2017-01-2003:00
UNIONIZED? The company said it has a deal with the Taxi Driver Labor Union of the ROC, but a government official said it would maintain a crackdown on illegal servicesBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterUber Taiwan yesterday announced plans to launch a new service called UberTAXI next month by working with local taxi operators.However, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said the company would remain an illegal service provider and would be ordered to cease operations if it continues to hire drivers who do not hold a license to operate commercial vehicles.Uber Taiwan made the seemingly conciliatory move after amendments to the Highway Act （公路法） took effect earlier this month, raising the maximum fine for illegal taxi operators to NT$25 million （US$790,564）.Uber said that the service is a partnership with the Taxi Driver Labor Union of the Republic of China, adding that it would initially be offered in the Greater Taipei area.People could call a cab by using the Uber app and would be charged based on standard rates set by taxis operating in Taipei, Uber said.Despite its partnership with the union, the company said it has no intention to drop its UberX, UberBlack and UberAssist services, which use non-licensed drivers.“The introduction of UberTAXI shows that a sharing economy and taxis can coexist in Taiwan’s healthy, vibrant and diversified market, which benefits both drivers and passengers,” Uber Taiwan general manager Ku Li-kai （顧立楷） said. “The partnership [with the union] demonstrates Uber’s commitment to the Taiwanese market. We will continue our negotiations with government agencies and hope that the government would draft appropriate laws to regulate ride-sharing services.”Union chairman Lin Sheng-he （林聖河） said that it is looking forward to its partnership with Uber Taiwan, as the technology developed by the company can help cab drivers find more passengers and increase their income.Passengers will have another safe, reliable and quality service option, he said.Lin said that 60 to 70 percent of union members said in a survey that they were willing to be Uber drivers if there is another platform out there that matches the service requests with the taxi drivers.However, the partnership would cease if the company continues to dispatch illegal taxi drivers, he said.Taipei City Professional Drivers’ Union president Cheng Li-chia （鄭力嘉） said that Lin made a unilateral decision to work with Uber without consulting other groups.Department of Railways and Highways specialist Hu Ti-chi （胡迪琦） said that the ministry is not yet clear about the details of the partnership, but it is glad to see that Uber has decided to work with taxi operators.However, Hu added: “Even if part of Uber’s operation is legal now, we will continue cracking down on its illegal services. That is, if it continues hiring drivers who do not have a valid taxi driver’s license.”Uber will have to apply to become a legal transport service provider if it dispatches taxi drivers and charges passengers for the service, she added.Uber would not have any legal issue if it simply serves as a non-profit platform that matches taxi drivers with passengers requesting cab services, she said.However, it becomes a legal issue if Uber pays and dispatches drivers to offer services, because it is not a registered transport service operator, she said.Statistics from the Directorate General of Highways showed that as of Friday last week, Uber has been fined a total of NT$96.49 million: NT$73.25 million for the company and NT$23.24 million for its drivers.新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
▲天母球場。（圖／記者歐建智攝）
記者歐建智／台北報導
中信兄弟今年主場安排在台中洲際球場就有30場，「雙北」將是第2主場，天母球場由於9月1日才能使用，中信兄弟在9月才會安排主場。
目前中信兄弟規劃洲際球場至少維持跟去年相同30場，另外30場主場安排在各地，楊培宏表示，嘉義、新竹因整修，無法安排賽程，雙北會是第2主場，花蓮則會排2場，澄清湖球場不會排超過10場。
而雙北的賽程將集中在新莊，但新莊
自學英文教材球場只有在4月15日以前可以使用，之後要一直等到9月1日到9月24日，才可以供職棒賽事使用。
天母球場則是要到9月1日到9月24日才能用來打職棒，，中信兄弟可以於3、4月在新莊安排主場，9月1日到24在新莊及天母安排主場。
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南管音樂家王心心（左圖，張鎧乙攝）繼去年《心經》之後，第二度以佛經譜曲，使用簫、琵琶和三弦三種樂器，加上人聲演唱，推出全新創作《普門品》，獻給她的母親，13日在台北首演。
王心心表示，她上有兩個哥哥、一個姊姊，她是家中最小的小孩，也因為是早產兒，所以從小母親特別關愛她，「我的名字『心心』就是媽媽給我兩倍關愛的意思，媽媽是個虔誠的佛教徒，今年83歲了，從小到大，她總在清晨念經為我們祈福，小時候並不知道媽媽在念什麼，後來才知道是《普門品》，現在只要想到媽媽念經的樣子和聲音，就能讓我感到安定。」
王心心來自南管發源地福建泉州，父親是南管樂器製造師，同時也鑽研南管唱曲，她自小在南管的環境裡成長，也在父親的嚴格訓練下，打下厚實基礎，加上與生俱來的清亮嗓音、穿透力強，廣受觀眾喜愛。
王心心1992年與漢唐樂府創辦人陳守俊結婚來台，1995年獲金鼎獎最佳演唱獎。2002年夫婿過世之後，她成立心心南管樂坊，繼續在台灣推廣南管音樂，同時也參與舞蹈、古典音樂、戲劇等各類型跨界演出。
有別於上一部作品《心經》，在舞台上點滿蠟燭，以簡樸的舞台表現靜心內涵，導演吳素君表示，這回《普門品》特別以鷹架為舞台組成元素，表現
雅思末世頹廢、混亂的狀態，「如此一來，王心心的演唱就更像是穿越塵世裡的清淨音，能帶給世人平靜。」吳素君也特別安排王心心最後登上三層樓的高台演奏，「在最末段，由王心心在高處引領觀眾齊心念頌〈觀世音菩薩頌〉，把平安和祝福傳遞給觀眾。」
《普門品》將於1月13、14日，在台北台灣戲曲中心小表演廳演出。
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