<strong>Feb. 21 to Feb. 27</strong>
By the end of February 2000, Taiwan’s mobile phone users had surpassed those with landlines. It was a quick surge for the industry, as just three years prior the coverage rate was 7 percent, according to the 2001 book Covering the Sky with One Hand: The Telecommunications Wars between the Four Heavenly Kings (隻手遮天: 大哥大四天王的電信大戰) by Peng Shu-fen (彭淑芬).
By the end of 2000, it was at 75 percent.
“Although the battle for the mobile phone market was fierce, compared to other foreign markets, [Taiwan’s] developed quite rationally,” Peng writes. “Unlike Hong Kong, for example, there was
In Taiwan, as in many other countries, larger enterprises are required by law to publish annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports which detail their impact on society and the environment. Cynics often dismiss CSR programs as greenwashing, virtue signaling, or PR stunts, and a growing number of businesses are embracing the B Corporation movement in order to win third-party recognition for their efforts to do the right thing.
More than 4,300 businesses in 77 countries have obtained B Corp (the B stands for “benefit”) status since the movement launched in Philadelphia in 2006. These enterprises operate in 153 different industries and,
Taichung land values to increase 1.48%
REPORT: The land values for the city’s 29 administrative districts would be mostly flat or slightly raised next year, except for Beitun District, which would see an increase of 7.12%
By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter
Government-assessed land values in Taichung would increase annually by an average of 1.48 percent next year, with the value of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store’s (新光三越百貨) in Xitun District (西屯) remaining the highest in the city for the 15th consecutive year, the Taichung Land Administration Bureau said.
The land value of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi’s Zhonggang (中港) outlet would rise to NT$665,000 (US$23,342) per square meter, or NT$2.2 million per ping (3.3m2), up 0.92 percent from NT$2.18 million per ping this year, the bureau said in a statement on Friday.