Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/27
By: Liang Pei-chi and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, May 27 (CNA) A section of road in Taipei will be closed for hours on June 4, while all pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the city will come to a halt for 30 minutes, as part of an annual air raid drill, the city government said Sunday.
The drill, codenamed Wan An No. 41, will be held between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on June 4 in Taipei and several other cities and counties in northern Taiwan.
During the 30-minute period, all road traffic will come to a standstill and pedestrians will be required to get off the streets, the city government said.
However, the Taipei Mass Rapid Transit and the Maokong Gondola systems will run as usual but passengers will not be allowed to exit the stations onto the streets during the drill, according to Taipei Rapid Transit Corp. (TRTC). [FULL STORY]