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  • Against the backdrop of KMT's non-stopping sabotage (焦土政策), Taiwanese make great strides moving forward. Taiwan is competing with the rest of the world with her hands and legs tied by KMT, yet she has done so well under such adverse circumstances. All Taiwanese must be proud.

台灣窮人人口的比例世界最小

2008-03-19 Love 4 Taiwan


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台灣人越來越富裕，個人福利年年增加

2008-03-19 Love 4 Taiwan

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近年來台灣物價非常穩定 既無通貨膨脹 也無通貨緊縮

2008-03-19 Love 4 Taiwan

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台灣的失業率，與歐美六個主要先進國家比較，僅次於英國，成績甚優

2008-03-19 Love 4 Taiwan

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A decade ago, aboriginals dared not to admitted to their indigenous roots; now they are proud

2008-03-14 Reuters - USA

By Ralph Jennings

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A decade ago, Taiwan’s aboriginals seldom dared to wear native costumes in public or admitted to their indigenous roots on an island dominated by an ethnic Chinese majority.

But these days indigenous people such as Kolas Yotaka wear their heritage as a badge of honor. In Yotaka’s case, she dons native attire to read the news on government-run Taiwan Indigenous TV, which was launched in 2005.

“Viewers around the age of 70 will still say ‘don’t put that costume on’,” said Yotaka, 36. ”(But) Taiwan is coming around bit by bit.” ...

Taiwan Firms Pose Biggest Threat to Korean Chipmakers

2008-03-13 Korea Times - South Korea

While South Korean chip giants such as Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor have recently clashed over the issue of a “technology transfer’’ to overseas rivals, Taiwan-based computer chipmakers are forming a united front to inject massive amounts of cash into new next-generation plants. ...

Saxophones from Taiwan Aiming for the Pros

2008-02-25 NPR Music

Morning Edition, February 25, 2008 – Taiwan has etched out a reputation as high-tech hardware store to the world. Its economy has boomed as companies churn out components for famous global electronics brands. But this country of 23 million has quietly garnered a chunk of the world market in a very different product: saxophones.

Virginia music store owner Kevin Landes plays a saxophone that dates back to 19th-century Paris. French saxophones are still the gold standard today. But the horn Landes is cooking on next wasn’t made in France.

“You would never have thought of Taiwanese instruments trying to inch into the pro territory. But they are. And they are making some really nice horns.”

They’re making them at a gritty workshop in the town of Houli, in central Taiwan. Ten men and women huddle at their workbenches, silently adding hundreds of parts to perforated tubes of brass — the skeletons of alto saxophones.

Their progress is glacial. One worker dabs dots of glue to fingernail-sized pads of lambskin. Then he packs cushioning into round brass keys. Another worker attaches these keys to the tubes, positioning and then re-positioning them. A third worker thrusts a fluorescent light inside the brass tube, to scrutinize the handiwork. He depresses the keys and watches for telltale rays of light. If light escapes, the keys must be realigned.

While the work is slow and methodical, the owner of this company, Lien Cheng Saxophones, feels a sense of urgency. Chang Tsung Yao says, “Our quality is improving but if Taiwanese companies don’t move quick, they will be left behind.”

There are a dozen assembly lines — small, family operations like this one — throughout Houli. The town has a population of 50,000, but it produces about 40,000 saxophones a year.

Just how Houli became the world’s unsung center of saxophone making is largely an accident of history. The story dates back to just after World War II. It stars a larger-than-life character named Chang Lien-cheng. He was a farmer’s son who abandoned the family land to become a painter and jazz musician, says a spokeswoman for his company: “No one during that time was actually playing any kinds of Western instruments. But he was fascinated by this instrument called saxophone.”

Taiwan is No 1 in E-Government rating

2008-01-28 NationMaster

Media Statistics > E-Government rating (most recent) by country


Showing latest available data.
Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Taiwan: 72.5 
#2   Korea, South: 64 
#3   Canada: 61.1 
#4   United States: 60.1 
#5   Chile: 60 
#6   Australia: 58.3 
#7   China: 56.3 
#8   Switzerland: 55.4 
#9   United Kingdom: 54.8 
#10   Singapore: 53.5 
#11   Germany: 52.6 
#12   Fiji: 52 
#13   Japan: 52 
#14   Togo: 52 
#15   Zambia: 52 
#16   Bahrain: 52 
#17   Mexico: 52 
#18   Vanuatu: 52 
#19   Qatar: 52 
#20   Holy See (Vatican City): 52 
#21   Malaysia: 51.5 
#22   Hong Kong: 51.3 
#23   Israel: 50.9 
#24   France: 50.9 
#25   Yemen: 50 
#26   Iceland: 49.8 
#27   Sweden: 49.1 
#28   Finland: 48.8 
#29   Lithuania: 48.4 
#30   Italy: 48.3 
#31   Estonia: 48 
#32   Venezuela: 48 
#33   Maldives: 48 
#34   Belize: 48 
#35   Liechtenstein: 48 
#36   Botswana: 48 
#37   Colombia: 48 
#38   Cuba: 48 
#39   Ireland: 48 
#40   Norway: 47.7 
#41   Austria: 47.4 
#42   Saint Lucia: 47.3 
#43   Malta: 47.2 
#44   Uganda: 47.2 
#45   Denmark: 47 
#46   El Salvador: 47 
#47   Ecuador: 47 
#48   Senegal: 47 
#49   Latvia: 46.9 
#50   Jordan: 46.3 
#51   Swaziland: 46.2 
#52   Turkey: 46 
#53   Malawi: 45.3 
#54   Belgium: 45.3 
#55   Kyrgyzstan: 45.3 
#56   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 45.1 
#57   India: 45.1 
#58   Poland: 45.1 
#59   Lebanon: 45 
#60   Spain: 44.9 
#61   Czech Republic: 44.6 
#62   Luxembourg: 44.6 
#63   Mozambique: 44 
#64   Haiti: 44 
#65   Nepal: 44 
#66   Kenya: 44 
#67   Angola: 44 
#68   Sudan: 44 
#69   Grenada: 44 
#70   Netherlands: 44 
#71   Iran: 44 
#72   Thailand: 44 
#73   Tunisia: 44 
#74   Croatia: 43.4 
#75   Armenia: 43.3 
#76   Guyana: 42.7 
#77   Philippines: 42.4 
#78   Hungary: 42.3 
#79   New Zealand: 42.3 
#80   South Africa: 42 
#81   Romania: 42 
#82   Cape Verde: 42 
#83   Brazil: 41.8 
#84   Argentina: 41.8 
#85   Slovenia: 41.7 
#86   Greece: 41.5 
#87   Azerbaijan: 41.3 
#88   Bulgaria: 41.1 
#89   Egypt: 41 
#90   Morocco: 40.9 
#91   Indonesia: 40.8 
#92   Cambodia: 40.8 
#93   Costa Rica: 40.7 
#94   Mauritius: 40.6 
#95   Slovakia: 40.5 
#96   Liberia: 40 
#97   Tuvalu: 40 
#98   Moldova: 40 
#99   Tonga: 40 
#100   Djibouti: 40 
#101   Bahamas, The: 40 
#102   Paraguay: 40 
#103   Jamaica: 40 
#104   Syria: 40 
#105   Tajikistan: 40 
#106   Laos: 40 
#107   Micronesia, Federated States of: 40 
#108   Ethiopia: 40 
#109   Panama: 39.5 
#110   Seychelles: 39 
#111   Andorra: 39 
#112   Georgia: 38.7 
#113   Sri Lanka: 38.7 
#114   Cook Islands: 38.7 
#115   Guatemala: 38.7 
#116   Burkina Faso: 38.4 
#117   Saudi Arabia: 38 
#118   Barbados: 38 
#119   Vietnam: 38 
#120   Guinea: 37.3 
#121   Mauritania: 37.3 
#122   Pakistan: 37.3 
#123   Mongolia: 37.1 
#124   Russia: 36.8 
#125   Portugal: 36.4 
#126   Antigua and Barbuda: 36 
#127   Korea, North: 36 
#128   Kiribati: 36 
#129   Zimbabwe: 36 
#130   Lesotho: 36 
#131   Chad: 36 
#132   Rwanda: 36 
#133   Oman: 36 
#134   Palau: 36 
#135   Peru: 36 
#136   Honduras: 36 
#137   San Marino: 36 
#138   Kazakhstan: 36 
#139   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 36 
#140   Madagascar: 36 
#141   Samoa: 36 
#142   Eritrea: 36 
#143   Brunei: 35.5 
#144   Algeria: 35.2 
#145   Cameroon: 34.9 
#146   Burma: 34.9 
#147   Albania: 34 
#148   Mali: 34 
#149   Comoros: 34 
#150   Tanzania: 33.8 
#151   Iraq: 33.6 
#152   Belarus: 33.2 
#153   Niger: 32 
#154   Nigeria: 32 
#155   Ukraine: 32 
#156   Sierra Leone: 32 
#157   Bolivia: 32 
#158   Libya: 32 
#159   Gambia, The: 32 
#160   Uruguay: 32 
#161   Gabon: 32 
#162   Monaco: 32 
#163   Nicaragua: 32 
#164   Kuwait: 32 
#165   Afghanistan: 32 
#166   Somalia: 32 
#167   Central African Republic: 32 
#168   Suriname: 32 
#169   Ghana: 32 
#170   Niue: 30 
#171   Bangladesh: 29.3 
#172   Turkmenistan: 28 
#173   Bhutan: 28 
#174   Cote d'Ivoire: 28 
#175   Namibia: 28 
#176   Uzbekistan: 27.3 
#177   Benin: 26 
#178   East Timor: 24 
#179   Burundi: 24 
#180   Nauru: 24 
#181   Guinea-Bissau: 20 
#182   Dominica: 16 
Weighted average: 41.3  

Taiwan ranks 2nd in Asia in gender empowerment

2007-12-24 The China Post

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan ranks second in Asia and 19th in the world, according to the gender empowerment measure (GEM), officials from the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday.

DGBAS officials quoted the latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report as showing that in 2005, Norway, Sweden and Finland had the world’s top three GEM indices, indicating that females in these countries have more opportunities to take part in formulating political and economic policies than their counterparts in the rest of the world.

In terms of GEM, Taiwan ranks high on the list in the 19th position, well ahead of Japan’s ranking of 55th and South Korea’s 65th. In Asia, only Singapore has a higher ranking than Taiwan, placing 16th in the world, DGBAS officials said.

Broadband internet now all across Taiwan (almost)

2007-12-24 Radio Taiwan International

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) hailed a landmark for the country on Sunday. Broadband Internet access is now available in all but one of Taiwan’s townships and villages.

NCC Chairman Su Yeong-jin made the announcement after the inauguration of broadband service in five remote aboriginal communities in south-eastern Taiwan.

The project was launched in order to bridge the “digital divide” between urban and rural areas around the country. The only community in Taiwan still without high-speed Internet access is Haucha Village in southern Taiwan where work was held up by typhoon damage. The mountain village hopes to be online by February next year.

Taiwan ranks No. 7 in the world in the Digital Opportunity Index

2007-12-02 World Information Society Report 2007

Citing a government report issued earlier this year, Chen said that about 65.5 percent of Taiwanese, or 13 million people, use the Internet and that the percentage of Internet household access was 74.7 percent. Mobile phone penetration in the population was 103.2 percent, he said.

Chen said the development of the nation’s IT industry was recognized internationally, citing the International Telecommunication Union’s World Information Society Report 2007, in which Taiwan ranks No. 7 in the world in the Digital Opportunity Index.

Taiwan's Aboriginals go broadband

2007-11-28 BBC News

Given the vast quantities of electronic equipment manufactured in Taiwan it could be assumed that it was one of the most wired countries in the world – but there still remain communities in the country who are isolated from the web.

Now the government wants to change that, and plans to bring broadband to everyone in the country by the end of the year.

One of the most recent beneficiaries of this ambitious project is the village of Shan-Mei, home to 700 people from the Tsou tribe, in the remote Aboriginal mountain area in central Taiwan.

It is the latest place in the country to get broadband – part of a government plan called the “universal service obligation,” and funded by contributions from all of the island’s phone companies.

Taiwan Promotes Powerful UMPC for WiMax

2007-11-24 PCWorld

Taiwan has developed a powerful ultramobile PC that can fit in your hand, complete with a speedy 1GHz microprocessor on board.

Taiwan is positioning itself to be one of the fastest adopters of WiMax connectivity outside of North America through its M Taiwan initiative. Officials see the technology as a good way to spread broadband Internet access throughout the island, which includes remote mountain villages and sparsely populated outlying islands.

世界銀行:台灣知識經濟競爭力 亞洲第二

2007-11-16 聯合新聞網

據世界銀行「2007年全球知識經濟指數評比」，台灣知識經濟競爭力全球排名第19位，在亞洲居第2位，僅次於日本的全球排名第17名，行政院經濟建設委員會表示，這是因積極推展知識經濟與品牌台灣，發揮經濟轉型升級產生的效益。

根據世界銀行最新公布「2007年全球知識經濟指數評比」，全球前三名分別為瑞典、丹麥及挪威；至於亞洲排名，以日本全球排名第17居首，台灣以第19居亞洲第2，且較去年進步1名。

其餘包括香港排名第21名、韓國第27名、泰國第56名、中國第75名；新加坡則因資料不全未列入

Health Care for Every Citizen

2007-11-12 Johns Hopkins Public Health

Unlike the United States, Taiwan has reached nearly universal health care coverage, with 99 percent of its 23 million citizens covered. That wasn’t always the case. In 1995, only 58 percent of the population was insured, says Morlock, but through legislative changes that greatly expanded the definition of an “insurable unit,” Taiwan upped its coverage to roughly 90 percent of the population. Officials then worked to cover the remaining 10 percent through community-based programs.

台灣政府電子化程度在全球198個國家中位居第3

2007-11-11 經建會

根據美國布朗大學公共政策中心（Brown University Center for Public Policy）公布的2007年「全球e政府」(Global E-Goverment)調查報告顯示，台灣政府電子化程度在全球198個國家中位居第3，僅次於南韓及新加坡。報告中並指出，我國政府電子化程度名列前茅，顯示我國科技的進步及政府對於提供e化服務的重視。

台灣高速鐵路

2007-11-06 维基百科

台灣高速鐵路，簡稱台灣高鐵，為連結台北、高雄兩大都市與台灣西半部各主要縣市的高速鐵路系統，路線全長345公里。台灣高鐵於2007年1月5日通車後，成為台灣西部重要的長途交通動脈之一，亦為台灣軌道工業指標。目前每日南下45班次，北上46班次，且累積載客量已突破1,000萬人次。未來進入營運成熟期後，每日估計可運送32.3萬人。

雪山隧道

2007-11-06 維基百科

雪山隧道，原名坪林隧道，是台灣最長的公路隧道1，位在蔣渭水高速公路（國道五號，又稱北宜高速公路）台北縣坪林至宜蘭縣頭城段之間。由三座獨立的隧道組成：導坑、西行線及東行線，全長共12.9公里，於2006年6月16日全線啟用。

雪山隧道是亞洲第二長的公路隧道，第一則為甫於2007年1月20日通車的秦嶺終南山公路隧道，全長18.02公里。同時，雪山隊道在世界的公路隧道中排行為第5名2。另外，由於隧道施工難度高，還因此列入了大英百科全書中3。

雪山隧道不僅只有兩座主隧道，還包括中間的導坑。兩座主隧道中間，有28座橫向的人行聯絡隧道，8座車行聯絡道，加上抽排風系統所挖掘的豎井、通風孔道（包括三處通風站，三座通風中繼站合計12處橫向通風隧道，六座通風豎井，一號豎井頂部排風用橫向排氣隧道）等等，大大小小長長短短共58組隧道，是全世界規模最大雙孔公路隧道群。

我高等教育競爭力高居全球第四

2007-11-02 自由時報

根據世界經濟論壇（ＷＥＦ）發布的二○○七—二○○八全球競爭力評比，「高等教育與訓練」指標中，台灣在全球一百三十一個國家排名高居第四，「健康與初等教育」指標也達全球第六。教育部長杜正勝說：「這表示教改有成效，台灣教育是值得肯定的。」

[社論] 韓國還稱得上IT強國嗎？

2007-06-26 朝鮮日報

朝鮮日報 (2007.06.26 10:43)

在美國經濟週刊《商業週刊》評選的信息技術(IT)百強企業中，韓國企業只有海力士（HYNIX）半導體榜上有名。在亞洲，進入百強最多的是台灣企業，達到14家，其次是日本（8家）、印度（6家），香港（3家）。截至2005年，韓國有LG電子（第3位）、三星電子（第5位）、KT（第47位）、LG電信（第73位）、KTF（第86位）5家企業列入IT企業百強。但去年減少到LG電信（第64位）和SK電信（第66位）兩家，今年只有海力士半導體列第 57位。“IT韓國”、“IT強國”的稱號讓人汗顏。

科技方面

2007-06-07 DPP

政府以不到11個月的時間在台中完成第3個科學園區, 2003年7月28日中部科學園區第一家廠商進駐, 至2006年中科的投資進駐已逾兆元, 年產值提升1,200億。從資訊科技產業群眾的竹科拉連結中科, 以及光電、積體電路、生投產業群繁的南科叫連成一氣, 已經形成台灣西部科技走廊。

2002年,行政院強化擁有研既有優勢的半導體與影像顯示兩大產業,並發展全球明星產業數位內容與生物科技兩項產業,截至2005年12月底,兩兆雙星及第三兆元產業產值合計約3兆1,OO0億元。 (need current info.)

2005和2006年成功發射福爾摩沙二號、三號科學衛星,不但關照全國氣候生態變化,提前預防天然災變,也使台灣成為世界最主要的氣象資料中心。