EVENTS
TES plans Summer Fair
The annual Taipei European School (TES) Summer Fair will open on May 30, the school said. The event will feature a flea market, a second-hand book sale, food and drinks and game booths for children, it said. The fair will be held at the TES Swire Campus in Shilin District (士林), Taipei City, from 11am to 3pm. Those interested in booking a table to sell second-hand goods can contact Rebecca Earnshaw at 0972-105-984 or send an e-mail to tbspta@gmail.com.
EVENTS
Community Choir to perform
The International Community Choir will present its Cabaret Concert 2009 on May 17 at Mother of God Church in Tianmu, Taipei City. The choir will perform selected pieces from Cabaret and Camelot. The repertoire will also include a special guest performance from students of the Taipei American School (TAS). The ticket price is NT$300 and all proceeds will go to St Anne’s Home for children with special needs, the event’s organizer said. Seating is limited and tickets will be available for sale beginning today at both TAS and the Taipei European School. For more information, contact Siew Kang at (02) 2533-4247 or internationalchoir@gmail.com.
CRIME
Warning for foreign spouses
Wang Shih-chih (王世智) of Tainan County’s Mude Care Association, which has long helped foreign spouses, said the naturalization of foreign spouses and obtaining an ID card are complex processes and warned applicants not to believe anyone who promises to speed up the paperwork, cut costs or bypass regulations. Wang gave the warning after a recent case in which a Vietnamese immigrant surnamed Ruan, who is married to a Taiwanese man in Tainan County’s Dongshan Township (東山), tried to obtain a Taiwanese ID card without her husband’s knowledge with the help of a third party. Ruan was told that proof of studying in Taiwan was not required to complete the procedure. After Ruan gave the middleman her passport and NT$20,000, the person disappeared. Wang said that although many applicants use an intermediary to handle applications, some believe that handing over a “red envelope” (紅包) can shorten the process, and this puts them at the mercy of unscrupulous people. For more information, call the Mude Care Association at (06) 698-9789.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is to launch a new program to encourage international students to stay in Taiwan and explore job opportunities here after graduation, Deputy Minister of Education Yeh Ping-cheng (葉丙成) said on Friday. The government would provide full scholarships for international students to further their studies for two years in Taiwan, so those who want to pursue a master’s degree can consider applying for the program, he said. The fields included are science, technology, engineering, mathematics, semiconductors and finance, Yeh added. The program, called “Intense 2+2,” would also assist international students who completed the two years of further studies in
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) departed for Europe on Friday night, with planned stops in Lithuania and Denmark. Tsai arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Friday night, but did not speak to reporters before departing. Tsai wrote on social media later that the purpose of the trip was to reaffirm the commitment of Taiwanese to working with democratic allies to promote regional security and stability, upholding freedom and democracy, and defending their homeland. She also expressed hope that through joint efforts, Taiwan and Europe would continue to be partners building up economic resilience on the global stage. The former president was to first
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The Taipei District Court sentenced babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jou-lin (劉若琳) to life and 18 years in prison respectively today for causing the death of a one-year-old boy in December 2023. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that Liu Tsai-hsuan was entrusted with the care of a one-year-old boy, nicknamed Kai Kai (剴剴), in August 2023 by the Child Welfare League Foundation. From Sept. 1 to Dec. 23 that year, she and her sister Liu Jou-lin allegedly committed acts of abuse against the boy, who was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries on Dec. 24, 2023, but did not
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