To underline the fact that the New
Taiwan dollar has national currency status, the new banknotes will no longer be issued on commission by the Bank of Taiwan, but the central bank itself.
Companies with units both in Taiwan and China previously needed to exchange New
Taiwan dollars for U.
Contestants were competing in New Taipei City to win a prize put up by the government of 520,000 New
Taiwan Dollars (Au11,000).
Chen was also fined 180 million
Taiwan dollars and stripped of his civil rights for nine years, Xinhua reports.
The court also reduced a fine against Chen of 200 million
Taiwan dollars (six million US dollars) to 170 million
Taiwan dollars, while a fine of 300 million
Taiwan dollars for Wu was cut to 200 million
Taiwan dollars.
The Taiwan Pavilion, the last to begin construction, cost one billion
Taiwan dollars (31 million US dollars) and is due to start trial operation on April 20 before the Expos official opening on May 1, operators said.
A Mattel worker earned 900
Taiwan dollars ($28 at current exchange rates) a month in the late 1960s while a Barbie doll purchased in Japan cost around 1,200
Taiwan dollars.
The estimated economic impact rose to 110 billion
Taiwan dollars (3.
The move, aimed at stimulating tourism, allows tourists to carry more
Taiwan dollars when they visit the nation.
Taiwanes developers have revealed a plan to construct a 70 billion New
Taiwan dollars (about $2.
Typhoon Morakot has caused at least five billion
Taiwan dollars (156 million US) in agricultural damage while a total of 61,000 houses were left without power and 850,000 homes without water, according to officials.
He and his wife were charged with embezzling 104 million New
Taiwan dollars ($3.
