0516 EZNEWS broadcast script - I will test you on this.

 TAIWAN IS BEEFING UP THE PROTECTION OF CRIME VICTIMS.

JUSTICE MINISTER SHI MAO-LIN SAYS HE HAS ASKED THE CRIME
PROTECTION ASSOCIATION TO WORK WITH SOCIAL GROUPS IN
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS... AND DO MORE TO PUBLICIZE
THE PROGRAM.

SHI SAYS THE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AIMS
TO PROVIDE URGENT PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP TO CRIME VICTIMS.  IT
ALSO OFFERS HELP IN CRIME INVESTIGATIONS AND RELATED LEGAL
ASSISTANCE.

BUT THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS MANY IN THE PUBLIC ARE STILL
UNAWARE OF THE PROGRAM... AND HE WANTS MORE TO BE DONE TO
GET THE WORD OUT TO VICTIMS. 

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 ONE OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S TOP OFFICIALS IS HEADING
 TO THE USA.

PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SECRETARY GENERAL YU XI-KUN PLANS TO
ATTEND HIS SON'S GRADUATION FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ON
WEDNESDAY.

YU WILL BE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR FOUR DAYS.

AT THE SAME TIME... YU WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON D-C TO MEET
WITH AMERICAN OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS.

YU IS ALSO SLATED TO BECOME THE HIGHEST RANKING TAIWAN
OFFICIAL TO DELIVER A SPEECH TO PROMINENT THINK-TANKS IN THE
U-S CAPITAL. 

MEDIA REPORTS SAY YU WILL ACT AS PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S
VIRTUAL PROXY... TO BRIEF AMERICANS ON TAIWAN'S CROSS STRAIT
POLICIES. 

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 A TAIPEI MOTORIST WAS KILLED LATE LAST NIGHT IN A CRASH ON
 THE SUN YAT-SEN EXPRESSWAY.

THE CAR THE MAN WAS DRIVING WAS FLATTENED AFTER A TRUCK LOST
CONTROL... AND FLIPPED OVER ON THE ROADWAY.

THE ACCIDENT WAS ON THE NORTHBOUND LANES NEAR TAIPEI'S
NEI-HU AREA.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT... BUT
BELIEVE THE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME MAY HAVE
BEEN RESPONSIBLE. 

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 HEAVY TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS TAIWAN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS
 HAVE KILLED FOUR AND LEFT FOUR PEOPLE MISSING.

THE CENTRAL DISASTER PREVENTION AND RELIEF CENTER SAYS IN
ADDITION TO THE HUMAN TOLL... THE RAINS AND SUBSEQUENT
FLOODS CAUSED HEAVY AGRICULTURAL LOSSES.

TWO OF THE DEAD WERE KILLED IN MIAOLI... WITH ONE KILLED IN
XINZHU AND TAIDONG COUNTIES AS WELL. 

THREE OF THE MISSING WERE FROM A COMPANY IN NANTOU COUNTY...
WHO HAD JOINED AN OFFICE SPONSORED MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
EXCURSION. 

MEANWHILE... INITIAL ESTIMATES FROM THE COUNCIL OF
AGRICULTURE... PUT FARM LOSSES AT 163 MILLION N-T... WITH
WATERMELON, VEGETABLE AND RICE PADDIES TAKING THE BRUNT OF
THE DAMAGE. 

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