Focus Taiwan
Date: 09/27/2020
By: Wu Che-hao and Kay Liu
Participants from the Australian and Canadian representative offices in Taiwan. Photo courtesy of the Nantou County government
Nantou County Magistrate Lin Ming-chen (林明溱) said businesses in the popular tourist area were relieved to learn that the annual event would go ahead, after the central government gave the go-ahead once the additional measures were in place.
This year, the organizers checked each participant's temperature, and required all participants to wear a face mask before they entered the water and immediately after finishing the 3-kilometer swim. [FULL STORY]
