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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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Retired Taiwan Power Co technician Lee Kuei-lin, left, accompanied by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tien Chiu-chin, yesterday explains the seriousness of recent accidents at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant at the legislature.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

Cracks of up to 30cm have been found on the core shroud of the No.1 reactor at the idled Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Wanli District (萬里), New Taipei City (新北市), an Atomic Energy Council official has confirmed.

Civic groups yesterday warned against reactivating the plant.

In addition to unsettled concerns about cracked anchor bolts at the reactor, Green Consumers Foundation chairman Jay Fang (方儉) revealed that two cracks were found on welded parts of the core shroud, which Fang said could lead to disaster if the reactor is reactivated without repairs.