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Taipei, March 13 (CNA) New Taipei is threatening heavy fines against American pit bull terrier owners who abandon their dogs in the city and offering rewards to people to help solve such cases after two pit bull terriers were left to fend for themselves in the past two weeks.
Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) on Saturday said he hoped the new reservist training regimen launched a week earlier would boost the country’s combat readiness. The reserve force plays an important part in Taiwan’s defense, but the training provided previously was insufficient, because it only lasted five to seven days, Chiu said after watching reservists conduct a drill at a shooting range in New Taipei City’s Linkou District (林口). Reservists in Taiwan were previously required to train for five to seven days, four times in eight years. Under the new program,...
New Taipei, March 12 (CNA) Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) said Saturday he hoped a new reservist training regimen launched a week ago will boost the country's combat readiness.
Taoyuan, March 6 (CNA) Around 400 reservists reported for duty at an elementary school in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan City on Saturday to begin a new, more intensified reservist training regimen dubbed the "toughest ever" in the nation, as the government tries to improve the combat readiness of the reserve forces amid rising cross-strait tension.
By Hsieh Wu-hsiung and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe first batch of about 500 reservists yesterday reported to Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan’s Lujhu District （蘆竹） to undergo a new, more intensive 14-day reservist training program.