■WEATHER
Rain on the way
A low pressure system that has been strengthening over the past few days has developed into a typhoon in the West Pacific, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported yesterday. The typhoon, which is located some 700km west southwest of Eluanbi (鵝鑾鼻), Pingtung County, is moving toward China’s Hainan Island, the weather bureau said. Although the typhoon will not approach Taiwan, it will bring torrential rain to mountainous areas in the northern and northeastern regions of the nation over the next two to three days, the CWB said. Central and southern Taiwan can expect afternoon showers, it said. Temperatures in the northern, eastern and northeastern areas of Taiwan are likely to be cooler, while in the central and southern regions they will remain as high as 34ºC, the bureau said. The typhoon, the 13th this year, has been named Mujigae, which means “rainbow” in Korean.
■TRANSPORTATION
Free bus rides available
Kaohsiung City Government will offer free bus rides to passengers between Sept. 20 and Sept. 22 to mark International Car Free Day, an official with the city’s Transportation Bureau said yesterday. Wang Kuo-tsai (王國材), director-general of the bureau, told reporters at a press conference that the free rides were meant to encourage the residents of Kaohsiung city to take advantage of mass transportation instead of driving cars or riding scooters. Wang said that the bureau had also planned a 6km bike route connecting scenes where a popular local TV series was filmed and invited residents of Kaohsiung to travel along the route between 7am and 12pm on Sept. 20.
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