Farglory Chairman Confesses to Paying Bribes
Farglory Group Chairman – Chao Tengxiong confessed Monday to paying a $16 million NT bribe to a former Taoyuan County official, to secure a contract for a public housing development in the county. According to the Taipei District Court, Chao admitted to the bribe at a detention hearing, which later ordered that he and senior...Continue reading
Tsai Ing-wen Leading DPP Again
Tsai Ing-wen took office Wednesday as DPP chairperson after a two-year break. Speaking during a handover ceremony in Taipei, her predecessor Su Tseng-chang urged party members to support Tsai – saying she is taking on a “difficult job.” Tsai, who held the DPP chairmanship for two terms from 2008 to 2012, thanked Su for his...Continue reading
Parents of Suspect in Taipei Metro Stabbing Attack Offer Apology
The parents of the student – Cheng Jie – appeared in public for the first time yesterday to apologize for their son’s killing of four people on the Taipei MRT last week. The move comes amid calls for them to take some responsibility for the incident. Escorted by police, the 21-year old student’s parents wept...Continue reading
Cat Slips Through Taoyuan Airport Security in Luggage
Security at Taoyuan International Airport is in the spotlight once again, after an R.O.C. national flew to South Korea’s Incheon International Airport on May 24th with a live cat in his checked-in luggage. The Aviation Police Bureau yesterday admitted they were unaware of the incident until informed by Korean authorities. Police say initial investigations have...Continue reading
Details Emerge About MRT Stabbing Assailant
Details began to emerge yesterday about 21-year old college student – Cheng Jie – who allegedly killed four aboard a moving metro train in Taipei Wednesday. Some accounts describe him as a loner who had spoken of plans for doing “something big.” Cheng, a sophomore studying environmental engineering, transferred last September to Dong-hai University after...Continue reading
Assailant Ordered Detained in Taipei MRT Stabbing
Twenty-one-year old student – Cheng Jie – was ordered detained by the New Taipei District Court earlier this morning after a 20-minute hearing. Cheng was arrested by police and metro staff at Jiangzicui MRT Station yesterday afternoon after killing four people and injuring 21 others on an MRT train. The train was traveling into Banqiao from...Continue reading
Record Rainfall Recorded in Taipei
Rainfall in Taipei city has set a new May record, seeing the highest rainfall during the month in nearly one hundred years, when the Taipei Observatory was first established. The Central Weather Bureau says between midnight and 3 P.M. today, Taipei received 193 millimeters of rain, an astonishing amount. The CWB also says that the...Continue reading
Golden Melody Nominees Announced
The nominees for this year’s Golden Melody Awards were announced Tuesday, with Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua hoping for her fourth Best Mandarin Female Singer win. Chua will compete in the category with Taiwan’s Faith Yang and Jia Jia, Malaysia’s Penny Tai and Hong Kong’s Denise Ho. The five nominees for Best Mandarin Album are Li...Continue reading
Legislature Passes New Tax Rates for Non-Owner Occupied Houses
Amendments to the House Tax Act have cleared the Legislative Yuan and will raise the tax rate for non-owner occupied residential houses to 1.5 and 3.6 percent of the unit’s value. The current rules levy tax rates of between 1.2 and two percent on all residential houses without making a distinction between owner-occupied and non-owner...Continue reading
Taxi Fares in Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung May Increase
The Taipei City government’s Public Transportation Office says it is reviewing a proposal to hike taxi fares in Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung. The statement follows calls by the Business Association of Taipei Taxi Transportation to increase fares due to rising fuel costs. Under the plan, the basic rate will remain at 70 NT –...Continue reading
Zony and Yony Perform on the Ellen DeGeneres Show
Dancing twin sisters Yony and Zony have made their second appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in less than week. Dressed in blue motorcycle helmets, denim vests, magenta tutus and colorful stockings – they performed a dance routine to Justin Bieber’s “Baby” with Ellen’s guest DJ tWitch! on Tuesday.Continue reading
Government Responds to Anti-China Riots in Vietnam
Foreign Minister David Lin is calling on the Vietnamese government to protect Republic of China nationals and Taiwan business owners in the South East Asian country following anti-China riots yesterday. Speaking during a press conference earlier, Lin said the island’s trade office in Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to check on the safety...Continue reading
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