis, Wang asked, “How can rookie soldiers avoid getting sick in an environments of this sanitary standard? What’s the matter with the military?”

A netizen commented that, “when I did my military service in the past it was this filthy.” Others said that, “Items for the short-term reserve training are kept for years in a warehouse” and that “Filthy is normal. If they give you brand new stuff, then something really is wrong.” Someone else asked, “Do you expect to be welcome as if you were at a five star hotel? You are here to fulfill your military duty, not to take a vacation.” However, one also said, “Pathetic. So many people take it for granted and think that it is normal for soldiers to use filthy and defective things.” They think the public should stop regarding abnormalities as the normal state of affairs and stop taking unreasonable things for granted if they want the military to make improvements. [FULL STORY]

Social, labor groups stage ‘Autumn Struggle’ protest (update)

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/22
By: Zoe Wei and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Members of more than 50 social and labor groups took to the streets of downtown Taipei Sunday, kicking off the annual “Autumn Struggle” protest march under the themes of “uncovering the right wing’s fake progress” and “the rising left wing wants real power.”

During the protest parade, the civil groups campaigned for different causes which were divided into four categories: education, land, gender and laborers’ rights.

The groups also questioned the ruling party’s administrative efficiency in those fields and blamed the delays to Taiwan’s social reforms on administrative incompetence.

Over 1,000 protesters, including members of 30 student organizations, gathered at Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office, before parading the streets that pass the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of the Interior, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Police Administrations. [FULL STORY]

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