Shuinan Economic News Today

Commercial property transactions last quarter gained 14.3 percent from three months earlier to NT$31.32 billion (US$1.12 billion), while land deals jumped 15.8 percent to NT$77.5 billion, propelled by demand for commercial and industrial office spaces, as well as factories, Cushman & Wakefield Taiwan (戴德梁行) said yesterday. In the first three quarters of the year, commercial property deals totaled NT$105.07 billion, already surpassing the figure for the whole of last year, the local b...

Taichung MRT lines complete review Staff writer, with CNA Early stage reviews of two additional lines of the Taichung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) railway have been completed, even as the service on the only completed line, the Green Line, remains suspended, Taichung officials said on Thursday. The Taichung Transportation Bureau called on the public to be patient while safety issues discovered shortly after passenger service on the line started in November last year are solved. The Green Line conn...