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■ENVIRONMENT

Bike subsidies continue

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday announced that it would continue to provide subsidies for new electric bicycles through next year. The move — which also includes measures for simplifying the application process — is aimed at reducing the amount of gas-powered scooters on city streets. The subsidy offers NT$3,000 to the purchase of such bicycles.



■BUSINESS

Israeli delegation to visit

An Israeli delegation of information and communication technologies (ICT) and new media companies will visit Taiwan next week to explore cooperation and business opportunities with Taiwanese firms, the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei said yesterday. Headed by the director of the high-tech division in Israel’s Export and International Cooperation Institute, the delegation of executives from 10 Israeli companies will arrive on Monday for a two-day visit.



■CULTURE

Military singer to perform

A Chinese military singer attached to an elite unit in charge of missiles and nuclear weapons will perform in Taiwan this week, she said on her blog yesterday. “I hope to deepen cultural and artistic exchanges across the Taiwan Strait,” said Chen Sisi (陳思思), of the Second Artillery Corps under the People’s Liberation Army. The performance by Chen, immensely popular in China for her folk songs, will take place at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on Saturday, the hall’s Web site said. Chen’s status as a member of the armed forces made her application for an entry permit to Taiwan “much more complicated” and took nearly a year to finalize, she told TVBS news channel. Chen reached a global audience in last year’s Beijing Olympics closing ceremony.
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