Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/30
By:  Central News Agency

Taiwan's representative office in Canada reminded Taiwanese travelers to be vigilant over "shared luggage space" schemes as unwitting Taiwanese could be used by drug syndicates to transport illegal substances and have to deal with the legal consequences.

Offers for luggage space have been seen daily on Facebook groups among Taiwanese in Canada recently, stemming from the desire to earn extra money by renting out spare space in luggage when traveling abroad, according to the office.

One of the popular Facebook groups dedicated to luggage space sharing, named "Toronto Luggage Space Trade (多倫多行李空間買賣)" in Chinese, was established in 2017 and has since attracted more than 1,000 members with inquiry posts nearly every day.

Some travelers on the website charge C$10 (US$7.7) per kilogram and C$200 for 23 kilograms of luggage.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/30
By: Stacy Hsu

Taipei, June 30 (CNA) Dozens of Hong Kong and Taiwanese people staged a silent flash mob at Taipei Main Station Sunday in support of the ongoing anti-extradition bill movement in Hong Kong, with another demonstration to be held Monday, the 22nd anniversary of the territory's return to Chinese rule.

Clad in black shirts, participants in the flash mob held up placards saying "no China extradition," or the June 28 copy of Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily, which ran a front-page featuring an open letter written by "a group of Hong Kongers in pursuit of freedom" who called for the extradition bill's withdrawal and thanked Taiwan for its support.

"Although despair is looming over Hong Kong, a large group of people still refuse to give up and are doing their absolute best to keep the (movement's) momentum alive," said a Hong Kong woman working in Taiwan, who initiated the event online and asked to be identified only by her surname Wong (黃).

Wong said she decided to bring together a group of like-minded people for the silent flash mob after seeing over 100 people take part in a similar event in the lobby of New York's Grand Central Terminal on June 28.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 01, 2019
By: Lee I-chia  /  Staff reporter

The first case this year of indigenous dengue fever outside of Kaohsiung was confirmed on Saturday in

Tainan’s Yongkang District (永康), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said.

The Tainan Public Health Bureau on Saturday said it had received a report about a suspected case of indigenous dengue in Jiading Borough (甲頂) at about noon on Friday, and held an emergency response meeting on Saturday morning.

The CDC on Saturday evening said a 37-year-old resident of Jiading was confirmed to have dengue, making him the first case outside of Kaohsiung.

The man had not traveled abroad recently, and he told doctors he had begun to experience fever, joint and muscle pain, loss of appetite and rashes starting on June 22. He sought medical treatment three times between Sunday and Wednesday last week.    [FULL  STORY]

He slept outside the store in order to not lose his spot in the line.

mothership
Date: June 29, 2019
By: Tanya Ong

Very often, fathers are willing to go the extra mile for their children.
 
Adding on to this list is a father in Taiwan who apparently spent three nights queueing for a pair of Yeezys.

Yeezys is a line of sneakers designed by American celebrity Kanye West in collaboration with Adidas.    [FULL  STORY]

Redrawing work schedules will require some time: management

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/29
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The complete resumption of normal services following the vote by flight attendants Saturday (June 29) to end their 10-day strike might take until the end of July, EVA Air reportedly said.

Since June 20, about 1,000 flights were canceled, affecting an estimated 200,000 passengers, with public opinion divided between supporters of the employees’ cause and critics who blamed the union for disrupting travel plans.

After 14 hours of voting Friday and Saturday, the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union announced the majority had agreed to end the strike, but only after the accord was signed by both sides, which was expected to happen later Saturday.

EVA Air said that due to general scheduling procedures, restoring a completely regular schedule would take some time, but it might be completed by the end of July at the latest, the Liberty Times reported.    [FULL  STORY]

ROUND-TRIP: Union members voted to end their strike based on terms that included EVA’s promise not to retaliate, but the strike might go on after tumult at the signing

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 30, 2019
By: Cheng Wei-chi, Liao Chien-ying and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporters, with staff writer

The Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union yesterday afternoon said that its members had voted to end

their 10-day strike and accept terms offered by EVA Airways (長榮航空), but the agreement was again thrown into question after negotiations broke down last night.

Airline officials and five union representatives on Friday drafted a tentative deal after the airline expressed the hope that the dispute could be concluded soon and promised not to retaliate against the strikers, sources said.

The deal was then submitted to union members, who voted in favor of ending the strike after 14 hours of voting from 10pm on Friday to noon yesterday, they said.

The terms and conditions proposed by EVA included a pledge that the company would not take action against the strikers and would cooperate with the union to end the strike, sources said.
[FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 28 June, 2019
By: Leslie Liao

A supposed list of “cancer-causing” foods has quickly attracted attention on social media. However, officials say that the list is not linked to the government.

Juicy hamburgers, crispy chicken, and savory beef noodles – all washed down with a nice refreshing tea. All are widely loved in Taiwan. But a list making the rounds of social media in Taiwan claims that these foods are leading causes of colorectal cancer. Hamburgers and coke, boxed lunches and bubble tea, and pot-stickers and soy-milk also top the list. Not even pasta or Korean fried chicken are safe.

The list allegedly comes from the health ministry, but cancer prevention official Lin Li-ju says that isn’t true. The health ministry did not create nor disseminate the list. Lin says the list may have come from a nutritionist trying to promote a balanced diet. Lin does say, however, that people in Taiwan dine-out often. She says that citizens should still careful about their nutritional intake.

The health ministry has published its own literature on what constitutes a balanced diet, all readily available on its website    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan English News
Date: June 28, 2019 
By: Phillip Charlier  

Police in Taichung City are investigating a case of animal abuse after a stray dog was dragged behind a scooter until it died in Da’an District two months ago.

The Taichung City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office began an investigation April 17 after a dog was found dead of severe injuries in an unpopulated area near the seawall.

Animal protection officers investigating at the scene found a trail of blood extending 1.1 kilometers along the road.

The dog’s remains were sent to National Chung Hsing University for autopsy. The subsequent report, which was released May 23, revealed that the dog had not died of old age or illness. There were no fractures, nor evidence of internal bleeding. Large areas of the skin had been scraped off the head, trunk, and limbs, exposing bone in some areas. Therefore it was concluded that the dog had been dragged to death.    [FULL  STORY]