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SIGNATURE ANN CASEY
TITLE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
The Taiwan, Inc.
Registration # 811- 4893
CIK # 0000804123
N-SAR - February 28, 1999
Sub-item 77C)
Results of Annual Stockholder Meeting Voting Held February 26, 1999
1) Election of Directors - The stockholders of the Fund elected Benny
T. Hu, Joe O. Rogers, Jack C. Tang, Shao-Yu Wang, David Dean,
Lawrence F. Weber, Gloria Wang and Lawrence J. Lau to the Board of
Directors to hold office until their successors are elected and
qualified.
For Withheld
Benny T. Hu 8,698,339.639 376,006.853
Joe O. Rogers 8,977,419.263 96,927.229
Jack C. Tang 8,964,742.957 109,603.535
Shao Yu Wang 8,725,612.176 348,734.316
David Dean 8,973,558.950 100,787.535
Lawrence F. Weber 8,973,792.957 100,553.535
Gloria Wang 8,941,920.333 132,426.159
Lawrence J. Lau 8,943,793.957 130,552.535
2)Ratification or Rejection of Independent Certified Public
Accountants - The stockholders of the Fund ratified the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent public accountants of the
Fund for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1999.
For Against Abstain
8,976,656.540 72,113.296 25,576.656
The Taiwan, Inc.
Registration # 811- 4893
CIK # 0000804123
N-SAR - February 28, 1999
Sub-item 77Q2
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the
Fund's officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent
of a registered class of the Fund's equity securities, to file reports
of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The Fund believes that
its officers and directors have complied with all applicable filing
requirements. Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
extends the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 to the investment advisers of the Fund and officers
and directors of such investment advisers. The Form 3 - Initial
Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities for Mr. Joe Rogers was
inadvertently filed late by management of the Fund, which had undertaken
to file the forms on his behalf.
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