Whenever a market or an individual sector is opened to outside competition, there is bound to be some angry reaction from existing companies with vested interests. What is worrying about some of the reactions to the recent signing of a service trade agreement ...
Talk of the Day -- Giant panda born in Taipei
Five years after their arrival, Taiwan's first giant panda pair finally gave birth to a baby Saturday. The following are excerpts from local newspaper coverage of the first panda ever born in Taiwan: United Evening News: It was confirmed early Sunday that the baby is a female weighing 183.4 grams. It was found to be good health except for a minor injury to her right side. The newborn has ...
Service trade pact can help farm produce exports COA
Taipei, July 7 (CNA) Opening up Taiwan's agriculture logistics services to Chinese investment is beneficial to the sale and export of Taiwanese farm produce, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Sunday. The council's announcement rebutted concerns reported in the Liberty Times newspaper that the service trade pact signed between Taiwan ...
Foreign brokerages downbeat on TPK Holding outlook
Taipei, July 7 (CNA) Two foreign brokerage firms have downgraded their stock ratings on TPK Holding Co., one of Taiwan's leading touch panel makers, in light of weakening demand for touch-enabled notebook computers and Apple Inc.'s iPad. In a note to clients dated July 5, U.S.-based Morgan Stanley downgraded TPK shares to "underweight" from "equal-weight" and cut ...
No Taiwanese on crashed Asiana Airlines jet
China passport holders were aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crash landed at San Francisco International Airport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Anna Kao said Sunday. The Boeing 777 aircraft belonging to ...
Panda newborn to meet public within 6 months
Taipei, July 7 (CNA) The long-awaited female baby panda born Saturday at Taipei Zoo will meet the public within the next six months, a zoo official said Sunday. The animal, born to giant panda Yuan Yuan, her first offspring in more than five years since her arrival in Taiwan, is being kept in an incubator under the watchful eye of zoo workers, who are working round the clock to take care of the ...
HTC to face tough third quarter Barclays
HTC Corp. is likely to face high uncertainty in its smartphone business in the current quarter after reporting worse-than-expected sales in June, British bank Barclays Plc said Saturday in a research ...
HK singer Sandy Lam wins Taiwan music award
Veteran Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam won top honors at the Golden Melody Awards for Asia's best Mandarin chart music in Taipei on Saturday.Lam, who was unable to attend the ceremony held in the Taipei Arena, was crowned best female singer for her environment-themed ...
Public must wait to see first Taiwan-born panda
TAIPEI (AFP) - The public will have to wait three months to catch a glimpse of the first panda born in Taiwan, officials said Sunday, a day after she was successfully delivered by parents who were gifted from China.The female cub was delivered Saturday night following a series of artificial insemination sessions after her parents, known locally as Tuan Tuan and his partner Yuan Yuan, failed to ...
President praises traditional industry sectors creativity
Ma Ying-jeou touted the soy sauce industry Sunday as creative during a visit to southern Taiwan's Yunlin County organized to boost the confidence of the traditional industry sector. Accompanied by officials, Ma visited a soy sauce factory owned by the Ruei Chun Company in the township of Siluo, reviewing the automation facility and the production lines at the factory. Ma said the company, ...
First panda born in Taiwan is female
/enpproperty--> TAIPEI -- The first cub born to a pair of pandas presented to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland is female, the Taipei Zoo announced on Sunday. The newborn cub weighs only about one thousandth of its mother Yuan Yuan, said Lin Huei-jhen, a spokeswoman of the ...
Sandy Lam reigns at 24th Golden Melody Awards
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The 24th Golden Melody Awards were held last night with Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam (???) enjoying arguably the most successful evening, bagging four ...
Panda from China delivers cub in Taiwan - NBC40.net
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A giant panda, one of a pair presented by China four years ago to mark warming ties with Taiwan, has given birth to a female cub at a Taipei zoo, officials said Sunday. The 9-year-old Yuan Yuan delivered the cub Saturday night, following artificial insemination given in March, the zoo announced. It was the seventh such attempt on Yuan Yuan in three years, they said. ...
Dissident Chen snubs free Taiwan
By Jens Kastner TAIPEI - Top officials of Taiwan's main opposition anti-unification Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), together with civic groups and think tanks close to the DPP, showered blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng with pleasantness on his arrival in Taiwan. Then he reciprocated by tearing up their dream. After touring a former Taipei prison where ...
GOLDEN MELODY Sandy Lams Gaia biggest winner of night
Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam emerged as the biggest winner of Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards Saturday, bagging four awards, including Best Mandarin Album for Gaia and Best Mandarin Female Singer. Gaia, which tied for the most nominations with six nods, also won Best Musical Arranger and Best Album Producer. Taiwanese aboriginal a cappella singing group O-Kai Singers, which also got six nods, ...
Lam Hsiao sweep top prizes at Chinese Grammys
TAIPEI, Taiwan -; Hong Kong pop diva Sandy Lam has won the best female singer award at Taiwan's Golden Melody festival, the Chinese-language equivalent of the ...
Mainland giant panda gives birth in Taiwan
The first cub of a pair of giant pandas given as a goodwill gift to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland was born at 8:05 pm Saturday in the Taipei Zoo, the zoo said.The newborn cub weighs only about one thousandth of its mother Yuan Yuan, and its gender has yet been identified as the mother has kept it around her since its birth, said Lin Huei-jhen, a spokeswoman of the zoo.According to the zoo, Yuan ...
Hsieh Becomes Taiwans First Grand Slam Title Winner
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Two firefighters killed in factory blaze
The firefighters, Chen Yi-jui, 26, and Peng Yi-hsiang, 30, from the Taishan fire station, had no pulses and had stopped breathing when they were found trapped under debris in the factory at about 4:15 p.m., the officials said. They were rushed to the Taipei Hospital, where doctors tried to revive them. But they were later pronounced dead. They were among the first group of firefighters who ...
Miaoli magistrate insists on demolition
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Miaoli County Magistrate Liu Cheng-hung (???) said the government will continue to negotiate with the Dapu village protesters in reaching a consensus, but added that if consensus cannot be reached, "demolition will ...
Hundreds brave the heat for Kaohsiungs 1st-ever hot air balloon carnival
KAOHSIUNG--Hundreds of people braved the heat in Kaohsiung on Saturday to line up for rides over the city during its first-ever hot air balloon ...
Mainland spouse reportedly eyeing legislative seat
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A political party formed by new immigrants from China reportedly is trying to strike a deal with the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) in return for a seat at the ...
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