There is no reason to lose confidence in the nation's high-tech development in light of the investigation into United Microelectronics Corp's (UMC) possible involvement in the Chinese semiconductor start-up He Jian Technology (Suzhou) Co, officials of the National Science Council (NSC) said yesterday.
The Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park remains the driving force behind the nation's economy, with annual sales last year reaching a record high of NT$185.9 billion (US$5.9 billion), the officials said.
NSC Vice Chairman Chi Guo-chung (
"I don't see any problem in this case. We still have a better environment for investment and superior engineering brainpower. Taiwanese can be confident that the park is still the most powerful engine for Taiwan," Chi said.
The industrial park's director-general James Lee (
"I do not believe that UMC exported facilities to China, because our office received no proposal about transferring facilities or property," Lee said.
High-ranking NSC officials told the media yesterday that they had questioned UMC chairman Robert Tsao (
The industrial park's administration said yesterday that the NT$185.9 billion in sales last year represented growth of 27 percent year-on-year. They attributed this to outstanding performance in the global semiconductor industry.
The administration predicted that the park's sales for this year would amount to between NT$110 billion and NT$120 billion on the back of the opening of new thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) firms.
Chen Ming-huang (
Sales of microchip companies climbed 32 percent to NT$744.1 billion. The telecommunications division grew by 10 percent and computers by 3 percent. The number of firms in the park increased by 4 percent last year. By the end of last year, there were 384 firms, with a total of 115,477 employees.
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