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Ministry approves Kuan’s appointment

Taipei Times

Minister of Education Yeh Jiunn-rong holds a news conference in Taipei yesterday to announce the ministry’s decision to approve the appointment of National Taiwan University professor Kuan Chung-ming as the university’s president.
Photo: CNA

The Ministry of Education yesterday said it would appoint National Taiwan University (NTU) professor Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) as the university’s president according to its election result, but asked the school to review within three months a procedural flaw and other issues that arose during the election process.

Premier views pig fever measure

Taipei Times

Premier William Lai, second right, speaks at a pig farm in Taichung’s Cingshuei District yesterday.
Photo: Ou Su-mei, Taipei Times

Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday inspected the disposal of leftover pig food at a hog farm in Taichung and called on farmers and all Taiwanese to join hands to guard against African swine fever.

US should reconsider the status of Taiwan

James Wang王景弘

Few would deny that former minister of foreign affairs Mark Chen (陳唐山) is a member of the pro-Taiwanese independence old guard.

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) would certainly agree that he is — which is why it has blacklisted him — as would independence advocates living in the US, the US government and the US Congress, which he addressed as a representative of World United Formosans for Independence.

Fake news and public ignorance

Chiu Yu-chien 邱宇健

Following the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) disastrous performance in last month’s nine-in-one elections, there has been no shortage of commentators and hacks offering their opinions on where President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration has gone wrong.

Yet, although her government’s performance has not lived up to the public’s expectations, can anyone really say it has done any worse than the administration of former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)?

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