Taipei, Dec. 9 (CNA) Representatives of Taiwan and China at the Cross-Strait CEO Summit (CSCS) agreed that the two sides should cooperate on developing electric and autonomous vehicles, according to a statement released by Taiwan's CSCS on Friday.
ISSUES RAISED: The sale of the newspaper involves freedom of the press, national security, protection of data and workers’ benefits, the Ministry of Culture saidBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Culture should look into allegations that the new owner of the Apple Daily’s local branch is planning to transfer sensitive data to a new platform, Economic Democracy Union convener Lai Chung-chiang (賴中強) said yesterday.
A source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said employees of the news Web site would soon be offered contracts so they could resume their work.
Singaporean entrepreneur Joseph Phua (潘杰賢) is to become the Web site’s new owner on Sept. 1. He is expected to offer Apple Daily employees contracts through his newly established local firm Long Cheng Creative Co Ltd (龍丞創意).
Lai said the
The Economic Democracy Union think tank yesterday filed a judicial complaint against two executives of the Taiwanese edition of the Apple Daily news Web site, accusing them of breaching the Personal Data Protection Act (個人資料保護法).
Apple Online, the sister Web site of Hong Kong’s now defunct Apple Daily newspaper, said on Wednesday last week that it has been sold and the handover completed.
The change of ownership has prompted concern from critics, who said the government should ensure that Apple Online does not fall into the hands of foreign owners backed by Chinese capital.
Joseph Phua (潘杰賢), a Singaporean entrepreneur who co-founded 17LIVE,