2022/07/10-2022/07/16

7/11
日本前首相安倍晉三8日遇刺身亡,蔡英文總統、行政院長蘇貞昌、國民黨主席朱立倫等11日前往日本台灣交流協會弔唁。
副總統賴清德11日前往日本,參加12日在東京舉行的安倍家祭儀式,是卅七年來最高層級赴日政府首長。
蔡總統下令全國政府機關和公立學校下半旗悼念,引發國內不同意見。

July 11: 
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan was assassinated on July 8. President Tsai Ing-wen, Premier Su Tseng-chang, and Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) went to the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association on July 11 to offer condolences. 
Vice President William Lai went to Japan on July 11 to participate in the Abe family funeral ceremony held in Tokyo on July 12. He is the highest-level government official from Taiwan to visit Japan in 37 years. 
President Tsai ordered government agencies and public schools across the country to fly the national flag at half-mast in mourning, sparking dissent in Taiwan.


7/12
國安基金周一11日宣布暫不進場護盤,台股失望賣壓湧現,加權指數失守萬四大關,國安基金12日再次召開臨時委員會,指台股今年上半年下跌3393點,上市股票市值蒸發金額達10.1兆元,皆為歷年同期最差,授權啟動五千億台幣護盤,這是史上第八次護盤,也是歷來護盤指數點位最高的一次。

July 12: 
The National Financial Stabilization Fund (NFSF) announced on Monday, July 11, that it would not enter the market for the time being. Disappointing sell pressure emerged in Taiwan stocks, and the weighted index fell below the 14,000 mark. In an interim committee meeting on July 12, the NFSF indicated that Taiwan stocks fell 3,393 points in the first half of the year, and the NT$10.1 trillion (about US$337 billion) in market capitalization of listed stocks has evaporated, the worst record at this time of the year. Therefore, the NFSF authorized NT$500 billion (about US$16.7 billion) in support funding. This is the eighth time in history and the highest point of the index that the NFSF entered to support Taiwan's financial markets.


7/13
民進黨桃園市長參選人林智堅5日遭爆台大國發所碩士論文抄襲,重創台大校譽。台大校長管中閔12日首度表態說,學術倫理與誠信是基本原則,台大會堅持標準,審查不會含糊以對。
民進黨前立委郭正亮13日說,台大社會科學院長蘇宏達擔任審定委員會召集人,但至今還找不到人願意擔任審查委員。

July 13: 
Taoyuan mayoral candidate Lin Chih-chien of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was accused of plagiarizing his master thesis at the Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University (NTU), seriously damaging the reputation of the institution. Responding to the matter for the first time, President Kuan Chung-min of NTU stated that academic ethics and integrity are core values, and the NTU will adhere to basic standards, not be ambiguous on the matter. 
According to former Legislator Kuo Cheng-liang of the DPP, Dean Su Hung-da of the College of Social Sciences will convene the review committee, but so far, no faculty has expressed willingness to serve on the committee.


7/14
交通部在行政院會報告,耗時12年、投入台幣100億元建造的金門跨海大橋,橋梁結構預定22日合龍,預計今年10月中旬通車。金門大橋為台灣首座大規模跨海大橋,地處金門本島及烈嶼之間,全長約5.4公里,其中4.77公里位於海上,未來開車經過這個跨海大橋只要5分鐘。

July 14: 
In an Executive Yuan meeting, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications reported that a sea-crossing bridge in Kinmen, which took 12 years and NT$10 billion (about US$334 million) to build, is scheduled to join sections on July 22 and open to traffic in October. This bridge is Taiwan's first large-scale sea-crossing bridge. It is located between the main island of Kinmen and neighboring islets, with a total length of about 5.4 kilometers, of which 4.77 kilometers are on the sea. In the future, it will only take five minutes to drive through the bridge.


7/15
南投縣草屯鎮康建生物科技公司14日下午發生4死1重傷槍擊案,震驚全國。公司前員工、五十五歲男子李鴻淵 持槍鎖定公司負責人賴敏男等人行刑式轟頭,二男二女當場死亡,賴敏男重傷送醫搶救。
警方15日下午在案發20小時後於台中市一家養生會館逮捕凶嫌,他聲稱「我是報仇殺人」。
賴敏男因研發多項與牛樟芝萃取相關的技術專利,被稱為牛樟芝之父。

July 15: 
A shooting causing four deaths and one injury at a biotechnology company in Caotun Township, Nantou, shocked Taiwan. A former employee, aged 55, targeted the principal Lai Min-nan of the company and others, killing them "execution style." Two men and two women died on the spot. Lai was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital.  
On the afternoon of July 15, the police arrested the suspect at a health club in Taichung 20 hours after the incident. The suspect claimed that he is a revenge murder. 
Lai is known as the father of antrodia cinnamonea for his research and development and ownership of related technical patents.


7/15
纏訟近16年的國務機要費貪汙案,前總統陳水扁等人遭訴侵占及詐領1億多元,但因《會計法》修法除罪,台灣高等法院更二審15日將陳水扁夫妻、馬永成等7人都判決免訴。南港展覽館及龍潭購地案洗錢罪部分,吳淑珍判刑2年,洗錢財物299萬多元美金沒收;兒子陳致中判刑1年,併科罰金150萬元;媳婦黃睿靚判刑10月,併科罰金100萬元,緩刑4年,並給付公庫100萬元,陳致中夫妻遭扣案的洗錢財物816萬餘美金沒收。

July 15: 
In the 16-year-long case concerning misuse of the state affairs fund, former President Chen Shui-bian was accused of embezzling more than NT$10 million (about US$334,000) but was exonerated due to amendment of the Accounting Act. The Taiwan High Court dismissed the case against Chen, his wife Wu Shu-chen, Ma Yung-cheng, and seven other people. Wu was sentenced to two years for money laundering related to the Nangang Exhibition Hall and land purchase in Longtan, and more than NT$2.9 million (about US$96,947) of laundered money and property were confiscated. Chen's son Chen Chih-chung was sentenced to one year in prison and fined NT$1.5 million (about US$50,145), and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching was sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined NT$1 million (about US$33,430), with the sentence suspended for four years, and NT$1 million paid to the public treasury. More than US$8.1 million in laundered money and property was confiscated.


7/15
行政院記者會宣布,行政院長蘇貞昌已批准衛福部長陳時中辭呈,由政務次長薛瑞元接任衛福部長,醫福會執行長王必勝接政務次長並兼任疫情指揮官,
原衛福部長兼防疫指揮官陳時中接受民進黨徵召參選台北市長,14日遞出辭呈。

July 15: 
The Executive Yuan announced in a press conference that Premier Su Tseng-chang approved the resignation of Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung. The position will be assumed by Deputy Minister Hsueh Jui-yuan. Executive Director Wang Pi-sheng of the Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission, MOHW, will head the Central Epidemic Command Center. 
Former Minister Chen accepted the nomination of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for Taipei mayor. He tendered his resignation on July 14.


7/16
台灣女子拔河代表隊16日在美國伯明罕世界運動會540公斤級決賽擊敗瑞典,以完美的7連勝拿下金牌,達成5連霸,這也是台灣在本屆世運會的第一面金牌。本第11屆世運會7月7日至7月17日在美國阿拉巴馬州伯明罕市(Birmingham, Alabama)舉行,台灣參賽運動共14項,計69名選手,目前獎牌數累積達1金、5銀、5銅。

July 16: 
Taiwan's women tug-of-war team defeated Sweden in the 540 kg final of the Birmingham World Games and won the gold medal with a perfect 7-game winning streak, reaching five consecutive victories. This is also Taiwan's first gold medal at the World Games. The 11th World Games was held in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States from July 7 to July 17. Taiwan had 69 athletes participate in 14 athletic items, and the cumulative number of medals include one gold, five silver, and five bronze.

 

7/16
林智堅雙碩士論文抄襲案爆發逾十日,台灣大學及中華大學皆稱已受理檢舉,將於「兩個月內」完成審定比對。在此之際,卻傳出有台大教授不願出任審查委員的情事。對此,台大校長管中閔駁斥說,台大不會不敢審;擔任「審定委員會」召集人的社科院長蘇宏達則語帶保留,稱此事「太敏感」不好說。教育部的態度則更耐人尋味,稱學校只要在「四個月內」完成查處即可,似無意讓此事早日水落石出。

July 17:
More than 10 days after the former Hsinchu mayor and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taoyuan mayor candidate Lin Chih-chien’s double master's thesis plagiarism case was revealed, both National Taiwan University (NTU) and Chung Hwa University (CHU) said they had accepted the accusations and would complete the review and comparison "within two months". At the same time, rumor had it that some professors at NTU were unwilling to serve as reviewers. President Kuan Chung-min of NTU refuted the allegation and stated that the university would not be afraid to conduct a review. Professor Su Hung-da of the College of Social Sciences, who will convene the thesis review committee, expressed reservation, stating that the matter was too sensitive to make comment. If “two months” is excessively long for the review work, the attitude of the Ministry of Education is even more intriguing, claiming that the universities only need to complete the investigation within "four months," seemingly having no intention of revealing the truth earlier.