Amid a flurry of announced major infrastructure projects, the Taoyuan Aerotropolis stands out for its scale and boldness. Touted as the largest national infrastructure project since the Ten Major Infrastructure Projects of the 1970s that catapulted Taiwan into the ranks of major industrial economies, the Aerotropolis is a planned transportation, logistics, industrial, and residential city…
To Save Face, Shun Ting Hsin, Says NTU Ting Hsin Industrial Oil and Fat Co. was acquitted by the Changhua County District Court in November of all charges stemming from a food safety scandal last year that accused the company of producing oils for food processing from tainted materials. The court rejected charges that Ting…
The new mayor of Taoyuan says the project is viable, but needs more transparency and public involvement. When preparing the report that appeared in the August issue last year on the massive infrastructure development project known as the Taoyuan Aerotropolis, Taiwan Business TOPICS solicited the views of Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), then the Democratic Progressive Party…
