FESTIVE OUTLOOK: Temperatures are expected to rebound throughout the nation, with warm weather forecast for the Mid-Autumn Festival long weekendBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
‘FOREVER MISSED’: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe had planned to visit Taiwan and address the legislature, Legislative Speaker You Si-kun said/ Staff writer, with CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday ordered public institutions to fly the nation’s flag at half-mast tomorrow to honor former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was killed on Friday after being shot during a campaign event in western Japan.
All Taiwanese flags at government buildings and public schools across Taiwan will be flown at half-mast for one day to honor Abe’s decades-long contributions to promoting bilateral ties between Taiwan and Japan, Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said in a statement.
The move is also intended to show that Taiwan stands with Japan in firmly defending freedom and democracy, Chang said, adding
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
Government-funded influenza vaccines are from today to be offered to people who have not been vaccinated against flu in the past six months, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.
The campaign would run until the stockpile of doses is used up, the agency said.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said that approximately 5.62 million doses of government-funded flu vaccines had as of Tuesday been administered since the fall of last year.
As about 91.9 percent of the vaccine stockpile has been used up, eligibility for the about 490,000 doses remaining would be expanded, he said.
Those who have not