Reckless behavior recorded and reported, costing offender over US$900
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/12/06
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(Facebook photo)
A Facebook user on Saturday (Dec. 5) posted photos of a pile of violation tickets issued by the Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) of Kaohsiung City that indicated the illegal disposal of 22 cigarette butts in the same location over two hours on Sept. 28. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 12/06/2020
By: Chiang Yi-ching
A migrant workers’ dorm in Kaohsiung for illustrative purposes. CNA file photo
The two migrant workers (case No. 688 and No. 695) both tested positive for IgG antibodies, which indicates they have been infected for at least two weeks, CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said at a press conference.
In addition, they were also only in contact for one day in the dormitory, which makes it unlikely they infected one another, said Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC.
The first of the two migrant workers to be confirmed with the disease, case No. 688, is an Indonesian woman in her 30s who arrived in Taiwan on Nov. 13. [FULL STORY]
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 07, 2020
By: Lin Hsin-han / Staff reporter
New Power Party Keelung City Councilor Chen Wei-chung (陳薇仲) has filed a police report and a criminal complaint alleging online harassment on Facebook, she said on Saturday.
After reposting an article about the budget for a city exposition on Facebook, a commenter wrote that she was “unconstructive,” “lazy,” “eye candy” and a “fucking gay city councilor” who “gains from corruption,” Chen said.
She filed the report with the police for public insult and defamation hoping it would teach people who comment online to discuss public issues and not insult other people’s body or gender, she said.
Cyberbullying often occurs during election season, when she has received threats such as “you better be careful what you say,” comments about her gender, calling her “eye candy” or “bar girl,” and other sexual harassment, she said, adding that she was used to it. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 12/06/2020
By: Emerson Lim and Matt Yu
Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense
According to an MND report, the Y-8 entered the airspace between southwest Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Dongsha Islands, also known as the Pratas Islands, in the South China Sea.
Taiwan's Air Force responded by scrambling planes to monitor the Chinese aircraft, issuing radio warnings and mobilizing air defense systems, the ministry said. [FULL STORY]
The Taiwan Strait and its treacherous conditions, which favor concealment, give Taiwan's new subs the advantage: expert
Asia Times
Date: December 5, 2020
By: Dave Makichuk
China might have the naval advantage, but in the treacherous Taiwan Strait, the democratic nation’s new submarines would give any invasion force, a run for their money, so to speak. Credit: National Interest.
Over the past decade, it has aggressively built up its navy to over 300 warships and submarines, making it the largest navy in the world.
And, it plans to continue to expand its armada to 450 ships and 110 submarines by 2030, a stark reality which is keeping US Navy officials up at night.
So concerned, is the US, that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Army General Mark Milley, predicted “a lot of bloodletting” in the Pentagon as the military strives to get the Navy the hundreds of new ships it says it needs to confront China, Breaking Defense reported.
[FULL STORY]
Guru 3D
Date: 12/05/2020
By: Hilbert Hagedoorn
DigiTimes mentions that one of Micron's manufacturing plants in Taiwan suffered a 1-hour power outage. The factory accounts for almost 10% of the world's DRAM production capacity, which means that this disruption could limit the industry's supply and therefore drive up its price.
After the blackout, Micron's shares increased with 2% due to the uncertainty that was generated with the level of supply available for the next few months. Although the impact of the blackout is still unknown, it affected the Micron Fab 11 factory for just over an hour, although the company immediately activated its safety mechanisms and procedures to minimize losses. In numbers, we are talking about 125,000 wafers per month to bring DDR4 and LPDDR4 memory kits to life under a 10nm manufacturing process.
The company stated that “Micron experienced a power outage at its DRAM manufacturing facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on Thursday, December 3. Emergency response procedures were in place immediately, and all team members are safe. Power has been restored, and all systems in the facility are operating normally. We estimate that the factory will return to normal production in the next few days. " [FULL STORY]
Taipei 101 has seen big drop in visitors this year due to international travel restrictions
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/12/05
By: Central News Agency
Taipei 101 New Year’s 2020 fireworks. (CNA photo)
There will be light-ups, art installations and music performances through the end of February, so that people can celebrate from Christmas and New Year's Eve through to the Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival at the complex, it said.
Seventeen photo op areas will be set up inside and around the Taipei 101 complex, including a merry-go-round and giant Christmas tree at its shopping mall, said Chang Hsueh-shun (張學舜), chairman of Taipei Financial Center Corp., which owns and operates the building. The campaign also features an online event that asks people to submit messages for public display on the walls of the skyscraper, Chang said. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date:12/05/2020
By: Worthy Shen and Chung Yu-chen
Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung (back row, center left). Photo courtesy of Keelung City government
The minister made the remark at an event in Keelung to mark the upcoming International Migrants Day, which is observed on Dec. 18 every year. [FULL STORY]
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 06, 2020
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chen Chao-ming, center, talks to reporters outside the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office in Shilin Distirct on Friday.
Photo: CNA
When leaving the Taipei District Court after posting bail, Chen said that he was innocent and not involved in corruption.
He would offer his side of the story at a news conference, he said.
Chen, Sufin Siluko of the KMT, Su Chen-ching, (蘇震清) of the Democratic Progressive Party, and former New Power Party legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) were indicted in September for alleged breaches of the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例) in a case related to ownership of the Pacific SOGO Department store chain. [FULL STORY]
Radio Taiwan International
Date: 04 December, 2020
By: John Van Trieste
Dry weather in one of Taiwan’s favorite tea-growing regions has seen tea bushes yielding much less than usual. However, the dry weather is also helping to greatly boost the quality of what tea is growing there, reminding people of what makes the area’s tea great to begin with.
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Sometimes, less is more. That’s at least the case in the tea-growing hills of Hsinchu County’s Emei Township. Here, a long dry spell means that tea bushes are producing 20-30% fewer tea leaves this season than they normally do.
But the lack of rain has had another, beneficial effect that will ensure the leaves that make it through are of top quality.
The tea jassid (scientific name Jacobiasca formosana) is an insect that loves to chew on tea leaves but hates wet weather. With no rain to scare them off, swarms have been gathering in Emei Township’s tea plantations. [FULL STORY]
