scholars 17.Government mulling possibility of pay rise for public employees 18.Premier sees poll results as warning to Ma administration 19.Replica of 17th century vessel to make maiden voyage 20.Ma should stay focus on cross-strait economy not politics : scholars 21.Taipei County to open Bouchung Tea Festival early December 22.MOFA raises travel alert for South Korea 23.Nobel laureate wife on Alzheimer's disease 24.Cancer patients pass on experience words 25.Taipei County fighting brown root rot disease 26.Immigration agency launches passport computer identification system 27.Orchid exports in first 10 months reached NT$2.4 billion 28.DPP suffers from election eve shooting incident: party whip 29.More than 10 million e-readers to be sold in 2011: AsusTek 