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Too little, too late

Taipei Times Editorial

It appears that the government does not operate efficiently enough to prevent the further deterioration of an already dire economic situation. The Cabinet said on Saturday that it would take one month to come up with stimulus packages substantial enough to lure investment from overseas Taiwanese businesspeople.

The timetable was unveiled about three weeks after the Cabinet launched a series of economic forums in an attempt to produce effective measures to boost the economy and get it back on track.

Thousands protest media monopoly

Taipei Times

Participants in a protest in Taipei yesterday against media monopolies hold up signs and shout slogans demanding media professionalism, an apology from the Want Want China Times Group and supervision by the National Communications Commission.
Photo: CNA

Thousands of journalists, students, academics and social activists yesterday took to the streets in Taipei to protest against monopolization of the media and demanded that the National Communications Commission (NCC) help break monopolization of the media.

“No to monopolization of the media, protect professionalism in media,” thousands chanted as they marched from Want Want China Times Group (旺旺中時集團) headquarters to the NCC headquarters in Taipei.

Impossible to overlook politics in Chen’s case

Hsu Yu-fang 許又方

In response to requests that former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) be released from jail for medical treatment, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) remarked a few days ago that it is a legal issue and not a political one. I am sure the majority of rational people will agree with this. However, we really should ask whether Ma has really viewed the developments in the Chen corruption case from a purely legal perspective.

It would seem that he has not. Ma has interpreted the law to meet his own interests, saying that releasing Chen for medical treatment is tantamount to medical parole and that would be letting him off the hook.

UN human rights chief urged to make Tibet "urgent priority"

Phayul.com

DHARAMSHALA, August 31: A global movement of Tibet advocacy groups has written an open letter to United Nations human rights chief, Navi Pillay, urging her to make Tibet an “urgent priority” in her second term in office, as the self-immolation toll in Tibet crossed 50 this month.

The International Tibet Network, a global coalition of 185 Tibet advocacy groups, while congratulating Pillay on the renewal of her mandate for two years beginning September 1, expressed deep concerns over her failure to speak out forcefully on the human rights situation in Tibet.

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