ACCORDING TO PLAN: Officials of the Taiwan High Speed Railway Corp say the first cars will be delivered at the end of the month and construction was on schedule
By Joy Su
In anticipation of the delivery of the first bullet trains from their Japan-ese manufacturer at the end of the month, high-speed railway authorities yesterday reiterated that construction was on schedule and that the service would be inaugurated by October of next year, as promised.

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COMMEMORATION: The mayor wrote a newspaper article to celebrate the May Fourth Movement in which he attacked the DPP's campaign strategies
By Jewel Huang
Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday accused Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of abusing democratic systems and engaging in populism during the presidential election in an op-ed piece in a Chinese-language newspaper. Analysts said it showed that Ma is weak on political discourse and lacks reflection.

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Students from National Taiwan University College of Medicine met yesterday at a news conference to push for Taiwan's accession to the World Health Organi-zation (WHO).

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By Cody Yiu
Although care centers tending the physically and mentally disadvantaged have plenty of vacancies, families are uncomfortable with the idea of sending their loves ones to specialized care, a social welfare group said yesterday.

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Most traditional overseas Chinese groups in the US remain loyal to the Republic of China (ROC), Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission Chairwoman Chang Fu-mei (張富美) said yesterday.

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NEW GENERATION: The 39-year-old official will also be appointed as the party's second deputy secretary, as analysts laud the party's `decisiveness'
By Chang Yun-ping
As part of its series of promotions for young party members to major government and party posts, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday named the 39-year-old Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱), counselor to the Council for Cultural Affairs, as the party's second deputy secretary as well as spokesperson.

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By Lin Chieh-yu
The government confirmed yesterday that the US government is now considering President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) arrangement of appointing Taiwan's representative to Brussels, David Lee (李大維) to serve as the top diplomat in Washington.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Three high-ranking financial and economic Cabinet officials were appointed yesterday while Minister without Portfolio Arthur Iap (葉國興), who caused much uproar and controversy while heading the Government Inform-ation Office (GIO), will become the Cabinet secretary-general once the Cabinet reshuffle has been finalized, Premier Yu Shy-kun announced yesterday.

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By Jimmy Chuang
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-People First Party (PFP) alliance yesterday submitted a mandatory NT$60-million deposit to the Taiwan High Court to assist in funding the presidential election recount, which is scheduled for May 10.

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By Debby Wu
The internal struggle within the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Justice Alliance faction heated up yesterday as a legislator-at-large from the alliance, Cheng Kuei-lien (鄭貴蓮), accused the faction's secretary-general, DPP Legislator Tsai Huang-liang (蔡煌瑯), of preventing Cheng and her husband, former interior minister Yu Cheng-hsien (余政憲), from running in the legislative election.

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China sent eight warships to Hong Kong to display its naval might, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday.

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Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Iinstitute, was a special assistant to former US president Ronald Reagan. During a visit to Taiwan this week, he talked to 'Taipei Times' staff reporter Stephanie Wen about cross-strait relations, the importance of better communication with the US and tensions following the presidential election.

Taipei Times: What is the Bush administration's view of President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) re-election?

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