EMPLOYMENT
Social sciences gain favor
Local businesses favor graduates from National Taiwan University (NTU), a survey said yesterday. The nation’s top-ranked university beat out long-time favorite National Cheng Kung University, which ranked second in a survey by online job broker 1111 Job Bank. National Chengchi University, National Chiao Tung University and National Tsing Hua University rounded out the top five, according to the 3,396 employers who responded to the survey conducted from Nov. 2 to Nov. 30 last year. Fu Jen Catholic University and Tamkang University were the first and second choices for private universities, the poll showed. 1111 Job Bank vice president Daniel Lee (李大華) said schools that have strong social science backgrounds won greater recognition in the survey than those with an emphasis on natural sciences.
RETAIL
7-Eleven hikes tea egg price
President Chain Store Corp, operator of 7-Eleven, has increased the price of its tea eggs, an item unique to Taiwanese convenience stores. 7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in Taiwan, with more than 5,000 stores, on Wednesday increased the price of tea eggs from NT$8 to NT$10 each. 7-Eleven said the decision was made based on egg price increases of 25 percent in the past five years. Council of Agriculture statistics showed that last month, the farm price of eggs was NT$56.1 per kilogram, up 5.6 percent from a year earlier. Family Mart, the second-largest of the four major convenience store chains in Taiwan, was the first to raise the price of tea eggs to NT$10 at its nearly 3,000 stores in October last year. OK Mart, the smallest of the four chains, followed suit in November last year, while Hi-Life, which has about 1,300 stores, said it had no immediate plans to increase the price of its tea eggs.
Three Taiwanese airlines have prohibited passengers from packing Bluetooth earbuds and their charger cases in checked luggage. EVA Air and Uni Air said that Bluetooth earbuds and charger cases are categorized as portable electronic devices, which should be switched off if they are placed in checked luggage based on international aviation safety regulations. They must not be in standby or sleep mode. However, as charging would continue when earbuds are placed in the charger cases, which would contravene international aviation regulations, their cases must be carried as hand luggage, they said. Tigerair Taiwan said that earbud charger cases are equipped
Foreign travelers entering Taiwan on a short layover via Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport are receiving NT$600 gift vouchers from yesterday, the Tourism Administration said, adding that it hopes the incentive would boost tourism consumption at the airport. The program, which allows travelers holding non-Taiwan passports who enter the country during a layover of up to 24 hours to claim a voucher, aims to promote attractions at the airport, the agency said in a statement on Friday. To participate, travelers must sign up on the campaign Web site, the agency said. They can then present their passport and boarding pass for their connecting international
Taiwan sweltered through its hottest October on record, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday, the latest in a string of global temperature records. The main island endured its highest average temperature since 1950, CWA forecaster Liu Pei-teng said. Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change contributes to ever more erratic weather patterns. Taiwan’s average temperature was 27.381°C as of Thursday, Liu said. Liu said the average could slip 0.1°C by the end of yesterday, but it would still be higher than the previous record of 27.009°C in 2016. "The temperature only started lowering around Oct. 18 or 19
WEATHER Typhoon forming: CWA A tropical depression is expected to form into a typhoon as early as today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday, adding that the storm’s path remains uncertain. Before the weekend, it would move toward the Philippines, the agency said. Some time around Monday next week, it might reach a turning point, either veering north toward waters east of Taiwan or continuing westward across the Philippines, the CWA said. Meanwhile, the eye of Typhoon Kalmaegi was 1,310km south-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point, as of 2am yesterday, it said. The storm is forecast to move through central
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