A total of 38 ferret-badgers and one suncus murinus in Taiwan were found with rabies, the island's rabies outbreak control center announced on Sunday.Rabies had been reported in seven counties and cities on the island, including Nantou, Yunlin, Taitung, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Chiayi, the center said.According to the center, 300 animal epidemic prevention staff members have been ...
Taipei computer show draws over half million visitors in 4 days
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) The 2013 Taipei Computer Applications Show has attracted over half a million visitors since it opened four days ago with laptops and digital cameras topping the list of hot selling items, organizers said Sunday. The five-day event goes on until Monday evening. The show, which features products from 200 computer, communication and consumer electronics companies, drew around ...
Legislator optimistic about military law revisions
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) A bill to enact Military Justice Act revisions is likely to be passed during a special legislative session this week, in the wake of a public protest calling for reforms in the country's court-martial system, an influential legislator said Sunday. Lin Hung-chih, chief caucus whip of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), said he hopes the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ...
Talk of the Day -- Government responds to peoples call
The stories and images from Saturday's massive protest in Taipei City dominated all the local newspapers on Sunday, the day Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu was laid to rest after a month of intense media coverage of his death. As is usually the case with such events, organizers and the authorities gave different estimates of the number of people who took part in Saturday evening's rally ...
China Times Credibility of court martial system destroyed
The death of Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu has given rise to great public concern about human rights in the military. In an expression of such worry, over 100,000 demonstrators took to the streets Saturday, on the eve of Hung's funeral, to bid him farewell. A few days ago, Defense Minister Andrew Yang and his predecessor Kao Hua-chu, who resigned over the soldier's death, paid a call ...
Defense ministry denies tapping Hung family phones
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) The defense ministry did not tap the phones of the bereaved relatives of Army conscript Hung Chung-chiu, the ministry said Sunday, as ...
Taipei stages over 100 events to celebrate design
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) Over 100 events are being held around Taipei until Sept. 30 to promote design, as part of the city's efforts to become the World Design Capital in 2016, the organizers said Sunday. The 2013 Meet Taipei Design series, which kicked off Aug. 1, includes workshops, lectures, exhibitions, performing arts shows, and other creative events at over 100 venues such as studios, ...
Baby-shower thrown for 1st panda born in Taiwan
Taipei zoo held a "baby-shower" party on Sunday to celebrate the one month birthday of the first panda born in Taiwan as the cub continues to be a star attraction even though she has yet to appear in ...
Special commission to look into military miscarriages of justice
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) A special commission will soon be set up to deal with miscarriages of justice involving military servicemen and will both act to look into suspicious cases and accept appeals from those seeking a review of past cases, an official said Sunday. The commission will include officials from the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice, law experts and representatives ...
Taiwans fourth nuclear power plant structurally sound Taipower
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) The state-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said Sunday it is confident about the structural safety of Taiwan's controversial fourth nuclear power plant in New Taipei City, in response to a government consultant's concern over the construction quality. The U.S. contractor General Electric Co. (GE) that is working on the project has many years experience in the field, ...
Protestors try to block Ma from attending Hungs funeral
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) Angry protesters and family members at the funeral of Army corporal Hung Chung-chiu blocked President Ma Ying-jeou's approach for about 20 minutes Sunday as he tried to enter the funeral venue in Taichung. "We want truth! Give us justice!" the protesters shouted when Ma stepped out his vehicle in front of the Hung family house, escorted by security officers ...
Naurus isabled group impressed by Taiwans treatment for disabled
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) A group of disabled children and young adults from Nauru -- who just concluded a visit to Taiwan -- said they were impressed by the special treatment and care given to the disabled in Taiwan. At the invitation of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the group of 10 visually impaired, hearing impaired and physically disabled people and their companion visited several ...
Go Grandriders honored at New York festival
New York, Aug. 3 (CNA)"Go Grandriders," a Taiwanese film, was voted best documentary at the 36th Asian American International Film Festival in New York on Saturday. The film festival presented the award based upon the audience votes for "Go Grandriders," which was directed by Hua Tien-hua. Thirteen entries were competing in the category. The winning film features a group of ...
Artist hopes calligraphy can help build Turkey-Taiwan ties
Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) A visiting Turkish artist said he hopes to use calligraphy, one of the most prestigious art forms in Islamic and Chinese cultures, to promote closer ties between the people of Turkey and Taiwan. Aydin Cayir, a calligrapher with Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, told CNA recently that Turkey and Taiwan are both countries that appreciate beautiful handwriting and ...
Taiwan president mobbed by mourners at conscripts funeral
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou was mobbed byhundreds of angry mourners as he attended the funeral service for ayoung conscript who died after allegedly being abused by his ...
Over 200000 bid farewell to dead Taiwan Army conscript
Over 200,000 people last night packed Ketagalan Blvd. in front of the Presidential Office to "bid farewell" to Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu and demand truth and justice regarding Hung's untimely death, according to Citizen 1985, organiser of the event. The rally, the second of its kind, was held on the eve of the funeral service slated for this morning for the 24-year-old ...
China and Taiwan sign landmark deal
China and Taiwan moved closer to overcoming six decades of hostilities today, as they signed deals drastically expanding direct flights and allowing shipping links across the Formosa strait.The agreement follows a dramatic thaw in relations over the last six months, since the election of Taiwan's new president, Ma Ying-jeou. The island broke away from the mainland at the end of the civil ...
22 Matsu statues from Taiwan arrive in Hainan for blessing ceremony
Twenty-two statues of the Chinese sea goddess Matsu arrived in Hainan Province from Taiwan on Monday for a cross-Strait mass blessing ceremony. Escorted by followers, the ornate statues arrived in Haikou, capital of Hainan, on Monday evening after being transported on a flight from Taiwan. More than 10,000 worshippers, sailors and fishermen, including those from Taiwan, will attend the ...
Huge crowd protests Taiwanese soldier?s death over unauthorized cellphone
A family member holds a photo of Taiwanese soldier Hung Chung-chiu who died in early July after being forced to perform a vigorous regime of callisthenics in sweltering heat, at a protest in front of President Office in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. The death of the 24-year-old soldier has set off a wave of anger in the country, undermining Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou?s ...
Taiwans space programme offers tsunami satellite images to aid relief
Taiwan's national space programme offered Wednesday its satellite images of the damage caused by powerful tsunamis that ravaged Asia at the weekend to affected countries and aid groups for free.The National Space Programme Office (NSPO) normally charges 3,000 euros (4,080 dollars) for each photograph covering an area of 600 square kilometres (240 square miles), the office said.The images ...
President vows to seek truth at funeral of serviceman
Ma Ying-jeou vowed to get the truth in the death of Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu at his funeral in Taichung City Sunday. Ma told parents of Hung who died on July 4 from strenuous exercise while being confined in an Army holding cell that 18 officers have been indicted in the case which will be heard in public by a court-martial and the truth will out during the trial. The president said the ...
Thousands protest soldier?s death in Taiwan
A Taiwanese people holds a placard during a protest rally for the death of Taiwan?s soldier Hung Chung-chiu, in front of the President Office in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. The 24-year-old soldier died in early July after being forced to perform a vigorous regime of calisthenics in sweltering heat at a military camp. The incident has set off a wave of anger on the democratic ...
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