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| Island appoints fifth "premier" since 2000 |
| 01.19.06 (10:16 pm) [edit] |
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Island appoints fifth "premier" since 2000
Su Tseng-chang, former chairman of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was appointed as the island's new "premier" yesterday to replace Frank Hsieh.
Su, 59, will be the fifth "premier" appointed by Taiwan "president" Chen Shui-bian since he took power in May 2000.
Under Taiwan's political system, the "president" appoints the "premier," who forms the "cabinet" and runs the day-to-day government.
The appointment came just one day after the resignation of Hsieh, who will formally step down with the entire "cabinet" on Monday.
Analysts saw the nomination as Chen's attempt to avoid becoming a lame duck after the pro-independence DPP was crushed by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) in local government polls last December.
They said Chen handpicked Su, his former chief of staff, in a bid to shore up his own poor approval rating, which had plummeted to a record low amid voter disappointment with his administration and a corruption scandal involving a former aide.
Nicknamed "light bulb" by his supporters on account of his bald head, Su commented on his appointment in a brief speech, saying he hopes to work together with Chen to make Taiwan better.
Su, who was co-founder of the DPP and elected party chairman in January 2005, resigned last month to take responsibility for its poor performance in December's elections.
He previously served as magistrate of southern Pingtung County between 1989 and 1993, and then magistrate of Taipei County between 1997 and 2005.
Su faces the crucial job of reinvigorating Taiwan's economy, which is undergoing an uncertain transition from manufacturing high-tech goods to providing sophisticated services.
In a related development, Taiwan's major airlines said yesterday charter flights across the Straits for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year holiday are virtually sold out, a significant increase in bookings over last year.
Beginning today, six Taiwan airlines and six mainland airlines will provide a total of 72 round-trip charter flights until February 13, under an agreement worked out by civil aviation associations of the two sides.
This is the third year that the cross-Straits Spring Festival charter flights have been in operation. In 2003 and 2005 they were limited to Taiwanese businesspeople residing on the mainland, but this year Taiwanese students and tourists have also been allowed to book seats.
The major Taiwan airlines said the decision has been a boon to business.
"Business is much better than last year, because there are no restrictions anymore on the kinds of passengers," said Bruce Chen, a spokesman for China Airlines, the island's largest carrier.
"All flights are full in economy class, and there are only a few seats left in first class."
Taiwan's second carrier, EVA Airways, also said the flights looked like a success.
"Flights from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to Taiwan are completely booked, and those in the other direction are up to 90 per cent full," said spokesman K.W. Nieh.
People in Chinese societies traditionally spend the New Year holiday with relatives, and with several hundred thousand Taiwanese on the mainland, the charter flights have a potentially large market.
Taipei has banned direct air links with the mainland since 1949. Travellers on commercial flights are required to transfer at a third point, usually Hong Kong.
(Source: China Daily)
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| Snow paralyzes trunk railway, 160,000 held up |
| 01.19.06 (10:12 pm) [edit] |
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Snow paralyzes trunk railway, 160,000 held up
About 160,000 train passengers were held up Thursday in China after heavy snow paralyzed one of its major north-to-south railways.
The Beijing West Railway Station launched a red-level emergency warning scheme after more than 100,000 passengers were held up there after a heavy snow hit Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province and a railway hub, delayed trains on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway.
At the Zhengzhou Railway Station, about 60,000 passengers were held up.
From 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, snow began to fall in large areas of China, including Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai, Xi'an, Ji'nan and Lanzhou. It still keeps falling in many areas.
Another major trunk line, the east-west Lianyungang-Lanzhou line, is also under snow and rain.
China's Spring Festival travel peak started Saturday. Numerous migrant workers and college students are expected to go home for family reunions before the lunar new year comes, which falls on Jan. 29.
More than 20 trains to leave the capital were held up at the Beijing West Railway Station. One train was late for more than eight hours, a station official said.
The Zijinshan overpass is covered with snow in Zhengzhou, capital city of central China's Henan province on Jan. 19, 2006.
The waiting hall and the station square were both full of passengers waiting to check in. And the station kept broadcasting train information. The railway repeatedly broadcast a message: "For personal and property safety of passengers, ticket holders are not allowed to enter the waiting hall till six hours before the train leaving time."
Railway police and armed police were mobilized to maintain order at the railway station.
The Ministry of Railways, the Beijing municipal government and the Beijing Bureau of Railways have formed a joint command center in the station to direct the arrangement of resting places and food supply to held-up passengers.
The Ministry of Railways has asked its local bureaus to maintain 24-hour on duty to ensure the smooth running of trunk railway lines during the Spring Festival period.
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