Taipei, March. 4 (CNA) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Pei-hui (蔡培慧) on Saturday defeated the Kuomintang's (KMT) Lin Ming-chen (林明溱) in a legislative by-election in Nantou county, widely considered a much-needed boost for the ruling party.
Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Taiwan's government and lawmakers proposed several potential changes this week to the public holiday calendar and the guidelines for how it is set, following criticism over a cluster of six-day work weeks caused by holiday "make-up" days.