Following the legislature’s approval of the third reading of the Act Governing the Handling of Ill-gotten Properties by Political Parties and Their Affiliate Organizations, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Administration and Management Committee director Chiu Da-chan on Wednesday last week reported to the party’s Central Standing Committee on the impact the legislation will have on the party.
After listening to the report, KMT Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu remarked that, “July 25, 2016, we will remember this day.” She said that this was a day of infamy for Taiwan’s democracy and that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had exploited its majority in the legislature to ram through the act, adding that it is an unconstitutional, illegal, unjust and draconian law that runs counter to the spirit of democracy.
Hung also said that the DPP, with its complete control of the government, had forced through this draconian act on the handling of ill-gotten properties in order to ruthlessly exterminate the KMT and to settle old scores, and that they can rob us of our assets, but they will never deprive us of our ideals and our courage. (CNA, TRANSLATED BY EDWARD JONES)
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立法院三讀通過政黨及其附隨組織不當取得財產處理條例,國民黨中常會上週三由行管會主委邱大展報告對國民黨的影響。
洪秀柱聽取報告後說,「中華民國一0五年七月二十五日,我們會記得這一天」,這是台灣民主蒙羞的一天;民進黨挾國會多數,強行通過政黨及其附隨組織不當取得財產處理條例,這是違憲、違法、違逆民主精神且不公不義的惡法。
洪秀柱說,全面執政的民進黨,對國民黨趕盡殺絕、清算舊帳,強行通過政黨及其附隨組織不當取得財產處理條例惡法;財產可以被掠奪,但理想與勇氣不會被剝奪。(中央社)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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