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Officials back NTHU bid for medicine department
FILLING A NEED: Hsinchu Science Park Bureau director-general Wayne Wang said the park’s 150,000 workers and their families need more quality medical resources
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
National Tsing Hua University’s (NTHU) application to establish a post-baccalaureate medicine department has gained support from Hsinchu Science Park Bureau director-general Wayne Wang (王永壯) and other officials, the school said in a news release yesterday.
The university made the announcement after National Yang-Ming University (NYMU) in Taipei and National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu City on Monday formally merged into one entity and vowed to promote precision medicine.
No plans to cancel lantern fest
READY TO ADAPT: If the COVID-19 situation changes, adjustments would be made to the festival, which is to be held in an open area this year, the transport minister said
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday said that his ministry has not yet considered canceling the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Hsinchu City, adding that it would make adjustments depending on changes to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Lin was responding to questions from the media about whether the Tourism Bureau might consider canceling the annual flagship tourism event due to a cluster infection at a hospital in Taoyuan.