2023/07/23-2023/07/29

7/25
台積電宣布將在竹科苗栗銅鑼園區斥資900億元興建先進封裝廠。消息人士指出,此舉是為了搭配重量級客戶包括超微、輝達、蘋果和賽靈思等,提供先進邏輯晶片製程的後段先進封裝,讓產能持續,才能啟動高雄廠二奈米和龍潭一點四奈米先進製程計畫,以及南科三奈米擴建。

July 25: 
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced that it will spend NT$90 billion (about US$2.86 billion) to build an advanced packaging plant in the Tongluo Science Park, a branch of the Hsinchu Science Park. Sources indicate that this move is to cooperate with heavyweight customers including Advanced Micro Devices, NVIDIA, Apple, and Xilinx, to provide back-end advanced packaging for advanced logic chip manufacturing processes so that production capacity can be sustained to ensure advanced process chip production plans for the Kaohsiung 2nm plant and Longtan 1.4nm plant can be executed and the Tainan Science Park 3nm plant expanded.


7/25
基隆市陸軍祥豐營區發生爆炸意外,9名士官兵疑似搬運迫擊砲時遭炸傷,7人無大礙,但2名士官斷臂,傷勢嚴重截肢。

July 25: 
A mortar round explosion occurred in the Hsienfeng camp of the Army in Keelung. Nine officers and soldiers were injured, possibly during the carrying of mortar rounds. Seven of them sustained minor injuries while two officers were severely injured and had partial amputations. 


7/26
勞保基金2022年潛藏負債近12兆,恐於2028年破產,工鬥團體不滿勞保年金給付金額不足支應勞工退休生活所需,且政府對勞保年金改革毫無進度,赴行政院外批評政府六年無作為,空轉、失職。

July 26: 
The labor insurance fund has a hidden debt of nearly NT$12 trillion (about US$382 billion) in 2022 and may go bankrupt in 2028. Worker groups are dissatisfied that the labor insurance annuity benefits are not adequate to meet the needs of workers' retirement life, and the government has made no progress in labor insurance annuity reform. Groups assembled outside the Executive Yuan to criticize the government for six years of inaction and dereliction. 


7/26
國民黨主席朱立倫在全國黨代表大會拋出力促非綠團結形成執政大聯盟,總統參選人侯友宜競選辦公室執行長金溥聰卻質疑,「不清楚那是什麼」,更砲轟倡議在野(政黨輪替)大聯盟的黨籍立委參選人。在全代會營造黨內大團結氣氛後,金頻頻將炮口對內,黨內浮現不滿聲音。侯辦稱,攘外必先安內。

July 26: 
At the party's National Congress, Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) proposed to promote a "non-green" alliance as a foundation for a ruling coalition. However, King Pu-tsung, executive director of the Hou Yu-ih presidential campaign, questioned that he does not know what the proposal is and even blasted legislator candidates supporting a grand coalition of opposition parties. After the National Congress created an atmosphere of internal unity, critical voices emerged on King's comments on party members. According to Hou's campaign, internal issues must be settled first before fighting external ones.


7/26
前北市長、民眾黨主席柯文哲批評,中央前瞻軌道建設壓垮地方政府財政,軌道建設計畫38項子計畫中,執行率僅5.3%;已經動工的六都、七縣市的自籌款,受通膨與缺工等影響,從新台幣3909億暴增到5518億元。
審計部報告也指出,蔡執政期間特別預算常態化,7年內提出多達11項特別預算,總額約2.1兆元,債務未償餘額至2022年底達5兆6997億元。

July 26: 
Ko Wen-je, chairman of the Taiwan People's Party and former Taipei mayor, criticized the central government's track construction under the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program for crushing local government finances. Among the 38 sub-projects of the track construction plan, the implementation rate was only 5.3 percent. Due to inflation and job shortages, the self-raised funds for already-begun construction by local governments have skyrocketed from NT$390.9 billion (about US$12.4 billion) to NT$551.8 billion (about US$17.5 billion). A report by the National Audit Office also indicated that the special budget was normalized during the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen. As many as 11 special budgets were proposed within seven years, totaling NT$2.1 trillion (about US$66.8 billion). The outstanding debt balance will reach nearly NT$5.7 trillion (about US$181.3 billion) by the end of 2022.


7/27
美國眾議院通過「台灣國際團結法案」,主張聯合國1971年通過的第2758號決議並未處理台灣在聯合國或任何相關組織的代表權問題,亦沒有在中華人民共和國與台灣關係上採取立場,或包含任何關於台灣主權的聲明;美方反對任何在沒有台灣人民同意下,試圖改變台灣地位的倡議。

July 27: 
The United States House of Representatives passed the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, arguing that United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution 2758 passed in 1971 did not deal with the issue of Taiwan's representation in the UN or related organizations; nor did it take a position on the relationship between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan or contain any statement on Taiwan's sovereignty. According to the legislation, the United States opposes any initiative to change Taiwan's status without the consent of the people of Taiwan. 


7/28
國民黨立委參選人林金結因與鴻海創辦人郭台銘同台,遭疑倒戈挺郭。國民黨對其作出嚴厲口頭警告,請其注意言行不得再犯,否則加重處分。這也是國民黨員與郭同台遭黨紀處分的首例。

July 28: 
KMT legislator candidate Lin Chin-chieh was suspected of defecting to Terry Gou after sharing the stage with him. The KMT gave him a stern verbal warning and asked him to be careful not to repeat such conduct; otherwise, he may face harsher discipline. This is the first case in which a KMT member sharing the stage with Gou has faced party discipline. 


7/29
美國宣布提供台灣3.45億美元的國防防衛物資與服務,以及軍事訓練和教育,以援助台灣。這是美方在2023財年通過國防授權法後,首次援引總統提撥授權對台軍援。外交部感謝美國政府長期履行「台灣關係法」及「六項保證」對台灣的安全承諾。美媒認為,此舉將可能激怒中國大陸。

July 29: 
The United States announced that it would provide Taiwan with US$345 million in defense supplies and services, as well as military training and education. This is the first time that the United States has invoked presidential allocation powers to provide military aid to Taiwan after passing the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it appreciates the long-standing U.S. commitment to Taiwan's security under the Taiwan Relations Act and Six Assurances. American media opine that the move may anger mainland China.