Parents of developmentally disabled children received recognition yesterday when 10 couples and single parents won NT$1 million in accident insurance and NT$30,000 in medical insurance.
In celebration of Father's Day, the Chinese Mercy Love Association (
"Because of our experiences, we've learned to focus on each child's positive qualities, not on his or her flaws. When we look at normal kids, we only see that they have a lot of places that need improvement. In contrast, when we have a more special kid, only then do we realize that we should be grateful for what the kid is given," said award winner Su Chiu-nuan (
Chen Tsung-min (
"Before, we always had to satisfy his love for reading by staying next to him and turning pages for him. Now, with the Internet, we're connecting him to Web books so that he can read unaided," Su said.
Another Great Love Award winner is Hsieh Pu (
Hsieh's wife is mentally unstable and his sons, who are in their thirties, are severely mentally-impaired. Longtime friend Wu Tsai-chu (
"He's had to take care of all three of them on his own for years, but he's never given up. He's always telling me that it's important for parents to give their all for their children, regardless of whether the kids are normal or handicapped," said Wu, the head of the Catholic Benevolent Center of Chang-hwa, where Hsieh's two sons are receiving care.
This is the seventh year that the association and company have sponsored the competition.
Taiwan is to receive the first batch of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 jets from the US late this month, a defense official said yesterday, after a year-long delay due to a logjam in US arms deliveries. Completing the NT$247.2 billion (US$7.69 billion) arms deal for 66 jets would make Taiwan the third nation in the world to receive factory-fresh advanced fighter jets of the same make and model, following Bahrain and Slovakia, the official said on condition of anonymity. F-16 Block 70/72 are newly manufactured F-16 jets built by Lockheed Martin to the standards of the F-16V upgrade package. Republic of China
Taiwan-Japan Travel Passes are available for use on public transit networks in the two countries, Taoyuan Metro Corp said yesterday, adding that discounts of up to 7 percent are available. Taoyuan Metro, the Taipei MRT and Japan’s Keisei Electric Railway teamed up to develop the pass. Taoyuan Metro operates the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport MRT Line, while Keisei Electric Railway offers express services between Tokyo’s Narita Airport, and the Keisei Ueno and Nippori stations in the Japanese capital, as well as between Narita and Haneda airports. The basic package comprises one one-way ticket on the Taoyuan MRT Line and one Skyliner ticket on
EVERYONE’S ISSUE: Kim said that during a visit to Taiwan, she asked what would happen if China attacked, and was told that the global economy would shut down Taiwan is critical to the global economy, and its defense is a “here and now” issue, US Representative Young Kim said during a roundtable talk on Taiwan-US relations on Friday. Kim, who serves on the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee, held a roundtable talk titled “Global Ties, Local Impact: Why Taiwan Matters for California,” at Santiago Canyon College in Orange County, California. “Despite its small size and long distance from us, Taiwan’s cultural and economic importance is felt across our communities,” Kim said during her opening remarks. Stanford University researcher and lecturer Lanhee Chen (陳仁宜), lawyer Lin Ching-chi
A pro-Russia hacker group has launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Taiwanese government in retaliation for President William Lai’s (賴清德) comments suggesting that China should have a territorial dispute with Russia, an information security company said today. The hacker group, NoName057, recently launched an HTTPs flood attack called “DDoSia” targeting Taiwanese government and financial units, Radware told the Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times). Local tax bureaus in New Taipei City, Keelung, Hsinchu and Taoyuan were mentioned by the hackers. Only the Hsinchu Local Tax Bureau site appeared to be down earlier in the day, but was back
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