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Fewer foreign residents in Taiwan last year: MOI

Sunday, 31 January 2010 09:23 Taipei Times

The number of foreign residents in the country declined last year, mainly because of a drop in the number of foreign workers in the manufacturing sector, the Ministry of the Interior said on Friday.

Ministry statistics showed that there were 552,792 foreign residents in Taiwan at the end of last year, down 6,508 from the previous year.

US considers WTO action over Taiwan beef dispute

Saturday, 30 January 2010 08:27 Taipei Times

The US will consider appealing to the WTO to resolve the row with Taiwan over US beef imports, Deputy US Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis said on Thursday in Washington.

Speaking at the Center for Strategic International Studies, Marantis said the Taiwanese legislature’s about-face on imports of US beef had “effaced sound science and effaced the protocol Taiwan and the US had negotiated,” and that he was very disappointed with the outcome.

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228 Memorial and Bian Casters Gathering on Feb. 28th, 2010

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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei mayoral candidate Sean Lien, second right, lays flowers at the bust of his great-grandfather Lien Heng in the 228 Memorial Park in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei mayoral candidate Sean Lien’s (連勝文) failure to pay his respects to victims of the 228 Massacre while visiting the 228 Memorial Park yesterday has sparked fierce controversy.

Lien visited the park to pay his respects to historical figures that he said are considered to have made great contributions to the nation.