This is the script for the EZNEWS 0513
0513 ICRT EZNEWS
PREMIER FRANK XIE IS URGING THE OPPOSITION TO SUPPORT THE
GOVERNMENT's BUDGET FOR THE 2008 TAIWAN EXPO.
XIE SAYS THE EXPO IS ONLY THREE YEARS AWAY... AND IF THE
FUNDING ISN'T APPROVED QUICLY... THE PLAN WILL HAVE TO BE
CANCELLED.
THIS FOLLOWS AN EARLIER THREAT FROM XIE... WHEN HE SET THE
DEADLINE FOR APPROVING THE PROJECT FOR LATE LAST MONTH.
KMT LAWMAKERS DISMISS THE EXPO AS PORK BARREL POLITICS BY
THE DPP TO GARNER SUPPORT IN SELECT CONSTITUENCIES.
XIE MADE THE APPEAL WHILE VISITING TAINAN COUNTY MAGISTRATE
SU HUAN-ZHI... WHO IS HOLDING A HUNGER STRIKE OUTSIDE THE
LEGISLATURE.
TAINAN IS ONE OF THREE COUNTIES THAT WILL HOST THE EXPO.
AN OLIVE BRANCH FROM THE VATICAN COULD COMPLICATE RELATIONS
WITH TAIWAN.
POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH IS SENDING A VEILED MESSAGE TO
CHINA... INVITING COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH THE VATICAN TO ESTABLISH TIES SOON.
BENEDICT DIDN'T NAME THE COUNTRIES HE'S REACHING OUT TO.
BUT A VATICAN DIPLOMATIC TROUBLESHOOTER, SAID BENEDICT WAS
CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT CHINA.
BEIJING'S COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT ORDERED CHINESE CATHOLICS TO
BREAK TIES WITH THE VATICAN IN 1951.
MEANWHILE... TAIWAN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, TOU
CHOU-SENG, SAYS HE REALIZES THE VATICAN IS CONCERNED OVER
THE FATE OF CATHOLICS IN CHINA.
BUT HE SAYS HE DOESN'T EXPECT ANY RUPTURE WITH TAIWAN ANY
TIME SOON.
PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN IS MAKING HIS CASE FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE... AND IS URGING VOTERS TO SUPPORT HIS
D-P-P PARTY IN TOMORROW'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.
IN A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY... CHEN PUT HIS WEIGHT
BEHIND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
THESE INCLUDE CUTTING THE SIZE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN HALF...
AND CHANGING THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
CHEN SAYS THESE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RECENT VISITS TO
CHINA BY PAN BLUE LEADERS.
MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION HAS BEEN
SIDE-TRACKED BY THE TRIPS FROM THE KMT'S LIAN ZHAN... AND
PFP'S JAMES SOONG.
CHEN ALSO DEFENDED HIS RECORD... SAYING HE HAS NOT FLIP
FLOPPED ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
PREMIER FRANK XIE IS URGING THE OPPOSITION TO SUPPORT THE
GOVERNMENT's BUDGET FOR THE 2008 TAIWAN EXPO.
XIE SAYS THE EXPO IS ONLY THREE YEARS AWAY... AND IF THE
FUNDING ISN'T APPROVED QUICLY... THE PLAN WILL HAVE TO BE
CANCELLED.
THIS FOLLOWS AN EARLIER THREAT FROM XIE... WHEN HE SET THE
DEADLINE FOR APPROVING THE PROJECT FOR LATE LAST MONTH.
KMT LAWMAKERS DISMISS THE EXPO AS PORK BARREL POLITICS BY
THE DPP TO GARNER SUPPORT IN SELECT CONSTITUENCIES.
XIE MADE THE APPEAL WHILE VISITING TAINAN COUNTY MAGISTRATE
SU HUAN-ZHI... WHO IS HOLDING A HUNGER STRIKE OUTSIDE THE
LEGISLATURE.
TAINAN IS ONE OF THREE COUNTIES THAT WILL HOST THE EXPO.
AN OLIVE BRANCH FROM THE VATICAN COULD COMPLICATE RELATIONS
WITH TAIWAN.
POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH IS SENDING A VEILED MESSAGE TO
CHINA... INVITING COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH THE VATICAN TO ESTABLISH TIES SOON.
BENEDICT DIDN'T NAME THE COUNTRIES HE'S REACHING OUT TO.
BUT A VATICAN DIPLOMATIC TROUBLESHOOTER, SAID BENEDICT WAS
CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT CHINA.
BEIJING'S COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT ORDERED CHINESE CATHOLICS TO
BREAK TIES WITH THE VATICAN IN 1951.
MEANWHILE... TAIWAN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, TOU
CHOU-SENG, SAYS HE REALIZES THE VATICAN IS CONCERNED OVER
THE FATE OF CATHOLICS IN CHINA.
BUT HE SAYS HE DOESN'T EXPECT ANY RUPTURE WITH TAIWAN ANY
TIME SOON.
PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN IS MAKING HIS CASE FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE... AND IS URGING VOTERS TO SUPPORT HIS
D-P-P PARTY IN TOMORROW'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.
IN A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY... CHEN PUT HIS WEIGHT
BEHIND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
THESE INCLUDE CUTTING THE SIZE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN HALF...
AND CHANGING THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
CHEN SAYS THESE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RECENT VISITS TO
CHINA BY PAN BLUE LEADERS.
MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION HAS BEEN
SIDE-TRACKED BY THE TRIPS FROM THE KMT'S LIAN ZHAN... AND
PFP'S JAMES SOONG.
CHEN ALSO DEFENDED HIS RECORD... SAYING HE HAS NOT FLIP
FLOPPED ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
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