TAIWAN: WEEK IN REVIEW, 15Jun2013

Some Philippine Coast Guard personnel are heading to court; 64% against Nuke 4; Taiwan SAR in 2014 or 2012?; Taiwan still using cart and buggy according to MSCI; China Steel enters the dash for trash; Foxconn’s toxic factories; Obama stands by Taiwan Relations Act; Here’s what you missed this week.

TAIWAN: BEFORE THE OPEN, 14Jun2013

EWT at a 1% premium over night; Taiwan SAR 2014?; Making toxic food now criminal; HTC’s J Butterfly spreads its wings; 64% against Nuke 4; Here’s what you need to know pre-open.

Poll: 64% against Nuke 4

The poll was conducted by RDEC. The result is up 4 percentage points from the last poll.

TAIWAN: CLOSING WRAP, 11Jun2013

TWSE down 0.54%; Foxconn’s toxic electronic waste factories; Apple supply chain to get a boost in Q3; DPP wants Nuke 4 top of the list; The PS4 rumored supply chain; Barclays on Mediatek; Here’s what you missed today.

DPP wants Nuke 4 on the Legislative Yuan’s Jun 13-27 session

From Taiwan News:

As the regular session of the Legislature closed last May 31, lawmakers decided that a high number of important subjects still needed a break in the summer recess. Issues widely expected to appear on the agenda were the concentration of the media in the hands of a few tycoons, pension reform, controversial changes to the Accounting Act, administrative reform, education and the fourth nuclear plant now under construction in Gongliao, New Taipei City.

TAIWAN: BEFORE THE OPEN, 07Jun2013

Jiang hitches his star to Nuke 4; HTC a one trick pony; What is an ‘acceptable result’ President Ma?; Apple supply chain names getting hammered; Electric cars just aren’t wanted; Here’s what you need to know pre open.

Premier Jiang hitches his star to Nuke 4 vote

 

Interesting move this power plant seems to be awfully unpopular.

TAIWAN: CLOSING WRAP, 05Jun2013

TWSE has another boring day down 0.11%; Where is the inflation?; The HTC One mini; Land Bank and CCB sign MOU; DPP flip-flops on Nuke 4; Here’s what you missed today.

DPP flip-flopped on Nuke 4

Tsai lng-wen is the Chairwoman of the DPP.

From The China Post:

When Tsai served as vice premier from 2006 to 2007, she had repeatedly instructed Taipower to “complete Fourth Nuclear Power Plant construction as scheduled” and asked the state-run firm to “continue communicating with the public,” Yin said.

TAIWAN: CLOSING WRAP, 03Jun2013

TWSE dragged down by PMI; Acer and Asustek at Computex; Ex-pres attempted suicide; Nuke 4 not near fault line?; HTC hopium; Here’s what you missed today.