Following conflict and then compromise, the Cabinet finally sent the Cabinet Organizational Act (行政院組織法) amendment bill stipulating 14 ministries and seven other agencies to the legislature for deliberation. The original act, which stipulated eight ministries and two agencies, was passed in 1947. Since then, the world has changed beyond recognition, and though the Cabinet has set up various commissions, the 1947 act still applies.

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By Honigmann Tsai-lung Hong 洪財隆
Although calls for relaxation of restrictions on two-way investment between Taiwan and China are becoming de rigueur, concerns remain about how far and how fast the ban should be lifted. Other concerns include the nature of the international capital, the structure of China's foreign investments and the cross-strait relationship.

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By Tung Chen-yuan 童振源
Negotiations on a cross-strait peace agreement can not be completed overnight. Only with the "2005 consensus" as a basis can we gradually build mutual trust and benefits and push for stable cross-strait peace development.

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A quaint prediction made more than 60 years ago -- that the world would only need a handful of computers -- is starting to be taken seriously
By Nick Carr
In the early 1940s, IBM president Thomas Watson reputedly said: "I think there is a world market for about five computers."

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By Tom Raum
At first glance, the resounding defeat of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's party in parliamentary elections might seem a setback to the US battle against terrorism.

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By Huma Qureshi
Ethical and climate change funds that claim to be socially responsible are failing to invest in companies that support the environment, a new study claims.

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The Hong Kong entertainment world scandal this Lunar New Year over the spread of Edison Chen's (陳冠希) sex photos on the Internet has revealed as much -- or more -- about the media and the public as about Chen and his ex-girlfriends. It is alleged that the computer shop that Chen had sent his laptop to for repair somehow managed to get ahold of the pictures and posted them on the Internet.

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I would like to express my sympathy for Edison Chen. I don't think he is terribly wild, or sex-crazed, or any other such thing. In reality, he is a handsome, single man, who dates beautiful, single girls, who happen to be celebrities.

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Edison Chen, though a victim himself, is a celebrity who can never be a "role model."

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