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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Residential and commercial property transactions rose substantially in Taiwan in the first quarter because of greater transparency in the market, the government said yesterday.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Rotary Club of Taipei 2013 English Speech Contest ended on a high note yesterday, after 40-50 university students nationwide gave speeches in English on community service, global issues, and the millennial generation.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Bank of Taiwan said yesterday that it is planning to send a second batch of NT$25 million (U$833,333) in cash to China under the currency clearing mechanism set up across the Taiwan Strait.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's economy may not be able to grow 3 percent in 2013 after the country reported much worse-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first quarter of the year, an economist said yesterday.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwanese motor and home appliance provider Teco Electric and Machinery Co. will list 300 million Chinese yuan (US$48.4 million) in corporate bonds on the local over-the-counter (OTC) market on May 20, financial adviser HSBC Taiwan said yesterday.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan and New Zealand are closing in on a free trade deal, with substantive talks possibly being completed in June, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Friday.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Train passengers can now pre-order vegetarian meals for their rides, the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) said Thursday.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's HTC Corp. remained one of the world's top 10 smartphone makers in the first quarter despite sliding sales figures, according to local market research firm Digitimes Research.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A Taiwanese fishing boat that was intercepted on May 14 by Vietnamese government vessels on open seas arrived home in Southern Taiwan yesterday, with the skipper saying he was surprised that the boat was not seized by the Vietnamese government.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - In order to make more people familiar with national parks, the Construction and Planning Agency under the Ministry of the Interior (CPAMI) has kicked off the “2013 National Park Week: It's Time for Taiwan National Parks,” which will last through the end of August for a duration of three months, according to a press release issued by the CPAMI.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Construction of a bridge that links the main island of Taiwan's Kinmen County and an isle to its west will restart on May 21 and is expected to improve life for residents of the outlying islands once it is completed in four years.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The investigative team that the government dispatched to Manila, in order to investigate the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guards, returned yesterday after the Southeast Asian country's officials refused to cooperate.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's representative in the United States has maintained that he has clearly explained Taipei's position to Washington in the wake of the ongoing row with Manila over the deadly shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Opposition lawmakers have yet to commit themselves to supporting proposed revisions to the stock gains tax regulation that are set to be reviewed tomorrow.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Several Taiwanese government agencies called on the public yesterday to treat Filipinos in the country well amid rising tensions between the two countries over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel on May 9.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Coast guard personnel who sprayed bullets at a Taiwanese fishing boat last week may have violated rules for dealing with such a situation, Philippine newspapers have reported.
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(ChinaPost.com.tw) - After taking office three months ago, Premier Jiang Yi-huah and his Cabinet members are gearing up to introduce aggressive economic and financial policies to revive the domestic economy, as gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first quarter of the year lagged sharply behind expectations.
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The sacking of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO)'s managing director was due to political interference, health advocates and the Rural Doctors Society said yesterday.
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The Muslim World Conference 2013 will be held at Chulalongkorn University next week. The theme of the event this year is "Competitive Collaboration Strategies and the Common Culture of the Asean Community".
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The Northeastern region's NGO-Cord has issued a statement supporting a rally by the People's Movement for a Just Society (P-move), calling on the government to address grievances faced by the protesters, secretary-general Suwit Kulabwong said yesterday.
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Three Hmong hilltribes from Chiang Mai were arrested at the Chatuchak weekend market and charged with possessing 14.5 million tablets of "ice" worth Bt450 million, police said yesterday.
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The government's ambitious plan to build water and flood infrastructure and management is facing strong opposition from local residents across the North as dam projects in the scheme are expected to adversely affect their villages and livelihoods.
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Six injured as home-made explosive goes off in Narathiwat's Asia Hotel
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GEORGE TOWN: The state government's Thanksgiving rally drew a large crowd of Pakatan Rakyat supporters at the Esplanade, Padang Kota lama here on Saturday.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Supply of clean water in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur is steadily decreasing due to water treatment plants reaching maximum production levels, according to Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas).
