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Aboriginal advocates demand name rights By Chien Hui-ju / Staff reporter Aboriginal rights advocates yesterday protested in Taipei, demanding that their names be written in the Roman alphabet on identification cards and official papers, and that Chinese versions of their name be dropped. At the protest in front of the Ministry of the Interior, demonstrators urged the government to amend regulations that require a Chinese name and an Aboriginal name in the Roman alphabet on identification cards and official documents. A restaurant chain recently had a big promotion for people whose names co...

2021/03/17 17:28 (Facebook, 爆料公社 photo) (Facebook, 爆料公社 photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Several Taiwanese reportedly have changed their names to “salmon” (鮭魚) in order to qualify for free sushi offered by a restaurant. The incident prompted the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to remind the public on Wednesday (March 17) that a person can only change their name three times and that a miscalculation will result in the name becoming permanent. For a short window, a well-known conveyor belt sushi restaurant i...