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NPP urges abolishing Red Cross law


New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming, second right, holds up a document during a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

The Legislative Yuan should consider abolishing the Red Cross Society Act of the Republic of China (中華民國紅十字會法) to clarify the Taiwan Red Cross’ relationship with the government, New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) said yesterday.

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China deploying missiles in Paracels


A Chinese HQ-9 surface-to-air missile launcher is pictured at the 2014 Airshow China in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.
Photo: CNA

The Ministry of National Defense is keeping abreast of developments amid reports the Chinese military has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to Woody Island (Yongxing Island, 永興島) in the South China Sea, spokesman Major General David Lo (羅紹和) said yesterday.

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Democratic Progressive Party caucus whip Ker Chien-ming, center, and his colleagues yesterday hold a press conference to criticize the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) for passing the buck for an ongoing legislative deadlock.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) is set to announce the party’s plan to initiate a no-confidence motion today against what it described as Presdient Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) administration’s destruction of the Constitution and political destabilization.

Su plans to skip the Double Ten National Day ceremony and to make the announcement at a press conference titled: “Action for democracy. No-confidence motion for the people,” DPP spokesperson Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) said after the party’s weekly Central Standing Committee meeting yesterday.