Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-23
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu said Friday she

was prepared to replace police chiefs who did not do enough against vote-buying in the campaign for the upcoming elections.

Voters all over Taiwan will go to the polls on January 16 to choose a new president as well as 113 members of the Legislative Yuan. During past elections, vote-buying has often been a major problem, with some candidates being convicted of illegal practices after their victory.

Addressing a meeting against vote-buying Friday, Chen warned that the problem should be taken seriously. If in areas where vote-buying is a serious problem, local police chiefs and precinct chiefs are found not to be doing enough, they will be replaced or reassigned to other tasks, while officers who are working hard on the issue could see special promotions, the mayor reportedly said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/23
By: Jay Chou and Lilian Wu

Jakarta,Oct. 23 (CNA) Indonesia will resume allowing its fishermen to work

on Taiwanese vessels, seven months after it announced a suspension in a bid to improve the working conditions of the migrant workers, an Indonesian official said Friday.

Nusron Wahid, head of the Agency of Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, said the agency has reached an agreement with brokerage firms and will resume sending its fishermen to work in Taiwan.

In mid-March, many foreign worker brokerage firms in Taiwan were notified that they must stop recruiting Indonesian fishermen to work in Taiwan.

Statistics showed that more than 10,000 foreign workers work on Taiwanese fishing vessels, and among them, 8,800, or over 85 percent, are from Indonesia.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-23
By: CNA

Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau and Google Inc. launched the second phase of a

global campaign Thursday to encourage travel to Taiwan through famous YouTube vloggers, hoping to borrow their influence in the blogosphere to make the promotion more effective.

The new move follows a one-year partnership in which the two parties asked regular tourists to submit their travel experiences in Taiwan on video for a tourism contest, with the incentive of a round-the-world air ticket for the winner.

Since the Internet plays a major role in decision- making when tourists pick their travel destinations, more investment is needed in that realm, said the bureau’s deputy director-general, Wayne Liu.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Editorial
Date: 2015-10-22
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Concentration of power in the hands of one person is never looked upon

kindly in a modern democracy, just like staying in power for too long.

In order to restrict the second practice, many countries introduced term limits. The United States wants its presidents to stay on for eight years at the maximum. Some Latin American countries, looking back at a history of powerful military dictators, sometimes just think one term in power is enough.

When introducing direct presidential elections in 1996, Taiwan followed the US example for both presidents and local mayors and county magistrates. Four years in one term, two consecutive terms as the maximum. This formula has never been contested, showing Taiwan’s political maturity.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/22
By: Tsai Yi-yu and Lee Mei-yu

Taipei, Oct. 22 (CNA) The third annual cross-strait insurance supervisory

cooperation meeting ended with little progress due to the stalemate over the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement, Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman (FSC) Tseng Ming-chung (曾銘宗) said Thursday.

The meeting, presided by Tseng and his counterpart Xiang Junbo (項俊波), head of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, took place earlier in the day in remote Xitou, Nantou County of central Taiwan.

The two sides agreed to exchange experience in regulating the insurance industry, promoting cross-strait insurance business and continuing regular communication.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-22
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

A Taiwanese tourist returning from Bali has received follow-up treatment for

rabies after she was bitten by a dog and later confirmed to have been infected with the virus on the Indonesian resort island, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.

The CDC’s Lo Yi-chun said the 31-year-old tourist traveled to Bali on Oct. 11 and was chased and bitten by dogs at the Tanah Lot temple, resulting in wounds to her left calf and ankle that required 30 stitches. SHe also received a tetanus shot, a fast-acting rabies immunoglobulin and the first of a series of rabies vaccines, as well as antibiotic shots and oral medicines while in Bali, Lo said.

After the tourist returned to Taiwan on Oct. 16, the CDC guided her to the disease inspection and quarantine station at the airport to prepare her for the next round in the series of rabies vaccines. The patient has been hospitalized and remains under observation.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-21
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen proposed

Wednesday a plan to relax immigration laws regarding the recognition of foreign academic credentials received by new immigrants in their home country, and mandatory courses for second-generation immigrants to learn their parents’ languages.

“While the majority of new immigrants come from Southeast Asia, it is imperative that their children learn to master their mother tongue,” Tsai said.

“We hope second-generation immigrants can have the equal right to run for president in future.”     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/19
By: Monica Mizzi

Moving from the comforts of your home town to a major city like Taipei is a

daunting task, even for seasoned expats. One of the most formidable challenges newly arrived foreigners face is saying goodbye to a steady support network of friends, family and colleagues, and starting afresh.

Fortunately, there are a plethora of interest groups, events and organizations that will help you find your feet in Taipei. Focus Taiwan outlines a selection of the most useful and popular to check out.     [FULL  STORY]