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Environmental Protection Administration
The Ministry of Environment (MOENV; ), formerly the Environmental Protection Administration, is a cabinet-level ministry responsible for protecting and conserving the environment in Taiwan. The ministry's scope includes air quality, noise control, monitoring and inspection of environment, solid waste, recycling, sustainable development and international cooperation. It is led by the Minister for Environment, who is supported by two deputy ministers. History The environmental protection agency has evolved and been part of different departments over decades. Prior to 1971, the environmental portfolio was part of the Ministry of Interior which encompasses the Health portfolio. From March 1971 to 28 January 1982, the Department of Environmental Health was established to look after protecting the environment. Various agencies such as the Department of Health and others managed the soil and water aspects of environment. From 29 January 1982 to 21 August 1987, the Environmental Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Taiwanese Mandarin
Taiwanese Mandarin, frequently referred to as ''Guoyu'' () or ''Huayu'' (), is the variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the Taiwanese population is fluent in Mandarin, though many also speak a variety of Min Chinese known as Taiwanese Hokkien, which has had a significant influence on the Mandarin spoken on the island. Mandarin was not a prevalent spoken language in Taiwan before the mid-20th century. Early Chinese immigrants who settled in Taiwan before Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule mainly spoke other varieties of Chinese languages, primarily Hakka language, Hakka and Hokkien. By contrast, Taiwanese indigenous peoples speak unrelated Austronesian languages. Japan Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), annexed Taiwan in 1895 and governed the island as a colony for the next 50 years, introducing Japanese language, Japanese in education, government, and public life. With the defeat of Imperial Japan in World War II, Taiwan was transferred to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lee Huan
Lee Huan (; 8 February 1917 – 2 December 2010) was a Taiwanese politician. He was Premier of the Republic of China from 1989 to 1990, serving for one year under former President Lee Teng-hui. He was the father of Lee Ching-hua and Diane Lee. He was born in Hankou, Hubei. Early life and education He received his Bachelor of Laws at Fudan University and his Master of Arts in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He also received a master's degree in administration and social science from Dankook University in South Korea. Lee also received an honorary doctorate from Dongguk University in South Korea. Political career In 1972, Lee Huan was appointed as Director General of the Department of Organization for the Kuomintang (KMT) when Chiang Ching-kuo was premier. In 1976, Chiang Ching-kuo instructed Lee Huan to select several dozen young party leaders for the highest level cadre training program at the Institute of Revolutionary Practice. Among the 60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chang Juu-en
Chang Juu-en (; born 1951) is a Taiwanese engineer who served as Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 2003 to 2005. Early life and academic career Chang was born in 1951 and raised on a farm in Taiwan. He earned a Ph.D in civil engineering from Tohoku University in Japan, after having studied at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Chang began teaching at NCKU in 1982, and was named deputy minister of the Environmental Protection Administration under the leadership of Hau Lung-pin in April 2001. Environmental Protection Administration Hau Lung-pin resigned from the Environmental Protection Administration on 1 October 2003, due to a disagreement on whether to implement referendum results despite concerns raised in a professional environmental impact assessment. Premier Yu Shyi-kun You Si-kun (; born 25 April 1948), also romanized Yu Shyi-kun, is a Taiwanese politician. He was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Yu Shyi-kun
You Si-kun (; born 25 April 1948), also romanized Yu Shyi-kun, is a Taiwanese politician. He was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and is known to be a strong advocate of Taiwan independence. He led the DPP as chairman from 2006 to 2007 and served as Premier of the Republic of China, Premier from 2002 to 2005. Personal background Born in Taihe Village (太和村), Dongshan, Yilan, Dongshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County, You was raised in a poor tenant farming family. While he was a 13-year-old student at National Yilan Senior High School, Taiwan Provincial Yilan High School, his house was destroyed by flood waters during 1961 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Pamela, typhoon Pamela and his father died of tuberculosis in the same year. As a result, he quit junior high school to work full-time on his family farm. At 19, he enrolled in supplementary night school at Lotung Commercial and Vocational High School. He moved to Taipei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hau Lung-pin
Hau Lung-pin (; born 22 August 1952) is a Taiwanese politician and chemist. As a member of the New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down from the EPA in 2003 and served as Mayor of Taipei from 2006 to 2014. He joined the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2006 and has served as vice chairman of the party in 2014 and from 2016 to 2020. Early life and education Hau Lung-pin is the son of former premier and 4-star General ( Chief of the General Staff, Army Commander-in-Chief), Hau Pei-tsun. He was born in Taiwan with ancestral roots in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. He attended National Taiwan University and graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in agricultural chemistry. He then earned a Ph.D. in food science and technology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1983. Career When Hau returned to Taiwan after his doctoral studies, he taught as a professor (1983–88, associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chang Chun-hsiung
Chang Chun-hsiung (; born 23 March 1938) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who had served as the prime minister of Taiwan (officially Premier of the Executive Yuan) from 2000 to 2002 and 2007 to 2008, both under Chen Shui-bian's presidency. His appointment by then-President Chen in 2000 marked the first time a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member occupied the premiership. As a founding member of the DPP, he served on its Central Committee and Central Standing Committee from 1986 to 2000. Early life and education Chang was born in 1938 in the city of Kagi (present-day Chiayi) when Taiwan (then Formosa) was still a colony of Japan. He earned his LL.B. at the National Taiwan University in 1960. Chang joined the Kuomintang in 1970, but was expelled three years later for mounting a campaign for the Taipei City Council. As a lawyer, he defended the victims of the Kaohsiung Incident in 1980. From 1982 to 1986 he was President of the Kaohsiung Chapter of the YMCA. Politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tang Fei
Tang Fei (; born 15 March 1932) is a Taiwanese politician and retired ROC Air Force general. He served as the prime minister of Taiwan from May 20 to October 2000, under the Chen Shui-bian government of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, as a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he did not agree with Chen and the DPP's policies and resigned five months after assuming the premiership. Biography Tang Fei was born on March 15, 1932, in Taicang, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He enrolled in the Chinese Air Force Preparatory School at the age of 12 and graduated in 1950. He later studied at the Republic of China Air Force Academy from which he graduated in 1952. He completed advanced military education at the Air Force Squadron Officers' Course in 1963, Air Force Command and General Staff College of the Armed Forces University in 1971, and the War College in 1979. He served in a wide range of combat, staff, and overseas positions during his military career, starting as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Edgar Lin
Edgar Lin Chun-yi (; born 23 July 1938) is a Taiwanese biologist, environmentalist, diplomat and politician. Early life and career Lin studied English at National Taiwan University and earned a Ph.D. in ecology from the Indiana University. He remained in the United States for a time, working as a research fellow for the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology. After his return to Taiwan, Lin taught at Tunghai University. Lin began participating in Taiwan's environmental movement in the 1980s. He became known as a "godfather" of the cause and was a noted anti-nuclear activist, later serving Greenpeace Taiwan as its president. Political career Lin ran in the 1989 legislative election for a Legislative Yuan seat in Taichung. His unsuccessful campaign was backed by the Democratic Progressive Party. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1992. The National Assembly voted to block a set of reform proposals after its convocation. Alongside fellow Democr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Vincent Siew
Siew Wan-chang (; born 3 January 1939), known also by his English name Vincent Siew, is a Taiwanese politician who served as the ninth vice president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2008 to 2012. He was the first Taiwanese-born Premier of the Republic of China and former vice-chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT). Early life and education Born in Chiayi City in the then Japanese colony of Taiwan on 3 January 1939, Siew graduated from Chiayi High School in 1957. In 1961, he graduated from the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University (NCCU). After completing his conscription, he passed the Foreign Affairs Special Examination of 1962. He subsequently received his master's degree from the Graduate Institute of International Law and Diplomacy from NCCU in 1965. Although he was accepted by Harvard University, Siew chose to remain in Taiwan heeding his mother's wishes. He completed a leadership seminar at Georgetown University in the United States in 1982 and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tsai Hsun-hsiung
Tsai Hsun-hsiung (; born 23 June 1941) is a Taiwanese architect and politician. He served as Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 1996 to 2000. Tsai was named the Governor of Taiwan Province in 2008 before being named the Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development in 2009. He stepped down from the CEPD in 2010. Early life and education Tsai was born in Taiwan on 23 June 1941. His family was a prominent landowning family in Changhua during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. When Tsai was a child, his father was imprisoned for being a sympathetic to Marxism. Tsai graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in 1964, then completed advanced studies in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in urban studies and urban planning in 1974. Tsai then earned his Ph.D. in urban planning from Princeton University Princeton University is a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lien Chan
Lien Chan ( zh, t=連戰, w=, p=, poj=; born August 27, 1936) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. He was the chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1990 to 1993, premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997, vice president of the Republic of China from 1996 to 2000, and was the chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2000 to 2005, apart from various ministerial posts he had also held. After graduating from National Taiwan University, Lien earned a master's degree and his PhD from the University of Chicago in the United States. He ran for the President of the Republic of China on behalf of the Kuomintang twice in 2000 and 2004, but both lost to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. Upon his retirement as KMT Chairman in August 2005, he was given the title Honorary Chairman of the KMT. Lien is highly credited after holding a 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China, groundbreaking visit to mainland China in his capacity as the Chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chang Lung-cheng
Chang may refer to: People Surname * Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames * Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surname Given name * Chang Bunker () (1811–1874), one of the original Siamese twins * Liu Chang (other) * Chang, the younger brother in the children's book '' Tikki Tikki Tembo'' * Chang (Star Trek), a Klingon general from the film ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' * Chang Koehan, a Korean character from ''The King of Fighters'' * Benjamin Chang, a Chinese character from ''Community'' Pseudonym * Chang (director) (born Yoon Hong-seung, 1975), a South Korean film director Ethnography * Chang Naga, a tribe of Tuensang in Nagaland, India * Chang language, spoken by the Chang Naga Places * Chang, Bhiwani, a village in the Indian state of Haryana * Chang, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province of Iran Other uses * Chang, chaang, or chhaang, a traditional alcoholic barley dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |