Memorial to Yin Hai-kuang facing financial problemsBy Kuo An-chia / Staff reporterA financial crisis has hit Liberalism Yin Hai-kuang, the foundation responsible for the upkeep of the residence of Yin Hai-kuang (殷海光), a famed National Taiwan University (NTU) philosophy professor, after major donors stopped their contributions. Yin is considered a pioneering liberalist in Taiwan. The entrance to the Taipei residence of Yin Hai-kuang, a National Taiwan University philosophy professor, is pictured on July 25, 2017. The foundation late last year wrote to then-Presidential Office secretary-general Chen Chu (陳菊), but never heard back, she added. Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs Director-General Tsai Tsung-hsiung (蔡宗雄) on Saturday told reporters that Yin’s residence is owned by the university, which would provide support.

Charity auction to raise more than NT$150,000By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterA Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF) charity auction of paintings created by celebrities is expected to raise more than NT$150,000 for disadvantaged children. The paintings were exhibited at a Kingstone bookstore branch on Tingzhou Road (汀州路) in Taipei’s Zhongzheng District (中正) from Monday last week to yesterday. Chloe, Chen Yu-chen, Mornin Chen, Kuai-kuai, Ku Yao-wei, Tang Hsin, Sheng Ya, Yang Hsiao-fan and Bu Ting (left to right) yesterday in Taipei hold up artworks they painted for the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families’ charity auction of paintings by celebrities. Hopefully this will also spread to disadvantaged children, Ku said. All proceeds from the auction would go to the organization’s anti-poverty program to help fund the education of disadvantaged children, the TFCF said.

Final day of Lee memorial draws record-high crowdBy Chen Yu-fu, Lu Yi-hsuan and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writerMore than 40,000 people visited the memorial to former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) at the Taipei Guest House before it closed yesterday. The 16-day memorial ended as Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Lee Chun-yi (李俊俋) led the entire staff overseeing the memorial in bowing three times before a portrait of Lee, who died on July 30 at the age of 97. Presidential Office statistics showed a total of 43,067 visitors, with 3,899 showing up yesterday, a daily high. Photo: Chen Yu-fu, Taipei TimesMeanwhile, sources said a public memorial service for Lee is being planned for the Grand Chapel of Aletheia University in New Taipei City, perhaps on Sept. 19. Members of the Lee funeral committee are to meet on Wednesday to discuss the details.

The yinyangsi is in charge of accepting the cangue-bearers’ spiritual petitions on behalf of the City God. Many of the earlier City God Temples in Taiwan were set up by Qing officials, who built them in the administrative center of each new district. At the end of Qing rule of Taiwan in 1895, there were 15 state-built City God Temples and 16 private ones. Today there are over 90 temples across Taiwan with the City God as main deity. According to the book Interaction Between Humans and Ghosts (人與鬼之交流) by Tsai Yi-hsin (蔡翊鑫), the Hsinchu City God Temple’s cangue ritual was first held in 1854.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu wears a mask made in Taiwan with the national flags of Taiwan and the Czech Republic printed on it. You said that he admired the Czech delegation for visiting Taiwan despite pressure from Beijing. Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) was on Friday interviewed by Czech Television, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Asked about the significance of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar’s visit last week, Wu said that Azar was the highest-level US official to visit Taiwan in 41 years and that his visit shows closer Taiwan-US ties. At the end of the interview, Wu showed a mask made for the Czech visitors that bears the national flags of Taiwan and the Czech Republic.

Exhibition tells story of White Terror survivorBy Chen Yu-hsun and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe story of Luku Incident (鹿窟事件) victim Pan Ping-hui (潘炳輝), one of hundreds arrested during the White Terror era, is the focus of an exhibition at a tea factory in Taipei’s Nangang District (南港). Pan Shih-hsien on Thursday looks at a poster that describes the story of his grandfather, Pan Ping-hui, a victim of the Luku Incident, at an exhibition in Taipei. Pan Shih-hsien (潘世賢) said his grandfather, Pan Ping-hui, never knew why he was arrested, and that his grandfather and father were reluctant to discuss it. Pan Ping-hui was held for eight years, and then he was afraid to interact with people and so moved to the mountains to live alone, Pan Shih-hsien said. Pan Shih-hsien said his grandfather always told him not to speak about the government or politics, which Pan Shih-hsien said showed just how much his grandfather’s experience had scarred him.

Pro-Taiwan groups on Friday gathered outside the court demanding that Cheng apologize, and some engaged in shouting matches with pro-unification groups, who came to support Cheng. People line up to pay their respects to former president Lee Teng-hui at the Taipei Guest House yesterday. The Taiwan Solidarity Union yesterday issued a statement condemning Lisa Cheng’s. Lisa Cheng’s action has provoked anger, “as people see her heart as full of hatred,” the Taiwan Republic Office said in a statement. Lisa Cheng’s beliefs are a result of decades of brainwashing by the former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime, which filled her mind with hatred, it said.

Chen received 671,804 votes, or 70.03 percent, against 248,478, or 25.90 percent, for KMT Kaohsiung City Councilor Jane Lee (李眉蓁) and 38,960, or 4.06 percent, for Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Kaohsiung City Councilor Wu Yi-jheng (吳益政), according to the final vote tallies from the Kaohsiung City Election Commission. In his victory speech, Chen said that people’s support, regardless for whom, spelled the beginning of hope for Kaohsiung. Former vice premier Chen Chi-mai of the Democratic Progressive Party celebrates after winning the mayoral by-election in Kaohsiung yesterday. She congratulated Chen on his victory and called on her supporters to remain open-minded and give Chen a chance to lead Kaohsiung toward a better future. The turnout rate was 66 percent for the 2014 mayoral election, 73 percent for the 2018 mayoral election, and 74 percent for the Jan. 11 presidential and legislative elections, it added.

US formalizes sale of new F-16 warplanes to Taiwan‘PARTNER NATIONS’: The fighter jets are being assembled at Lockheed Martin’s new plant in South Carolina and would feature state of-the-art fire-control radarBloombergThe government has formally signed an agreement to buy 66 of the latest model F-16 jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp. The nation’s purchase of the F-16s marks the first US sale of advanced fighter jets to Taiwan since then-US president George H.W. In addition to Taiwan, Morocco is buying 24 F-16s jets in the first tranche of 90 aircraft that the Pentagon said was valued at US$4.9 billion. The Pentagon announcement did not name Taiwan or Morocco, but they have been identified in a previous statement and were confirmed on Friday by a person familiar with the contract. “Taiwan and Morocco are expected to be the first two partner nations that will utilize this contract,” Brackens said.

Kaohsiung candidates hold ralliesBy Ko Yu-hao, Wang Jung-hsiang and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe three candidates in the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election yesterday canvassed for support ahead of today’s vote. Kaohsiung City Councilor Jane Lee, center, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Kaohsiung mayoral by-election candidate, waves alongside KMT Legislator Hung Meng-kai, left, and National Policy Foundation Vice Chairman Sean Lien, at a rally in the city yesterday. Before Han spoke at 9pm, Kaohsiung City Councilor Chen Ruo-tsui (陳若翠) said that more than 100,000 people were in attendance. Former vice premier Chen Chi-mai, left, the Democratic Progressive Party’s Kaohsiung mayoral by-election candidate, gestures alongside Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien at a rally in the city yesterday. Photo: Hsu Li-juan, Taipei TimesTaiwan People’s Party (TPP) campaign vehicles on six routes throughout Kaohsiung canvassed voters for its candidate, Kaohsiung City Councilor Wu Yi-jheng (吳益政), with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), the party’s chairman, and TPP Secretary-General Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) riding along.

Police raid in Yunlin targets counterfeit vouchersCOPYING HISTORY: A prosecutor said that the main suspect has a criminal record of counterfeiting and has been linked to about 20 cases over the past few decadesBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterFive people were detained in an operation targeting an organization that allegedly produced counterfeit Triple Stimulus Vouchers, police in Yunlin County said yesterday. Counterfeit Triple Stimulus Vouchers are displayed alongside genuine ones at a news conference at the Yunlin County Police Bureau yesterday. Officers found 1,094 counterfeit vouchers with NT$500 face values, as well as 798 unfinished vouchers, with the total value of both sets being NT$2.5 million, they said. A real Triple Stimulus Voucher, bottom, and a counterfeit voucher, top, are displayed at the Yunlin County Police Bureau yesterday. The government’s Triple Stimulus Voucher program aimed to revitalize the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with Taiwanese and foreign spouses of Taiwanese eligible to buy NT$3,000 of vouchers for NT$1,000.

A motorcade transporting the body of former president Lee Teng-hui passes the Presidential Office Building in Taipei yesterday. People hold figurines of former president Lee Teng-hui outside Che-lam Presbyterian Church in Taipei yesterday. A portrait of former president Lee Teng-hui splashed with red paint lies on the floor at the Taipei Guest House yesterday. At shortly before 2pm, Lee Kun-yi (李坤儀), the former president’s granddaughter, departed with an urn containing his ashes to return to the Lee family residence. Meanwhile, veteran entertainer Lisa Cheng (鄭惠中) was arrested at the Taipei Guest House after allegedly throwing a balloon containing red paint on a portrait of Lee Teng-hui.

NPP lawmaker seeks to bolster crime victim actBy Wu Su-wei / Staff reporterNew Power Party (NPP) Legislator Claire Wang (王婉諭) yesterday introduced a proposal to amend the Crime Victim Protection Act (犯罪被害人保護法) to mandate that the government provide victims with legal assistance or refer them to legal aid. Since its promulgation in 1998, the act has mainly been used to regulate compensation, while ensuring victims’ rights has been neglected, she said. The incident triggered a national outcry and turned Wang into an advocate for the rights of crime victims. Wang’s proposal seeks to establish a comprehensive network of support for victims and would facilitate lateral communication between government agencies about victim assistance. National Tsing Hua University assistant professor Lien Meng-chi (連孟綺) said that Wang’s proposal seeks to authorize the government to directly compensate crime victims, complete with conditions that victims must meet to qualify for compensation and the corresponding sums.

Control Yuan impeaches former judge‘POLITICAL HITMEN’? Control Yuan members Wang Mei-yu, right, and Control Yuan member Kao Yung-cheng host a news conference at the Control Yuan in Taipei yesterday to announce the impeachment of former Commission on the Disciplinary Sanctions of Functionaries secretary-general Shih Mu-chin. Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei TimesThe Control Yuan investigation said that Shih did not recuse himself when Weng appeared before the court and had allegedly provided Weng with legal advice on the side. Shih did not comport himself with the moral integrity expected of a Supreme Court judge and his actions failed to uphold the dignity of the judiciary, the Control Yuan said. Shih accused Control Yuan members of being “political hitmen” who impeached him solely for the sake of impeachment, saying that it was a sad thing to witness.

Airlines offer special Lovers’ Day flightsBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterLocal airline companies have launched a second round of “flights to nowhere” for the Qixi Festival (七夕情人節), or Lovers’ Day, in an effort to recover some revenue lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空), which also launched one Lovers’ Day inspired flight for Saturday next week, saw all of its 108 seats sold out yesterday. CAL offered its first “fly-to-nowhere” program on Father’s Day and is to offer a second flight today. EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) said that these special programs help maintain cash flow, but could not offset lost revenue due to the cancelation of international flights, an official said by telephone yesterday. As the carrier used to focus on flights between Taiwan and neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea, it needs to do more research for the special programs, Hsu said.