Radio Taiwan Internatinal
Date: 09 September, 2019
By: Natalie Tso
Monday is Taiwan Dog Day and Taipei celebrated with the opening of its second dog park and sixth special space where dogs can get some exercise.
The new 693 square meter park is located in Neihu. City official Lin Chong Jie said two new bus lines (681 and 620) that cater to pets will also open on September 13 and stop at the new park.
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Taiwan English News
Date: Se6ptember 9, 2019
By: Phillip Charlier
A woman in Taichung has been charged after parking her electric scooter inside a claw machine arcade in Taiping District two times, and leaving it to charge overnight.
The owner of the claw machine arcade noticed the incident when reviewing security monitor footage. The footage showed the woman riding her scooter into the arcade with two children and another woman late in the evening September 5, leaving it parked and plugged in overnight.
A woman park her scooter to charge in a claw machine arcade convenient to her home in Taiping District, Taichung City, September 5, 2019.
The arcade owner uploaded pictures of the incident to social media.
The woman, oblivious to the criticism she was receiving on social media, brazenly repeated her act, accompanied by one child, and wearing the same blouse on September 7. [FULL STORY]
The Philippines is the eighth country in Asia to be hit by African swine fever and much tighter border controls are being imposed
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/09
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Airport inspection (CNA photo)
Agriculture Secretary William Dar of the Philippines announced in a news briefing that dead pigs found on some of the country’s backyard farms have tested positive for the deadly hog disease endemic, reported Reuters. This makes the Philippines the eighth Asian nation to have recorded ASF cases, following China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea, Laos, and Myanmar.
This means Philippine travelers arriving in Taiwan will be subject to a fine of NT$200,000 (US$6,350) for importing pork products, and those who fail to pay the fine will be denied entry to the island. Second time violators will be slapped with a fine of NT$1 million, in compliance with the Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/09
By: Han Ting-ting and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Sept. 9 (CNA) A cell therapy center opened Monday at a general hospital in Hualien County, the first of its kind in eastern Taiwan, although in the western part of the country there are two institutes specialized in this type of advanced treatment for cancer patients.
In collaboration with the New Taipei-based Taiwan Advance Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. (TABP), Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital opened the Cell Therapy Center following approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. [FULL STORY]
Tech tycoon says he will decide soon and touts 'mutual trust' with Beijing
Nikkei Asian Review
Date: September 07, 2019
By: Lauly Li, Nikkei staff writer
TAIPEI — Foxconn founder Terry Gou on Saturday said that he is preparing to run for Taiwan's
Foxconn founder Terry Gou, who lost the KMT nomination, is weighing an independent presidential bid. © Reuters
"I am preparing. I am still [doing some] final thinking about it," Gou told Japanese media in Taipei. "I must be well-prepared and have the confidence to win before making a decision."
It was the first time Gou had spoken to the media about his presidential ambitions since he lost the primary for the opposition Kuomintang, or KMT, in July. Prospective candidates have until Sept. 17 to register; voters will go to the polls in January 2020.
The tech billionaire has not met KMT Chairman Wu Den-yih or Han Kuo-yu — the Kaohsiung mayor who defeated him for the party's nomination — since mid-July. However, he has held talks with the KMT's estranged former Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je on possible collaboration. [FULL STORY]
The Japan News
Date: September 07, 2019
By: Jiji Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (Jiji Press) — An international committee agreed Friday that Japan will acquire an extra catch quota of 300 tons for large Pacific bluefin tuna from Taiwan as a temporary measure in 2020.
Japan’s large bluefin tuna catch quota for the year will effectively increase by about 6 percent based on the agreement reached at a meeting of the Northern Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission held in Portland.
But Japan’s proposal for increasing overall bluefin tuna catch quotas was not adopted due to opposition from the United States.
Currently, Japan has catch quotas of 4,007 tons for small Pacific bluefin tuna weighing less than 30 kilograms and 4,882 tons for larger tuna. [FULL STORY]
First half of 2019 saw more than 75,000 hacking attempts
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/07
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
NSC fended off thousands of hacking attacks last year. (By Associated Press)
The data came to light as the NSC presented its annual budget to the Legislative Yuan, the Liberty Times reported.
Commentators saw a link between the high number of attacks and China’s attempts at penetrating further into Taiwan’s infrastructure in order to try and paralyze basic systems.
The NSC emphasized that all the attempts at hacking recorded over the past 18 months had all failed. They had been tracked down on time and prevented from achieving success, the government body said. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/07
By: Emerson Lim
Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday announced a 5-day visit by
Solomon Islands’ Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele (CNA file photo)
"MOFA warmly welcomes Jeremiah Manele, foreign minister of the Solomon Islands, our Pacific ally, who is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan for a visit scheduled for Sept. 8 to 12, together with his delegation," MOFA said in a press statement.
Manele will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) and attend a banquet hosted by Wu, according to the press statement.
Manele will also visit the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and tour private companies and research institutions engaged in clean energy, agricultural machinery and fine agriculture. [FULL STORY]
LIMITED RECOURSE? The Alzheimer Disease Association said dementia patients were losing property to financial institutions, family members and scams, among others
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 08, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
A person who loses property might do so because they are affected by dementia, the Taiwan
From left, Ministry of Health and Welfare Long-term Care Services Division official Chou Tao-chun, Democratic Progressive Party legislators Chen Ching-min and Wu Yu-chin, Control Yuan member Chiang Chi-wen, Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Wellington Koo, Taiwan Alzheimer Disease Association executive director Hsu Wen-chih, association financial security task force convener Li Mei-yin and others gesture at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
A survey analyzed 74 cases in which people with dementia reported the loss of their property and found that 34 cases occurred prior to diagnosis, implying that property loss could be an early warning of dementia, said Li Mei-yin (李梅英), the association’s financial security task force convener.
The survey showed that 65 people had not declared commencement of assistance or guardianship when they were deprived of property, Li said.
Twenty-five people lost property to family members, 17 to scams, 10 to friends or colleagues, 10 to strangers, six to financial institutions, four to carers, one to legal personnel and one to social welfare personnel, she said. [FULL STORY]
Radio Taiwan International
Date: 06 September, 2019
By: Leslie Liao
With the Mid-Autumn Festival just around the corner, people are flocking to purchase gifts for family and friends. However, gift shoppers are always divided between those who dare to offer something different and those who double-down on classic favorites!
Fresh sautéed cuttlefish sizzle right out of the frying pan. Turn your head, and there’s a whole mackerel roasting on a platter nearby. This is all part of a specialty gift-box prepared by the Su-ao Fisherman’s Association for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.
The gift box contains eight kinds of seafood, including shrimp and even fish-roe sausages.
Association head Chen Chun-sheng says that his association has a responsibility to market its products. [FULL STORY]
