Foreign nationals eligible to receive the NT$3,600 in government-issued consumer vouchers but whose names do not appear on the official roster must notify the National Immigration Agency (NIA) by today to qualify for the vouchers, the agency said on Monday. All qualified foreign spouses, including those from China, who have not claimed their vouchers must [...]

Taipei’s plan to be an international metropolis is a trilogy, namely to host the 21st Summer Deaflympics in September, the International Gardening & Horticulture Exposition in November 2010 and to join the Shanghai World Expo in May 2010, says Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-pin in a press conference held on Monday. “More than 4,000 deaf athletes [...]

Taiwan property prices will continue to decline through to the end of this year, according to a government survey. The property-market leading indicator, which gauges conditions for the coming three quarters, dropped 1.96 percent in the three months to December, the third consecutive decline, the Ministry of the Interior said in a report Monday. “Right [...]

The Cabinet-level Sports Affairs Council (SAC) said on Monday that it respected a decision by pool star Wu Chia-ching to choose Singapore citizenship. Wu was just one of several Taiwanese sports champions to complain about government neglect of local athletes’ career development. The main point of concern is that young athletes have to put their [...]

Taipei, March 31 (CNA) A government-initiated campaign that urges young people to maintain a “dynamic lifestyle” and keep active has seen some measure of success in its efforts to encourage students to walk to and from school, according to Ministry of Education (MOE) statistics. The MOE launched the campaign in 2005, then expanded it last [...]

Taipei, March 31 (CNA) The Taipei Zoo has recently delivered a Formosan wild boar, the first of the animal endemic to Taiwan bred under a preservation program the zoo has been working on in cooperation with National Taiwan University to keep the pure strain of the boar. Zoo Director Jason Yeh announced Tuesday that the [...]

Taipei, March 31 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan passed an amendment to the Employment Insurance Act Tuesday to introduce a subsidy for workers on unpaid parental leave to take care of children under three years old. All workers who have joined the insurance program for at least one year when they take parental leave are eligible [...]

Taipei, March 31 (CNA) A food bank run by the Department of Social Affairs under the Taichung city government was inaugurated Tuesday, with assistance from over 80 charitable organizations based in the central Taiwan city and the first distribution of aid materials set for May. Department director Chang Kuo-hui presided over the opening of the [...]

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said on Monday that the country was in the process of signing extradition treaties with Washington and Beijing, adding that he hoped other countries would follow suit. In light of difficulties in bringing suspects to trial, Ma said Taiwan was negotiating with Washington on signing an extradition treaty. The country also [...]

Representatives from the Taiwanese and Chinese militaries will meet this summer in Hawaii in their first formal exchange since the two sides split amid civil war six decades ago, the Chinese-language United Daily News reported on Monday. The report said that the militaries will take part in a workshop on regional security and crisis management [...]