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Taipei Times
April 2, 2018
The coalition consists of 12 aspiring KMT candidates for city and county councilor positions in Taipei, New Taipei City, Taichung and Kaohsiung, and Nantou, Chiayi and Taitung counties. Noteworthy members include KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin's (郝龍斌) office spokeswoman Yu Shu-hui (游淑慧),Ãâà...
Taiwan News
April 1, 2018
As of March 25, 2018, a total of 67 scrub typhus cases have been confirmed in Taiwan this year, including 20 cases in Taitung County and 15 cases in Hualien County, according to the agency's surveillance data. Scrub typhus cases are reported in Taiwan throughout the year, which usually begin toÃâà...
Taipei Times
April 1, 2018
Following a decision by a major obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Taitung County in February to stop delivering babies, four doctors are now responsible for delivering all of the county's babies. The Chang Chung-ching Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic's (張崇晉婦產科) decision has left only four of 16Ãâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 31, 2018
Tsai, who is currently on a visit to Hualien with a media delegation, laid out two government initiatives to attract tourists to the county following the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that has led ... The location of the fireworks varies every year, with last year's display taking place in eastern Taiwan's Taitung County.
Taiwan News
March 22, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Passengers of a British cruise ship, who had to be transported to the land of a fishing port in Taiwan's eastern county of Taitung by rubber dinghies on Thursday, jokingly said, “It's like the Normandy landings.” Ninety-five passengers on British cruise ship Caledonian Sky wereÃâà...
Taipei Times
March 21, 2018
A short film produced by the Tourism Bureau and Sony Taiwan that aims to attract international tourists to Hualien and Taitung counties premiered in Taipei yesterday. The film was released as part of the government's intensive effort to boost Hualien County's tourism industry, which suffered a sharp drop inÃâà...
Taiwan News
March 20, 2018
An intensity level of 5 was felt in Chiayi County and Tainan City, while an intensity level of 4 was felt in Kaohsiung City, Yunlin County, and Pingtung County. An intensity level of 2 was felt in Taitung County, Changhua County, Nantou County, Taichung City and Penghu County, while an intensity level of 1Ãâà...
Taipei Times
March 20, 2018
Coast Guard Administration (CGA) officials yesterday said they have arrested 31 foreigners in a suspected human-trafficking operation that resulted in two drowning deaths. CGA units and local police cooperated in the arrest of 15 foreigners near the coastal village of Nantian (南田) in Taitung County'sÃâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 20, 2018
Taipei, March 20 (CNA) A total of 28 Vietnamese and one Chinese were arrested either on board a Taiwanese fishing ship off Taitung County or on land in the eastern Taiwanese county for entering Taiwan illegally on Monday while two Vietnamese drowned as they attempted to land, police said Tuesday.
South China Morning Post
March 20, 2018
Two Vietnamese drowned while attempting to enter Taiwan illegally along with three others, the island's coastguard said on Monday. The Coast Guard Administration said its radar system picked up a small object moving quickly off the coast of Taitung County, eastern Taiwan, at 2.17am and dispatched aÃâà...
Taiwan English News
March 19, 2018
Two Vietnamese nationals died when an inflatable raft overturned while attempting to land on a beach in Taitung County this morning. Another 3 illegal immigrants, and two Taiwanese people-smugglers were arrested after a search of the area. Coast Guard officers from Kaohsiung intercepted a fishing boatÃâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 13, 2018
NT$2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Taitung ... March 13 (CNA) A Coast Guard Administration (CGA) patrol Monday night seized 2,300 cartons of cigarettes worth an estimated NT$2 million (US$68,312) from a fishing boat trying to smuggle them into Taiwan in eastern Taitung County.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 6, 2018
Taipei, March 6 (CNA) The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Tuesday rejected a proposed beach resort development project at Dulan Bay in Taitung County due to concerns over its adverse environmental impact and passed on the details of its decision to the Tourism Bureau, the authorityÃâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 5, 2018
Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Under the influence of strong southwesterly winds, Dawu in eastern Taitung county experienced this year's first wave of foehn winds -- dry, strong and hot downslope winds -- at about noon Monday, with temperatures reaching a high for the year of 36.6 degrees Celsius, the CentralÃâà...
Earthquake Report
February 21, 2018
Are you one of the people who felt the shaking ? If Yes, please tell what you experienced by filling up the I FELT IT form behind the earthquake or at the bottom of this page. Your I FELT IT report may also be used by partner scientists. Using our iOS or Android EQ Report application (see link above) wouldÃâà...
Taiwan News
December 31, 1999
An intensity level of 2 was felt in Miaoli County, Hualien County, Yilan County, Chiayi County, Hsinchu County, Tainan City and Penghu County, while an intensity level of 1 was felt in Taoyuan City, Taitung County, Kaohsiung City, New Taipei City, Taipei City and Tainan City. No injuries were reported atÃâà...
The News Lens International
December 31, 1999
Maybe this raised my expectations too much; I developed a constant urge to go further into the wilderness, which is how I ended up in a mountain village in Taiwan's eastern Taitung County during the course of my mandatory military service. Before arriving in the small village of Jialian (嘉蘭), I had moreÃâà...
