Want China Times
Date: 2015-07-11
By: CNA

The parents of a Taipei Medical University dentistry student who died of severe burns

on Friday have decided to donate his organs, calling the move another way for him to “fulfill the sacred mission of a doctor.”

The son, 23-year-old Su Chia-shen, was pronounced brain dead at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital in Banciao District, New Taipei, on Friday, becoming the fourth person to die from dust explosions at a water park in New Taipei on June 27 that left nearly 500 people injured.

In a statement on Su’s death released by Taipei Medical University, Su’s father said Su had hoped to make contributions to society after graduation with what he learned at the medical school.

No longer able to graduate, Su could still “fulfill the sacred mission of a doctor in another way,” his father said.     [FULL  STORY]

EYE ON THE IVY:President Ma Ying-jeou’s activities during stops in the US have attracted as much — if not more — attention from Taiwanese media as his duties

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 12, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday embarked on his 11th overseas visit since

coming to office in 2008, a trip that is to take him to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua for talks with heads of state including Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

On his way to the Caribbean, Ma plans to visit Harvard University, his alma mater, during a transit stop in Boston.

He is expected to give a speech at a university gathering, officials said.

Before boarding a China Airlines charter flight at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday, Ma said he hopes to deepen bilateral cooperation with the nation’s allies during the trip.     [FULL  STORY]

500+ Gay Pride Youth Burned Alive in Taiwan as Biblical-Scale Firestorm Spontaneously Ignites

beforeitsnews.com
Date: June 28, 2015
By: Jeffrey Daugherty (www.jeffreydaugherty.com) reports this news item from NaturalNews.

A gay pride youth party in Taiwan went horribly wrong last night as a special effect consisting of huge clouds of rainbow-colored glitter particles was launched into the air over the partygoers. To the shock and horror of everyone, the metallic glitter ignited, raining down a firestorm of death upon hundreds of attendees who were burned alive.

Although the lying leftist media is desperately trying to state this event had nothing to do with “gay pride,” as the following photos show, it was sponsored by an openly gay organization featuring a sperm logo and gay men associated with an international gay modeling organization. I’m not blaming gays for this horrible tragedy, but let’s not be ridiculous and try to claim this gay pride rainbow party wasn’t a gay pride rainbow party. It clearly was. You’d have to be wildly delusional not to instantly recognize this. (Natural News is not an anti-gay publisher. We’ve long argued for universal freedom to love and live with whomever you want and concepts like universal tolerance for diversity. We are a “pro choice on almost everything” publisher with a social libertarian view, arguing that marriage shouldn’t be “licensed” by the government in the first place.)

UPDATE: Trolls and haters on social media are hilariously taking issue with the phrases “burned alive” and “Biblical-scale” used in the title of this story. The contrived outrage is absurd but also highly reflective of the very same kind of mob mentality we see ruling society these days. “Burned alive” means being burned while you are alive, which is precisely what this video shows and exactly what happened. People were alive and being burned while running for safety. They were not burned DEAD, they were burned ALIVE as they tried to escape. Secondly, the phrase “Biblical-scale” means “really, really big” which is precisely what we see in this video. Apparently, haters can’t even stand the site of the word “Biblical” when it’s used as part of an adjective for a very large catastrophe in which innocent people were harmed. “Biblical-scale” is an adjective of size, nothing more. Case closed.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/10
By: S.F. Wang and Flor Wang

Taipei, July 10 (CNA) Six people have been slightly injured as of 8:00 p.m. Friday after

Typhoon Chan-hom skirted northern Taiwan earlier in the day, according to the Central Emergency Operation Center.

Meanwhile, the first-degree red alert against mud and rock slide has been issued for six streams and rivers in Hsinchu County, while the second-degree yellow alert has been issued for 61 rivers and streams in Taoyuan, as well as in Hsinchu and Miaoli counties, the center reported.

Power is expected to be restored at 11:00 p.m. for 332 households in Taipei and New Taipei cities that suffered blackouts due to the impact of the typhoon, it said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/10
By: Chen Ching-feng and Elaine Hou

Taipei, July 10 (CNA) Over the past two weeks, 13 people agreed to donate their

organs or skin after they died, showing a trend toward increased organ donations in the wake of a dust explosion at a water park in New Taipei, the organ registry and sharing center said Friday.

The June 27 explosion left nearly 500 injured and four dead, as of Friday.

Since the accident occurred, there have been 13 organ donors, including a victim in the explosion whose parents decided to donate his organs after he was pronounced brain dead earlier Friday, according to the Taiwan Organ Registry and Sharing Center (器捐中心).

The 23-year-old victim was a Taipei Medical University dentistry student.

Four of the 13 donors also agreed to donate their skin, in addition to organs, the center said.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-07-10
By: CNA

A total of 224 people remained listed in critical condition as of Thursday after suffering

severe burns in the June 27 dust explosion at the Formosa Fun Coast water park in New Taipei.

A total of 495 people were injured while attending the Color Play Asia party at the venue when colored powder being sprayed into the crowd suddenly exploded and burst into flames.

While three of those affected had died as of Thursday, 420 remain hospitalized, 277 of whom are being treated in intensive care units, according to tallies provided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Meanwhile, four of the patients have been put on Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a form of partial cardiopulmonary bypass used for long-term support of respiratory and/or cardiac function.

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 11, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

The family of a 23-year-old medical student fatally injured in the Formosa Fun Coast

(八仙海岸) inferno last month has decided to donate his organs after he was declared brain dead earlier yesterday, making the young man the fourth fatality in the disaster.

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital determined the man, named Su Chia-sheng (蘇家陞), to be brain dead at about 11am yesterday, after his condition took a sudden turn for the worse on Thursday.

Su, a junior-year dental student at Taipei Medical University (TMU), sustained second and third-degree burns to 73 percent of his body in the blast and ensuing fire on June 27, which injured 491 people and has killed four so far.     [FULL  STORY]

POWERFUL HANDGUNS:The three semi-automatic weapons seized by police were allegedly sought after by drug gangs wanting to protect themselves from rivals

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 10, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau (MJIB) announced that they detained a

man trying to smuggle three handguns into the country, which are allegedly sought after by gangsters.

A bureau spokesperson said the three firearms were advanced semi-automatic handguns — one German-made Walther P99 pistol, one Austrian-made Glock pistol and an Israeli-made IMI Desert Eagle pistol.

Officials at the MJIB’s Marine Affairs Field Office in Kaohsiung said they had been monitoring drug-trafficking gangs in the south in recent months, and were informed about a possible firearm smuggling operation.     [FULL  STORY]