International food fair set for TAS campus
The Taipei American School (TAS) Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) will hold an international food fair on Saturday from 10am to 3pm. The activity, which is open to the public, will feature dishes from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia, North America and South America. The fair will include games and prizes as well, the school said in a statement. The fair will take place on the school campus at 800 Zhongshan N Rd, Sec 6, Taipei City. The entry fee is NT$10 per person. More information is available from the PTA office at (02) 2873-9900, ext. 363.
Curious minds wanted for ‘The Big Question'
People interested in tackling “big questions” and social networking are invited to participate at next month’s installment of The Big Question, which will give participants an opportunity to share ideas, engage in debates and cooperate with other people. The Big Question is an annual interactive dialogue inspired by www.ted.com, a platform that recognizes thinkers and individuals who have carved their own paths through passion, ideals and a spirit of social responsibility. Speakers at The Big Question will include two individuals recently highlighted in Community Compass, Robin Winkler, cofounder of Winkler Partners & Wild at Heart Foundation, and Pierre Loisel, former general manager of HP Asia, farmer and agent for social change. Other speakers will include Chu Ping, (朱平), founder of Canmeng (Aveda), Canbran and Canlove, and Ben Tsiang (蔣顯斌), cofounder of Sinanet.com and founder of the CNEX Foundation. The event will be held in Chinese, with English interpretation, on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 at Taipei City’s Huashan Cultural Center, Middle 5 Building. The entry fee is NT$1,200 for the two days. More information, discounted passes, free online forums and registration are available at www.thebigq.org or by contacting Keli Yen, keli@thebigq.org , 0919-906-810.
NEXT GENERATION: The four plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park, designated Fab 25, would consist of four 1.4-nanometer wafer manufacturing plants, TSMC said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) plans to begin construction of four new plants later this year, with the aim to officially launch production of 2-nanometer semiconductor wafers by late 2028, Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau director-general Hsu Maw-shin (許茂新) said. Hsu made the announcement at an event on Friday evening celebrating the Central Taiwan Science Park’s 22nd anniversary. The second phase of the park’s expansion would commence with the initial construction of water detention ponds and other structures aimed at soil and water conservation, Hsu said. TSMC has officially leased the land, with the Central Taiwan Science Park having handed over the
The Philippines is working behind the scenes to enhance its defensive cooperation with Taiwan, the Washington Post said in a report published on Monday. “It would be hiding from the obvious to say that Taiwan’s security will not affect us,” Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro Jr told the paper in an interview on Thursday last week. Although there has been no formal change to the Philippines’ diplomatic stance on recognizing Taiwan, Manila is increasingly concerned about Chinese encroachment in the South China Sea, the report said. The number of Chinese vessels in the seas around the Philippines, as well as Chinese
URBAN COMBAT: FIM-92 Stinger shoulder-fired missiles from the US made a rare public appearance during early-morning drills simulating an invasion of the Taipei MRT The ongoing Han Kuang military exercises entered their sixth day yesterday, simulating repelling enemy landings in Penghu County, setting up fortifications in Tainan, laying mines in waters in Kaohsiung and conducting urban combat drills in Taipei. At 5am in Penghu — part of the exercise’s first combat zone — participating units responded to a simulated rapid enemy landing on beaches, combining infantry as well as armored personnel. First Combat Zone Commander Chen Chun-yuan (陳俊源) led the combined armed troops utilizing a variety of weapons systems. Wang Keng-sheng (王鏗勝), the commander in charge of the Penghu Defense Command’s mechanized battalion, said he would give
AUKUS: The Australian Ambassador to the US said his country is working with the Pentagon and he is confident that submarine issues will be resolved Australian Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd on Friday said that if Taiwan were to fall to China’s occupation, it would unleash China’s military capacities and capabilities more broadly. He also said his country is working with the Pentagon on the US Department of Defense’s review of the AUKUS submarine project and is confident that all issues raised will be resolved. Rudd, who served as Australian prime minister from 2007 to 2010 and for three months in 2013, made the remarks at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado and stressed the longstanding US-Australia alliance and his close relationship with the US Undersecretary
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