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‘Freedom’ key amid Dalai Lama plans


The Dalai Lama, left, shakes hands with New Power Party Legislator Freddy Lim in Dharamsala, India, on Monday.
Photo: Yang Heng-hui, Taipei Times

The Legislative Yuan will always welcome people from any country if they are willing to help spread democracy and freedom, Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) said yesterday in response to reports that the Dalai Lama was enthusiastic about a possible return to Taiwan.

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HK activists celebrate vote victory


Student leader Nathan Law, center, celebrates on the podium after his win in the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: Reuters

A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing yesterday became lawmakers for the first time in a result likely to rattle China.

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Tsai stresses commitment to reforms


President Tsai Ing-wen, second row, sixth left, poses for a picture with the attendees at the Youth Policy Forum’s national conference at the Ministry of Education in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday reiterated her administration’s commitment to pension reform, saying that she will take full responsibility for its effects, following a protest on Saturday against the government’s planned reforms.

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Cronyism crippling the young: groups

A group of lawyers and civic groups yesterday said that if the “cronyism in the finance sector and judiciary” that began under the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) persists, young people — who are facing the concentration of capital, impoverishment and a low birth rate — risk becoming a “crumbled generation.”

Lawyer Fan Jen-yu (樊仁裕) said that the finance sector has hired people from the former administration to be their “door gods.”

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Newsflash

The Constitution of the Republic of China (ROC) is beset with problems when it comes to authorizing powers to central and local governments, Taiwan Society president and historian Chang Yen-hsien (張炎憲) said yesterday, adding that the nation needs a referendum on writing a new constitution and stressing that the existing Referendum Act (公民投票法) must be amended to do so.

Chang made the remarks as Scotland’s historical independence referendum took place, to decide whether it would leave the UK and become an independent nation.