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Editorial: Conditional Progress on Terms and Conditions |
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The dubious distinction of being one of the most intractable items raised in AmCham's annual Taiwan White Paper has belonged to the issue of the "terms and conditions" set in public procurement projects. Each year from 1999 through 2005, that subject has been a prominent part of the position paper submitted by the Infrastructure Committee (formerly known as the Construction Committee). During that time it had also been regularly discussed by Chamber representatives with relevant government officials - chiefly the Public Construction Commission (PCC) - but without any substantial progress.
It is therefore with considerable relief that AmCham notes a recent breakthrough in the way the PCC will treat various requirements in what the commission calls the Essential Provisions for public contracts. Those revised guidelines are significantly improved over past requirements. Nevertheless, AmCham urges that a Consequential Damage Clause as well as a Total Liability Clause (which should also limit the liability in accordance with the nature of the work) be explicitly included in the guidelines to make them fully conform to standard international practices.
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Commentary: Education Rethought |
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BY RICHARD R. VUYLSTEKE
Early this month more than 100 senior HR managers gathered in Hong Kong to assess human resource trends in Asia, focusing especially on China, Hong Kong, India, and Taiwan. The two-day conference, organized by Mercer Human Resource Consulting and co-sponsored by several chambers of commerce in the region (including AmCham Taipei), raised a number of worrisome issues directly relevant to Taiwan's educational environment. The speakers - from such well-known companies as B&Q Asia, Cendant Mobility, DBM Hong Kong, FedEx, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, IMA Asia, and Philips Electronics - presented some sobering facts about immediate and near-term shortages of qualified talent in the region.
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BY LUCIEN CROWDER
MACROECONOMICS
GDP GROWING FASTER THAN EXPECTED
CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
UNIFICATION COUNCIL ABOLISHED... RIGHT?
MA MAKES NEWS WITH CROSS-STRAIT COMMENTS
1992 CONSENSUS?
DOMESTIC NEWS
FORMER PREMIER SUN PASSES AWAY
MEDIA REINED IN AT CKS AIRPORT
INTERNATIONAL
NEW LEADERSHIP AT AIT
BUSINESS
MORE FINES FOR UMC
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Issues: Emabling the Sub Deal to Resurface |
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Congressman Rob Simmons suggested in Taipei that the urgent first step is to set the specifications and prepare a conceptual design.
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COVER STORY: Can Taiwan Biotech Meet the Test? |
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After many years of effort and steady if unspectacular progress, Taiwan has been redefining its expectations in developing a domestic biotech industry. There is growing recognition that it will be difficult for powerhouses to emerge in the kind of role that Acer or Taiwan Semiconductor played in IT industry development. In the increasingly collaborative international biotech field, even the biggest players are constantly looking for partners to work with on individual projects. Taiwan companies may find an attractive niche taking sections of the development and testing process in bringing a new drug to market.
BY LUCIEN CROWDER
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