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Education Ministry holds university short film award ceremony

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/15
By: Hsu Chih-wei and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) A student team from Taichung-based Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT 朝陽科技大學) won the best film award at a university short film festival award ceremony held Sunday by the Ministry of Education in Taipei.

The ministry presented nine awards, including gold, silver, bronze, special and excellence awards during the ceremony to short films selected from a total of 24 submissions.

The contest, part of the ministry’s “Talent Education Stories” project, was aimed at encouraging college students to create films on stories in four themes: lauding dedicated teachers, combining studies and career skills, promoting students’ international competitiveness, and boosting their future productivity.

The Chaoyan team took the gold award with a short film titled “Thursday’s Music Class,” which depicts Shih Meng-chi (施孟琪), a teacher at the university’s child care department, spending extra time after school teaching students interested in music and the arts. As a result, two of her students who graduated from the school have set up a child music workshop to allow their younger schoolmates to learn through internships. [FULL STORY]

Rumors rife over vice presidential picks

RUNNING OUT OF TIME:Presidential candidates must finalize their picks this week so that they can complete the registration process with the Central Election Commission

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 16, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter

Amid rumors that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairperson Huang Min-hui (黃敏惠)

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu, right, poses for a picture with Joshua Ronen, who had been his adviser at New York University, in New York City on Saturday. Photo: CNA

has been tapped as Chairman Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) running mate, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member said the KMT’s vice presidential candidate will most likely be someone from the media industry.

During an episode of SET-TV’s political talk show Ching Pao Hsin Wen Hsien (驚爆新聞線) that aired on Saturday night, former DPP spokesperson Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青) said Chu has set his eyes on female media professionals as potential running mates.

“Now is a particularly difficult time for Chu to find someone to be on his ticket for the Jan. 16 elections because everyone knows the odds are strongly against him winning the race. That is why KMT members are attempting to secure a safe position, such as a spot on the party’s legislators-at-large list,” Hsu said.

Since Huang, who served two terms as Chiayi mayor and three terms as a KMT legislator, would want to ensure a continuance in elective offices to pave the way for a comeback in Chiayi, being a legislator-at-large seems a better way to achieve her goal than joining Chu’s doomed presidential campaign, Hsu said. [FULL STORY]

France’s rep office sets up online condolence book for Paris victims

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/14
By: Emmanuelle Tzeng, Huang Yu and Elaine Hou

Taipei, Nov. 14 (CNA) France’s representative office in Taiwan established an online

from Facebook

condolence book Saturday, through which people can express messages of sympathy for the dead in a series of terrorist attacks in Paris a day earlier that have caused at least 127 deaths.

The French Office in Taipei took advantage of Facebook to set up a page as an online condolence book to mourn the victims.

It said the page was opened as a platform for people who want to send messages to pay their respects to the dead and express sympathy to the people of France.

French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that the attacks in Paris that killed 127 people were “an act of war” organized from abroad by Islamic State with internal help, according to foreign media.

Hollande also said that he would address parliament on Nov. 16 in an extraordinary meeting and that the country would observe three days of official mourning for the victims of the attacks, according to the reports.

Taiwan’s representative office in France said the same day that there have been no reports of Taiwanese casualties in the attacks, after confirming with the French authorities. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan’s presidential candidate in packed Washington itinerary

China Daily/Asia News Network
Date: Nov 14, 2015
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman and presidential candidate Eric Chu met with high-level US officials yesterday in Washington, D.C., where discussions touched on trade, cross-strait ties and East Asian security.

Chu and Taiwan’s top envoy to the US, Shen Lyushun, were absent from a welcome dinner hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) at the Twin Oaks Estate later in the evening, raising speculation that the two were called away for additional high-level meetings, which the KMT later denied.

Regional Security

Chu, on the fourth day of his one-week visit, started his Washington visit at the US State Department, where he met with Daniel Russel and Susan Thornton, US Assistant Secretary of State and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs, respectively. From there, his delegation met with National Security Council officials at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building located adjacent to the White House West Wing, including the agency’s Asia director Daniel Kritenbrink and Ryan Hass, director for China, Taiwan and Mongolian Affairs.

At noon, Chu met US Defence Department officials at the Pentagon, including Kelly Magsamen, principal deputy assistant secretary of defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, along with two other high-level officials.
– See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/taiwans-presidential-candidate-packed-washington-itinerary#sthash.GXxLBCSx.dpuf [FULL STORY]

Tsai lashes out at Ma and Chu for ‘skewed’ priorities

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 15, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday criticized President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫) over their criticisms of her.

Ma during a news conference on Friday about his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) accused the DPP legislative caucus of dodging its responsibility to keep the executive branch checked since it objected the KMT motion to invite Ma to brief the legislature about his meeting with Xi.

“The key point is that the Ma-Xi meeting was completely opaque before it happened. The people did not know what they would be talking about and how they would talk about it. Even the legislative speaker said he did not know the details,” Tsai said when responding to media queries at a campaign event in Keelung. “For such reasons, the people now distrust the KMT government, and the fundamental cause of this is that there is not an established procedure for it.” [FULL STORY]

Ma defends summit with Xi

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-13
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Ma Ying-jeou on Friday defended his handling of the

Ma defends summit with Xi amid criticism. Central News Agency (2015-11-13 21:16:52)

November 7 summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping against allegations he had failed to stand up for Taiwan’s interests.

His unexpected news conference came as it grew increasingly unlikely that the Legislative Yuan would invite him to present a report about the topic. The Democratic Progressive Party has opposed the idea, while it accused Ma of having used too much secrecy in preparing the summit and of doing a poor job of defending Taiwan.

The president told the Friday news conference that during his talks with Xi, he had both mentioned Taiwan’s official name, the Republic of China, and the complete phrasing of the “1992 Consensus” formula, “One China, Each His Own Interpretation.” Chinese officials usually never mention the second part of the phrase, underlining statements by the DPP and former President Lee Teng-hui that the consensus does not exist. [FULL STORY]

Regular meets between Taipei-Beijing leaders would help peace: poll

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/13
By: Chen Chia-lun and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Nov. 13 (CNA) Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a recent poll said the institutionalization of summit meetings between the presidents of Taiwan and China would help the peaceful and stable development of cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

Some 65.9 percent of those polled thought regular meetings would contribute to peace while 23.3 percent did not, according to poll results released by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Friday.

National Chengchi University’s Election Study Center was commissioned to conduct the survey of people aged 20 or over across the country from Nov. 8 to 11 on President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (習近平) on Nov. 7.

The poll found that 61.6 percent of respondents supported the principles of equality and transparency shown in the Ma-Xi meeting in Singapore and 26.1 percent did not. [FULL STORY]

Pingtung readies for tourism film festival

Taiwan Today
Date: November 13, 2015

The Pingtung International Tourism Film Festival is to kick off Nov.14 in southern Taiwan,

Pingtung County Magistrate Pan Meng-an (left) urged the public to explore the southern Taiwan county Nov. 12 while promoting the Nov. 14-22 Pingtung International Tourism Film Festival. (UDN)

hailing the courage of those who travel to unfamiliar destinations and showcasing the amazing variety of Taiwan’s tourist destinations.

Featuring eight movies made in Taiwan and abroad, the screenings will take place at the Pingtung Performing Arts Center and six other venues across the county. The films to be shown are “Island Etude,” “Blue Gold: World Water Wars,” “Due Date,” “Eat, Pray, Love,” “Guilt Trip,” “Wild,” “Land Ho!” and “You Won’t Get to Live Life Twice.”

One highlight is the locally produced 2007 hit picture “Island Etude.” Depicting a hearing-impaired young man cycling around Taiwan, the film is noted for its cinematography capturing the nation’s stunning landscapes. Social and philosophical issues are addressed as the protagonist encounters local residents and learns about their daily lives.

One of the most famous movies showing at the festival is the Hollywood box-office success “Eat, Pray, Love” starring Julia Roberts. The film records the spiritual journey of a divorced woman searching for her true self. After travelling through Italy, India and Indonesia for several months, she finds her wounds healed and becomes happy again. [FULL STORY]

Ma speaks out on Xi summit after snub

‘NOT FOISTED’:The president said the ‘1992 consensus’ was not forced on Taiwan by China, while denying the meeting had forced a ‘framework’ upon future leaders

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 14, 2015
By: Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) called an international press conference yesterday to

President Ma Ying-jeou at a press conference in Taipei yesterday speaks about his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday last week. Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

reaffirm what he said was the importance of the so-called “1992 consensus” in maintaining cross-strait peace, after the opposition parties denied him the chance to report to the legislature on his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).

The president reiterated at the press conference that the meeting was a success because it built a bridge between the two sides and provides a model for future interaction.

“The meeting has also received wide coverage in the foreign media; as of today there were nearly 1,000 pieces of foreign reporting on the meeting,” Ma said.

The world in general has voiced its praise over the meeting, Ma said.

“Indonesia, for example, even offered to host the next cross-strait leaders’ meeting,” he said. [FULL STORY]

Lai praises Executive Yuan for its assistance in dengue fight

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-12
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Tainan Mayor William Lai thanked the Executive Yuan for extending its assistance in helping

Lai praises EY for dengue assistance. c Central News Agency

the city combat dengue fever epidemic, reports said Thursday.

The mosquito-borne disease continued to show signs of abating in Tainan, Lai told Premier Mao Chi-kuo during a meeting at the Executive Yuan in the morning, where the former presented his report on the current status of dengue spread in Taiwan’s southern city.

“We hope the outbreak can soon come to an end,” he said.

As of Tuesday, the total number of dengue fever cases reported since the start of May has reached 32,390, with 22,243 in Tainan, 9,561 in Kaohsiung, and 185 in Pingtung.

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