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■ ENVIRONMENT

Old compounds to go green

Plans are being drawn up to transform 55 of the nation’s old industrial compounds into eco-friendly facilities in line with the government’s aim of establishing a low-carbon society. Officials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Industrial Development Bureau said the bureau was considering installing solar panels in aging industrial compounds — which cover a combined total of more than 10,000m² — as part of its efforts to realize the renovation plan. “All the solar panels and LED equipment will be products manufactured by Taiwanese companies,” the officials said. Juifang Industrial District in northern Taiwan, Chushan Industrial District in central Taiwan and Kuantien Industrial District in the south will serve as “flagship” versions of the planned eco-friendly facilities, which will focus on ecology, culture and health-related concepts, the officials said.



■ EDUCATION

Turkish school seeks home

Kaohsiung County Commissioner Yang Chiu-hsiung (楊秋興) promised yesterday to help the nation’s first Turkish school find a permanent location for its campus. Kivam Junior High School, which has borrowed school buildings from Kaohsiung City’s Kaohsiung Municipal Rueifong Junior High School since its establishment two years ago, recently proposed a plan to the county government to build a permanent school. The school, which accepts both Taiwanese and international students, has 50 students in three classes. Yang said the county government had plenty of plots of land to offer the school and vowed to help it in any way possible.



■ POLITICS

Conference to discuss China

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and National Chengchi University will cosponsor an international conference on China today and tomorrow. Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan (賴幸媛) will deliver the keynote address on cross-strait relations and the government’s China policies. The conference, titled International Conference On China: Six Decades and After, will feature sessions on cross-strait relations, China’s political, social and regional development, and a variety of other issues, the council said in a press release. The attendees include Brantly Womack of the University of Virginia, Scott Kastner of the University of Maryland, Zhao Ding-xin (趙鼎新) of the University of Chicago and You Ji (由驥) of the University of New South Wales. The council said the opinions and views collected at the conference would help the government understand China’s evolution and serve as a reference for setting China policy and managing cross-strait issues.



■ MEDIA

BTCO hosts Andrew Cahn

The British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) has invited Andrew Cahn, chief executive of UK Trade and Investment — a UK government organization responsible for marketing the country overseas — to share his experiences in the UK’s creative industry. A BTCO newsletter said Cahn would speak at a workshop in Taipei on Wednesday, titled Going for Gold: London 2012 and UK Creative Industries. Admission to the workshop is free and open to all. The workshop is part of the office’s efforts to showcase the development of the creative industry in the UK over the past 50 years, and is meant to correspond with an exhibition it is hosting at the Taiwan Design Expo, which opened in Taichung City on Friday. The exhibition, titled Love and Money — 50 Years of Creative Britain, will run through Oct. 18.


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