Taipei, Dec. 1 (CNA) Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted two Vietnamese migrant workers who overstayed their visas and two Republic of China (Taiwan) citizens for illegally logging and processing illegal timber from a protected tree species.
Taipei, Aug. 13 (CNA) The research and development (R&D) of drones is crucial in enabling the nation to achieve self-reliance while strengthening its asymmetric defense capabilities, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Saturday as she inaugurated a government-run drone R&D facility in Chiayi County.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday touted the government’s programs for families at the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Taiwan Women Leadership Forum in Chiayi County’s Taibao City (太保).
Organizers from the party’s department of women’s affairs said that more than 200 women attended forum, which started on Friday and was designed to help prepare volunteers for the Nov. 26 local elections.
About one-third of them are “new Taiwanese,” women from other countries who now live in Taiwan, they said.
Su said that under President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), the government has implemented policies to increase support for women and families, including raising wages, cutting taxes
The Cabinet is this week to discuss revisions to land rights and property brokerage laws with Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers, to attach an exclusionary clause to a proposed ban on the transfer of presale housing contracts.
The concession came after industry representatives protested the proposed ban, saying that it would punish buyers who have to terminate contracts due to financial, occupational or family reasons.
The Cabinet is to hold a final discussion on the bill drafted by the Ministry of the Interior that aims to curb short-term property speculation, specifically about the transfer of presale housing contracts, which require small amounts of
Judicial authorities yesterday placed the owner of Ching Song Lohas Tech-Agriculture Inc (青松樂活科技農業公司) and his wife on an international fugitive list for allegedly defrauding banks and investors.
Prosecutors charged Lu Cheng-yen (呂政諺), 42, and his wife, Chang Hsiu-lan (張秀蘭), 43, with embezzlement, fraud and breach of trust after the company went bankrupt and the pair fled abroad in April last year, the Investigation Bureau said in a news release yesterday.
The couple first boarded a flight to China, then headed to the US with about NT$162.3 million (US$5.64 million at the current exchange rate) in embezzled funds, bureau officials said.
The officials said