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Stricter water rationing to start Thursday in parts of western Taiwan
02/24/2021 07:52 PM
Tsengwen Reservoir in Tainan. Photo courtesy of the Southern Region Water Resources Office
Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) Following water shortages in parts of Taiwan, tougher restrictions are set to be introduced in some western areas on Thursday, with industrial water usage in certain areas to be cut by up to 11 percent.
Under the new measures, Tainan and Chiayi County will be placed on an orange alert Thursday, which entails limiting total water use and reducing water supplies, up from a yellow alert, according to the Water Resources Agency (WRA).
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.
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