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Flea Market comes to Taichung
Morrison Academy Taichung campus’ annual Senior’s Flea Market is being held on Saturday from 9am to 1pm. The school said it will be the biggest event of its kind in Taichung City with thousands of second-hand items for sale. Refreshments will also be available. Admission is free. For information on renting a stall or donating items, contact the school on (04) 2292-1171.
CONTEST
Taipei promotes language contest
A Mandarin/Hoklo speech contest for foreigners in Taiwan sponsored by the Taipei City Government will be held next month. The city government is inviting individuals to share their thoughts about the city and potentially win big prizes. Foreigners who have lived in Taiwan for less than six years are eligible to enter the contest. The theme of the contest is “Having Fun in Taipei,” and participants should prepare a three-minute speech in Mandarin or Hoklo to share their recommendations of fun spots in Taipei City, the city government said. To enter, download application forms at www.rti.org.tw and send them by mail, e-mail or fax to Radio Taiwan International. A primary round of the contest will be held at 1pm on May 11 at the Grand Hotel. The final will be held at 1pm on May 24 at the Warner Village Pedestrian Area. The winner will take home NT$30,000 and a Grand Hotel voucher, the city government said. For more information, visit www.rit.org.tw or www.taipeitravel.net or call (02) 2885 6168 ext.722.
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a southwestern extension of the Sanying MRT Line from New Taipei to Bade District (八德) in Taoyuan, with a goal of starting construction by late 2026. The 4.03-kilometer extension, featuring three new stations, will run from the current terminus at Yingtao Fude Station (LB12) in New Taipei City to Dannan Station (LB14), where it will connect with Taoyuan’s Green Line, New Taipei City Metro Corp said in a statement. This extension will follow the completion of core Sanying Line, a 14.29-kilometer medium-capacity system linking Tucheng (土城), Sansia (三峽)
CARGO LOSS: About 50 containers at the stern of the ‘Ever Lunar’ cargo ship went overboard, prompting the temporary closure of the port and disrupting operations Evergreen Marine Corp, Taiwan’s largest container shipper, yesterday said that all crew members aboard the Ever Lunar (長月) were safe after dozens of containers fell overboard off the coast of Peru the previous day. The incident occurred at 9:40am on Friday as the Ever Lunar was anchored and waiting to enter the Port of Callao when it suddenly experienced severe rolling, Evergreen said in a statement. The rolling, which caused the containers to fall, might have been caused by factors including a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Russia, poor winter sea conditions in South America or a sudden influx of waves,
The Ministry of Culture yesterday officially launched the “We TAIWAN” cultural program on Osaka’s Nakanoshima sandbank, with the program’s mascot receiving overwhelming popularity. The cultural program, which runs from Aug. 2 to 20, was designed to partner with and capitalize on the 2025 World Expo that is being held in Osaka, Japan, from April 13 to Oct. 13, the ministry said. On the first day of the cultural program, its mascot, a green creature named “a-We,” proved to be extremely popular, as its merch was immediately in high demand. Long lines formed yesterday for the opening
STAY VIGILANT: People should reduce the risk of chronic liver inflammation by avoiding excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and eating pickled foods, the physician said A doctor last week urged people to look for five key warning signs of acute liver failure after popular producer-turned-entertainer Shen Yu-lin (沈玉琳) was reportedly admitted to an intensive care unit for fulminant hepatitis. Fulminant hepatitis is the rapid and massive death of liver cells, impairing the organ’s detoxification, metabolic, protein synthesis and bile production functions, which if left untreated has a mortality rate as high as 80 percent, according to the Web site of Advancing Clinical Treatment of Liver Disease, an international organization focused on liver disease prevention and treatment. People with hepatitis B or C are at higher risk of
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