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The Judicial Evaluation Committee: A Paper Tiger
Published September 27, 2012 on the Judicial Reform Foundation Website
Judge Zhan Jun-hong of Taiwan's High Court told a defendant in his courtroom that if the defendant withdrew an appeal o
2012/12/25
Lin Feng-Zheng, Translated by: Sophie Jin
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The Miramar Story
This is the story of the Miramar Resort on Shanyuan beach, Taitung County - a tale of illegal construction licenses, environmental laws and indigenous rights. And while it has the usual elements of
2012/10/18
Emily McKee
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Islands belong to sea, not people
As a manager acceptable to all members of the global community, Taiwan could define the sea around the islands as an international marine reserve and such an arrangement could be a model for peac
2012/10/15
Han-shen Pan, Translated by: Julian Clegg
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# MOEA runs Kuokuang hearing into the ground
The legislature Recently passed a resolution under the Administrative Procedure Act (行政程序法) requiring the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to hold a legislative hearing on the Kuokuang Petrochemi
2010/12/15
Janis Wang, Shih-Wei Lu
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#Buy a patch of land, help save a dolphin! - Taiwan NGOs to present 'wet' land trust application to the government this Wednesday (7 July)
For the last three months, MFCU and other NGOs have been asking members of the public to pledge money to collectively buy 200 hectares of land along the Changhua County coast, where Kuo Kuang Petroc
2010/07/05
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# Open Letter PVC Campaign / USA
Greetings and solidarity from the United States.
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) would like to thank ethecon for awarding Formosa Plastics Group, its CEO Lee Chih-tsuen, as w
2010/05/18
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# Impossible to Mitigate Impact of Planned Petrochemical Park on West Coast Population of Critically Endangered Dolphins; Hong Kong Expert Urges Taiwan to Act Immediately
Responding to the long-delayed Environmental Protection Administration's (EPA) invitation, Dr. Samuel Hung, Chairman of the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, came to speak in Taiwan on 9 A
2010/04/16
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Fifth Phase Expansion of the Sixth Naphtha Cracker Enters Second Phase Environmental Impact Assessment "Discussion of reducing carbon emissions is too somber." Environmental Impact Assessment Committee Intercedes On Behalf of Major Development Project
By Jing-hui Liao, Special Correspondent
11 March 2010
Taiwan Environmental Information Center, TAIBEI - Responding to the Control Yuan's request that the Environmental Protection Administrati
2010/04/08
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