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TAIWAN PRESIDENT KEEN TO BEGIN DIRECT TRANSPORT LINKS WITH CHINA.

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TAIPEI, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Industrial leaders on Wednesday were positive about President Chen Shui-bian's promotion of direct transportation links with mainland China in his new year's speech and expressed the hope that the links would be a reality soon.

President Chen said that consultations and the promotion of direct transportation links, as well as exchanges on other relevant economic issues, could constitute a first step forward and set the stage for further economic and cultural interaction with the mainland.

Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association President Hsu Sheng-fa noted that pushing for cross-strait transportation links was one of the major consensuses reached in a major economic conference in 2001, but both sides of the Taiwan Strait had not been able to begin discussions on the matter because of the changing political environment.

Hsu noted that the association has made an assessment of the time and cost of Taiwan businesses entering into mainland China via a third country. Based on the figures of Taiwan people making 3.5 million visits to the mainland a year, the ...

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