Sunday, August 11, 2013

Korea breezes past Chinese Taipei to book last ticket to World Cup in Spain

  • Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) Taiwanese investigators began on Sunday to question the Indonesian crew of a Taiwanese fishing boat to find out the fate of its missing skipper and chief engineer, according to the Maritime Patrol Directorate General (MPDG). The questioning of the nine Indonesian crew members began after the Hsunhu No. 8, a Coast Guard Administration (CGA) patrol boat, met up with the ...

  • Indonesians crowd Taipei concert to celebrate end of Ramadan

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) Thousands of Indonesian workers in Taiwan attended an outdoors music event in Taipei on Sunday held to celebrate the end of Ramadan, a holy month of fasting observed by Muslims. Renowned Indonesia singer Didi Kempot, who was invited to perform at the event, sent the workers into a frenzy when he took to the stage. The Indonesian Cultural Festival, hosted in the form of a ...

  • Taiwanese workers toil extra hours voluntarily survey

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) Over half of local office workers work more than 10 hours a day, and many of them do so of their own accord, according to a survey released Sunday. In a Cheers Magazine survey of 2,356 office workers across Taiwan in July, 52.6 percent of those polled said they work an average of more than 10 hours a day, and 41.3 percent work extra hours at least three days per week. ...

  • Funeral held in Vietnam for killed Taiwanese businessman

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Ha Tinh, Vietnam, Aug. 11 (CNA) A funeral service was held Sunday for a Taiwanese businessman working in Vietnam who was killed last week after quarreling with a group of locals. The family of the 51-year-old Taiwanese, only identified by his surname Tseng, arrived a day earlier to help with funeral arrangements at a hospital in the northern city of Vinh, about 300 kilometers from Hanoi. Tseng ...

  • Talk of the Day -- In a bind Tsai makes new demands of Ma

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Tsai Ing-wen 's call for a conference on national affairs raised some eyebrows within the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), with some questioning whether the DPP now has another top leader in addition to DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang. Perhaps realizing the controversy could worsen her already strained relationship with Su and give ammunition to the government, Tsai changed course Saturday ...

  • Taiwans lifting of freeze on hiring Filipino workers welcomed

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) Filipino workers in Taiwan said on Sunday that they welcomed Taiwan's lifting of a freeze on the hiring of Filipino workers as part of sanctions previously imposed due to Manila's handling of the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. "We're so happy," Samuel Bagos, a Filipino who has spent 1.5 years in Taiwan, told CNA when asked to comment on ...

  • President Ma departs for visit to Paraguay Caribbean allies

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Ma Ying-jeou departed on Sunday for a 12-day diplomatic tour that will cover Paraguay, where he will attend the inauguration of the country's new president, and Taiwan's four allies in the Caribbean. A delegation led by Ma boarded ...

  • Taiwans representative to Philippines returning to Manila

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Philippines Raymond Wang will return to Manila to resume his duties later Sunday as ties between the two countries have returned to normal, according to a diplomatic source. ...

  • Typhoon Utor unlikely to reach Taiwan

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    Philippines that strengthened into a typhoon on Saturday is unlikely to reach Taiwan; however, the island may experience some rainfall from Aug. 12 onward, the Central Weather Bureau said on Sunday. As of 8 a.m. on Sunday, Typhoon Utor was centered some 1,000 kilometers southeast of Eluanbi at the southernmost tip of Taiwan and was moving in a west-northwesterly direction at a speed of 21 ...

  • Korea breezes past Chinese Taipei to book last ticket to World Cup in Spain

    Inquirer Sports - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    KIM Mingoo of Korea (dark) vs TSENG Wen Ting FIBA Asia Photo by Nuki Sabio MANILA, Philippines -- South Korea quickly put its close loss to host Philippines behind as it steamrolled past Chinese Taipei, 75-57, to claim the third and final slot for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in the final day of the 27th FIBA Asia Championship Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Korea, which ...

  • Taiwans Ma starts foreign tour in US

    News.com.au - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    TAIWAN'S President Ma Ying-jeou departed Sunday for a tour of Paraguay and the Caribbean but has tried to keep a US stopover low-key to avoid upsetting China, officials ...

  • China refuses interaction with DPP for calling for independence

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    China and Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will remain impossible if the DPP continues to call for Taiwan's independence, a Chinese official said on Sunday. Quoted ...

  • China Times Overhauling the disgraceful Legislature

    Taiwan News Online - Sunday 11th August, 2013

    China ratified. But it failed to achieve either goal. Lawmakers from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which opposes the referendum proposal, filibustered the session by occupying the legislative speaker's podium. As the main opposition party, the DPP has debased itself into a group which blindly opposes any bill introduced by the ruling Kuomintang instead of coming up with ...

  • Mainland welcomes more Taiwan mayors to boost cross-Strait ties

    China.org.cn - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Zhang Zhijun said on Saturday that the mainland welcomes and encourages personages from various Taiwan political parties and more mayors to participate in the peaceful development of cross-Strait ...

  • Taiwan stood ground in Manila row says minister

    Asia News Network - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    Taiwan Foreign Minister David Lin said yesterday that his ministry never, from beginning to end, gave up in its efforts or softened its stance in dealing with the Philippine authorities over the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in May by Philippine coastguardsmen. Lin made the remarks in an interview with the Central News Agency conducted two days after the Philippine government made an ...

  • Air Force aerobatic team puts on show to celebrate 60th anniversary

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--The Air Force's Thunder Tigers aerobatics team celebrated its 60th anniversary yesterday by putting on an aerial display for thousands of people at Tainan Air Force ...

  • Kaohsiung grouper not affected by fake drugs

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Grouper fish farmers in Kaohsiung have stressed that their fish are safe to eat following the arrest of a fake veterinarian suspected of selling fake drugs to fish farms in southern ...

  • Tycoon sets up liver diseases clinic with generous US$4 mil. donation

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A tycoon has donated US$4 million to set up a foundation and clinic in Taipei for the prevention and treatment of liver diseases, the head of the medical facility said ...

  • Typhoon Utor continues to intensify while nearing the nations southeast

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Typhoon Utor, which formed yesterday morning, continues to intensify and is expected to affect Taiwan by next Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) ...

  • State-owned oil supplier to rev up privatization efforts

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--CPC Corp., Taiwan, the country's state-run oil supplier, said yesterday that it will speed up its pace in privatization in order to become privatized by the end of ...

  • Homicide charges in national interest Philippine newspaper

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    MANILA--The recommended homicide charges against Philippine Coast Guard officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in May are consistent with the country's national interest, a Philippine newspaper argued in an editorial ...

  • Asustek to unveil new notebook models

    The China Post - Saturday 10th August, 2013

    TAIPEI--Asustek Computer Inc., one of the world's leading personal computer vendors, is planning to launch new notebook computer models in the United States in September in a bid to stir up buying in the current slow global PC ...

  • Source: http://www.taipeinews.net/index.php/sid/216376534/scat/0dd057261bcc461b

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