■EDUCATION
NTU’s Lee back on the job
National Taiwan University president Lee Si-chen (李嗣涔) returned to work yesterday after suffering a minor stroke. Lee was welcomed by teachers and students of the university as he walked into his office. He was rushed to the National Taiwan University Hospital on July 13. Lee, who was scheduled to discuss academic exchanges with Zhou Qifeng (周其鳳), president of Beijing University, was diagnosed as having suffered a minor stroke. Lee said his busy schedule could have caused the stroke and urged teachers to pay attention to their health.
■SOCIETY
IWAT holds coffee matinee
The International Women’s Association in Taichung (IWAT) welcomes members and non-members to join its monthly coffee morning on Aug. 26 from 10am to12pm. All those who are interested are asked to bring a dish to share. Established in 1984, IWAT is a non-profit, volunteer organization that meets on a regular basis to assist local charities, provide community services and share information about Taichung with its members. To RSVP and for directions, call Lesley at 0955-418-046.
■EVENTS
Food festival announced
The British Trade & Cultural Office will hold its “2009 British Food Festival” with City Super supermarket from Aug. 22 through Sept. 4 to introduce new British food and drinks products to Taiwanese customers. More than 100 new products imported from the UK, including drinks, sauce, tea, biscuits and chocolate with selective flavor, will be offered, the office said. The food festival will be presented in three locations of City Super supermarket, SOGO BR4, the Mall and Tianmu Sogo Department Store.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
‘WORSE THAN COMMUNISTS’: President William Lai has cracked down on his political enemies and has attempted to exterminate all opposition forces, the chairman said The legislature would motion for a presidential recall after May 20, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday at a protest themed “against green communists and dictatorship” in Taipei. Taiwan is supposed to be a peaceful homeland where people are united, but President William Lai (賴清德) has been polarizing and tearing apart society since his inauguration, Chu said. Lai must show his commitment to his job, otherwise a referendum could be initiated to recall him, he said. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Lai has failed to fulfill his
A rally held by opposition parties yesterday demonstrates that Taiwan is a democratic country, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that if opposition parties really want to fight dictatorship, they should fight it on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a protest with the theme “against green communists and dictatorship,” and was joined by the Taiwan People’s Party. Lai said the opposition parties are against what they called the “green communists,” but do not fight against the “Chinese communists,” adding that if they really want to fight dictatorship, they should go to the right place and face
A 79-year-old woman died today after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Taoyuan, police said. The woman, identified by her surname Wang (王), crossed the tracks even though the barriers were down in Jhongli District’s (中壢) Neili (內壢) area, the Taoyuan Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said. Surveillance footage showed that the railway barriers were lowered when Wang entered the crossing, but why she ventured onto the track remains under investigation, the police said. Police said they received a report of an incident at 6:41am involving local train No. 2133 that was heading from Keelung to Chiayi City. Investigators
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