Weather: CWB issues typhoon warning
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) has asked the public to be on alert against Typhoon Sinlaku, the 16th typhoon of the year. CWB meteorologists said that the typhoon was located 1,490km east of Taipei and moving west at a speed of 24kph as of yesterday morning, adding that Sinlaku's radius of near gale had widened to 300km. The weather bureau is expected to issue a land warning this morning. The meteorologists said that they are keeping a close eye on Sinlaku, adding that the typhoon is very likely to make landing at Ilan, Taitung or Hualien.
Health: Dengue cases at 1,644
The Department of Health reported yesterday that 1,644 cases of dengue fever have been reported nationwide since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Kaohsiung and its neighboring regions in late June. An official of the health department said that while several cases were reported in other parts of the nation, nearly 1,600 patients are residents in Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County. The official said that most of the patients in other counties or cities have visited Kaohsiung in the past months before they contracted the disease. Health officials said that related authorities will redouble their efforts to clean up possible breeding areas and kill mosquitos.
Foreign aid: Czech Republic gets funds
Taiwan has so far donated a total of US$220,000 to the Czech Republic for its post-flood relief work, a spokesman for Taiwan's representative office in Prague said Monday. Yang Kuang-chung (楊光中), director of the representative office's information department, said the office donated US$100,000 to the Czech government for humanitarian relief programs immediately after the Central European country was hit by the worst flooding in decades in August. The Council for Cultural Affairs later donated US$20,000 for rehabilitation projects in the Czech Republic's cultural city of Cesky Krumlov, which is one of UNESCO's world heritage sites and subject to special protection.
Foreign aid: Taiwan gives to S Korea
Taiwan has donated US$100,000 for disaster relief to South Korea in the wake of Typhoon Rusa, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Spokeswoman Katharine Chang (張小月) said that Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien (簡又新) is concerned about the disaster wrought by the typhoon and has sent a message to South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Choi Song-hong, expressing the sympathy and condolences of Taiwan, and donated US$100,000 for humanitarian purposes.
Government: Executive Yuan may open
The Executive Yuan may be open to the public by next January, Cabinet officials said yesterday. "In line with the Cultural Heritage Preservation Law stipulating that historic relics should be open to the pubic for visits, we've been thinking about opening the 62-year-old building to the public for regular visits," said a Cabinet official who requested not be named. The building, which was declared a national historic relic in 1998, was once used as a school and government offices during the Japanese colonial era. During KMT rule, it was once the administrative building of the Taiwan Provincial Government.
Taiwan is to have nine extended holidays next year, led by a nine-day Lunar New Year break, the Cabinet announced yesterday. The nine-day Lunar New Year holiday next year matches the length of this year’s holiday, which featured six extended holidays. The increase in extended holidays is due to the Act on the Implementation of Commemorative and Festival Holidays (紀念日及節日實施條例), which was passed early last month with support from the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party. Under the new act, the day before Lunar New Year’s Eve is also a national holiday, and Labor Day would no longer be limited
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Taiwan is to extend its visa-waiver program for Philippine passport holders for another year, starting on Aug. 1, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said on Friday. Lin made the announcement during a reception in Taipei marking the 127th anniversary of Philippine independence and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The decision reflected Taiwan’s commitment to deepening exchanges with the Philippines, the statement cited Lin as saying, adding that it was a key partner under the New Southbound Policy launched in 2016. Lin also expressed hope
Temperatures in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店) climbed past 37°C yesterday, as the Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued heat alerts for 16 municipalities, warning the public of intense heat expected across Taiwan. The hottest location in Taiwan was in Sindian, where the mercury reached 37.5°C at about 2pm, according to CWA data. Taipei’s Shilin District (士林) recorded a temperature of 37.4°C at noon, Taitung County’s Jinfeng Township (金峰) at 12:50 pm logged a temperature of 37.4°C and Miaoli County’s Toufen Township (頭份) reached 36.7°C at 11:40am, the CWA said. The weather agency yesterday issued a yellow level information notice for Taipei, New
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