Taichung gets first MRT line after long wait
Staff writer, with CNA
Taichung has officially entered the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) age with the city’s Green Line beginning full service at noon yesterday, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said.
Tsai in an address said that Taichung residents were witnessing history in the making, as the metropolitan rail system has been a dream of local residents for more than 30 years.
“The official beginning of service on the Green Line shows that collaboration between the central and local governments can get things done,” she said.
From left, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Ho Hsin-chun, Deputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, Vice Premier Shen Jong-chin, President Tsai Ing-wen, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen, former president Ma Ying-jeou, former Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin, former Taichung mayor Jason Hu and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang, who is also a legislator representing
Taichung clinics face lawsuit over toxic prescriptions
Staff writer, with CNA
A group of 30 patients yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit against two traditional Chinese medicine clinics and a supplier in Taichung over toxic prescriptions that led to lead poisoning.
The group is seeking more than NT$1.27 billion (US$44.6 million) in compensation from Sheng Tang Chinese Medicine Clinic (盛唐中醫), Jiu Fu Chinese Medicine Clinic (九福中醫) and their supplier Hsin Lung Medicine Co (欣隆藥業), said the Consumers’ Foundation, which is helping the claimants with the lawsuit.
Twenty of the patients, ranging in age from five to 85 years old, received toxic prescriptions from Sheng Tang and 10 from Jiu Fu, the foundation said.