Taipei, July 31 (CNA) The National Museum of History (NMH) will launch a new series of exhibitions in August, ranging from displays of old jades and seal carvings to a special exhibition on the birds that inhabit the Kenting National Park and the impact upon them of climate change. Taiwanese antique collectors and jewelry creators [...]

Taipei, July 31 (CNA) A 2-day invitational surfing contest, which has attracted more than 150 competitors from around the world, will be held Aug. 1 at Wushi Harbor in Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan, the county announced Friday. The surfing contest is one of the activities in the second Yilan International Rain Festival, which began [...]

Taipei, Aug.1 (CNA) Taiwan’s residents should minimize water consumption as the country’s reservoirs are drying out, water resources officials warned Saturday. Because of less-than-usual rainfall this summer, water levels at major reservoirs around Taiwan have fallen to alarmingly low levels, said Chen Shen-hsien, director-general of the Water Resources Agency under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. [...]

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. has set its revenue goal for this year at NT$183.4 billion (US$5.5 billion at US$1:NT$33) and that for 2014 at NT$191.3 billion (US$5.7 billion), with projected after-tax net income for this year being NT$4 per share. Taiwan’s No.1 telecom carrier recently called an executive conference to map out strategies for corporate [...]

According to industry executives, Nvidia and AMD-ATI have placed more orders with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for its 40-nanometer process since the beginning of this quarter, and the two graphic-chip vendors say TSMC has significantly improved the yield rate of the leading-edge process. Insiders point out that the two graphic-chip vendor had been discontented [...]

Global shipments of large-sized (over-10-inch) thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels hit a new monthly high of 46.7 million units, up 8% MoM and 24% year-on-year (YoY), according to DisplaySearch, a display market researcher and consultant.In terms of units shipped, LG Display (formerly LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.) led with a 24.5% market share, followed [...]

Two major drug manufacturers in Taiwan recently reported good news related to new products. United Biomedical Inc. Asia (UBI Asia) recently announced that its newly developed vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease has been allowed by the Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan to do first-phase human clinical tests.UBI Asia said that the global Alzheimer patients totals [...]

Taipei, July 31 (CNA) Air carriers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have begun to cut fares in anticipation of the imminent opening of regularly scheduled direct cross-strait flights, airline sources said Friday. Taiwan’s leading carriers — China Airlines and Eva Airways — announced new lower fares earlier that day, including a Taiwan-Shanghai direct [...]

Taipei, July 31 (CNA) Taiwan’s share prices closed higher Friday, with the weighted index, the market’s key barometer, advancing 50.6 points, or 0.72 percent, to close at 7,077.71. Following the rally of international stock markets, the local bourse opened higher Friday at 7,111.15 and fluctuated between 7,132.11 and 7,044.7 during the day’s trading session. A [...]

Taipei, July 31 (CNA) The desire of Taiwan’s office workers to find side jobs has soared to its highest level in four years, reflecting growing income insecurity amid the economic downturn, according to the results of a survey released Friday. The survey was conducted jointly by online employment broker Pan Asia Job Bank and www.jcase.com.tw, [...]