Taipei- Taiwan's incoming President Ma Ying-jeou said Saturday
that in his May 20 inauguration speech, he will respond to Chinese
President Hu Jintao' "goodwill" so that Taipei and Beijing could
improve ties.

Ma, speaking to the Central News Agency (CNA), said the "16-
Chinese-character policy" Hu unveiled last month sets the tone for
future cross-Strait ties.

While receiving Lien Chan, honorary chairman of Taiwan's Chinese
Nationalist Party, in Beijing on April 29, Hu uttered 16 words meaning
(the two sides should) face reality, create a future, build mutual
trust and seek a win-win result.

Taipei  - Taiwan's incoming interior minister, Liao Feng-teh, was feared dead after being found unc

Taipei  - Fathers love their kids just as mothers do, but fathers only spend half as much time with their small children as mothers do, a survey showed on Saturday.

Taipei- Taiwan's incoming President

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Taiping (Malaysia), May 9 : Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader M. Manoharan created history by becoming Malysia’s first state assemblyman to be sworn in while detained under the Internal Security Act.

Manoharan became third Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee to be sworn in as an elected representative.

The 46-year-old DAP leader and Hindraf legal adviser was sworn in before Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim at the Kamunting detention centre at 9 a. m. on Thursday.

In 1978, ISA detainees Chian Heng Kai and Chan Kok Kit were sworn in as DAP Members of Parliament at the detention centre in Kamunting, the NSt Online reported.