Focus Taiwan 2011/05/31 May 31 (CNA) Vice President Vincent Siew, who has announced not to run alongside President Ma Ying-jeou in next January’s election campaign, said Tuesday he will keep advising the president as a “private friend” after retiring in May next year. Meeting the media to announce his retirement plan, Siew, 72, said...
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Focus Taiwan 2011/05/31 Hong Kong, May 31 (CNA) Responding to the clouding agent scandal unfolding in Taiwan’s food and beverage industry, the Hong Kong government will broaden the scope of its inspection of products imported from Taiwan, a Hong Kong official said Tuesday. Hong Kong will widen its investigation into five categories of products...
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Focus Taiwan 2011/05/31 Taipei, May 31 (CNA) Less than 30 percent of Taiwan’s young men and women were able to save their first pot of gold, a figurative name for their first NT$1 million, before turning 30, according to the results of a poll released Tuesday.   
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Focus Taiwan 2011/05/31 Taipei, May 31 (CNA) U.S.-based Google Inc. announced Tuesday it will build a research and development center in Taiwan for its Chrome operating system exclusively, as part of the search giant’s effort to promote the emerging platform in business and educational markets. Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome at Google,...
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The China Post June 1, 2011 As a testament to the complexity and scope of the plasticizer contamination crisis, the first day of nationwide inspections of food and beverages for tainted goods was punctuated by confusion for both businesses and inspectors. The government declared yesterday the deadline for ridding the nation of products containing...
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