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Referendum committee should go

Taipei Times Editorial

The latest controversy surrounding the Referendum Review Committee highlights the need to do away with the committee, whose existence has long been unnecessary.

A meeting had been scheduled for Monday to review the Taiwan Solidarity Union’s (TSU) proposal for a referendum on the cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). However, the low number of committee members present at the meeting caused it to be called off, and instead an e-mail was sent to solicit opinions from the members about logistical issues and whether public hearings should be held on the TSU’s proposal.

Heavy rains cause damage in south

Taipei Times

Torrential rain that began on Monday night damaged roads and bridges in central and southern Taiwan yesterday, affecting areas hit by Typhoon Morakot last year particularly badly.

The Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) said it had closed 11 highways and bridges nationwide because of dangerously high river levels or landslides.

Method to Ma’s blind madness

Liberty Times Editorial

Ever since President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) took office, he has pursued a pro-China policy that has caused concern throughout Taiwan because we have effectively placed our independence and sovereignty in the hands of his administration. During the two years he has been trying to sell the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) to the public, he has consistently said that he would safeguard everything that needs safeguarding and assured us that the deal was purely economic in nature and would not effect Taiwan’s autonomy. He also promised that he would not discuss the issue of unification with China during his presidency.

Carrier leads joint US-Korean drills

Taipei Times

A nuclear-powered US supercarrier led an armada of warships in exercises off the Korean peninsula yesterday that North Korea has vowed to physically block and says could escalate into nuclear war.

US military officials said the maneuvers, conducted with South Korean ships and Japanese observers, were intended to send a strong signal to the North that aggression in the region would not be tolerated.

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