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Taiwan News Quick Take

■WEATHE

Tropical storm approaching

The Central Weather Bureau said yesterday that a low-pressure system near Taiwan had developed into a storm at 8am yesterday. At press time, the center of the storm was located 1,150km east of Manila. Tropical Storm Nuri, meaning “parrot” in Malay, was moving northwest at a speed of 26km per hour and was headed toward Taiwan, the bureau said. Whether the storm would have a direct impact on the country will be determined by Thursday, when the storm was expected to move closer to the nation, said Daniel Wu (吳德榮), director of the bureau’s forecast center. Wu added that the storm’s structure would determine the direction of its movement. It would continue to move northwesterly if the structure was solid, but would move north if its structure was loose, he said.



■SOCIETY

Maltese dog exorcised

A Maltese dog in Taichung that became ill after urinating near a ghost-money burner was miraculously “cured” after going through a religious ritual at a local temple, local online news outlet NowNews reported on Sunday. Its owner, Chien Li-wen (簡麗文), was quoted by NowNews as saying that her dog “suddenly screamed for no reason and began shaking and would not eat or drink” after urinating near a ghost-money burner. Chien took the Maltese to several veterinarians, but none could tell her what was wrong with the dog. She then took the dog to a local temple, where the borough chief and temple master Tseng Shan (曾善) said that the dog’s belly had been poked by an immortal to punish it for urinating by the ghost-money burner, the report said. After the temple master chanted Taoist chants and performed some simple rituals, the Maltese recovered and is back to normal, the report said.



■GOVERNMENT

Overseas recruitment on

The Executive Yuan’s overseas science talent recruit group left on Saturday for a 10-day recruitment drive in North America, visiting places such as Silicon Valley, California; Raleigh, North Carolina; Boston; Seattle; and Toronto. The recruitment, which is cosponsored by the National Science Council and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in collaboration with 37 private and public enterprises, will offer 1,350 jobs in an array of science and technology fields, including technical development managerial roles, system software engineers, senior IC design engineers and pharmaceutical research and development personnel. For more information, visit hirecruit.nat.gov.tw.



■HEALTH

Doctor talks hair loss

Seventy percent of patients who suffered from hair loss waited for up to one year and spent an average of NT$7,500 (US$246) before seeking treatment, a dermatologist said yesterday. Huang Yao-li (黃耀立) of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital cited figures compiled by the Taiwan Dermatological Association, which surveyed 328 patients this year. Huang said that people who find 40 or more strands of hair on the pillow in the morning or lose 50 or more strands when they wash their hair may be suffering from androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness. He urged people who are bothered by hair loss to see a doctor to determine the cause of the problem. If the hair loss is caused by stress, delaying treatment could result in complete baldness, he said. If the problem is male pattern baldness, then long-term treatment would be required while the patient is still young, he said.


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