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JOHOR BARU: The flood situation in Batu Pahat is worsening with the number of evacuees recording a slight spike despite other districts seeing improvement.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BOOST: A total of NT$20 billion would be bugeted for the expansions of Taipei’s and Kaohsiung’s month passes, and a Taichung-centered systemBy Cheng Wei-chi, Ting Yi and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Taipei, June 14 (CNA) Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court overruled previous rulings on Monday as it found nine local independent power producers (IPPs) to be guilty of engaging in concerted practices in a drawn-out fair trade case.
Thanks to the pre-pandemic tourism boom, much of Taiwan’s tourism infrastructure has been updated in the past decade. Among those who have especially benefited are people who need wheelchairs to get about, and those who struggle when faced with obstacles that the able-bodied can step over or step around. Not every brand-new facility is perfect, but the concept of “universal design” (ensuring that buildings and other environments are accessible to everyone, regardless of age, disability or other factors) is slowly entering the mainstream. This article looks at three tourist destinations where the needs of the infirm and wheelchair-bound have been taken into
2021/03/02 16:56 Wu Pai-ting. (Taipei Police Department photos) Wu Pai-ting. (Taipei Police Department photos) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A convicted felon was arrested on Monday (March 1) for skipping his quarantine to wander in and around Taipei Main Station for three days. When Wu Pai-ting (吳柏霆), 45, arrived at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Feb. 27, he failed to comply with instructions from epidemic prevention personnel and did not take a special vehicle to his residence. Instead, he took a Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation Co. bus to Taipei Main Station, where he wandered around for three days. At around 6 p.m. on Monday, police found the man in an underground shopping area near Taipei Main Station, reported Liberty Times. Police said that they will coordinate with Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) staff on carrying out an investigation into his movements over the past three days.