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Gravel shipping operators want minister to resign
(Taipei Times)
December 29, 2008
By Ko Shu-Ling, Shelley Shan and Flora Wang Taipei Times Staff Reporters
Local gravel shipping operators yesterday accused the government of neglecting them during negotiations for direct sea transportation links across the Taiwan Strait, asking the transportation minister to step down and threatening to stage a protest on Thursday.
Hsiao Sheng-chi, chairman of the Taiwan Association of Gravel Importers, said that the opening up of direct transportation links was a positive move. However, he said the country's negotiator, Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) Vice Minister Oliver Yu, had shown little concern for the interests of local gravel importers ...... Read more on Taipei Times
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