Taipei, May 6 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian denied Tuesday allegations that he is implicated in a nearly US$30 million diplomatic fraud scandal that came to light May 1.
Chen made the statement, his first since the exposure of the embarrassing scandal, in a press release issued by the Presidential Office amid mounting pressure from the public for him to acknowledge his alleged part in the case.
President Chen Shui-bian (right) receives U.S. Representatives Solomon
Ortiz (center) and Steve Chabot (left) at the Presidential Office
Wednesday. Ortiz arrived here Jan. 5 for a six-day visit while Chabot
arrived here Jan. 8 for a four-day visit.
CNA photo, Jan. 9, 2008
Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Trade and economic relations across the Taiwan Strait will be the top concern of the National Security Council (NSC) in the first year of the incoming Kuomintang (KMT) administration, the NSC secretary-general-designate said Sunday.
Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Incoming Economic Affairs Minister Yiin Chii-ming said Sunday the new government will deal with fuel and electricity pricing issues first while keeping water prices intact for the rest of this year.
Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Incoming President Ma Ying-jeou should help stop the marketing of a new cigarette launched by Taiwan's state-run tobacco company that targets women and girls, a local anti-smoking group said Sunday.
All Taiwanese tourists still stranded in Siem Reap, Cambodia, will be flown home tomorrow by a charter flight of Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT). < Full Story >
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