Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (
Taiwan Post began to issue stamps marked with the name "Taiwan" in February after it changed its name from Chunghwa Post as part of the government's name-change campaign.
Ma yesterday reiterated his vow to put the nation's official title back on stamps if he wins the election.
He also said, however, that he would take public opinion into consideration before taking similar action to restore the official name elsewhere.
"It's against the regulations of the Universal Postal Union to change the name on stamps before the nation's name is changed," Ma said during an interview with UFO radio.
When asked to comment on the government's name-change campaign -- which included renaming Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall -- Ma condemned the government for confusing both citizens and foreigners with the campaign.
"I will deal with the name-change issue seriously if elected and listen to public opinion before making a decision to restore the title ROC in some contexts," he said.
In response to the government's decision to relax a limit on the height of buildings within a 3km radius of the runway of Taipei's Songshan Airport, Ma yesterday shrugged off concerns that the measure could disqualify the airport from handling cross-strait flights and promised to allow the airport to provide cross-strait flights if elected president.
He further promised to relax the cap on Taiwanese investment in China.
"The government should not manipulate political issues and ideology and become an obstacle to economic development," Ma said later during a visit to Neihu Technology Park.
If Songshan Airport serves cross-strait flights, more companies would establish headquarters or research centers in Taiwan while setting up factories in China, Ma said, as it would only take one-and-a-half hours to fly from Taipei to Shanghai.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 7pm yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the temblor was at sea, about 69.9km south of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 30.9km, it said. There were no immediate reports of damage resulting from the quake. The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was highest in Taitung County’s Changbin Township (長濱), where it measured 5 on Taiwan’s seven-tier intensity scale. The quake also measured an intensity of 4 in Hualien, Nantou, Chiayi, Yunlin, Changhua and Miaoli counties, as well as
Credit departments of farmers’ and fishers’ associations blocked a total of more than NT$180 million (US$6.01 million) from being lost to scams last year, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed. The Agricultural Finance Agency (AFA) said last week that staff of farmers’ and fishers’ associations’ credit departments are required to implement fraud prevention measures when they serve clients at the counter. They would ask clients about personal financial management activities whenever they suspect there might be a fraud situation, and would immediately report the incident to local authorities, which would send police officers to the site to help, it said. NPA data showed
ENERGY RESILIENCE: Although Alaska is open for investments, Taiwan is sourcing its gas from the Middle East, and the sea routes carry risks, Ho Cheng-hui said US government officials’ high-profile reception of a Taiwanese representative at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference indicated the emergence of an Indo-Pacific energy resilience alliance, an academic said. Presidential Office Secretary-General Pan Men-an (潘孟安) attended the conference in Alaska on Thursday last week at the invitation of the US government. Pan visited oil and gas facilities with senior US officials, including US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and US Senator Daniel Sullivan. Pan attending the conference on behalf of President William Lai (賴清德) shows a significant elevation in diplomatic representation,
The Taipei MRT is to begin accepting mobile payment services in the fall, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp said on Saturday. When the company finishes the installation of new payment units at ticketing gates in October, MRT passengers can use credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, the operator said. In addition, the MRT would also provide QR payment codes — which would be compatible with Line Pay, Jkopay, iPass Money, PXPay Plus, EasyWallet, iCash Pay, Taiwan Pay and Taishin Pay — to access the railway system. Currently, passengers can access the Taipei MRT by buying a single-journey token or using EasyCard,
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