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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.
There are 77 incidents of Taiwanese travelers going missing in China between January last year and last month, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said. More than 40 remain unreachable, SEF Secretary-General Luo Wen-jia (羅文嘉) said on Friday. Most of the reachable people in the more than 30 other incidents were allegedly involved in fraud, while some had disappeared for personal reasons, Luo said. One of these people is Kuo Yu-hsuan (郭宇軒), a 22-year-old Taiwanese man from Kaohsiung who went missing while visiting China in August. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office last month said in a news statement that he was under investigation
‘JOINT SWORD’: Whatever President Lai says in his Double Ten speech, China would use it as a pretext to launch ‘punishment’ drills for his ‘separatist’ views, an official said China is likely to launch military drills this week near Taiwan, using President William Lai’s (賴清德) upcoming national day speech as a pretext to pressure the nation to accept its sovereignty claims, Taiwanese officials said. China in May launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan shortly after Lai’s inauguration, in what Beijing said was a response to “separatist acts,” sending heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated Lai. The May drills were dubbed “Joint Sword — 2024A” and drew concerns from capitals, including Washington. Lai is to deliver a key speech on Thursday in front of the Presidential Office
An aviation jacket patch showing a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh has become popular overseas, including at an aviation festival held by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at the Ashiya Airbase yesterday. The patch was designed last year by Taiwanese designer Hsu Fu-yu (徐福佑), who said that it was inspired by Taiwan’s countermeasures against frequent Chinese military aircraft incursions. The badge shows a Formosan black bear holding a Republic of China flag as it punches Winnie the Pooh — a reference to Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) — who is dressed in red and is holding a honey pot with
Taiwan was listed in 14th place among the world's wealthiest country in terms of GDP per capita, in the latest rankings released on Monday by Forbes magazine. Taiwan's GDP per capita was US$76,860, which put it at No. 14 on the list of the World's 100 Richest Countries this year, one spot above Hong Kong with US$75,130. The magazine's list of the richest countries in the world is compiled based on GDP per capita data, as estimated by the IMF. However, for a more precise measure of a nation's wealth, the magazine also considers purchasing power parity, which is a metric used to
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