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NTMFA stages Year of Monkey print exhibition

Taiwan Today
Date: January 11, 2016

An exhibition of prints celebrating the upcoming Year of the Monkey in the

Tsai I-hsung’s eye-catching silkscreen print is one of 82 colorful pieces on display at the New Year print exhibition running until March 27 at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung City. (Courtesy of NTMFA)

Chinese zodiac was recently launched by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung City.

Comprising 80 pieces selected from 256 submissions in a competition conducted by NTMFA, the 31st Annual Exhibition of New Year Prints showcases the wealth of Taiwan intergenerational creativity as the contributing artists are aged between 10 and 70. Of the featured works, six bagged grand prizes, 10 awards of excellence, 20 jury selections and 44 commendations.

Also included in the exhibition are two respective works by master silkscreen artists Boris Kuo, a professor with National Taipei University of Education, and Tsai I-hsung, an assistant professor with New Taipei City-based National Taiwan University of Arts.

NTMFA curator Hsiao Tsung-huang said Kuo’s circle-framed montage print features a monkey, a poster and other everyday items, while Tsai’s offering contains the upside-down Chinese character for spring, which is usually seen in couplets during the Lunar New Year.

The grand prize winners, which employ a variety of themes and techniques, include Chen Ting-hsuan’s monkeys in four seasons; Hsu Chieh’s eight primates representing deities in Chinese mythology; Lin Yi-hsien’s monkey family with flowers and a mountain background; and Lu Yen-huei’s simplified image of a sitting monkey complemented by delicate patterns in gold and red. [FULL STORY]

Taipei food safety autonomous regulations effective Wed.

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-11
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

The Taipei City food safety autonomous regulations was sanctioned by the

Taipei food safety autonomous regulations effective Wed. Central News Agency (2016-01-11 21:57:54)

Cabinet on December 24 and will become effective on January 13, Taipei City Government’s Department of Health said Monday.

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has been pushing for the passage of the regulations, which will enforce autonomous reporting in 24 hours and removal from shelf and the online stores in 48 hours; the regulation expands application of food material registration to supermarkets, convenient stores, hypermarkets, school lunches and ice cream chain stores.

Taipei Health Department Commissioner Huang Shih-chieh said his department will regularly check and follow-up the implementation of each stipulation in the regulations.

The regulations make participation of the food and beverage sanitation rating system mandatory for food practitioners, who have to regularly check the effective date of each product, make sure information on the package is complete, and separate the storage area and the scrap area, Huang said. [FULL STORY]

National Palace Museum’s southern branch focuses on Asian culture

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/11
By: Sabine Cheng and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) Located in Taibao City in Chiayi County, the National

[Imari porcelain wares on loan from Japan.]

Palace Museum’s southern branch, which opened late last year, is focused on Asian art and culture, including Taiwan and China, and is aimed at balancing the cultural development between the northern and southern parts of Taiwan, according to the museum’s director, Fung Ming-chu (馮明珠).

The museum features tall, modern architectural-style buildings, in stark contrast to the National Palace Museum, established 66 years ago in Taipei’s Shilin District.

The southern branch project was initiated in July 2001 and officially opened Dec. 28, 2015.

Unlike the National Palace Museum, which houses the world’s largest collection of nearly 700,000 priceless Chinese art pieces spanning China’s nearly 5,000-year history, the southern branch has been set up as an Asian art and culture museum, according to Fung. [FULL STORY]

Endangered bird rescued in raid

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 12, 2016
By: Ho Yu-hua and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

An endangered bird has been rescued from a fish restaurant, the New Taipei

A Taiwan hwamei perches inside a birdcage in New Taipei City on Friday last week. Photo courtesy of New Taipei City Government Animal Protection And Health Inspection Office

City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office said.

Police and animal protection personnel on Friday last week conducted a search of the restaurant, which is in the mountainous areas of Tucheng District (土城), after receiving a tip that it was illegally keeping a Taiwan hwamei (畫眉) (Leucodioptron taewanum), the office said, adding that a bird kept in a cage on the cashier’s counter was confiscated during the search.

The restaurant had broken the Wildlife Conservation Act (野生動物保育法) by publicly displaying an endangered species without authorization, the office said, adding that investigations into the illegal trapping and trafficking of the bird are under way.

According to police, the restaurant’s owner, surnamed Chiang (江), said he did not know the bird was a member of an endangered species and that he had received it as a gift from a friend of his father-in-law. [FULL STORY]

Taiwanese voters grow more aloof: media

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

A media report entitled “Taiwan democracy hit by election chill” describes

Taiwanese voters grow more aloof: media.

more aloof voter attitude and chiller elections in Taiwan as the country heads to the polls on Jan 16 to elect its president and legislators.

The author has interviewed a couple of voters to prove her case.

Taxi driver Xu Cong Cheng, 54, said he hasn’t voted in years, and won’t be breaking the spell on Jan 16.

Past and current elections in Taiwan have been predicated on the choice between Taiwan’s independence versus reunification with China, he said. “It’s not our call anyway, us common people. So I’m not interested.”

Campaigning gone online [FULL STORY]

Cold, wet weather for coming week in northern Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/10
By: Chen Wei-ting and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) A cold front will begin to approach Taiwan Sunday

CNA file photo

afternoon, bringing lows of 14-15 degrees Celsius in northern Taiwan and rain in northern and central parts of the country from Monday through Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Sunday.

It will be partly cloudy to sunny in most parts of Taiwan and the highs will range between 21-23 degrees in northern Taiwan and Yilan and Hualien counties in the eastern part of the country on Sunday, the bureau said.

There is a chance of showers in eastern Taiwan and the mountainous areas in northern Taiwan, but the coming cold front will bring clouds to northern Taiwan on Sunday night, according to the bureau.

There is chance of snow in the high mountains of the island on Monday and again on Thursday and Friday as another cold front will bring in rain to central and northern Taiwan, said the bureau. [FULL STORY]

ELECTIONS: Chu vows to ‘fight until the last minute’ in Tainan

NOT GIVING UP:The KMT presidential candidate spent yesterday campaigning in the southern city and spoke at an evening rally attended by about 15,000 party supporters

Taipei Times
Date: , Jan 11, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, in Tainan

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫)

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) supporters yesterday greet the party’s presidential candidate Eric Chu, center, during a campaign event in Tainan. Photo: CNA

yesterday canvassed the streets of Tainan, seizing the last Sunday before Saturday’s presidential and legislative elections to solicit votes in the traditional pan-green camp stronghold.

Accompanied by KMT legislative candidates Chen Shu-hue (陳淑慧) and Lin Yi-huang (林易煌), who are competing in Tainan’s fourth and fifth constituencies respectively, Chu began his procession in the city’s Yongkang District (永康), the hometown of his wife, Kao Wan-chien (高婉倩).

“We will make a maximum effort campaigning in our most challenging electoral constituency. I believe the many young and promising [legislative] candidates the KMT nominated will also fight until the last minute,” Chu said when asked how the KMT planned to boost its election prospects in a city dominated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). [FULL STORY]

Earth should not just belong to humans! A call for common concern to save endangered species

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-09
By: Luis Ko, Luis Ko, I-Mei Foods CEO

I recently received a letter from the “Wildlife Alliance” which included a

6 animals that need our protection. (Photo courtesy of Peter Yuan, Wildlife Alliance)

booklet about the “6 Animals That Need Your Protection Right Now.” Surprisingly, these cuddly animals are on their way to extinction and could soon disappear altogether, making my heart ache.

After obtaining the relevant copyrights from the “Wildlife Alliance,” I feel like I have the responsibility to post those pictures of the pygmy slow loris, the smooth-coated otter, the Sunda pangolin, the yellow-cheeked gibbon, the dhole and the Asian elephant. I hope that even more young people stand up worldwide, because the Earth should not belong to humans alone. [FULL STORY]

Lunar New Year rail tickets to Alishan to go on sale Jan. 22

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/09
By: Wang Shu-fen and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Train tickets for the Alishan Forest Railway during the

CNA file photo

Lunar New Year holiday will go on sale Jan. 22, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said Saturday.

Those planning to take train to the alpine scenic area, one of Taiwan’s top tourist destinations, during the holiday period Feb. 6-14 may start booking tickets at 6 a.m. Jan. 22 on the website http://alishan.railway.gov.tw/, according to the TRA.

To meet high demand during the Lunar New Year holiday, the TRA said, it will operate two extra round-trip services per day between Chiayi and Fenchihu stations.

The Alishan mountain resort and natural preserve in central Taiwan is known for attractions such as a mountain wilderness area, cherry blossoms, waterfalls, high altitude tea plantations, and many hiking trails.

Lust boy band singer fired

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 10, 2016
By: Chen Hui-ling, Yang Hsin-han and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

B’in Music Co on Friday reiterated that it would not encourage inappropriate

Singer Ga Ga of the Mando-pop, R ’n’ B group Magic Power, third right, gestures on stage in an undated picture. Photo provided by B’in Music Co

behavior and is determined to officially terminate its contract with Pan Chun-chia (潘俊佳), better known by his stage name, Ga Ga (嘎嘎), of the Mando-pop, R ’n’ B group Magic Power (魔幻力量).

The Chinese-language Next Magazine on Wednesday reported that Pan, the second lead vocalist of the music group, was filmed kissing Wu Yun-ting (吳昀廷) — better known as Bao Er (寶兒) — a member of the girl-group Popu Lady, and allegedly slipped his hands under her shirt.

Wu later said that the angle of the picture exaggerated events, adding that Pan was flailing about because he had been drinking.

However, Magic Power’s label B’in Music Co was unconvinced and on Wednesday announced that Pan’s image had been tarnished, adding that it has decided to expel him from the music group after his 20-concert contract ends on Jan. 31. [FULL STORY]

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