The Rohingya, the stateless and widely persecuted minority group in Myanmar and Bangladesh, has the largest number of about 25,000 people who sailed out of Bangladesh and Myanmar since 2014, with hundreds of deaths at sea.
Ma touted that US-Taiwan relations has been at its best in 36 years, and he credits that to his “successful handling” of cross straits relations based on the 1992 Consensus, and a “low-key, surprise-free approach” to dealing with the US.
On Thursday, Kaohsiung’s City Government launched a long-waited “Sunny Registration” pilot project for same-sex couples, but some LGBTI activists criticize the project for not having any legal effect.
On Friday, May 15, Taiwan’s parliament lowered the maximum normal working hour from 84 hours per two weeks, to 40 hours per week; long term caretakers also get government aid. But some worry about funding and economic competitiveness.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would become the world’s biggest free trade deal, but only if it is signed successfully amidst opposition from groups in the US and Japan, while Taiwan tries to join but with possible criticism at home…