Taiwan’s exports set records in 2022, rising more than 7 percent from a year earlier, although many Taiwanese exporters fell victim to weakening global demand in the second half of the year, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Saturday.Data compiled by …
Day: January 7, 2023
EVA Air subsidiary floats bonuses in bid to stave off ground crew strike
EVA Air subsidiary Evergreen Airline Services Corp. (EGAS) on Saturday sought to stave off a strike by ground crew with a verbal promise of NT$40,000 (US$1,303) bonuses and increased Lunar New Year holiday pay.The offer comes after ground staff on Frid…
Taiwan legislative speaker congratulates McCarthy on U.S. House speakership
Legislative speaker Yu Si-kun (???) on Saturday took to Facebook to congratulate former U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on becoming the 55th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.In his Facebook post, Yu said McCarthy is a friend and s…
Yunlin farms cull 16,000 chickens amid bird flu outbreak
About 16,000 chickens were culled in Yunlin County, southern Taiwan, after birds at two chicken farms were confirmed as being infected by the highly pathogenic type A of subtype H5N1 of the avian influenza, the county’s Animal Disease Control Center sa…