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Soong trails Hung in TISR poll

LEADER OF THE PACK:Tsai Ing-wen continued to dominate the polls, garnering a support rating of 43.6%, followed by Hung with 15.4% and Soong with 14.7 %

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

People First Party (PFP) presidential candidate James Soong’s (宋楚瑜) support rating has fallen behind that of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), a poll by Taiwan Indicators Survey Research (TISR) showed yesterday.

Since Soong announced his candidacy last month, he had consistently scored above Hung in surveys by different institutions and media outlets. However, the latest survey by TISR showed Hung surpassing Soong by a small margin.

The survey showed that 15.4 percent of respondents said they support Hung, against 14.7 percent for Soong, while 11.8 percent said they would not vote or would cast invalid votes, and 14.7 percent said they are still undecided.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) continued to lead her two rivals, garnering 43.6 percent support.     [FULL  STORY]

Tainan to recruit 180 temporary staff to help fight dengue

City offers starting salary of NT$23,000

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-09-13
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The Tainan city government is looking for 180 temporary workers to help its plight against

Tainan to recruit staff to help fight dengue. Central News Agency

the dengue fever epidemic, reports said Sunday.

The city is offering a starting monthly salary of no less than NT$23,000 (US$766) for the duration of three months.

The short-term recruitment come as part of Executive Yuan’s NT$42 million (US$1.4 million) fund set up for the purpose of assisting the southern Taiwanese city hire personnel, cleaning equipment and pesticides required to combat the disease.

The offering will encompass 100 field operators whose primary job is to eradicate mosquito breeding sites, 20 in-house assistants, 10 pesticide controllers, and 50 dengue fever prevention workers, reports said.

According to the city’s department of health, the recruitment process will begin on September 16, and work will begin as soon as possible once interview procedures are completed.     [FULL  STORY]

Jody Chiang concludes farewell tour with microphone ceremony

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/13
By: Sabine Cheng, Christie Chen, and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) Taiwanese diva Jody Chiang (江蕙) concluded the last of her 25 201509130020t0001farewell concerts around the island at Kaohsiung Arena on Sunday with a ceremony to lock away one of her microphones, signaling the end of her singing career spanning more than three decades.

During the ceremony, Chiang slowly placed one of her most precious microphones into a jewelry box that was showered by some 10,000 keys from the rooftop.

The 54-year-old then shut the box and locked it with a key before bowing to the audience.

Microphones have been the most precious tool in her singing career and she wanted to mark the end of her career with the ceremony, Chiang said.

Chiang opened the first of her 25 farewell concerts in Taiwan on July 25 after ticket selling systems were unable to cope with intense demand for her farewell concerts.     [FULL  STORY]

Tsai pans ‘gap’ between reality and media report

‘NOT THE FIRST TIME’:The DPP leader said she regrets the report’s inaccuracy and called on media to be more careful to respect academics and give readers the truth

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 13, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin  /  Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)

Buddhist master Hsing Yun, front, praises Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, second left, at an exhibition in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Su Fu-nan, Taipei Times

Buddhist master Hsing Yun, front, praises Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, second left, at an exhibition in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Su Fu-nan, Taipei Times

yesterday said that she regrets the “gap” between reality and a media report on a US academic’s remarks about the so-called “1992 consensus,” urging the media to be more cautious when publishing reports.

When attending an Atlantic Council meeting last week on next year’s presidential election, Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that, during a scheduled meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and US President Barack Obama in Washington next month, one of the messages that Xi would convey to Obama might be that in order to have cross-strait stability, there must be an acceptance by Taiwan’s next president of the “1992 consensus” and of the concept of “one China.”

However, the Chinese-language United Daily News published a report on Glaser’s remarks in a story with the headline quoting Glaser as saying: “Taiwan’s next president must accept the ‘1992 consensus.’”

Chinese fishermen fined NT$4 million

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-09-12
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The treasury raked in NT$4.3 million (US$132,000) in fines leveled against Chinese fishermen last month, media reports said Saturday.

The Coast Guard has faced recurrent problems with trawlers from China fishing within Taiwanese territorial waters, but due to the short distances separating offshore islands like Kinmen from the coast of China, it has sometimes been difficult to catch the perpetrators.

New laws and regulations allow the authorities to level fines on the captains of Chinese and other foreign vessels fishing illegally in Taiwanese waters.

In the latest incident, the Chinese-registered Minlongyu 66820 was apprehended 19 nautical miles from the tiny island of Mutou around 6 a.m. Saturday, reports said. The ship had only been taken into service last August 1, according to the Chinese-language Apple Daily.     [FULL  STORY]

Hung dismisses ‘immediate unification’

DENGUE FEVER:The KMT candidate also criticized Tainan Mayor William Lai over the outbreak of the disease, saying that people are doubting the DPP’s ability to govern

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 13, 2015
By: Alison Hsiao  /  Staff reporter

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) yesterday

People First Party presidential candidate James Soong, left, shakes hands with supporters at a campaign event in Tainan yesterday. Photo: Lin Meng-ting, Taipei Times

People First Party presidential candidate James Soong, left, shakes hands with supporters at a campaign event in Tainan yesterday. Photo: Lin Meng-ting, Taipei Times

denied she was seeking “immediate unification” with China.

Hung made the remarks during a campaign activity in Tainan.

Hung said that many people have said she is seeking immediate unification because they “are not willing to listen to others rationally.”

“Taiwan cannot be unified [with China] by someone else. If there is unification, it has to be [initiated by the Republic of China (ROC)],” she said.

Hung also rebuffed a rumor about her being replaced as the KMT’s presidential candidate.

“You get executed if you run away from the battlefield. It is not possible for me to become a KMT deserter,” she said.

Hung also visited Tainan’s Chenggong Borough (成功), a military dependents’ village, to pay respects to what is said to be the only bust of former president Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) remaining in the city.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan news outlet twists US scholar’s words on 1992 Consensus

Want China Times
Date: 2015-09-12
By: Maggie Kuo

Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International

Bonnie Glaser. (Photo/CNA)

Bonnie Glaser. (Photo/CNA)

Studies (CSIS), was misquoted by the website of Taiwanese newspaper United Daily News (UDN) as saying that Taiwan’s next president should accept the 1992 Consensus.

The 1992 Consensus is an agreement reached between Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China that there is one China, although it leaves room for interpretation as to what constitutes this.

The UDN reporter who wrote the article has since apologized to Glaser by telephone and the article’s title has been corrected. Before the correction could be made, however, the piece was picked up by Taiwan’s largest online bulletin board system PTT and a number of other media outlets, including Hi-On, a pro-independent media outlet in Taiwan. Some PTT users criticized the reporter for fabricating news and taking Glaser’s words out of context to attract more views and to force comment from politicians on the issue.

Hung Hsiu-chu, presidential candidate of Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang, was one of those who took the bait, stating that the next president accepting the 1992 Consensus was a matter of common sense, as cited by Taiwanese online media outlet Storm Media. This is hardly a surprise, however, as Hung has consistently stated her belief in the importance of the consensus to cross-strait relations.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese artists present works at City Sonic @Mons 2015

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/12
By: Leaf Chiang and Lillian Lin

Mons, Belgium, Sept. 11 (CNA) Four Taiwanese artists are presenting their works at the

(from left to right) Chang Yung-ta (張永達), Wang Fujui(王福瑞), Yao Chung-han (姚仲涵), and Wang Chung-kun (王仲堃).

(from left to right) Chang Yung-ta (張永達), Wang Fujui(王福瑞), Yao Chung-han (姚仲涵), and Wang Chung-kun (王仲堃).

13th City Sonic: International Sound Arts Festival being held at the 2015 European Capital of Culture in Mons from Sept. 11 to 27.

More than 40 artists from Belgium, France, Britain, Portugal, and Taiwan are attending the international exhibition, which shows prospective, poetic and playful approaches to sound arts, according to the curator of Transcultures, the sponsor of the annual art event.

Among them are Wang Fujui (王福瑞), Yao Chung-han (姚仲涵), Wang Chung-kun (王仲堃) and Chang Yung-ta (張永達) from Taiwan.

Presenting “Hyper Transmission,” a work combining sounds and dance, Wang Fujui will give a live performance during the exhibition.     [FULL  STORY]

64 citizens from Taiwan deported

Tree Angle
Date: September 10, 2015
By: Angga Indrawan

Treeangle.co.id – SEMANGGI — A total of 64 citizens from Taiwan was deported to their country, Tuesday (8/9). They were great actors behind online fraud syndicate in Taiwan.

There were 95 citizens from Taiwan arrested by General Directorate of Criminal Investigation 64-citizens-from-Taiwan-deported-300x178Jakarta Police in Ancol North Jakarta and Lebak Bulus South Jakarta, a few month ago. 64 of them was deported and the rest was still secured by Directorate General of Immigration for immigration problems.

“This was the result of a joint investigation. After they were discharged, they were immediately checked by the local police to then be punished according to the law in force,” said Director General of Criminal Investigation, Commissioner Police Krishna Murti, Thursday (9/9).

Taiwan authorities earlier had arrested seven citizens of Taiwan, related to this case. The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation Jakarta Police will coordinate with Taiwan Police to conduct further investigation related to the online fraud syndicate in Indonesia.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan says its diplomatic ties with Holy See remain firm

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-09-11
By: Elaine Hou, Central News Agency

Taipei, Sept. 11 (CNA) Diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the Holy See are still solid, a Taiwanese foreign affairs official said Friday, denying a media report that the Holy See might sever ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing by the end of the year.

“The report is untrue,” said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Eleanor Wang. “Our bilateral diplomatic relations are solid and the two countries maintain close exchanges.” Wang was responding to an exclusive report Thursday on the Chinese-language news website Bowen Press, which said that the Holy See might establish diplomatic relations with Beijing by the end of the year or after Taiwan’s presidential election in January.

Asked about the news report, the Holy See’s representative to Taiwan, Monsignor Paul Russell, told CNA in an email that “the Apostolic Nunciature (Holy See Embassy) in Taiwan is going about its work normally.” “The Holy See and Republic of China are planning a joint cultural collaboration which will take place at the beginning of next year,” said Russell, charge d’affaires of the Holy See’s apostolic nunciature in Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]