Taipei - Taiwan posted yet another record slump of 41.67 per cent in export orders in January, as deteriorating global economic conditions further eroded overseas demands, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday.
In January, the island received orders worth just 17.68 billion US dollars, down 41.67 per cent year-on-year, following a 33-per-cent decline in December, the ministry said in a statement.
Among Taiwan's export markets, orders from China and Hong Kong - Taiwan's top export destinations - fell a record 54.71 per cent year-on-year to 3.66 billion US dollars.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as hills," the Mahatma had once said and to know more about the man whose philosophy is still relevant today, a delegation from Taiwan, comprising entrepreneurs, doctors and techies, visited the Gandhi Ashram on Sunday.
Taipei - A frail former Taiwan's president Chen Shui-bian appeared in a Taiwan court for pretrial hearings on corruption allegations.
Chen, who ended a three-day hunger strike to protest against what he claimed was political persecution and injustice, was brought to court in handcuffs from the Taipei Detention Centre, where he has been jailed since late December.
When asked how he felt, he told Taipei District Court Judge Tsai Shou-hsun that he felt weak and uncomfortable.
Taipei - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian resumed eating Monday, three days after beginning a hunger strike to protest what he claimed was unfair prosecution on corruption charges, officials said.
Lee Ta-chu, deputy director of the Taipei Detention Centre, said Chen ate porridge and cabbage provided by the prison and food brought by his wife, Wu Shu-chen.
He resumed eating after Wu visited and asked him to preserve his energy for a pretrial hearing set on Tuesday, Lee said.
Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou vowed Monday to extend aid for Palau, saying changes in their governments would not affect the close relationship between the two island states.
"Although Palau and Taiwan both experienced a change of leadership last year, in a democracy, government policies enjoy a continuity that extends the trust placed in and promises made to its allies," said Ma in a meeting with his counterpart, Johnson Toribiong, who was visiting Taipei.
His comment came after some local news media reported that Palau might ask for new aid from Taiwan.
Taipei - Taiwan's embattled former president Chen Shui-bian began a hunger strike to protest what he claimed was unfair prosecution of alleged corruption, officials said Saturday.
"He has not taken any food since Friday, but he has drunk water," said Lee Ta-chu, deputy director of Taipei Detention Centre, where Chen was under custody for the second time since late December.
Chen was first detained in November on suspicion of embezzlement, taking bribes, money laundering and document forgery, but was released on bond after being indicted in mid-December.
Taipei - Taiwan posted yet another record slump of 41.67 per cent in export orders in January, as deteriorating global economic conditions further eroded overseas demands, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as hills," the Mahatma had once said and to know more about the man whose philosophy is still relevant today, a delegation from Taiwan, comprising entrepreneurs, doctors and techies, visited the Gandhi Ashram on Sunday. 
Taipei - A frail former Taiwan's president Chen Shui-bian appeared in a Taiwan court for pretrial hearings on corruption allegations.
Taipei - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian resumed eating Monday, three days after beginning a hunger strike to protest what he claimed was unfair prosecution on corruption charges, officials said.
Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou vowed Monday to extend aid for Palau, saying changes in their governments would not affect the close relationship between the two island states.
