AIT/CIS SUMMARY OF CHINESE LANGUAGE PRESS

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: January 13, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: AIT/CIS SUMMARY OF CHINESE LANGUAGE PRESS
1. PREMIER YU CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME WAVE IN TAIWAN
2. THREE U.S. SENATORS TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK
3. MOEA TO EXPAND PURCHASE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS
4. MRTS PROJECT IN GREATER TAIPEI AREA HITS SNAG
5. IMPORT OF COLOR TVS & VIDEORECORDERS TO BE
LIBERALIZED IN JULY
6. TAIWAN TOURISM REGISTERS NEGATIVE GROWTH IN 1985
7. BUS FARES TO BE RAISED EFFECTIVE JAN. 21
- ALL PAPERS, SOME FRONT PAGE HEADLINES: YESTERDAY,
PREMIER YU KUO-HWA INSTRUCTED TOP EXECUTIVES OF
VARIOUS SECURITY AGENCIES, INCLUDING INTERIOR MINISTER
WU POH-HSIUNG, JUSTICE MINISTER SHIH CHI-YANG AND
NATIONAL POLICE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR GENERAL LO
CHANG, TO TAKE SWIFT AND EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST
INCREASING CRIME IN TAIWAN.
YU SAID VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE OCCURRED ONE AFTER
ANOTHER, AND THAT OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP WILL CONTINUE
SO THAT SOCIAL ORDER CAN BE MAINTAINED.
- UNITED DAILY NEWS & CHINA TIMES: FOLLOWING THE
DEPARTURE OF SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER, THREE
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THEY ARE WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR. (R.-DELAWARE), ORRIN G.
HATCH (R.-UTAH) AND CHIC HECHT (R.-NEVADA). BOTH
ROTH AND HATCH ARE RANKING SENATORS; ROTH CHAIRS THE
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND HATCH THE
LABOR & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE. HECHT, WHO IS
MORE JUNIOR, WAS ELECTED IN 1982, BUT HE HAS THE SAME
CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH PRESIDENT REAGAN AS
PAUL LAXALT DOES, AND HELPED REAGAN RUN FOR BOTH
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S. PRESIDENCY. IN
RETURN, REAGAN WENT TO NEVADA TO HELP HECHT'S CAMPAIGN
THREE YEARS AGO. THEREFORE, WASHINGTON POLITICAL
CIRCLES ARE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SENATOR HECHT
AND REGARD HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW GENERATION WITH
POTENTIAL POWER IN THE SENATE.
ROTH IS POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE AND HE HAS BEEN
SUPPORTIVE OF TAIWAN'S CLOSE AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS
WITH THE U.S. ROTH IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN TAIPEI
NEXT MONDAY. HATCH, WHO VISITED TAIWAN TWICE IN THE
PAST, WILL ARRIVE ON A SPECIAL PLANE, JAN. 14,
ACCOMPANIED BY HECHT AND FOUR CONGRESSMAN.
THE HATCH DELEGATION IS ON A VISIT TO ASIA, INCLUDING
THE PRC. ALL MEMBERS IN THE DELEGATION ARE REPUBLI-
CANS. THEY INCLUDE CONGRESSMEN ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO
FROM CALIFORNIA, JIM COURTER FROM NEW JERSEY, MICHAEL
DEWINE FROM OHIO, AND DON RITTER FROM PENNSYLVANIA. ?
DURING THEIR STAY, THEY WILL CALL ON GOVERNMENT
LEADERS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS CONCERNING U.S.-TAIWAN
RELATIONS AND THE SITUATION ON THE TAIWAN STRAIT.
- UNITED DAILY NEWS: THE ECONOMIC MINISTRY SAID THAT
IT HAS MAPPED OUT PLANS TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE
HUGE TAIWAN TRADE SURPLUS OVER THE U.S. THIS INCLUDES
THE BULK PURCHASE OF AMERICAN COTTON. IN ADDITION,
FUTURE BUY-AMERICAN MISSIONS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
CIVILIAN ENTERTAINMENT TROUPE TO PROMOTE CHINESE ARTS
AND CULTURE AND TO ENHANCE U.S. UNDERSTANDING OF
TAIWAN.
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SUBJ: AIT/CIS SUMMARY OF CHINESE LANGUAGE PRESS
DISPATCHED DURING THE PAST 8 YEARS HAVE BOUGHT
PRODUCTS TOTALING USD7.5 BILLION.
- CHINA TIMES: A CONCERNED OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE
MASS RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM (MRTS) PROJECT, CONSIDERED
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE 14 MAJOR CONSTRUCTION
ENGINEERING PROJECTS, WILL BE POSTPONED. THIS IS
BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, UNCERTAINTY OVER THE
ROUTE AND FAILURE TO ARRIVE AT A DECISION ON (SETTING
UP) A SPECIAL ORGANIZATION TO DEAL WITH THE PROJECT.
THE MRTS WOULD HAVE PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO OVER
THREE MILLION PEOPLE IN THE GREATER TAIPEI AREA. AS
A RESULT OF THE PROBLEMS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
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IMPORTANT TAIPEI-TAMSHUI ROUTE, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED
TO START JULY 1 THIS YEAR, WILL BE CALLED OFF.
5. IMPORT OF COLOR TVS & VIDEORECORDERS TO BE
LIBERALIZED IN JULY:
- CHINA TIMES: MOEA'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU
SAID THAT IF NO SPECIAL FACTORS COME INTO PLAY, TAIWAN
WILL COMPLETELY LIBERALIZE THE IMPORT OF COLOR TV
SETS AND VIDEORECORDERS, STARTING JULY 1 THIS YEAR.
- SOME PAPERS: ACCORDING TO THE TOURISM BUREAU'S
STATISTICS ON JAN. 10, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOREIGN
VISITORS IN 1985 WAS 1,451,659, A DECREASE OF 4.3
PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OF THESE, ALIENS
NUMBERED 1,195,443, A DROP OF 32,007 PEOPLE OR 2.6
PERCENT OVER THE PRECEDING YEAR; OVERSEAS CHINESE
WERE 256,216, A DECREASE OF 32,472 OR 11.3 PERCENT
OVER 1984.
- CHINA TIMES: MEMBERS OF THE TAIPEI CITY GOVERNMENT
MET WITH EXECUTIVE MEMBERS OF THE KMT TAIPEI HEAD-
QUARTERS AND THE TAIPEI CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY AND
AGREED THAT BUS FARES FOR TAIPEI CITY WILL BE RAISED
STARTING JAN. 21, 1986, RATHER THAN THE ORIGINAL DATE
OF FEB. 26.
A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIAL SAID THAT BUS FARES FOR
OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES IN TAIWAN PROVINCE WILL BE
RAISED ON THE SAME DATE. THAYER
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