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Taiwan Rations Water as Drought Adds to Covid Woes May 19 2021, 3:20 PM May 19 2021, 12:27 PM May 19 2021, 3:20 PM (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s government will further tighten water-saving measures in parts of the island, amid a persistent drought that’s raising concerns about supplies to heavily water-dependent computer chip factories. (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s government will further tighten water-saving measures in parts of the island, amid a persistent drought that’s raising co...

Hsinchu water supply cuts may be expanded if drought persists: WRA 05/19/2021 10:56 PM Yeonghoshan Reservoir, which supplies water to both Miaoli and Hsinchu. CNA file photo Taipei, May 19 (CNA) The current rotational suspension of water supply to parts of Hsinchu County may be expanded in June if the severe drought in western Taiwan continues, Lai Chien-hsin (賴建信), director-general of the Water Resources Agency (WRA), said Wednesday. At a virtual press conference, Lai said that if the ca...

根據「電腦網路內容分級處理辦法」修正條文第六條第三款規定，已於網站首頁或各該限制級網頁，依台灣網站分級推廣基金會規定作標示。 台灣網站分級推廣基金會（TICRF）網站：http://www.ti...

EDITORIAL: Stabilizing power by dispersing risk A nationwide blackout on Thursday last week — the first major power incident since a blackout on Aug. 15, 2017 — sparked public dissatisfaction as people were trapped in elevators, offices went dark and factories were forced to suspend operations after a malfunction at an ultra-high-voltage substation in Kaohsiung triggered four generators at the Singda Power Plant (興達電廠) to go offline shortly before 3pm. On that day, President Tsai In...

Quanta reports strong Q1 profit, but fears shortages By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), one of the world’s leading contract notebook computer makers, yesterday reported strong profit for the first quarter, but added that a severe shortage of key components could affect its business. “Our growth could be limited by a shortage of components,” Quanta spokesman Elton Yang (楊俊烈) told an online investors’ conference. “The situation is severe, and i...

夏天的腳步近了，天氣也變得越來越悶熱，各種皮膚狀況自然跟著增多，特別是「汗皰疹」。究竟要如何預防？中醫師表示，汗皰疹就如同其他眾多的皮膚毛病，良好作息，加上飲食忌口，才是讓皮膚能夠持續穩定進步的重要關鍵。林口悅兒親子中醫診所主治醫師蘇立雯在臉書粉專「Dr.Susu 中西醫美人秘方・蘇立雯中醫師」以及

最近天氣漸漸變得溫暖，這幾天陽光普照，適合去郊外踏青散步，而台北大縱走就是個適合都市人森林一日遊的好地方，5月29日也將舉行台北大縱走的步道串聯活動，預計從貓空站走到指南宮站，中間除了會經過美麗風景外，還有多間茶藝館，咖啡廳等特色餐館，來一趟身心完全放鬆的旅程。台北市第一場步道生態導覽「台北大縱走

Win Semiconductors board approves plan for NT$10 billion Kaohsiung fab By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter Win Semiconductors Corp (穩懋半導體), the world’s largest pure-play gallium arsenide foundry, on Friday said its board of directors had approved a plan to invest NT$10 billion (US$358.3 million) to build a fab at the Southern Taiwan Science Park’s (南部科學工業園) branch campus in Kaohsiung’s Lujhu District (路竹) over the next three years. “To meet the needs of long...

Taiwan: the pangolin’s last stand? The shy, enigmatic scaly ant eater finds its final refuge in Taiwan during the age of its worldwide extinction By Gregory McCann / Contributing reporter Who would have thought that Taiwan — just over 100km from China and a few hundred kilometers away from Vietnam, which are the world’s first and second biggest consumers of pangolin scales — would become the last beacon of hope for this imperiled species? In fact, pangolins — from sub-species in Afr...

Water shortage alerts remain unchanged despite recent rainfall 05/06/2021 09:40 PM A catchment area of Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan. CNA file photo Taipei, May 6 (CNA) In spite of a recent weather front that brought precipitation to parts of Taiwan over the past few days, the water shortage alerts imposed by cities and counties across the country will remain in place, Economics Minister Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said Thursday. Many reservoirs nationwide still have low water levels, Wang told rep...