The Taiwan High Court yesterday overturned its previous verdict and ruled in favor of the Ministry of Transportation and Communica-tions in its argument with the Broadcasting Corp of China (BCC,
In 2004, the ministry began attempts to retrieve the ownership of the eight plots, located on Mintsu Road, from the BCC.
The eight tracts are estimated to be worth about NT$1.05 billion (US$33 million).
The ministry argued that BCC's ownership of the land went against the Civil Code and National Property Law and BCC's registration of the land was done illegally.
The Banciao District Court in 2005 ruled against the ministry in the first case and that decision was upheld by the Taiwan High Court. But the Supreme Court last March asked the high co t to rehear the case.
"We will appeal," BCC counsel Lee Yun-ran (
Joseph Lin (
"They [BCC] began to `act' as the owners of the land after that date," Lin said.
Lee, however, rebutted that claim, saying that the change of registration in 1985 was approved by then-premier Yu Kuo-hua (俞國華).
"The registration was legal and approved by the Cabinet," Lee said.
Lee said BCC "purchased" the eight plots from the government.
"The total cost of the eight pieces of land was deducted from the government's annual fund for broadcast business. All the evidence was retrievable," Lee said.
A sea warning for Typhoon Champi could be issued as early as Wednesday night, possibly followed by a land warning on Thursday night or Friday, as the storm approaches Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. The typhoon is expected to have its greatest impact on Taiwan on Friday and Saturday, bringing heavy rain to central and northern Taiwan and to Yilan and Hualien counties in the east, CWA forecaster Liu Pei-teng (劉沛滕) said. As of 2pm yesterday, Champi was about 2,470km east-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost tip, moving westnorthwest at 20kph. It had maximum sustained winds of 191kph and a
EAST OF GUAM: Tropical Storm Champi is forecast to strengthen into a typhoon, but its effect on Taiwan is uncertain due to the presence of a high-pressure system Tropical Storm Champi formed yesterday and has the potential to increase in strength, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Forecasters are closely monitoring a Pacific high-pressure system that would dictate whether the storm turns north or moves toward Taiwan next week, the CWA said. The most likely scenario is that it turns northward after passing the Ryukyu Islands, CWA forecaster Cheng Chieh-jen (鄭傑仁) said. As of 8pm yesterday, Champi was east of Guam moving west-northwest at 20kph, CWA data showed. It had maximum sustained winds near the center of 72kph and gusts of up to 101kph, the data showed. If the Pacific high-pressure system
ORIGINS: A Taiwanese doctor practicing in Japan said he no longer needed to cover the nationality label on his license with a sticker, as it used to confuse his patients Starting this month, Taiwanese professionals working in Japan can list “Taiwan” as their place of origin following Tokyo’s easing of rules on “nationality” in official licensing documents. The change was announced yesterday by the Japan-Taiwan Friendship Parliamentarians’ League in Tokyo. The license revision covers 322 professions, including doctors and nurses. Previously, Taiwanese had to list “China” as their nationality on professional certifications and licenses, but the new rules updated the “nationality” to “nationality and region” or “nationality, etc,” allowing Taiwanese to use the name “Taiwan.” The league held a meeting about the revision at the House of Representatives Members’ Office Building in Tokyo
US-made M1A2T Abrams tanks are to participate in a major military exercise for the second time, when the Lien Yung exercise (聯勇操演) begin next month, a military source said yesterday. The army’s 584th Armored Brigade, which operates the US-built tanks, has already transported them to the Joint Operations Training Base in Pingtung County for the drills from late next month to December, the source said. During the month-long joint military exercise in southern Taiwan, the tanks’ crew would test their combat coordination, said the source, who asked not to be named. The M1A2T Abrams tanks were included in a major Taiwanese military exercise
RSS