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To: JayPC who wrote (1069)	2/16/2001 3:15:02 PM
From: Ahda	Respond to of 24758

It shouldn't. Energy is a world problem i think that is why i have been so partial to Canada lately. The politics are about as decent as one can expect and the dollar is about as low as it can go in my mind. LESS THAN TWO months after the last disruption, a power cut crippled part of Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park on February 10 for seven hours. It's a common--and frustrating--occurrence. "We have learned how to live with it," says Tzeng Jinn-haw with chip-making giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. "However, we don't like it." Taiwan's industries lose billions of dollars in production because of energy problems each year, while completion of a fourth nuclear power plant was long held hostage by a political war. Last year, 40 power failures or voltage drops hit Hsinchu Park, Taiwan's Silicon Valley and home to industry leaders such as TSMC and United Microelectronics Corp.