THE GRADUATES: The premier commended all members for their service, while Shieh Jhy-wey said the DPP would do better when it regains power
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) led his 76 Cabinet members in resigning yesterday, beginning the process of ending eight years of rule by the administration of outgoing President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁).

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By Ko Shu-ling
Government officials may have to reimburse lost state funds if they are found to have been negligent in handling their duties, the head of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday.

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The new overseas appointments of two witnesses in a high-profile dollar-diplomacy scandal are routine personnel rotations and have nothing to do with the case, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

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Four airports have been picked to accommodate the planned weekend charter flights between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the minister-designate of transportation and communications said yesterday.

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TWO-WAY RACE: Outgoing DPP Chairman Frank Hsieh stressed the need for the party to examine itself anew and for the winner to work to regain the public's trust
By Ko Shu-ling
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday urged the two candidates vying for the party's top job to refrain from using factional issues to attack each other and to denounce any party member who uses media outlets to curry favor with the candidates.

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By Mo Yan-chih and Ko Shu-ling
President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) office dismissed rumors it had encountered difficulties in the transfer of power because of President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) reluctance to hand over classified documents.

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BY STEPS: One respondent said that admitting Chinese students would benefit both countries, though an incremental approach would be more appropriate
By Jenny W. Hsu
More than 90 percent of Taiwanese college presidents believe that Chinese students should be allowed to study here, a survey of 110 college and university presidents showed yesterday.

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By Meggie Lu
"Energy efficiency is the key to our future, there are no awards of this kind in the world, yet work in renewable energy technologies is extremely important," said Michael Nobel, the great-grandnephew of Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel.

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By Flora Wang
Kaohsiung City's plan to build a pop music center on two piers of Kaohsiung Harbor may fail as the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau has yet to hand over the land to the city government, months after President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) announced the facility's location.

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