PRESS DIGEST-Taiwan - Nov 3

TAIPEI Nov 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan newspapers carried the following stories on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

CHINA TIMES

-- The signing of a free trade agreement-like deal between Taiwan and China will not be delayed even after China postpones related consultations, said the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

-- Lien Chan, honourary chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, will represent the island at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this month and aims to establish a new APEC climate centre.

UNITED DAILY NEWS

-- Major lenders in Taiwan said they would not lower mortgage rates any further to help keep housing prices reasonable.

-- A procurement group from China's Sichuan province has signed an agreement with Taiwan's External Trade Development Council to buy $264 million worth of electronics parts from the island.

LIBERTY TIMES

-- Taiwan's government has taken measures to block the imports of "disputed" ground beef and cow innards after announcing last month it would reopen the market to more kinds of U.S. beef.

COMMERCIAL TIMES

-- Tsai Hsung-hsiung, chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, will make proposals on property taxes to a tax reform committee, including one to levy higher land value taxes on absentee owners.

-- Wistron Corp (3231.TW) plans to set up an LCD TV manufacturing complex in China, the newspaper said, with construction set to start next month and to be completed in June next year.

ECONOMIC DAILY NEWS

-- LCD panel makers, including AU Optronics Corp (2409.TW) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp 3009.TW, are likely to reduce production from next month to January as they face a slow sales season.