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2005 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2005 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 94 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President - Chen Shui-bian
  • Vice President - Annette Lu
  • Premier - Yu Shyi-kun, Frank Hsieh
  • Vice Premier - Yeh Chu-lan, Wu Rong-i

    • January

  • 1 January - The founding of Taipei Fubon Bank with the merger of Fubon Bank and TaipeiBank.
  • 22 January - The official opening of Mengxia Park in Wanhua District, Taipei.

    • March

  • 14 March - Mainland China passed the Anti-Secession Law, a bill to prevent Taiwan from being an independent nation.

    • April

  • 1 April - The renaming of National Space Program Office to National Space Organization.
  • 29 April - The opening of Baguashan Tunnel.

    • May

  • 14 May - 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election. Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party won the election.
  • 17 May - The relocation of Pingtung Airport to the southern field upon the completion of the new airport building.

    • July

  • 1 July - The establishment of Taiwan Indigenous Television, Asia's first aboriginal television channel.
  • 16 July - 2005 Kuomintang chairmanship election took place. Ma Ying-jeou won the election, casting a total votes cast of 370,054 and a percentage of vote of 72.4%.
  • 18 July - Typhoon Haiting hit Taiwan. The typhoon has winds up to 114 mph.
  • 22 July - The establishment of TTV World.

    • August

  • 2 August - President Chen Shui-bian proposed Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China.
  • 31 August - Typhoon Talim hit Taiwan. It caused about $1.5 billion in damage.

    • September

  • 3–6 September - The 10th Computer Olympiad took place in Taipei. It was a competition where computer programs competed each other in a variety of games.

    • October

  • 27 October - The opening of Linkou Line of Taiwan Railways Administration.

    • December

  • 3 December - 2005 Republic of China local election.

    • Deaths

  • 3 January - Koo Chen-fu, 87, Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation (1990-2005).
  • 6 April - Hsu Hai-ching, 92, Taiwanese gangster
  • 1 November - Ma Ho-ling, 84, father of President Ma Ying-jeou.

    • References

    2005 in Taiwan Wikipedia
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