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Former DPP Chairman Lin Yi-hsiung enters second day of hunger strike
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Former DPP chairman Lin Yi-hsiung is in the second day of a hunger strike to oppose work on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant. Lin has vowed not to receive visitors but several stopped by to express sympathy, including the president.
As President Ma Ying-jeou’s motorcade approached Gikong Church, a group of people began to shout out in protest. Ma was unable to visit Lin, but he left behind a card expressing his sentiments.
President Ma Ying-jeou
I am willing to represent the ...(more) |
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Government passes bill that would raise taxes on housing speculators
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A legislative committee has passed a bill that would raise taxes on property that does not serve as the primary residence for the owner. Such a change would increase costs for speculators who purchase multiple homes.
To bring high housing prices in Taipei and New Taipei City under control, an amendment that aims to stop hoarding of properties by investors passed first reading in the ...(more) |
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| | | | | Experts warn a drop in housing prices would hurt the economy | Taipei Deputy Mayor Chang Chin-oh’s comment that housing prices could fall by 30 percent over two years sparked a rebuke from business leaders and economists. Farglory Group Chairman Chao Teng-hsiung said an attack on the housing market would end up hurting everyone in Taiwan.
Upon hearing that the government could seek to reduce housing prices by 30 percent over two years, a mortgage ..(more) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Government approves new direct train route from Taipei to Yilan | After years of planning, the government has approved a new direct train route between Taipei and Yilan. It will cut travel time between the cities by as much as 38 minutes, but groundbreaking will have to wait until environmental review is completed.
Currently it takes over an hour to travel from Taipei to Yilan by train. A proposal to construct a direct train route between these ..(more) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ministry, NGO work to encourage book exchanges at airports and train stations | For World Book Day, the Ministry of Transportation and a local literacy group encouraged people to donate used books. The donations support secondhand book services available at train stations, airports and other areas.
Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih donated books that were part of his personal collection. The ministry is working with the Taiwan Fun Reading Association to ..(more) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indians Lee comes on in relief after four days rest | Cleveland Indians reliever C. C. Lee set a new major league career mark by pitching two full innings on Tuesday.
Down 5-1 to the Kansas City Royals with two outs in the sixth, the Indians called on Taiwanese pitcher C. C. Lee. Following just one pitch, Lee sat after Norichika Aoki was caught stealing.
The seventh inning didn’t go as smoothly for Lee. Consecutive base hits gave the ..(more) | | | | | | | | |
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| The Taipei-Yilan Railway line will bypass the Feitsui Reservoir and travel from Nangang to Shuangxi then Toucheng. |
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