WORDS OF WISDOM: Congratulating the winners of a recent competition, Lu warned that their success now was no guarantee of greatness in the future
By Ko Shu-ling
Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) yesterday inadvertently made a discouraging remark to a group of children when she received win-ners of this year's International Mathematics and Science Olympiad competition.

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TOUGH JOB: Chen Chu has a long history as a social and human rights activist; now she has to prove her worth as an administrator who can work with her opponents
By Flora Wang
A chubby, smiling woman with curly hair that resembles an Afro is the image that usually comes to mind when one mentions Democ-ratic Progressive Party (DPP) Kaohsiung mayor-elect Chen Chu (陳菊).

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ACCUSATIONS: Morley Shih said he would ask the prosecutors' office to investigate DPP charges of unpatriotic behavior against Chang Hsi-huai
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Minister of Justice Morley Shih (施茂林) yesterday said that the prosecutors' office would look into allegations of unpatriotic behavior against the prosecutor in charge of the "state affairs fund" case.

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ASK THE TAIWANESE: Ian Williams stressed that Taiwan's future should be decided by its people, not by a government which is banking on military might
A commentary on the "Foreign Policy in Focus" Web site by US-based journalist Ian Williams says that "China's arguments against Taiwanese self-determination are not particularly legal or ethical."

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By Jimmy Chuang
Prosecutors yesterday summoned another eight close aides of Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) for questioning over the alleged misuse of the mayor's special allowance.

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EXCEPTIONS: The Ministry of the Interior has not set any limit on the number of Chinese allowed into Taiwan for economic, educational, cultural or technological exchange
The Ministry of the Interior has come up with a draft table of quotas for various categories of Chinese citizens to be allowed to stay or settle in Taiwan annually as part of efforts to control population growth, officials said yesterday.

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By Max Hirsch
When Tsung Ching-i (宗景宜), executive director of the Syin-lu Welfare Foundation, gave birth to her severely mentally handicapped child 30 years ago, she had no clue how hard it would be to raise such a child.

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Doctors are prescribing redundant and excessive levels of medicines for children, according to the results of a survey released yesterday by the Taiwan Health Reform Foundation.

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INAPPROPRIATE: One legislator claimed that billions in NHI funds are used in activities that should have been paid for by other agencies
By Angelica Oung
The National Health Insurance's (NHI) new president and CEO Chu Tzer-ming (朱澤民) faced legislators for the first time yesterday to answer some tough questions at a legislative budgetary meeting.

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By Max Hirsch
National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Chairman Chen Chuan-shou (陳全壽) insisted on resigning yesterday while attending a meeting of the legislature's Education and Culture Committee.

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■ Politics
KMT to act on Hsu
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