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Employers turn to middle-aged workers as Taiwan population ages 02/13/2021 10:20 AM CNA File Photo Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Employers in Taiwan are increasingly turning to middle-aged and senior workers as the country ages rapidly, on the back of a shrinking population caused by a falling birth rate. In 2020, Taiwan registered negative population growth for the first time, with 173,156 deaths versus 165,249 births, according to tallies published by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) in January. By...

Taiwan cycling and sporting goods fairs go online 02/08/2021 05:45 PM Image courtesy of TAITRA Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) Taipei Cycle and the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO), which showcase Taiwans bicycle products and sporting goods, will be held digitally in March rather than on-site, the organizer said Monday. In a statement, the Taiwan Trade External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said Taipei Cycle Online & TaiSPO Online will be held March 3-31, allowing international buyer...

Migrant labor broker held for providing usurious loans 02/04/2021 09:56 PM CNA photo Feb. 4, 2021 Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) A Taiwan national who owns a number of migrant labor broker firms is under detention for illegally profiting from foreign workers by providing them with usurious loans, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) reported on Thursday. The man, identified by his family name Huang (黃), allegedly charged illegal usurious interest rates on the NT$780 million (US$27.85 million) he has...

No LPG product price hikes in February: CPC 02/01/2021 07:45 PM CNA file photo Taipei, Feb. 1 (CNA) State-run oil supplier CPC Corp. Taiwan announced on Monday that it will not raise prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products for households or industrial use in February as the Lunar New Year holiday approaches. Prices for liquefied petroleum gas in cylinders for household, food stand and restaurant use, and propane, butane and propane- butane mixtures for industrial use and LPG for autom...

Taipei, Feb. 1 (CNA) Lin Chi-Hung (林奇宏) assumed office as the president of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) on Monday and promised a blueprint for the newly merged university on its inauguration day.

More than 37% of vendors unlawfully sell cigarettes to teens: report 01/26/2021 10:46 PM CNA file photo Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Teenagers in Taiwan can easily buy cigarettes at 37.1 percent of stores across the country that sell the item, even though it is illegal, a government commissioned report that inspected 660 businesses has found. The randomly selected businesses included grocery stores, internet cafes, convenience stores and other sellers nationwide, said the Consumers Foundation, which w...

GoShare scooters now available for rent in Kaohsiung 01/22/2021 12:10 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) GoShare Taiwan Ltd., a subsidiary of electric scooter maker Gogoro Inc., has entered the scooter rental market in the southern port city of Kaohsiung. The first fleet of 700 rental scooters -- Gogoro 2, Gogoro 3 and Gogoro Viva models -- has been stationed in Kaohsiung as part of an effort to gain a bigger share of...

Taiwanese American Kelu Chao named acting head of U.S. federal agency 01/22/2021 03:34 PM Kelu Chao (image source: insidevoa.com) Washington, Jan. 21 (CNA) Taiwanese American journalist Kelu Chao has been appointed as interim CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the White House announced Thursday. Chao, a news executive at Voice of America (VOA), will replace Michael Pack, who resigned as head of the USAGM at the request of U.S. President Joe Biden shortly after the new leader took ...

Taipei, Jan. 21 (CNA) A plan to launch electronic identification cards has been suspended until a specific law has been established as a legal basis to govern the matter, the Executive Yuan announced on Thursday.

Taipei, Jan. 21 (CNA) Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. announced on Thursday that it has launched a new unsupervised learning Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm that effectively cuts inspection manpower at some of its plants.