Scoop 18 January 2011 Press Release: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Taiwan welcomes Clinton’s cross-strait remarks Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lauding the progress of cross-strait relations and the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement ( ECFA). “We thank the U.S. for its unflagging support...
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The China Post January 5, 2011 The Legislative Yuan ratified yesterday the latest amendment to regulations governing the nation’s health insurance (NHI) program by adopting a dual-track premium system that may raise an estimated additional NT$20.8 billion per year. Lawmakers from the ruling the Kuomintang (KMT), who enjoy a comfortable majority in the parliament,...
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Focus Taiwan 2011/01/03 Taipei, Jan. 3 (CNA) The government urged people to act rationally Monday after amendments to the Civil Servants Retirement Act that took effect on Jan. 1 whirled up an old controversy over the benefits government employees should receive when they retire. The Ministry of Civil Service under the Examination Yuan said...
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The China Post November 18, 2010 TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) will revise regulations governing business visits by Chinese nationals to plug a loophole that allegedly has been taken advantage of by some employers to import cheap Chinese laborers, Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah said yesterday. The revisions will be completed...
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Central News Agency 2010-08-21 Taipei, Aug. 21 (CNA) The government is working on a presentation of evidence to show that imported distilled spirits will never be affected by the recent tax cut on rice wine in Taiwan because the latter is used almost exclusively as a cooking ingredient and is seldom drunk, Ministry of...
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