Friday, November 20, 2009
President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) won't be put into practice if the contents of the pact fails to clear the legislative floor. |
Vice President Vincent Siew said yesterday that the biotech and medical care industries will play a critical role in Taiwan's economic development. |
The government will adopt a policy of increasing supply of apartments on the market rather than using financial or other measures to stem the continuing rise in housing prices. |
Taiwan's economics ministry denied a newspaper report that it rejected an application submitted by a group led by Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy the local unit of American International Group Inc. |
The government is going to ease restrictions for Taiwan screen panel makers to invest in China as long as they keep their focus on the island, a local newspaper yesterday quoted Premier Wu Den-yih as saying. |
Taiwan has seen a decline in speculative capital from overseas, central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan said, more than a week after the island's financial regulator banned foreigners from placing funds in time deposits. |
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will hold four trade fairs in China in 2010 to promote Taiwanese name brand products, Huang Wen-rong, deputy secretary of TAITRA, said Thursday. |
Arabica beans from Central America will be among the highlights of the Taipei Tea, Coffee and Wine Expo 2009 slated to open Nov. 20 at Taipei World Trade Center. |
State-owned Lank Bank of Taiwan is mulling setting up more footholds in China after the signing of a memorandum of understanding on financial regulatory cooperation between Taiwan and China, a bank official said yesterday. |





