Assembly law should be changed: Ma
GATHERERS:
Students have demanded that amendments be made so organizers would only need to notify the police of planned rallies, rather than having to apply for permits
By Ko Shu-ling
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday that he was in favor of amending the Assembly and Parade Law (集會遊行法), but added that it was up to the legislature to decide whether to do so.
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FEATURE: Shipping industry representatives are mixed on results of cross-strait talks
By Shelley Shan
While government officials called the agreement signed between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) on Nov. 4 as “a big step forward” in cross-strait trade relations, industry representatives said the results were not quite what they had expected.
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INTERVIEW: Kaohsiung teachers to battle on
A referendum on decreasing the class sizes in Kaohsiung City’s elementary and junior high schools failed on Saturday. Chairman Yu Chu-cheng of the Kaohsiung Teachers’ Association (KTA), which started the referendum, sat down with Taipei Times staff reporter Flora Wang and talked about what could have caused the defeat
By Flora Wang
Taipei Times: You previously said the KTA planned to continue to push the agenda; could you elaborate?
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Japan seizes Taiwanese fishing boat in Miyakos
A Taiwanese fishing boat was detained by the Japanese coast guard close to Japan’s Miyako Islands on Saturday, the Council of Agriculture’s Fisheries Agency said yesterday.
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Teenagers speak out on multiple suicide deaths
SOBERING STATISTICS:
The latest figures show that 21 children have been killed so far this year at the hands of parents driven to commit suicide, with another 36 injured
By Loa Iok-sin
Several teenagers spoke out yesterday against parents who take their children’s lives while committing suicide and pleaded with adults to think twice before doing so.
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FEATURE: POW returns to scene of torment
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN:
Walter Kirkby survived three brutal years of forced labor in a Japanese POW camp in Taiwan during World War II. Many of his comrades did not
By Ko Shu-ling
When Walter Kirkby was incarcerated at the Japanese prison camp in Jinguashi (金瓜石) during World War II, one of the rare happy moments was singing a song composed by one of his fellow prisoners of war (POWs).
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Parents name child ‘Taiwan’ as gesture of thanks to medics
The parents of a baby in Nauru named their child “Taiwan” recently to express their gratitude to the healthcare assistance the country has extended to the Nauruan people, the International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) said yesterday.
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Survey shows that one student out of four is overweight
By Shelley Huang
One out of every four students in junior high school and high school is overweight, doubling their risk of diabetes, a recent survey conducted by the Department of Health (DOH) found.
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Taiwan News Quick Take
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