Taipei, Kaohsiung also close offices and schools Friday

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-07
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Most local governments in Taiwan declared Friday a day off

At least 11 cities and counties, mostly in the center of the country but both on the east and the west coast, announced closures of offices and schools for Friday.

from work and school due to the expected onslaught of Super Typhoon Nepartak, which was supposed to cross the island overnight.
Taipei City, New Taipei City and Keelung City in the north announced the decision to shut down offices and schools at 8 p.m. Thursday after most of the central part of the island had reached similar conclusions. Kaohsiung, the largest city in the south also decided to do so.

The only areas to rule against closures were the islands of Kinmen and Matsu close to the coast of China’s province of Fujian. Offices and schools there would operate normally during the morning, though a decision on what to do about Friday afternoon would follow, reports said.