Former National Science Council minister Cyrus Chu (朱敬一) has been named as the new head of Taiwan’s mission to the WTO, while former minister of foreign affairs David Lin (林永樂) has been appointed as Taiwan’s new representative to the UK, the Presidential Office said yesterday.
In an announcement of new diplomatic appointments, the Presidential Office said Chu is to replace Lai Shin-yuan (賴幸媛), who has resigned as Taiwan’s representative to the WTO.
Meanwhile, Lin, a career diplomat who stepped down as foreign minister on May 20 when President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office, has been appointed as Taiwan’s representative to the UK to succeed Liu Chih-kung (劉志攻), who resigned in May.
As part of the reshuffle under the new Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, Antonio Chiang (江春男), a prominent journalist and political commentator, has been appointed to serve as Taiwan’s representative to Singapore.
His previous posts included deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council and publisher of the weekly Journalist magazine and the Taipei Times.
The Presidential Office also announced that Shieh Jhy-wey (謝志偉), former head of the Government Information Office, will serve as Taiwan’s new representative to Germany.
It will be his second diplomatic posting in Germany, after he served there in that same position from 2005 to 2007 under the previous DPP administration.
In another European posting, Kuo Shih-nan (郭時南), Taiwan’s former representative to Fiji and Singapore, has been appointed as the nation’s top envoy to Greece, the Presidential Office said in its statement.
It said Taiwan’s representative to the Czech Republic, Lu Hsiao-jung (陸小榮), has resigned, but a replacement has not yet been selected.
Three Taiwanese airlines have prohibited passengers from packing Bluetooth earbuds and their charger cases in checked luggage. EVA Air and Uni Air said that Bluetooth earbuds and charger cases are categorized as portable electronic devices, which should be switched off if they are placed in checked luggage based on international aviation safety regulations. They must not be in standby or sleep mode. However, as charging would continue when earbuds are placed in the charger cases, which would contravene international aviation regulations, their cases must be carried as hand luggage, they said. Tigerair Taiwan said that earbud charger cases are equipped
Foreign travelers entering Taiwan on a short layover via Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport are receiving NT$600 gift vouchers from yesterday, the Tourism Administration said, adding that it hopes the incentive would boost tourism consumption at the airport. The program, which allows travelers holding non-Taiwan passports who enter the country during a layover of up to 24 hours to claim a voucher, aims to promote attractions at the airport, the agency said in a statement on Friday. To participate, travelers must sign up on the campaign Web site, the agency said. They can then present their passport and boarding pass for their connecting international
UNILATERAL MOVES: Officials have raised concerns that Beijing could try to exert economic control over Kinmen in a key development plan next year The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday said that China has so far failed to provide any information about a new airport expected to open next year that is less than 10km from a Taiwanese airport, raising flight safety concerns. Xiamen Xiangan International Airport is only about 3km at its closest point from the islands in Kinmen County — the scene of on-off fighting during the Cold War — and construction work can be seen and heard clearly from the Taiwan side. In a written statement sent to Reuters, the CAA said that airports close to each other need detailed advanced
WEATHER Typhoon forming: CWA A tropical depression is expected to form into a typhoon as early as today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday, adding that the storm’s path remains uncertain. Before the weekend, it would move toward the Philippines, the agency said. Some time around Monday next week, it might reach a turning point, either veering north toward waters east of Taiwan or continuing westward across the Philippines, the CWA said. Meanwhile, the eye of Typhoon Kalmaegi was 1,310km south-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point, as of 2am yesterday, it said. The storm is forecast to move through central
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