The authorities yesterday denied reports that the upcoming Taoyuan Airport metro express will skip two planned stations at Wugu Township and the Chang Gung Hospital in Linkou Township.

The Taiwan High Court has ordered the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) give NT$270,000 in damages to a woman who was injured in a traffic accident caused by a loose cable belonging to the company, a report said yesterday.

Some 4,600 people participated in a 3,000-meter swim at Shihmen Reservoir yesterday despite the protests of environmental protection activists who said the swim would pollute the water relied on by about 3 million people in northern Taiwan.

Green Party Taiwan (GPT) has hosted a press conference yesterday titled “Shihmen Reservoir is not a swimming pool” against the Taoyuan government's hosting a swimming event in Shihmen Reservoir this coming Sunday.

The man tapped to be the chief executive officer of the soon-to-be-created Taoyuan International Airport Co. has vowed to foster a new corporate culture that prizes self discipline rather than heavy-handed pressure from above.

Staff at a Taiwan airport have been threatened with the harshest possible punishment after they were caught having a party while on duty.

Several multinational companies are interested in developing the area around the Taiwan High Speed Railway's Taoyuan Station, almost a month before the Bureau of High Speed Rail begins to seek developers for the area, bureau officials said Sunday.

The Taoyuan District Prosecutors' Office yesterday indicted a man for violating the Aviation Law by falsely claiming to have a bomb in his luggage during a flight bound for Shanghai from Taoyuan International Airport on May 1.

A police officer in Taoyuan was dismissed and detained yesterday for alleged corruption and selling drugs since 2007, local media reported.

A famous orthopedist was suspended from performing surgery yesterday for operating on the wrong leg of a patient.