LABOR
MECO Taichung has moved
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) announced last week that its Taichung office, including its Labor and OWWA sections, have relocated into one office in the Cathay Insurance Building. The new address is: MECO-Taichung, Rm 2A 4F, 239 Minchuan Rd, West District, Taichung City. The phone numbers are: MECO-Taichung (04)2302-9080~1; MECO-Labor: (04)2302-9089 and MECO-OWWA: (04)2302-9093. MECO is reminding all Filipinos who wish to participate in next year’s general elections that they must register with MECO before Aug. 31. To register for overseas absentee voting, Filipinos must bring with them their passport and one photocopy of the passport data page or a photocopy of the passport data page and their Alien Resident Certificate.
SOCIETY
France honoring TES head
The Taipei European School (TES) announced that chief executive officer (CEO) John Nixon has been appointed Chevalier (“Knight”) of the French National Order of Merit (l’ordre national du Merite) for his outstanding service in education and his support and contributions to the French community in Taiwan. Nixon will receive the award on March 20 from Patrick Bonneville, director of the French Institute in Taipei. France’s ordre national du Merite is an order of chivalry founded in December 1963 by then French president Charles de Gaulle and the awards are given by the president. Nixon was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 in recognition of his services to education in Taiwan. He has been the CEO for TES since 2000.
CHARITY
Book sale rescheduled
After being rained out on Saturday, Taipei American School’s (TAS) Orphanage Club rescheduled its annual book sale for this Saturday from 10am to 5pm in the lobby and forecourt of the school. Thousands of books will be on offer, from novels, mysteries, biographies and travel books to cookbooks, children’s fiction and English-teaching books. Books in Chinese and other languages will also be available, as well as magazines and games. Money raised from the sale will provide funding for orphans and other needy children in Taiwan and abroad. TAS is located at 800 Zhongshan N Rd, Sec 6, in Tianmu (天母).
SOCIETY
TAS Spring Fair coming soon
TAS’ annual PTA Spring Fair will be held on Saturday, March 21, from 10am to 3pm. There will be more than 80 booths and a handful of food stalls catered by five-star hotels and restaurants. There will be live entertainment by several local choirs and dance studios in the Tianmu area, event chairwoman Debbie Chen said. Fairgoers will also have the chance to see a special dance performance by a group of Nantou County elementary students who have been receiving online English language tutoring from several PTA volunteers, she said. The fair will also feature a car show, cultural vendors, a rummage sale, farmer’s market, student-run game booths and a grand raffle with more than 200 prizes, Chen said. The fair is open to everyone and admission is NT$10. For more information, call (02)2873-9900 ext 363 or Debbie at 0926-900-590.
STAFF WRITER
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The Taipei District Court sentenced babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jou-lin (劉若琳) to life and 18 years in prison respectively today for causing the death of a one-year-old boy in December 2023. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that Liu Tsai-hsuan was entrusted with the care of a one-year-old boy, nicknamed Kai Kai (剴剴), in August 2023 by the Child Welfare League Foundation. From Sept. 1 to Dec. 23 that year, she and her sister Liu Jou-lin allegedly committed acts of abuse against the boy, who was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries on Dec. 24, 2023, but did not
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