MARKING PROTEST: Without a ban, Taiwan would be an accomplice in exploiting Uighurs, an advocate said, adding that ethnic cleansing should never be allowedBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff writer, with CNA
Business travelers should not have to quarantine for seven days after an overseas trip as the nation has been easing quarantine requirements for people infected with COVID-19, New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) said yesterday.
Business travelers are presently required to quarantine for seven days and practice self-health management for another seven days, the same as for other arrivals.
The NPP has proposed that business travelers should only be required to practice self-health management for seven days.
The party yesterday set up a hotline for business travelers to voice what they need.
Chiu invited an entrepreneur surnamed Lee (李) to the
By Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin / The GuardianLegislators on Thursday debated changing legal limits on name changes, after some of the hundreds of people who legally altered their name to “Salmon” in return for free sushi reportedly became stuck with it.
Legislators on Thursday debated changing legal limits on name changes, after some of the hundreds of people who legally altered their name to “Salmon” in return for free sushi reportedly became stuck with it.
In March last year, restaurant chain Sushiro ran a promotion offering free all-you-can-eat sushi for a whole table to anyone with the Chinese characters for salmon, gui yu (鮭魚), in their name. In what was later dubbed “salmon chaos,” 331 people took part, paying a nominal administration fee to legally call themselves names including “Salmon Dream” and “Dancing Salmon.”
At the time the government was critical of the
While Taiwan has not been included in the new US-led Indo-Pacific economic initiative, the economic and trade relationship between Taipei and Washington would only deepen, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) told a meeting of the legislature’s Economics Committee yesterday.
“There is definitely something new” that the two sides can work out to strengthen bilateral relations, Wang said, adding that Taiwan has received majority support in the US Senate and House of Representatives.
Wang cited US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s remarks on Sunday that even though Taiwan had not been invited to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), Washington still