2014 in Taiwan

Events from the year 2014 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 103 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

2014
in
Taiwan

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See also:Other events of 2014
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Incumbents

Events

January

February

  • 3 February – The Ministry of Science and Technology was established as an upgrade from the National Science Council.
  • 4 February – The reclassification of Fuxing, Heping, Maolin, Namasia, Taoyuan and Wulai from District to Special Municipal Mountain Indigenous District.
  • 17 February – The Ministry of Labor was established as an upgrade from the Council of Labor Affairs.
  • 28 February – 67th anniversary of the February 28 Incident.[2]

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • 3 October – The appointment of Lin Tzou-yien as the acting Minister of Health and Welfare, replacing Chiu Wen-ta after his resignation due to the tainted lard oil scandal.[36]
  • 9 October – The start of the second case of 2014 Taiwan food scandal involving Ting Hsin International Group.[37]
  • 10 October – The Ocean Researcher V sinks off Penghu.[38]
  • 17 October – The appointment of Chiang Been-huang as the Minister of Health and Welfare.[39][40]
  • 21 October – An AIDC AT-3 crashes in Ziguan District, Kaohsiung, killing the pilot, Chuang Pei-yuan.[41]
  • 22 October
    • The swearing in of Chiang Been-huang as the Minister of Health and Welfare.[42]
    • The establishment of Food Safety Office of the Executive Yuan as an upgrade from the former Food Safety Promotion Task Force.[43][44]
  • 25 October – The opening of Hakka Round House in Houlong Township, Miaoli County.
  • 29 October – The announcement by Interior Minister Chen Wei-zen of banning to study in Mainland China for senior civil servants and officials whose work is related to national security starting 30 October 2014.[45]
  • 31 October – The inauguration of Starlight Bridge in New Taipei.[46]

November

December

Deaths

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gollark: I mean, its CPU is about equivalent to a Raspberry Pi 3, but that's *usable*.
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gollark: I suppose they could be gathering data on that. It sounds like something Microsoft might do.

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  56. "Polls open for 9-in-1 local government elections". focustaiwan.tw.
  57. "Independent candidate Ko Wen-je wins Taipei mayoral election". focustaiwan.tw.
  58. "New Taipei's Chu vows to reflect after close call". focustaiwan.tw.
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  61. "DPP's Lai Ching-te declares victory in re-election as Tainan mayor". focustaiwan.tw.
  62. "Chen Chu wins 3rd term as Kaohsiung mayor (update)". focustaiwan.tw.
  63. "DPP's Lin Yu-chang declares win in Keelung mayoral election (update)". focustaiwan.tw.
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