The new line-up is as follows:
- Maj. Gen. Mao Ching-hsi, 54, of Kiangsu, head of the Department of Mainland Operations.
- Education Vice Minister Lin Ching-chiang, head of the Department of Overseas Affairs.
- Ding Mou-shih, head of the Department of Culture & Information, who is concurrently director general of the Government Information Office.
- Lien Chan, head of the Department of Youth Activities, formerly ambassador to El Salvador.
- Chin Hsiao-yi, head of the Department of Party History, formerly one of three deputy secretaries general of the Central Committee.
- Liang Yung-chang, head of the Department of Evaluation & Discipline, formerly one of the three deputy secretaries general of the Central Committee.
Gen. Mao replaced Hsu Chin-lan, who was promoted to the post of deputy secretary general of the Central Committee.
Lin succeeded Chen Yu-ching, who was slated for an overseas assignment.
Ding took over from Wu Chun-tsai, who was to replace Lien in El Salvador.
Lien succeeded Wang Wei-nung, who was reassigned as head of the party's deputy secretary general.
Chin filled the vacancy left by the promotion of Hsiao Chi-tsung to a post at the party's provincial headquarters.
Liang replaces Teng Chuan-kai, who gets another assignment.
The personnel reshuffle in the party's administrative apparatus followed changes in the command structure announced at the close of the 11th National Congress.
Dr. Chang Pao-shu was reappointed secretary general but his three deputies were relieved of their duties. Prof. Chen Chi-lu is a new deputy along with Hsu and Hsiao.
Premier Chiang Ching-kuo called on public functionaries, banking officials and businessmen to learn a lesson from the Chi Ta loan scandal.
Premier Chiang said that conviction of the guilty did not end the case. More soul-searching is in order, he said.
The scandal involved Chi Ta Enterprise and four affiliates, all headed by Hsu Chi-hsueh, a businessman. Hsu borrowed NT$1,900 million from a number of banks. Executives were bribed to make loans against exaggerated collateral. Hsu also bribed officials of the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau.
Hsu was sentenced to 12 years in prison. F.M. Hsu, president of the Farmers Bank of China, was given a life sentence, and Tang Mao-sung, director of the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau, got 15 years.
Premier Chiang said the late President Chiang Kai-shek had always exhorted us to "have a sense of shame" and to "be aware of one's weakness."
The Chi Ta case was not only a social ill but a shame on the government, Premier Chiang said.
He said that although the government had made strenuous efforts to eliminate corruption and achieved results, some functionaries were still easily tempted by personal gain.
He urged public servants to honor their responsibilities toward the nation, society, family and themselves.
Premier Chiang said a few businessmen like to speculate. They hurt the nation and themselves, he said.
He called on businessmen to make their money honestly and instructed bankers to review the banking system and management.
He told the Finance Ministry to provide guidelines for banking. Banks, he said, must help the business sector solve problems and stimulate economic development.
Premier Chiang said the government is determined to wipe out corruption and build an honest and clean society.
If the United States sacrificed the Republic of China to make advances to the Chinese Communists, Washington's prestige as leader of the free world would be severely damaged, former U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said in Taipei.
Addressing the Taipei Business and Professional Women's Club, Agnew declared the U.S. has lost a considerable amount of dignity in its dealings with the Peiping regime.
The Communists have gained more than the U.S., he said.
Agnew does not expect the Chinese mainland to become stable under Hua Kuo-feng.
Chinese Communist leaders are interested in power rather than improving the people's welfare, he said. Unfortunately, the free world does not understand what the Communists are really like.
Agnew accused the American press of failing to present a true picture of the Vietnam war.
Now the U.S. mass media are not fairly reporting developments in the "normalization of relations" between Washington and Peiping.
Stipulating that the momentum of U.S. moves to grant diplomatic recognition to Red China has not yet stopped, Agnew expressed concern about the Republic of China. He said he feels it is in the interest of the U.S. to see that the success story of Taiwan is told to the world and especial1y to the American public.
Agnew said Jimmy Carter may take a more prudent attitude than his predecessors in handling the U.S. relations with foreign countries, including Communist China.
Everett F. Drumright, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of China, declared the preservation of ties between the United States and the Republic of China, is of the utmost strategic, political, economic and cultural importance.
"Taiwan is the most powerful, stable and reliable anchor we have in the Western Pacific," he said.
"To surrender this progressive al1y for the unpredictable results of full recognition of troubled and uneasy Communist China would be the height of folly."
The veteran American diplomat made remarks at an Asian studies conference in Oklahoma City.
He urged the United States to continue its existing ties and expand its trade with the Republic of China, respect the mutual defense treaty and continue to help modernize ROC armed forces.
"These are concrete measures which will redound to our benefit in the Pacific and contribute to strategic stability, thus comforting our remaining allies in the area," he said.
Drumright spoke of the power struggle raging in Communist China following the death of Mao Tse-tung.
"We need to recognize that the people are restive under the iron system imposed upon them," he said.
He also suggested that "we keep taking fresh looks at the China problem. Communist China is a full-blown totalitarian dictatorship dedicated to the utter regimentation of the people."
Drumright urged the United States to exercise "extreme care and proceed at a deliberately patient pace" in its efforts to "normalize" its relations with Communist China.
He also stressed that there is no redeeming virtue or practical asset to be gained in sacrificing the Republic of China, an old ally of the United States, to establish formal relations with Red China.
"In my view," he said, "to sacrifice Taiwan would be morally reprehensible, a cynical desertion of a faithful ally; it would be contrary to our real interests in the Western Pacific."
Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, president of the Copley News Service of the U.S., exchanges views on the world political and military situations with Gen. Soong Chang-chih, chief of the Chinese general staff. (File photo)
A retired commander of the U.S. Marine Corps denounced the idea of offering American weapons to the Peiping regime.
Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, now president of the San Diego-based Copley News Service, expressed strong opposition to the suggestion of former U.S. defense secretary James R. Schlesinger.
Gen. Krulak, 63, commander of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific from 1964 to 1968, did not agree with Schlesinger's view that the Communist regime on the mainland would become stable in the wake of Mao Tse-tung's death.
Schlesinger visited the mainland but didn't find out what was happening, Krulak said. The general visited Taiwan to seek information on the mainland power struggle.
"Taiwan, the seat of the government of the Republic of China, is the only place to answer questions and tell the true story of the Peiping regime," he said.
The mainland is unstable, he said, and it is hard to predict how long Hua Kuo-feng can keep a post seized with the help of military leaders. Hua is a mere opportunist who situated himself between the followers of Mao and Chou En-lai.
Hua must deal with 20 million youths who were sent from cities to labor in rural and border areas. These youths, he said, are eager to go home. They are not used to the commune life.
Agriculture is another problem for the regime, the general said. He doubted that Peiping has solved the problem of how to feed the biggest population in the world.
Gen. Krulak predicted continued conflict between the Peiping regime and Soviet Russia.
The Republic of China and Uruguay will further strengthen cordial relations and promote trade, economic and cultural ties. Shen Chang-huan, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of China, and Dr. Juan Carlos Blanco, minister of foreign affairs of Uruguay, signed a joint communique during the Uruguayan's visit to Taipei.
These are excerpts:
''The two foreign ministers reaffirmed the firm position of their governments to sustain international justice through due process of international law and to uphold the principles of freedom and democracy in their respective countries. In view of the fact that forces of aggression and subversion in their various new guises are seriously threatening international security as well as undermining the political, economic and social system of the free world, the two foreign ministers were convinced that in order to safeguard world peace, it is of paramount importance that they maintain the closest cooperation possible.
"Minister Shen expressed admiration for the remarkable achievements Uruguay has made in recent years in its efforts to wipe out terrorists so as to ensure political stability and economic advancement.
"Minister Blanco, deeply impressed by what he saw during the visit, also had high praise for the progress and accomplishments that have been registered in all fields in the Republic of China. He believes that the people of the Republic of China are a courageous and resolute people, and as such, will obtain the lofty goals they have set for themselves.
"The two foreign ministers agreed that their governments should strengthen their traditional ties of friendship and cooperation with a view to further promoting their trade, economic and cultural relations.
"Minister Shen, in warmly welcoming Minister Blanco, Minister Arismendi, General Raimundez and other members of the Uruguayan Mission, expressed sincere appreciation, on behalf of the government and people of the Republic of China, for the support Uruguay has given to the Republic of China throughout the years on international issues. He believes that the visit of the Uruguayan Mission has contributed greatly to the furtherance of friendship and cooperation between two countries.
"Minister Blanco, Minister Arismendi, General Raimundez and their party also expressed deep appreciation to the government and people of the Republic of China for the many courtesies and generous hospitality extended to them during their visit."
President Yen Chia-kan broke ground for the Chung Cheng Memorial Hall on the 90th birthday anniversary of the late President Chiang Kai-shek.
Chang Chun, senior adviser to the President, officiated.
The memorial, which will be by far the biggest monument in Taiwan, is dedicated to the late President Chiang Kai-shek. Chung Cheng is his official name in Chinese.
To be built on a lot of 250,000 square meters near downtown Taipei, the memorial complex will have three buildings and a rectangular pond.
There will be resemblances to the Altar of Heaven of Peiping, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and the Taj Mahal in India.
The site is that of a former army barracks known as the Yingpientuan east of Chungshan South Road, south of Hsinyi Road, west of Hangchow South Road and north of Aikuo East Road.
Architecture is imbued with a sense of traditional Chinese nobility, historical importance and continuity. There will be an auditorium, a Peiping opera house and a concert hall.
These are details:
- The main hall will have an area of 8,000 square meters in a building of 33,000 square meters. Height will be 75 meters, or about 20 stories.
- A 25-foot-high marble statue of the late President will be placed in the middle of the hall. Inscriptions will set forth highlights of his life.
- A studio with some 100 seats for showing films on President Chiang and an exhibition room displaying the memorabilia of the great leader will be located in the basement.
- The Chinese opera house will be situated to the right of the main hall. Area will be 19,000 square meters with seats for 1,200.
- The concert hall will be to the left of the main hall. It will have an area of 17,000 square meters and 2,500 seats. The design will be similar to the Philharmonie Berlin, one of the best music halls in the world.
The rest of the site will be developed as a park and for vehicle parking.
Construction will be divided into two stages. The first will include the memorial building and the park surrounding the main hall. Then will come the music hall and Peiping opera hall. The first stage will take two years and the second another year.
President C.K. Yen called on Asian scholars to help achieve genuine peace and reject what he called "humiliating, sham peace."
Addressing the opening ceremony of the Second Asian Scholars Convention in Taipei, President Yen said, "The center of gravity of the world today is in Asia and that of Asia is in China."
Peace for Asia and the world as a whole, he declared, can be assured only "when we wipe out the Communist brute force of totalitarianism."
Reiterating free China's determination to fight Communism, President Yen said: "The struggle against Communism is actually a battle between humanity and bestiality, between freedom and slavery, and between democracy and totalitarianism. This holy war must be fought with culture as the base, intelligence as the main force and truth as the spearhead."
The President singled out the Chinese Communists as the culprit of Asian turmoil because they oppose humanity, ethics and culture.
However, he said, developments on the Chinese mainland have shown that "human nature cannot be obliterated, ethical values cannot be effaced, culture cannot be destroyed and knowledge cannot be suppressed."
More than 60 academicians from 19 countries and areas participated in the convention. The theme was "Asian Culture and World Peace, Buddhist Culture and World Peace, the Influence of Islam on Asian Culture and the Influence of Christianity on Asian Culture."
Participants toured the cultural establishments and visited the late President Chiang Kai-shek's temporary tomb at Tzuhu in Taoyuan county and the National Palace Museum.
Delegates came from Australia, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, former Khmer, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, former South Vietnam and the Republic of China.
Building a secure and prosperous society in Taiwan and destroying the Chinese Communist regime are the foremost objectives of the government and people in free China, President C.K. Yen said.
Marking the 31st anniversary of the retrocession of Taiwan to China, the President said realization of the goals requires the maximum use of the nation's collective wisdom and national unity based on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's San Min Chu I (the Three Principles of the People).
President Yen recalled the progress of recent years. He said implementation of the first Six Year Economic Development Plan is accelerating progress toward developed status.
On the mainland, President Yen said, the power struggle has been intensified since the death of Mao Tse-tung. He predicted even sharper struggle.
The contrast between free China and the Chinese Communist regime augurs well for the anti-Communist struggle, President Yen declared. He urged the people to remember the suffering of mainland compatriots while enjoying the good life of Taiwan.
It is time to extend a helping hand to those living a wretched life on the mainland, the President said.
Two senior citizens applauded Taipei's rapid development since Taiwan was liberated from the Japanese in 1945.
Eighty-year-old Lin Chin-my of the Kuting district said a distressed and ravaged city had become a happy place where people live safely and freely.
Lin recalled that paddy fields used to cover today's Sungshan, Ta An, Kuting and Shuangyuan districts, as well as the area beyond Chungshan N. Road Sec. 3 and the area east of Hsinsheng South Road.
Lin said transportation depended on rickshaws and bicycles. Pedicabs appeared after the Retrocession. Cars were few.
Liao Huan-sheng, 75, said that in Japanese times, most Chinese lived in today's Changchung, Yenping, Chien cheng and Lungshan districts, while the Japanese lived along Chungshan North and South Roads and Hsingsheng South Road.
The Japanese authorities tried to demolish temples, he said, but Lungshan Temple, Chingshui Tsu Shih Temple, the Confucius Temple and others survived.
At the end of June, 98 per cent of Taipei families had television sets, one-third of them color; 92 per cent had refrigerators; 57 per cent had telephones; and 80 per cent subscribed to a newspaper.
Population of the city dropped to 270,000 from 335,000 when the Japanese were sent home in 1945. In 1968, after absorbing six suburbs, the population reached 1,560,000. It was 2,040,000 at the end of 1975.
There were 392 schools at the end of 1975-23 universities and colleges, 97 high schools, 114 primary schools and 158 preschools. Students numbered 642,000 in the 1974-75 school year, 31 per cent of the population.
The vehicle count was 276,210 at the end of 1975.
Routes for a cross-island railway in southern Taiwan and three new cross-island highways have been tentatively decided after surveys.
The projects to expedite development of the lightly populated eastern part of the island will be built in the last years of the Six-Year Economic Development Plan (1976-1981).
The railway will start at Taitung on the southeastern coast and meet the west coast trunk line at Pingtung. Distance will be 84 kilometers. Travel time between Taitung and Kaohsiung will be cut to two hours.
Tunnels will total 27,000 meters and there will be 17 bridges, of 4,200 meters.
Cross-island highways will be built in the northern, central and southern parts of the island.
The 40-kilometer northern road will run from Ilan on the northeastern coast to scenic Wulai in the outskirts of Taipei.
The central highway of 269 kilometers will start at Chiayi in the west and have two branches. These will converge at Patungkuan and then proceed to Yuli, a stop on the Hualien-Taitung railway.
The southern route of 131 kilometers will connect the east coast resort town of Chihpen with Pingtung and Kaohsiung.
Construction will be started after completion of the Ten Major Construction Projects.
Twenty economic, transportation and industrial development plans are being undertaken at the same time as the Ten Projects. They include:
- Highway between Keelung and Suao.
- Railroad traffic signals in Ilan county.
- Railroad for Taichung port.
- Science research park in Hsinchu.
- Liquid ammonia fertilizer plant.
- Expansion of the Taiwan Aluminum Corporation.
Power output and sales registered big increases in the first nine months of 1976, a spokesman for the Taiwan Power Company said.
The state-owned company generated 19,952 million kilowatt-hours, an increase of 18.9 per cent over the 1975 period.
Hydroelectric plants accounted for 3,564 million kilowatt-hours, a decline of 14.1 per cent. Thermal output was 16,388 million kilowatt-hours, up 29.7 per cent.
Sales amounted to 18,267 million kilowatt-hours, up 17.9 per cent. Illumination accounted for 4,443 million kilowatt-hours, up 18.9 per cent, and industry for 13,824 million kilowatt hours, up 17.5 per cent.
Revenues rose to NT$19,366 million (US$510 million), up 17 per cent. Sales for illumination were NT$5,228 million, up 20.2 per cent, and those for industry totaled NT$14,138 million, up 15.9 per cent.
Taipower will build its third nuclear plant in southern Taiwan.
With two generators, each of 951,000 kilowatts, the plant will be built by the BES Engineering Corporation and the Retser Engineering Agency.
Preliminary planning and designing is under way. Construction will begin in 1978 and be completed in 1983.
Oil exploration is continuing on land and under the sea, William Wei, director of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, told the Legislative Yuan.
Wei said natural gas output has been increased by 250,000 cubic meters daily and crude oil production by 4 kiloliters daily.
The China Petroleum Corporation is studying exploitation of undersea oil found off Lukang on the west coast.
The Taoyuan Refinery of CPC was completed. Capacity is 100,000 barrels of oil daily.
Construction began in April, 1972, at a cost of NT$4,690 million. There are six storage tanks with combined capacity of 763,000 kiloliters.
Revenues are expected to be NT$1 billion a year. The cost of construction can be recouped in seven and a half years.
CPC's other refinery at Kaohsiung Refinery has a capacity of 350,000 barrels per day.
CPC's third naphtha cracking plant was also completed at the end of 1976. The NT$1.1 billion cracker is at the Linyuan Petrochemical Zone in Kaohsiung.
Capacity includes 230,000 metric tons of ethylene, 115,000 metric tons of propylene and 35,000 metric tons of butadiene annually. The third cracker makes Taiwan self-sufficient in raw materials for many petrochemical intermediates.
Tax revenues in the first four months of fiscal 1977, which started July 1, amounted to NT$43,290 million (US$1,139 million), the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of the Executive Yuan said.
Revenue from taxes and monopoly profits had reached 35 per cent of the annual projection as of the end of October and was up 12 per cent over the comparable period of the previous year.
Revenues from taxes and customs duties totaled NT$37,782 million, representing 35.2 per cent of the annual projection and an 11.6 per cent increase, as follows:
- Customs duties of NT$10,029 million, 33 per cent of the projection and up 10.5 per cent.
- Income taxes of NT$6,852 million, 37.4 per cent of the projection and down 1.2 per cent.
- Commodity taxes of NT$6,029 million, 32.7 per cent of the projection and up 7 per cent.
- Stamp taxes of NT$1,620 million, 36.5 per cent of the projection and up 19.6 per cent.
- Land taxes of NT$5,241 million, 55.7 per cent of the projection and up 27.7 per cent.
- Business taxes of NT$2,752 million, 37.8 per cent of the projection and up 21.4 per cent.
Revenue from monopoly sales amounted to NT$5,508 million, 33.6 per cent of the projection and up 14.8 per cent.
Grundig AG, a West German electronics giant, has filed an application with the government to set up a US$10 million plant at Kaohsiung.
The factory at the Nantze Export Processing Zone will make black and white and color television receivers for the European market.
Employment will be 800 in the initial stage with monthly output of 20,000 black and white TVs.
Of the US$10 million, one-fifth will be equity investment and the remainder in the form of loans.
Production is expected to start in the summer. Taiwan was chosen for the plant because of its political and social stability. Some parts will be purchased locally.
Taiwan manufacturers are making nearly 100 per cent of components needed for black and white TVs. Philips will be making color TV tubes in Taiwan by mid-1978.
Grundig will turn out both CCIR-system black and white sets and PAL-system color sets. This is expected to upgrade the technical level of Chinese engineers and technicians and help develop the European TV market.
Because of difficulties in obtaining the right to produce PAL-system color sets from West Germany's Telefunkun, Taiwan exports no color TVs to Europe.
Color set exports totaled 127,325 in the first seven months of 1976, an increase of 45 per cent over the same period in 1975. Exports of black and white sets stood at 1,866,616 sets, an increase of 45 per cent, in the seven months.
Farmers will be urged by the Taiwan Provincial Department of Forestry and Agriculture to purchase more machinery.
The department said that under the accelerated rural reconstruction project of the Central Government, NT$147 million has been set aside to spur purchases of farm machinery. Farmers may apply for subsidies ranging from 10 to 60 per cent.
The government will lower the prices of imported machines by reducing tariffs from 13 to 7 per cent.
Machinery loans and subsidies approved from January, 1973, to June, 1976, totaled NT$100 million.
Taipei's City Government named an ad hoc group to plan construction of an office building to house some of its organizations.
Tuan Chi-sui, secretary general of Taipei City, heads the group.
The City Government is housed in what originally was the Chien Cheng Primary School. The new site is expected to be between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hung Tao Junior Middle School.
Taipei City has 7 bureaus, 7 departments, 6 commissions and 22 secondary units with more than 7,000 employees.