President Chen Shui-bian (
"When I served as a legislator my aides made mistakes, such as miscalculating figures or misplacing decimal points at times," Chen said.
"I always encouraged them not to be afraid of these experiences because I would be able to help them improve," Chen said.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has responded to DPP attacks regarding KMT Chairman and presidential candidate Lien Chan's (
A DPP campaign booklet focusing on Lien's real estate holdings said that Lien owned 699.45 hectares of land and apartments in Taipei. In a second version of the booklet, the figure was changed to 699.45 kungmu. The KMT says that the second figure is inflated as well because it is expressed in the wrong unit, and it should in fact be 699.45m2.
The Presidential Office yesterday sponsored a gathering at which the president welcomed incoming members of the Second Presidential Office Fellows corps, who will work as volunteers in public affairs over the coming year.
Chen praised the young generation for its creativity and vision, which he said are the driving force behind bringing progress to the government and the country.
"During my time as a legislator, I never ignored my aides' proposals or their suggestions, even ones that weren't mature," Chen said. "I read what they wrote with a sense of respect and tried my best to derive maximum benefit from their ideas."
Chen said that many talented young people have assisted him in his political career.
A total lunar eclipse coinciding with the Lantern Festival on March 3 would be Taiwan’s most notable celestial event this year, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said, urging skywatchers not to miss it. There would be four eclipses worldwide this year — two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses — the museum’s Web site says. Taiwan would be able to observe one of the lunar eclipses in its entirety on March 3. The eclipse would be visible as the moon rises at 5:50pm, already partly shaded by the Earth’s shadow, the museum said. It would peak at about 7:30pm, when the moon would
DEFENSE: The US should cancel the US visas or green cards of relatives of KMT and TPP lawmakers who have been blocking the budget, Grant Newsham said A retired US Marine Corps officer has suggested canceling the US green cards and visas of relatives of opposition Taiwanese lawmakers who have been stalling the review of a proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.7 billion) special defense budget. The Executive Yuan has proposed the budget for major weapons purchases over eight years, from this year to 2033. However, opposition lawmakers have refused to review the proposal, demanding that President William Lai (賴清德) first appear before the Legislative Yuan to answer questions about the proposed budget. On Thursday last week, 37 bipartisan US lawmakers sent a letter to Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), the heads
A New York-based NGO has launched a global initiative to rename the nation’s overseas missions, most of which operate under the name "Taipei," to "Taiwan Representative Office (TRO)," according to a news release. Ming Chiang (江明信), CEO of Hello Taiwan, announced the campaign at a news conference in Berlin on Monday, coinciding with the World Forum held from Monday through Wednesday, the institution stated in the release. Speaking at the event, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Jie (黃捷) said she believed this renaming campaign would enable the international community to see Taiwan
Two siblings in their 70s were injured yesterday when they opened a parcel and it exploded, police in Yilan said, adding the brother and sister were both in stable condition. The two siblings, surnamed Hung (洪), had received the parcel two days earlier but did not open it until yesterday, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taiwan, police said. Chen Chin-cheng (陳金城), head of the Yilan County Government Police Bureau, said the package bore no postmark or names and was labeled only with the siblings’ address. Citing the findings of a
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