2022/12/11-2022/12/17

12/12
中國廠商開發的短影音平台「抖音」TikTok近來成為資安輿論焦點,行政院數位發展部12月5日禁止公部門使用。立委羅美玲12日表示,至今立法院的網路還是可以瀏覽抖音,她質疑政府各部會規範不同步。行政院秘書長李孟諺答詢說,會與另外四院協調,比照辦理。行政院發言人羅秉成表示,公務員若違反禁令,將依相關規定懲處。

December 12: 
Tiktok, a short-form video platform developed by the Chinese company ByteDance, has become the subject of public discussions on information security. The Ministry of Digital Affairs on December 5 banned the public sector from using it. Legislator Luo Mei-ling stated on December 12 that TikTok can still be browsed from the Internet at the Legislative Yuan and questioned whether executive agencies are synchronized in complying with the new regulations. Responding to interpellation, Secretary-General Lee Meng-yen of the Executive Yuan stated that he will coordinate with the other four branches of government to follow suit. Spokesman Luo Ping-cheng of the Executive Yuan stated that civil servants who violate the ban will be disciplined according to regulations.


12/12
教育部最新規定,2024年1月1日起,中小學老師若要指導學生參加科展,必須先上3小時學術倫理課,這項規定讓中小學老師氣炸了。他們質疑,國安局長陳明通任教於台大國發所指導學生惹出論文抄襲風波,有違學術倫理後,教育部要中小學老師一起承擔,「就像有人違規出車禍,卻要所有人參加交通講習」。

December 12: 
According to the latest regulations of the Ministry of Education (MOE), starting from January 1, 2024, if elementary and junior high school instructors would like to advise students to participate in a science exhibition, they must first take a three-hour academic ethics class, triggering strong protest by teachers. They question why the MOE is asking elementary and junior high school teachers to share the responsibility after multiple thesis plagiarism scandals and academic ethics violations involving students that Director-General Chen Ming-tong of the National Security Bureau advised when he taught at the Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University. It is like requiring everyone to attend traffic classes after someone broke traffic rules and got into a car accident.


12/13
雄昇飛彈(雄二E巡弋飛彈)目前已納入「海空戰力提升特別預算」進行生產,但軍方對其性能並未披露。前中科院長(2003-2007年)海軍退役中將龔家政近期接受中研院口述歷史訪問,首度披露,雄二E射程有1000公里,測試模擬時「直撲中國內陸」,射程「遠遠超過我們原來預定的距離」。美方當年對我自力研發出超音速巡弋飛彈感到意外。

December 13: 
The Hsiung Sheng missile, also known as the Hsiung Feng IIE cruise missile, is currently included in a special budget for enhancing naval and air combat power and being produced, but the military has not disclosed its performance. In an oral history interview, Kung Chia-cheng, a lieutenant general who retired from the Navy and former president of the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, revealed for the first time that the missile has a range of 1,000 kilometers. During a test simulation, it directly hit China's inland, and its range far exceeds Taiwan's original expectations. The United States was surprised when Taiwan independently developed the supersonic cruise missile.


12/14
台南學甲88槍擊案地點之一,是民進黨中執委郭再欽公司已出售的廠房,該公司還另涉非法填埋近68萬噸爐碴案,不法獲利逾21億元,台南地檢署偵辦三年後,12日依違反廢棄物清理法起訴郭再欽等八人。郭14日發聲明辭去民進黨中執委職務。

December 14: 
One of the locations of the recent major shooting incident in Xuejia District, Tainan, is a factory that the company of Kuo Chai-chin, a member of the Central Executive Committee of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has sold. The company was also involved in another case involving the unlawful of nearly 680,000 tons of slag, which made illegal profits of some NT$2.1 billion (about US$68 million). After three years of investigation, the Tainan District Prosecutor's Office charged eight people including Kuo on December 12 for violating the Waste Disposal Act. Kuo issued a statement on December 14 resigning from the Central Executive Committee of the DPP.


12/15
中央銀行宣布升息半碼(0·125百分點),利率「連四升」。目的在打擊通膨預期,穩定物價。
對於台灣經濟表現,央行預期國內經濟成長降溫,下修明年經濟成長率至2.53%,低於9月預測值2.90%。

December 15: 
The Central Bank announced an interest rate hike of 0.125 percentage point, the fourth consecutive rate increase. Its purpose is to combat inflation expectations and stabilize prices. 
Regarding Taiwan's economic performance, the Central Bank expects domestic economic growth to cool down and revised the economic growth rate next year down to 2.53 percent, lower than the 2.90 percent forecast in September.


12/15
花蓮外海15日中午發生規模6.2地震。氣象局指出,包含這次地震,今年以來規模6以上地震達12次,是1999年的921大地震後新高。

December 15: 
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Hualien at noon. The Central Weather Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, indicated that there have been 12 earthquakes, including this one, with a magnitude of 6 or above this year, a new high after the devastating September 21 earthquake in 1999.


12/16
新竹市長當選人、民眾黨立委高虹安涉詐領助理費,15日遭台北地檢署兵分八路搜索高在立法院的辦公室、住家等,並把高從新竹帶到台北約談。歷經逾十九小時的漏夜偵訊後,台北地檢署16日清晨依涉貪汙、偽造文書等罪命高六十萬元交保。多位新竹民眾在北檢門外守候一整夜,舉著「司法打壓」的字牌。16日下午,北檢頂樓被人掛起民進黨旗,暗示北檢已成民進黨機構。北檢立即將旗拆除。

December 16: 
Hsinchu Mayor-Elect and Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Legislator Kao Hung-an is facing allegations that she made fraudulent payroll deductions from the salaries designated for legislative assistants. On December 15, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office searched Kao's legislative office and home and brought Kao from Hsinchu to Taipei for interrogation. After more than 19 hours of late-night interrogation, the prosecution ordered a bail of NT$600,000 (about US$19,476) for corruption and document forgery in the early morning of December 16. 
Many Hsinchu residents waited outside the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office in protest and held signs reading "Judicial Oppression." On the afternoon of December 16, the flag of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was hung on the top floor of the prosecutorial office, implying that the agency has become an organ of the DPP. Officials immediately removed the flag.

 

12/18
台積電赴美投資被認為是因應地緣政治危機,針對地緣政治帶來的問題,台積電總裁魏哲家昨罕見示警說:「出口管制、對其他國家產品的禁令摧毀了全球化帶來的生產力和效率,或者至少降低了自由市場帶來的好處,但最可怕的是,國家之間的互信與合作正在開始減弱。」全球化的好處已然被扭曲,他敦促政客們提出解決方案。

December 18: 
Chief Executive Officer CC Wei of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) made a rare warning on December 17 that export controls and banning products from other foreign countries destroy productivity and efficiency gained under globalization, or at least they reduce benefits offered by a free market. Since the benefits of globalization have been distorted, he urged politicians to offer solutions.