Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Premier-designate Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) on Saturday named former Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) as interior minister and Deputy Minister of Culture Hsiao Tsung-huang (蕭宗煌) as director of the National Palace Museum (NPM).
Taipei, Aug. 15 (CNA) Taiwan has secured the right to host the Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) 2023, which aims to facilitate a digital economy in the region, the Institute for Information Industry (III) said Monday.
Taipei, Aug. 5 (CNA) Minister Without Portfolio Audrey Tang (唐鳳) has been picked to head the new Ministry of Digital Affairs which comes into being on Aug. 27, Cabinet spokesperson Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said Friday.
The Ministry of Digital Affairs is to be launched on Aug. 27, with Minister Without Portfolio Audrey Tang (唐鳳) serving as its first minister, Executive Yuan spokesman Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said yesterday.
The new ministry is to promote interdisciplinary cooperation in digital services, complete and apply the “Data for Social Good” system and facilitate technology and data democratization.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University associate engineering professor Chiueh Her-ming (闕河鳴) and iPass Corp chairman Lee Huai-jen (李懷仁) are to serve as political deputy ministers.
Tang must relinquish her minister without portfolio duties before assuming the position, Lo said, adding that her successor would
Taipei, July 20 (CNA) Visiting European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer on Wednesday urged China to cease intimidation that she feared would change the status quo in the cross-Taiwan Strait relations, during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).