Thursday, June 20, 2013
President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that the government's decision to set a threshold for tuition-free education was made out of necessity, but once the government has sufficient funds it will abolish the threshold to ensure free education for all.
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) pronounced his trip to the United States and Canada as tedious but “worth it” upon his return yesterday.
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The cross-strait representative office bill should not be passed today if equal visitation rights are not included in the proposal, said main opposition party legislators yesterday.
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Scholars from Taiwan and China called yesterday for cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait on long running territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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Ahead of the signing of a service industry trade agreement by cross-strait counterparts this Friday, governing bodies and trade associations yesterday staged a seminar, in an attempt to explain the purpose of the deal to the public.
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![]() | A Taiwanese fishing boat was hit by an unidentified merchant vessel off the port of Keelung yesterday and all six of its crew have been rescued, officials said that day.
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Prosecutors indicted a woman surnamed Lu yesterday for forceful entry, intimidation and damages after she was arrested for allegedly slapping and kicking a foreign male student from Switzerland over a one-night stand.
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The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested 13 people on suspicion of running a loan-sharking operation in Taoyuan, officials said yesterday.
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