ICRT Taiwan news

Another amusing collection:

A Toronto-based Taiwan official accused of writing defamatory articles about Taiwan and the Taiwanese people has been demoted ... and could face further punishment. A hearing was held this morning for the information division chief of Taiwan's representative office in Toronto Guo Guan-ying ... after it was alleged he wrote blog articles using an alias in which he referred to people here as Taiwanese rednecks. Afterwards ... G-I-O deputy director Xu Qiu-huang said that Guo is being called back and demoted ... and that a disciplinary committee will consider further punishment. *** The Minister of Foreign Affairs says an initial report about a possible trade pact with China will be ready in about 3 months. Yin Qi-min says the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement is currently in various stages of study. He says a report on the E-C-F-A's estimated effects on Taiwan's GDP, local industry, and other stimulus measures will be presented within a few months. Meanwhile, a public hearing on the trade deal will be held some time during the next week to week and a half. *** According to a survey by the National Zhong-zheng University, last year people in Taiwan lost a total of 155 billion NT in fraud cases, outstripping their losses in theft for the first time. The survey has also shown that of all the criminal cases, fraud is the only one category that is on the rise. But the National Police Agency suggests the University study numbers may be seriously exaggerated. *** A group of pro-independence supporters went to the C.K.S. Memorial this morning to show their displeasure with the former ROC president Chiang Kai-Shek. The hundred or so protesters shouted get rid of the devil ... and long live Taiwan independence. The main hall with a huge seated statue of Chiang had been locked shut ahead of the arrival of the protesters ... who then proceeded to paste paper charms to exorcise the devil on the side of the building. The current administration has decided to rename the complex to the C.K.S. Memorial ... after the previous administration had changed it to Taiwan Democracy Memorial.