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Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) on Monday expressed concern upon learning that self-service baggage drop systems at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s Terminal 1 contain software made in China.
Lin is right to be concerned, as thousands of international flights pass through the terminal every year. Baggage-drop systems collect identifying information about passengers and their travel itineraries. Software within the baggage system could potentially transmit this information to China, which could allow authorities there to know when individuals of interest Taiwanese politicians, foreign dignitaries, democracy activists, Chinese dissidents are leaving or arriving in Taiwan, and where they are
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications, along with the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC), should consider applying for provisional attachments against Jiong De Construction to prevent the company from liquidating its assets, New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) said yesterday.
On April 1, a Southeast Cement Corp silo in Kaohsiung that Jiong De was dismantling fell and knocked down a transmission tower, causing a power outage and suspending railway services, which affected more than 126,000 passengers.
The government must launch a review of safety measures for construction projects near traffic systems, and regulations
Taipei, April 7 (CNA) Taiwan's two major rail transport services will seek a total of NT$78.63 million (US$2.73 million) in compensation from a cement company for train service disruptions caused by a power outage due to the company's faulty demolition work in the southern city of Kaohsiung on April 1, Transportation Minister Wang Kuo-tsai (王國財) said Thursday.
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC) and the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) are collectively seeking restitution of nearly NT$79 million (US$2.7 million) from Southeast Cement Corp for disrupting railway service on Friday last week, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) told a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
The day before the nation was to observe a four-day Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend, a cement storage facility at the company’s Kaohsiung plant collapsed and crushed an electric tower. Power supply to the high-speed rail system was subsequently cut off, crippling train operations between Tainan and Kaohsiung’s Zuoying Station.
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