Minorities exempted from child limits Hanoi (VNA) – Members of low-populated ethnic minority groups will be allowed to have more than two children per family, according to the deputy director of the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) Duong Quoc Trong. Current regulations enc... Read more
Legislators bicker over assembly law WAR OF WORDS: DPP and KMT lawmakers traded barbs over amendments to the law, which one KMT legislator said was sure to lead to unrest and daily demonstrations By Loa Iok-sin Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers waged a ... Read more
Act amended to help aborigines reinstate status The Legislative Yuan passed an amendment yesterday to allow children of Taiwan’s indigenous people who had lost their aboriginal status for various reasons, to acquire an aboriginal status or have their aboriginal status reinstated. Lawmakers pas... Read more
Gov’t decides on first phase of reshuffling CNA TAIPEI, Taiwan –– The Executive Yuan will give priority to the establishment of a Ministry of Culture and Tourism, or will at least complete its organic legislation by May 20 next year, along with that of another five government units in the comi... Read more
Bill would allow abused children to change name CNA TAIPEI, Taiwan –– The Executive Yuan preliminarily passed a draft amendment to the Civil Code yesterday which would allow children who have been sexually or physically abused by parents to change their family names to either their maternal or p... Read more
Various local elections may be integrated by 2014 CNA TAIPEI, Taiwan –– A legislative committee preliminarily passed a draft amendment yesterd ay which stipulates that seven categories of local elections in the country should be integrated into one in six years, to save costs. The amendment, pas... Read more
Charter draft opposed by 40 senators Political leaders push to get assembly formed MONGKOL BANGPRAPA Four leading political figures have confirmed their intention of forming a constitution drafting assembly, but a group of 40 senators yesterday voiced their opposition to the move. The senators are o... Read more
