Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/16
By: Central News Agency
Taiwan’s state-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the Maritime Disaster Prevention Center (MDPC) of Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Monday to cooperate on responses to toxic chemical disasters.
The pact will help promote exchanges of ground and sea rescue expertise, strengthen toxic chemical disaster response capabilities, and make both sides better at handling environmental pollution accidents, said Hsieh Yein-rui (謝燕儒), head of the Environmental Protection Administration’s Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau.
The MOU will also help forge a public consciousness of always being prepared for danger so that when a crisis occurs, its effect will be minimized, Hsieh said during the signing ceremony held at the ITRI’s headquarters in Hsinchu County.
The ITRI, Taiwan’s top industrial research institute, set up the country’s first Emergency Response Information Center in 1996 to deal with toxic chemical disasters around the nation. [FULL STORY]
