Chairman, Agricultural Council Wu-hsiung Chen of Taiwan

Meanwhile, Chen said his council will help local farmers effectively to use the current 220,000 hectares of fallow farmland, replenish 60,000 hectares of forests over the next eight years, and set up three large forest amusement parks, with an area of 1,000 hectares each.

Chen said that the agricultural tourism has become a new trend.

HW Chen had a fine outing, despite earning a ND.

CH Chen was 0-4 with a BB and an error.

BoxCH Chen was 2-3 as the Indians lost 2-0 in game 2.

CC Chen was 1-4 with a double and a RBI; WY Lin started and allowed 5 runs on 7 hits (2 HR's) in 4.

Box/RecapWei-Yin Chen is expected to start for the Dragons in game 2.

Chin-Feng Chen was the first player born in Taiwan to play in Major League Baseball when he debuted with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2002.

Promoted to AA San Antonio of the Texas League the following year, Chen had a line of 277/355/376 with only 6 home runs and 67 RBI.

Splitting time between Vero Beach (Florida State) and Jacksonville (Southern) in 2001, Chen had a combined line of 290/382/523 with 22 home runs, 91 RBI and 31 doubles.

Chen was a bust in the 2008 Olympics, going 2 for 14 with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts while splitting DH duties with Wu-Hsiung Pan.

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Touching on his work agenda after he assumes his post on May 20, Chen said spiraling international food prices have brought about social instability in many countries, therefore he will give top priority to stabilizing food supplies and to ensuring food safety, so as to take care of local consumers and farmers.

Describing a draft statute for rural community renovation as part of a third-stage farmland reform project, Chen said that the incoming administration would invest a total of NT$150 billion (US$4.

Chen said the council would help local farmers to effectively use 22 hectares of fallow farmland, replenish 60,000 hectares of forests over the next eight years and set up three large forest amusement parks.

In response, however, Chen said that he asked Wang about Wu, leading to speculations that Wu may be Chen's top choice for the nomination.

Chen has promised that he would nominate a non-DPP candidate to be the next head of the Control Yuan to ensure the impartiality of the government watchdog.

Chen said previously that he would nominate a candidate for the Control Yuan presidency after the year-end legislative elections, but he's begun talking about it now.

When asked yesterday about the PFP's lack of support for Wu, PFP caucus spokesman Liu Wen-hsiung (劉文雄) said that Chen was just "randomly saying things.

Chen said that the council would partially subsidize fuel and encourage fishermen to renew their fleet to boost efficiency.

with an area of 1,000 hectares each.

Chen expressed gratitude for Taiwan's donations toward earthquake relief in China.