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Taiwan News Quick Take

■NATURE

Small quake rocks Taiwan

An earthquake measuring 5 on Richter scale jolted Taiwan at 10:02pm on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The temblor, centered 24.7km northeast of Suao (蘇澳), Yilan County, was caused by the movement of the Eurasian Plate against the Philippine Sea Plate, the Central Weather Bureau said.



■SOCIETY

AIT lauds new radio station

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) yesterday congratulated Oh!Zone on its launch of the newest all-English Web radio station in Taiwan. “The Web radio station features programs provided by several leading US universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware and University of Southern California,” an AIT statement said. The new network is scheduled to make its debut tomorrow “with an all-­English commercial-free program lineup from an all-star roster of campus radio stations,” the release said, adding that more than 60 disc jockeys would be playing the latest US and international music.



■LITERATURE

Kenzaburo Oe visits Taiwan

Kenzaburo Oe, the Japanese writer who won the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature for creating “an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today,” arrived in Taiwan yesterday for his first visit to the country. Oe is visiting Taiwan at the invitation of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy at the Academia Sinica — Taiwan’s most prestigious academic institution. In addition to attending a symposium on his literature scheduled for today and tomorrow, Oe will also give lectures and autograph copies of his books for local readers.
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