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Nobel conference hits a snag

PUBLIC RELATIONS FIASCO In what could be a major embarrassment, the foreign ministry is refusing to fund an upcoming conference involving six Nobel prize winners

By Lindy Yeh  /  STAFF REPORTER

"Due process has been followed. When the vice president presented her oral report to the president, she was received by the president with the Secretary-General to the Presidential Office Yu Shyi-kun. When the vice president presented her `paper of initiation' to the president, he give a written answer by instructing the secretary-general to inform the Cabinet to study the feasibility of the convention. The Cabinet thereby deliver an official note, dated July 17, to MOFA to evaluate the possibility of sponsorship.'' Kuo said.

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