Magnitude 4.6 temblor jolts eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County

Taiwan News,
Date: 2018/06/11
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

CWB map of tonight’s uake.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County at 11:42 p.m. this evening (June 11), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The quake was centered 11.9 kilometers east of Hualien County Hall and was measured at a shallow depth of 8.5 kilometers., based on CWB data.

An intensity level of 3 was felt in Hualien County, while an intensity level of 1 was felt in Yilan County, Nantou County and Taichung County.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/11
By: Chen Wei-ting and Romulo Huang

Taipei, June 11 (CNA) Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) opened an

Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control

international workshop on the prevention and control of tuberculosis in Taipei on Monday to share Taiwan’s experience in addressing the disease with other countries in the region.

The workshop, which runs through July 6, is being held exclusively for government officials and medical personnel from nations targeted by Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy, including 26 from Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, the CDC said in a statement.

Initiated by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), the New Southbound Policy seeks to strengthening relations with Southeast and South Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 12, 2018
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

The Legislative Yuan is to process 18 bills, including a controversial military pension

Groups opposed to pension reform protest outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.  Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times

reform bill, during a provisional session that started yesterday and is to run through July 6.

During a plenary discussion yesterday, the legislature approved opening the special session later in the day, following a proposal by Democratic Progressive Party legislators led by DPP caucus convener Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘).

The military pension reform bill, which has sparked several protests, would be given priority, with its review expected to be completed in two weeks, DPP caucus whip Ho Hsin-chun (何欣純) said.

A proposal by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators to invite President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to present a report on cross-strait and diplomatic affairs was rejected
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Malay Mail
Date: 09 June 2018
By: Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 ― Wanted broker Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, is

Low Taek Jho.
Picture from facebook/Urban Lites

said to be residing in China and could be extradited under the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) agreement between the two nations, a legal expert has said.

However, should Low be found to be in Taiwan, known officially as the Republic of China, things could get more complicated, as Malaysia has no extradition treaty or diplomatic relations with the country.

“Malaysia can put a request to the country to bring Jho Low back. However, the request is subject to that governments and authorities approval,” former Kuala Lumpur Bar Criminal Practice Committee chairman Lim Chi Chau said in a report by The Star.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/09
By: William Yen

Taipei, June 9 (CNA) Filipina actress and screenwriter Bela Padilla touched down in

Bela Padilla

Taiwan Saturday to thank and meet overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for 120th Philippine Independence Day celebrations to be held in New Taipei the next day.

Padilla told CNA that “I just want to say thank you, you know if it were not for them (OFWs), we wouldn’t have the jobs we have now.”

She explained that she likes to visit OFWs around the world. “Filipinos are like that, we take care of each other,” Padilla said.

The actress and screenwriter also thanked OFWs all over the world for supporting her shows and the shows on the global subscription television network The Filipino Channel (TFC).   [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 10, 2018
By: Chan Shih-hung and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Chen An Temple in Yunlin County’s Jioucyong Township (九穹) on Thursday unveiled

An effigy of a turtle made out of sacks of garlic is displayed at Chen An Temple in Yunlin County’s Jioucyong Township on Thursday.  Photo: Chan Shih-hung, Taipei Times

an effigy of a turtle made from sacks of garlic weighing 6 tonnes at the “birthday” celebrations for Shennong (神農大帝), the Chinese folk deity of herbal medicine and agriculture.

Shennong’s divine mandate is to ensure bountiful harvests and farmers’ safety, Chen An Temple director Hsu Ching-kuan (許清冠) said.

Garlic was used to make the effigy because of a divine order from Shennong in early January to buy garlic due to the crash in garlic prices, TC Reading Organization Yunlin branch director Chiu Shih-wen (邱世文) said.

The temple also invited a renowned Linnei Township (林內) pastry maker to bake garlic cakes, which were distributed to the first 200 people who participated in the traditional palanquin crawling event, Hsu said.    [FULL  STORY]

CNN
Date: June 8, 2018
By: David McKenzie and Brent Swails, CNN

Mbabane, Swaziland (CNN)When 15-year-old Nozipho Mpapane first arrived at the

China struggles to flip this African nation03:19

temple as a tiny child, she thought the hundreds of white statues inlaid into the walls were dolls to play with.

“Then they told me it was the Buddha. And I said, ‘oh, so this is the supreme being,'” she recalls.

Now, nine years on, she chants Buddhist mantras from memory daily alongside hundreds of other children at the Amitofo Care Center in southern Swaziland.
Ages 3 to 19, the children come to the center as orphans or from poor families; they will leave with an education that includes Kung Fu, Buddhism, and Chinese.
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Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-06-08

The 2018 Ho Hai-Yan Gongliao Rock Festival is set to kick off on July 27. The three-day

The three-day event will be held at Fulong Beach in northeastern Taiwan.

event will be held at Fulong Beach in northeastern Taiwan.

This year’s Ho Hai-Yan Gongliao Rock Festival features Taiwanese singers as well as musicians from Europe, the United States, Japan and Malaysia. They include The Chairman, Lion, Malaysian singer Namewee, Japan’s ROOKiez is PUNK’D, and many more.

At a press conference on Thursday, the band EggPlantEgg, which recently won four Golden Melody Awards nominations for best music group, performed for the fans.
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