Exhibit 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

(as of April 21, 2009)

NAME OF ENTITY	JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Co., Ltd.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chunghwa System Integration Co., Ltd.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
Light Era Development Co., Ltd.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chief Telecom Inc.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
Spring House Entertainment Inc.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
Senao International Co., Ltd.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
Unigate Telecom Inc.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
InfoExplorer Co., Ltd.	Taiwan, R.O.C.
New Prospect Investments Holdings Ltd.	British Virgin Islands
Prime Asia Investments Group Ltd.	British Virgin Islands
Concord Technology Co., Ltd.	Brunei
Chief Telecom (Hong Kong) Limited	Hong Kong
Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Hong Kong
Chunghwa Telecom Japan Co., Ltd.	Japan
Chief International Corp.	Samoa Islands
Glory Network System Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Chunghwa Telecom Singapore Pte, Ltd.	Singapore
Chunghwa Telecom Global, Inc.	United States of America