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Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) A group of Filipino migrant workers gathered in front of the Control Yuan in Taipei on Monday, calling for an investigation into the handling of their complaints to the local government labor office in Kaohsiung.

About 5.49 million households yesterday lost power in one of the nation’s largest power disruptions since 2017 due to a switch malfunction at Kaohsiung’s Hsinta Power Plant (興達電廠), the Ministry of Economic Affairs said. The incident sent the power plant offline, leading to a circuit malfunction at the Longqi Extra High Voltage Substation (龍崎超高壓變電所), which caused several power plants in the south to shut down. About 10.5 million kilowatts was lost during the incident, ...

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Annual sales generated by a group of technology industrial parks in central and southern Taiwan supervised by the Ministry of Economic Affairs reached a new high last year on the back of strong global demand for high-tech gadgets, the ministry said on Monday. Data compiled by the Export Processing Zone Administration showed that revenue posted by firms in the parks in Taichung, Kaohsiung and Pingtung County totaled NT$465.6 billion (US$16,69 billion), up 16 percent from 2020. It was the first ti...

JDI Taiwan Inc (JDIT, 台灣晶端顯示), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Display Inc, yesterday received the government’s approval to invest NT$500 million (US$18.08 million) to set up a subsidiary in Kaohsiung focusing on display module design and marketing. The display supplier’s move came after it last month sold its local manufacturing arm, Kaohsiung Opto-Electronics Inc (KOE, 高雄晶傑達光電科技), to contract electronics maker Wistron Corp (緯創) for ￥8.58 billion (US$7...

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Contract electronics manufacturer Wistron Corp (緯創) plans to invest NT$10 billion (US$356.95 million) in manufacturing facilities at Kaohsiung’s Cianjhen Technology Industrial Park (前鎮科技園區), the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said yesterday. The investment would mainly go toward making automotive and related components, the ministry said in a statement. It is expected to create 7,000 jobs and generate NT$50 billion in annual output value within five years, the ministry a...

Apple Inc’s local manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) yesterday began weekly testing of staff coming to its headquarters in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District (土城), the first company in the city to screen employees for COVID-19. Hon Hai, known globally as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), said that most of its employees are already working from home, but “several hundred” of them have to be on site, such as research and development pers...

Taiwans export processing zones aiming for 5% production value growth 03/01/2021 05:03 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Workers take off a sign reading "Nanzih Export Processing Zone" ahead of the name change. CNA photo Feb. 24, 2021 Taipei, March 1 (CNA) Taiwans export processing zones generated NT$400 billion (US$14.36 billion) in production value last year and have set their sights on an annual 5 percent growth in 2021 after they are ...