Taipei: Taiwan’s consumer price index in January rose 0.69 percent from a year earlier, slower than the 1.3 percent year-on-year growth recorded in December, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Thursday.
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Taipei: The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) on Wednesday announced its 21 “priority” legislative bills, including its own version of a national defense special act, which caps arms spending at NT$400 billion (US$12.66 billion) through 2033, and requires t…
Taipei: Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) denounced the “1992 Consensus” as a framework aimed at annexing Taiwan, following a political meeting between China’s fourth-ranking official Wang Huning and Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen…
Taipei: Taiwanese scooter manufacturers reacted positively to a Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) announcement that it plans to allow enclosed-cabin scooters on public roads as soon as the second half of this year.
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Taipei: An NT$6 (US$0.19) food delivery fee turned into a NT$10 million windfall for one lucky individual in Taiwan’s November-December uniform invoice lottery, as revealed by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Wednesday. This minimal expenditure was th…
Tainan: Tourist train “Shanlan” (or Mountain Mist) arrived at Tainan Station on Wednesday ahead of its new route, which will run between Tainan and Changhua County starting April 3. Operated by Taiwan Railways Corp. (TR) in conjunction with Lion Trave…
