Edgar Filing: TAIWAN FUND INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/22/2005

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TAIWAN FUND INC [TWN]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

10 EASTCHEAP

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
08/22/2005

(Street)

LONDON,Â X0Â EC3M ILX

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽¹⁾	0	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽²⁾	0	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽³⁾	150,834	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽⁴⁾	260,271	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽⁵⁾	492,000	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽⁶⁾	211,400	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽⁷⁾	50,000	D	Â
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ⁽⁸⁾	1,129,032	D	Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC 10 EASTCHEAP LONDON,Â X0Â EC3M ILX	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Barry M. Olliff		08/22/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Regarding CLIG: CLIG has no pecuniary interest in any of the shares owned directly by the funds listed in notes 3 through 9 below.
(2)	Regarding CLIM: CLIM has no pecuniary interest in any of the shares owned directly by the funds listed in notes 3 through 9 below.
(3)	These securities are beneficially owned by The Emerging World Fund.
(4)	These securities are beneficially owned by Global Emerging Markets Country Fund.
(5)	These securities are beneficially owned by Investable Emerging Markets Country Fund.
(6)	These securities are beneficially owned by Emerging Markets Free Country Fund.
(7)	These securities are beneficially owned by GFM (Institutional) Emerging Markets Country Fund.
(8)	These securities are beneficially owned by segregated accounts for which CLIM provides investment advisory services.
Â Remarks: NeitherÂ CityÂ ofÂ LondonÂ InvestmentÂ GroupÂ PLCÂ ("CLIG")Â norÂ CityÂ ofÂ LondonÂ InvestmentÂ ManagementÂ CompanyÂ LimitedÂ ("CLIM")Â areÂ theÂ beneficialÂ ownersÂ ofÂ anyÂ sharesÂ ofÂ KFÂ asÂ theÂ termÂ "beneficialÂ owner"Â isÂ definedÂ inÂ RuleÂ 16a-1(a)(2).Â CLIGÂ isÂ theÂ parentÂ holdingÂ companyÂ ofÂ CLIM,Â whichÂ providesÂ investmentÂ advisoryÂ servicesÂ toÂ theÂ fundsÂ listedÂ inÂ notesÂ 4Â throughÂ 9Â below.Â ThisÂ filingÂ shallÂ notÂ beÂ deemedÂ anÂ admissionÂ byÂ anyÂ ofÂ theÂ listedÂ fundsÂ thatÂ theyÂ areÂ subjectÂ toÂ reportingÂ underÂ SectionÂ 16(a).

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