PROMISES: Cheng Jei-cheng said his ministry would protect the rights of Taiwanese students while opening Taiwan up to Chinese students and holders of Chinese diplomas
By Flora Wang
The Ministry of Education said yesterday it had completed preliminary plans allowing Chinese students to attend local universities and to grant recognition of Chinese education credentials, adding it had also prepared full supplementary measures to ensure the rights of Taiwanese students.

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COMPLAINTS: Both DPP and KMT lawmakers were unhappy with last week’s protests, with the DPP calling security measures excessive and repressive
By Loa Iok-sin
Under fire from both the opposition and the governing parties over security measures during Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin’s (陳雲林) visit, Minister of the Interior Liao Liou-yi (廖了以) and National Police Agency (NPA) Director-General Wang Cho-chiun (王卓鈞) insisted at the legislature yesterday that the police had done nothing wrong.

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By Flora Wang
Mainland Affairs Council Spokesman Liu Te-shun (劉德勳) dismissed speculation yesterday that China had barred its officials from visiting Taiwan because of the demonstrations against Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin (陳雲林) last week.

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By Ko Shu-ling
Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) said last night that he expected to be detained today when he responds to a subpoena to testify in court because he believes President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has ordered his detainment. Chen, however, stressed that he would exercise his right to remain silent.

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By Shelley Huang
Legislators from across party lines yesterday criticized Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yeh Ching-chuan (葉金川) for the department’s inability to secure compensation for Taiwanese firms affected by the melamine scandal but he promised to have China’s Duqing Co provide test results within three days.

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By Jimmy Chuang
Yunlin County Commissioner Su Chih-fen (蘇治芬), who launched a hunger strike on Tuesday, was discharged from hospital at her own request yesterday and escorted back to the detention center where she is being held in connection with a corruption case.

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MBI KIT: Costing about half the price of its imported counterpart, the local institute's molecular breast imaging kit had proven as effective, a researcher said
By Meggie Lu
The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) yesterday touted its success in developing a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical treatment that is not only low-cost, but also offers much better diagnostic results for the structurally dense breast tissues of Asian women.

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By Shelley Huang
Doctors warned yesterday that normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test results are not a guarantee that a person is cancer-free.

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'ACADEMIC'?: An aviation safety official denied it was a preparatory meeting for a cross-strait flight safety pact, saying it was not authorized to deal with political issues
By Shelley Shan
In the wake of last week's agreement between the Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait on increasing the number of cross-strait charter flights, officials from the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) met representatives from China's Office of Aviation Safety yesterday to discuss differences in handling aviation issues.

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By Flora Wang
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) announced yesterday it would honor Sima Samar, chairwoman of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, with its 2008 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award for her dedication to improving the status of women in Afghanistan.

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