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Meeting of Chinese medicine group opens
President Ma Ying-jeou (left) greets participants in the 7th Meeting of the Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine, after he delivered a speech at the opening of the two-day meeting in Taipei Thursday. CNA photo, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
 
Subsidy for households near poverty line to be issued from October
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The government will issue a temporary subsidy of up to NT$6,000 (US$190) per month to households living near the poverty line starting in October, in an effort to help the disadvantaged cope with inflation, the Cabinet announced Thursday. 
ITRI invents multi-viewer auto-stereoscopic display technology
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed technology that allows auto-stereoscopic display for multiple viewing, sources at the Hsinchu-based institute announced Thursday. 
Suspected motorbike thieves nabbed
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Police in central and southern Taiwan on Wednesday arrested five suspects who allegedly smuggled stolen heavy motorbikes from Japan and made an illegal profit of more than NT$50 million (about US$1.6 million) from the sale of the bikes. 
Cross-strait negotiations needed on landing visas issue: SEF
Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) It would take cross-strait negotiations to facilitate the implementation of Taiwan's granting landing visas or multiple entry visas to Chinese visitors to Kinmen, an official of the intermediary body Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said Wednesday. 
Taiwan headline news
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Thursday are as follows: 
Former chief of Investigation Bureau indicted
Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) Yeh Sheng-mao, former chief of the Investigation Bureau under the Ministry of Justice, was indicted for withholding information about ex-president Chen Shui-bian's possible involvement in money laundering, a spokesman for the Taipei District Prosecutors Office said Thursday.

Taipei City Government launches first Taipei shopping festival
Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The Taipei City Government launched the first Taipei shopping festival slated for Aug. 30 to Oct. 12 in a news conference Wednesday, in an attempt to attract more domestic and international tourists and to revitalize the economy.

Child sexual abuse more prevalent than thought
Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The problem of child sexual abuse may be more prevalent than the public realizes, with the actual number of victims estimated at approximately 20,000 per year, although only around 3,000 cases are reported, the non-profit Garden of Hope Foundation said Wednesday.

Former chief of Investigation Bureau indicted
Taipei City Government launches first Taipei shopping festival
Child sexual abuse more prevalent than thought
Prosecutor to seek help in Singapore in money-laundering probe
Green light for Taipower nuclear waste dump in Taipei County
Polish students conclude Chinese language study in Taiwan
Business conglomerate energy saving service corps established
Tycoon defends name after being implicated in scandal
Taiwan should improve export structure, upgrade economic quality: VP
President hopes to visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines
 
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