Presidential election 2008: 20 days to go: Ma aims to net Olympic tourists
GOING VISA-FREE:
Promising cross-strait flights and a NT$30 billion fund to develop the nation's tourism, Ma pledged to drive the tourism industry forward
By Mo Yan-chih
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday proposed developing the nation's tourism market by providing visa-free or visa-upon-arrival services to attract visitors to the upcoming Beijing Olympics via direct flights if he is elected later this month.
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Presidential election 2008: 20 days to go: Chen Shui-bian joins Frank Hsieh on the presidential hustings
A-BIAN IN ON THE ACTION:
The president started to canvass voters for Hsieh at a rally in Taipei yesterday, as well as in Taichung County, Taichung and Miaoli County
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday shared the stage with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) and he called on supporters of "A-bian," Chen's nickname, to campaign for Hsieh.
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Presidential election 2008: 20 days to go: Party representatives debate referendums at CEC
By Loa Iok-sin
At a televised presentation held by the Central Election Commission yesterday, the representative from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) urged voters to support both UN referendums that are to take place on March 22, while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) representative said that the DPP's referendum would damage the nation's international image and voters should only support the KMT's version.
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Presidential election 2008: 20 days to go: JCI Taiwan urges voters to boycott the referendums
The Junior Chamber International Taiwan (JCI Taiwan) urged the public yesterday to boycott the two upcoming referendums on the country's bid to join the UN, which are set to be held alongside the March 22 presidential election.
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Poll highlights tourism hotspots
POSTCARDS:
The East Rift Valley was determined to be vacationers' favorite spot, but Beitou Cape and Turtle Island were the most visited because of their proximity to cities
By Hsu Ming-rong and Jenny W. Hsu
When Robert Chen (程安賢) came back to Taiwan two years ago after living in the US for 26 years, he did not expect Taiwan would be so beautiful -- until his four-day vacation in the Hualien-Taitung area last week.
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Use of traditional Chinese signs growing in Japan
By Hsu Min-jung and Cheng Hsu-kai
Representatives of the tourism industry said that as more Taiwanese tourists have visited Japan in recent years, scenic spots there have increasingly been displaying traditional Chinese on their signs.
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Taipei No. 1 'Monopoly' wildcard
ITS OWN SQUARE:
The first phase of the vote for the first 20 cities to be featured on the board game is now closed. There's a week left to choose the remaining two
By Loa Iok-sin
After making it to the wildcard race, Internet voters worldwide will determine in the next week whether Taipei will appear on the world edition of the popular board game "Monopoly" released later this year.
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FEATURE: Civil servants' vacation subsidy could be nixed
By Shelley Shan
Civil servants working at the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) formed their own workers' association last Saturday, with its founding chairman, Ku Sung Mao (古松茂), vowing that his No.1 priority was to cancel the issuance of National Travel Cards.
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Hurt by high speed rail, domestic air carriers drop routes
Three carriers suspended four routes in the domestic air travel market yesterday, mainly as a result of poor business because of fierce competition from the high speed rail, which launched operations at the beginning of last year.
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Go solar, presenter says
FOLLOW THE SUN:
Gerhard Knies said the desert offers 700 times the amount of energy needed to support the expected global population of 10 billion in 2050
By Meggie Lu
The future of clean energy lies in deserts around the world, where sunlight is abundant and opportunity costs are relatively low, said a key presenter at an international forum in Taipei yesterday on ending global warming.
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INTERVIEW: Lack of will, decision-making hinder action to curb global warning: Dunlop
By Meggie Lu
"Let's start with the big picture and talk about the extent of global warming," the secretary-general of the e-Parliament, Nicholas Dunlop, said on Friday as he prepared to host an anti-global warming public parliamentary forum in Taipei yesterday.
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PRC's lack of transparency jeopardizes disease control
The lack of transparency in China's epidemic disease information mechanism has jeopardized Taiwan's disease prevention and control efforts, Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Liu Te-shun (劉德勳) said yesterday.
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