MA YING-JEOU MAGIC: Financial and construction stocks performed particularly well, and the NT dollar continued to gain against the greenback on post-election optimism
By Lisa Wang
The stock market rallied yesterday by nearly 4 percent as investors snatched up financial and construction stocks, which are expected to benefit from president-elect Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) plan to allow Chinese to invest in the property market.

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Bhutan brought down the curtain on a century of absolute monarchy yesterday, as the king's subjects went to the polls to elect the remote Himalayan nation's first democratic government.

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By Flora Wang
During a meeting with American Institute in Taiwan Director Stephen Young, president-elect Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday he hoped to visit the US before his inauguration.

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Eighteen Ukrainian sailors were feared dead yesterday after they were trapped underwater in their capsized tugboat in Hong Kong for nearly two full days amid strong currents, rescue officials said.

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BEST LAID PLANS: Meticulous security planning on the part of the Beijing and Athens governments failed to avoid embarrassment during the televised ceremony
Three men from a free-press group ran onto the field of the stadium in Ancient Olympia during yesterday's flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Games, evading massive security aimed at preventing such disruptions in the wake of China's crackdown in Tibet.

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