Taipei - Thousands of taxis in Taipei are now equipped with emergency reporting gear following the grisly killing of a taxi driver by five youths earlier this week, a newspaper said Friday.

The Liberty Times said that several radio taxi companies in Taipei have installed the SOS box beside steering wheels, so that drivers can push the button and call for help if attacked.

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Taipei  - Former banker Jeffrey Koo Jr testified Wednesday that his uncle had given the wife of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian 400 million Taiwan dollars
(11.8 million US dollars) through an associate as a reward for sealing a lucrative land deal.

The uncle, Koo Cheng-yun, and his associate did not name the ex-president as the recipient of the funds when they testified at Chen's trial on corruption charges.

Taipei  - Taiwan's China Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC) plans to seek damage from Israeli shipping line Zim for scrapping orders for six containers ships, the company said Wednesday.

Zim's orders for the six 1,700-TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container ships were worth a total of 220 million US dollars. SCBC is seeking compensation according to its contact with Zim, company president Lee Chih-cheng told a news conference.

Taipei  - Taiwan has picked Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc to help upgrade the island's semiconductor industry, an industry source said Wednesday.

But John Hsuan, head of the Taiwan Memory Co (TMC), which was formed last month to integrate Taiwan's semiconductor industry, said TMC also seeking the cooperation of US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc.

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