The daughter of President Chen Shui-bian (
Chen Hsing-yu (
Chen in September married Chao Chien-ming (
PHOTO: LEE HUNG-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
The hospital yesterday said that Chen's physical condition is healthy and normal. She's due in October.
Chen said she first realized she might be pregnant after the results of a home pregnancy test on Valentine's Day. She visited the hospital with Chao on Wednesday to confirm the results.
President Chen hinted in his Lunar New Year's address that he might be a grandfather soon. But Chen Hsing-yu said it was just wishful thinking on the part of her father and the president didn't know she was pregnant at the time.
"My husband was the first to know that I am pregnant," Chen said. "When my father hinted that he's going to be somebody's grandfather during his address on Feb. 11, I didn't even know that I was pregnant."
Chen said her pregnancy hasn't affected her daily life and work so far. But later she'll definitely have to make a few changes to her routine, she said.
Chen had originally planned to quit her position as a resident dentist at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in August to begin graduate studies at the School of Dentistry at National Taiwan University.
"I haven't thought about this question yet," she said. "I have to reconsider my plan to go to graduate school this fall. Probably, I'll have to make a few changes to my schedule. But for now, I'll just focus on my job and maintain my normal life."
SEA WARNING LIKELY: The storm, named Gaemi, could become a moderate typhoon on Wednesday or Thursday, with the Taipei City Government preparing for flooding A tropical depression east of the Philippines developed into a tropical storm named Gaemi at 2pm yesterday, and was moving toward eastern Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Gaemi could begin to affect Taiwan proper on Tuesday, lasting until Friday, and could develop into a moderate typhoon on Wednesday or Thursday, it said. A sea warning for Gaemi could be issued as early as Tuesday morning, it added. Gaemi, the third tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean this typhoon season, is projected to begin moving northwest today, and be closest to Taiwan on Wednesday or Thursday, the agency said. Today, there would likely
Tropical Storm Gaemi strengthened into a typhoon at 2pm yesterday, and could make landfall in Yilan County tomorrow, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. The agency was scheduled to issue a sea warning at 11:30pm yesterday, and could issue a land warning later today. Gaemi was moving north-northwest at 4kph, carrying maximum sustained winds near its center of up to 118.8kph and gusts of 154.8kph. The circumference is forecast to reach eastern Taiwan tomorrow morning, with the center making landfall in Yilan County later that night before departing from the north coast, CWA weather forecaster Kuan Shin-ping (官欣平) said yesterday. Uncertainty remains and
CHIPS AND DEFENSE: Trump said the US had lost its chip business and Taipei should pay it for defense, and added that ‘we’re no different than an insurance company’ Taiwan-US relations are solid, and both sides are in agreement that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region are everyone’s concern, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday following comments by former US president Donald Trump that Taiwan “should pay” for US defense. Taiwan is thankful to the US for supporting Taiwan’s bid to participate in international organizations, Cho told a news conference in Taipei. “I know the people very well, respect them greatly. They did take about 100 percent of our chip business,” Trump told Bloomberg on June 25 in an interview that was published on Tuesday. “I think
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