PRESS DIGEST- Taiwan - Sept 22

TAIPEI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Taiwan newspapers carried the following stories on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

CHINA TIMES

-- Taiwan High-Speed Railway Co (2633.TWO) could get a loan of about T$390 billion ($12 billion) as early as November after the government acts to save the struggling bullet train operator.

-- Wang Yi, director of China's Taiwan Affairs office, said Taiwan and China would sign an FTA-like pact known as the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement when both sides were prepared.

UNITED DAILY NEWS

-- A business group from China's Hainan province cancelled a visit to south Taiwan after the southern city of Kaohsiung upset the Chinese government by inviting the Dalai Lama and screening a film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer.

LIBERTY TIMES

-- A 23-year-old pregnant woman died from the H1N1 flu virus after she refused to take Tamiflu due to fears it could have negative effects on her unborn baby. The flu pandemic has caused 17 deaths on the island so far.

-- The husband of Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said the couple would like to visit Taiwan.

COMMERCIAL TIMES

-- Chip designer Mediatek Inc (2454.TW) spent about T$3.5 billion ($108 million) to buy an office building in Beijing and will recruit Chinese research and development employees from October to tap potential growth of the mobile 3G market on the mainland.

ECONOMIC DAILY NEWS

-- Innolux Display Corp (3481.TW) decided to team up with Japanese LED maker Nichia to boost sales of LED monitors, which could help it overtake TPV (0903.HK) to become the world's largest contract maker of PC monitors by the fourth quarter of this year.