Eye On Taiwan
Date: June 24, 2016
Translated By: Erixon Chen

ZhangHua(彰化) county government had held a press conference on Thursday morning

Photo: WongKung fishing port.
From MingKu Wei’s facebook page.

to announce that the WongKung fireworks festival will have a light show instead of a fireworks show as in former years.

The ZhangHua county governemnt magistrate Ming-Ku Wei(魏明谷) said that this year’s WangKung fireworks festival (王功漁火節) will be held on 2nd and 3rd, July. We used to hold a fireworks show on this festival but we have something different this year we added new elments. A light show will substitute for the fireworks show said Ming-Ku. I hope it will attract sightseers to come to WangKung.

WangKung fishing port(王功漁港) has a unique sunset view, when the setting Sun is going down the sunlight shining the coast, the coast became a golden coast. It’s very beautiful. Ming-Ku Wei said. We hope this festival will drive the Wang-Kung area development. People can go to Lu-Gang(鹿港) to see ancient monuments first, then go to Wong-kung fishing port to enjoy the sunset.

The ZhangHua country government said the following: We have arranged activities from morning to night on 2nd and 3rd of July. Activities such as a blessing carnival, a local food feast and a night ocean concert one will be held on each of the two days.

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/03/31
By: Wang Shu-fen and Elaine Hou

Taipei, March 31 (CNA) Heavy traffic is expected on the freeways in Taiwan over the tomb

CNA file photo

sweeping holiday starting Saturday, with congestion predicted to peak on April 4, according to the National Freeway Bureau.

Freeway traffic will spike on Tomb Sweeping Day, with 2.95 million cars expected to hit the road, the bureau said.

The bureau also warned that a total of 15 sections of the freeways are more likely to see heavier traffic, including the southbound section from Changhua to Puyan on Freeway No. 1, the northbound section from Yunlin to Puyan on Freeway No. 1, the northbound section from Gukeng to Nantou on Freeway No. 3 and the northbound section from Yilan to Pinglin on Freeway No. 5 on that day.

Freeway traffic is expected to flow more smoothly during the rest of the four-day holiday, the bureau said.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/03/17
By: Jeffrey Wu and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, March 17 (CNA) New 360-degree spherical panoramic images of Yushan, Taiwan’s highest peak at 3,952 meters, were put online Thursday as part of Google Taiwan’s Street View, the company announced that day.

Using a Google Cardboard headset, Internet users can now get a 3D virtual reality (VR) view of Yushan and surrounding mountains, the search engine giant said.

Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) platform developed by Google for use with a head mount for a mobile phone.

Google said provides full support for the use of Google Cardboard VR in Street View, which allows people to virtually explore scenic spots such as Yushan that they might never otherwise get to visit.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/02/03
By: Bien Chin-feng and Romulo Huang

Taipei, Feb. 3 (CNA) A special plan to ease air travel congestion

Airport e-Gates. (CNA file photo)

at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport during the Lunar New Year holiday kicked off smoothly Wednesday, with some 110,000 passengers passing though the airport, authorities said.

The measures were designed specifically to cope with an expected increase in passengers before, during and immediately after the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, which starts Feb. 6, authorities said.

Air travel is expected to peak between Feb. 3-6 and Feb. 10-17, with passenger volume estimated at 140,000 per day.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan Today
Date: January 14, 2016

An electronic visa system streamlining travel document processing and

The ROC government’s new e-Visa website serves as a single window for handling travel applications of foreign visitors. (Courtesy of MOFA)

enhancing security for inbound Taiwan tourists was launched Jan. 12 by the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The one-stop service on a dedicated MOFA website allows for the completion of the e-Visa form, submission of the application and payment of related fees.

A total of 27 countries are included in the first phase of the program. They are Brunei, Macedonia and Turkey, which already enjoy landing-visa privileges in Taiwan; Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, which offer ROC citizens visa-waiver treatment; as well as 21 of the ROC’s diplomatic allies, except the Holy See.

Lo Tien-hung, deputy director-general of the MOFA Bureau of Consular Affairs, said the initiative is available to travelers from the designated countries for the purposes of business, tourism or short visits with family members.     [FULL  STORY]