Chinese Taipei overcame a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter with a furious rally to beat the Philippines 84-79 on Saturday night to remain unbeaten in the Asia Basketball Championship at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines.Lu Cheng-Ju led Chinese Taipei with 22 points and hit six three-pointers to lead their comeback in the final quarter by outscoring the Filipinos, 29-11, in the ...
Over 200000 bid farewell to Hung
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- 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, organizer of the ...
Tens of thousands gather in Taiwan in continuing protest over soldiers death
Tens of thousands of Taiwanese have gathered in downtown Taipei to protest the death of a 24-year old soldier confined to a brig as punishment for bringing an unauthorized cell phone onto his base. Saturday's protest was the biggest so far in the continuing campaign to register discontent over the death of Hung Chung-chiu on July 3. Hung died after several days of being forced to perform a ...
One dead and two missing in separate accidents at sea
The swimmer, a 25-year-old man, was swept out to sea by strong currents at Kenting's popular Nanwan Beach at about 4 p.m. A jet-skier went to his rescue, but it was clearly too late, police said, adding that the man was pronounced dead later in a local hospital. At about 5 p.m., eight other people were also swept out to sea at Nanwan, but they were rescued, police added. Weathermen said ...
13 new ferret-badger rabies cases COA
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Thirteen ferret-badgers were confirmed to be infected with rabies yesterday, breaking the record for highest number of confirmed rabies cases within a day, according to the Council of Agriculture ...
Tainted NZ dairy items not imported food body
TAIPEI--Health authorities said Saturday there is no indication that tainted dairy products from New Zealand have been imported into Taiwan, and the New Zealand government has confirmed Taiwan is not in the list of countries that the products have ...
CDC expands human rabies vaccine program
TAIPEI--Anyone in Taiwan who was bitten by a Formosan ferret-badger in the period May 2012 to July 31 this year is now eligible to be vaccinated against rabies in an inoculation program launched by The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), its director-general Chang Feng-yee said ...
Cost concerns raised of situation without No. 4 nuke plant
TAIPEI--Several local industrialists voiced concerns Saturday over a steep rise in costs in case the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant cannot start operations in view of a vote blocked in the legislature over the fate of the controversial ...
Taiwanese athlete Huang pockets roller skating gold at World Games
TAIPEI--Taiwanese athlete Huang Yu-ting clinched a gold medal in the women's 1,000-meter roller skating sprint Saturday at the 2013 World Games in ...
Govt must up communication over service trade pact VP Wu
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Vice President Wu Den-yih yesterday said the government must do its best to convince the people that the cross-strait service trade pact is aimed at helping them do business in ...
Firms lag in branding have potential strategist
TAIPEI--Taiwanese companies are lagging behind their counterparts in Japan, South Korea and even Singapore in terms of brand building, but they have a great potential to catch up in this regard, according to a visiting brand ...
MStar Q2 net profit up almost 20 percent
TAIPEI--MStar Semiconductor Inc., one of Taiwan's leading integrated circuit designers, said Saturday that its net profit for the second quarter rose almost 20 percent from a quarter earlier on solid global demand for TV ...
HTC chair dismisses acquisition speculation
"HTC is a Taiwanese brand. We should treasure this brand and its management philosophy," said Wang, dismissing foreign investment firms' speculation that continued losses might force the vendor to seek a merger with others. Speaking to reporters during the firm's sports meet day in Taipei, Wang said HTC has been giving conservative guidance to its outlook because it is an ...
10 devoted vocational instructors praised by Ministry of Education
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Ten vocational school instructors were commended by the Ministry of Education (MOE) recently for their dedication in promoting vocational ...
Trade agreement helps growth ANZ
TAIPEI--The service trade agreement that Taiwan recently signed with China will help stabilize the island's economic growth, according to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ...
Executive Yuan to handle protester appeals MOJ
TAIPEI--The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said Saturday that the Executive Yuan will handle the appeals made by an activist group over the death of an Army ...
Ma to attend Corporal Hungs funeral this morning
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that he will attend today's funeral service of Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu (???), who died of severe heatstroke on July 4 after being ordered to do strenuous exercises in a brig in sweltering ...
Local intl experts to give medical tourism insights
TAIPEI--Experts from local and foreign medical tourism entities will share their experiences at a forum in Taipei next week, the organizers said ...
Global notebook shipment growth remains flat in Q2
TAIPEI--Global notebook shipments registered almost flat growth for the second quarter of the year, with disappointing shipments of leading brands' new models, a local research institute said ...
Over 50 percent of visitor arrivals from China data
TAIPEI--China, including Hong Kong and Macao, accounted for over 50 percent of visitor arrivals to Taiwan in the first half of the year, according to Ministry of the Interior (MOI) statistics released ...
Chinese Taipei foils Gilas Pilipinas bid to win game for ?abused? OFWs
DUNKIN? DOUTHIT Marcus Douthit of the Philippines dunks against Chinese Taipei?s Wen-Ting Tseng and Shih-Chieh Chen in their game at the 27th FIBA-Asia preliminaries at the Mall of Asia Arena, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. The Taiwanese dealt the Filipinos their first loss, 79-84, and stay undefeated in Group A. NUKI SABIO/PBA IMAGE MANILA, Philippines--Chot Reyes struck an emotional ...
President vows to better protect human rights in military
Ma Ying-jeou has taken note of the appeals of the activist group Citizen 1985 for reforms and transparency of military justice system, Presidential Office spokeswoman Garfie Li said Saturday. President Ma is also determined to promote reforms to better protect human rights in the military, Li said. Citizen 1985 led a mass protest near the Presidential Office in downtown Taipei Saturday, which ...
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