SOCIETY
Dead woman found after fire
The body of a Vietnamese-born hospital worker was found on Monday after firefighters extinguished a fire at a private residence in Yilan County, firefighters said. Firefighters said they were alerted of the fire in Yuanshan Township (員山) at about 8am. The fire was brought under control at about 8:10am, and the body of the woman was found on the floor of a second-floor bedroom. The 57-year-old woman was earlier reported to be Indonesian, but was later confirmed to have been a Vietnamese-born woman surnamed Pham, who was divorced and had obtained Republic of China citizenship. Firefighters determined that the fire started on the second floor, but they said further investigation was needed to identify the cause of the blaze.
EDUCATION
Dying man’s wish fulfilled
A terminally ill patient had his dream come true on Friday last week, when he graduated from a Chiayi County school from his hospital bed. Hsu Fu-hsiung (許富雄), 73, started kidney dialysis six years ago. He was admitted to Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital in Chiayi early this month after a fall, his son, Hsu Meng-lin (許夢麟), said. Hsu Meng-lin said that his father’s blood pressure became unstable during dialysis, which his body could no longer tolerate. His father agreed to cease dialysis and was moved to a palliative ward on July 11, Hsu Meng-lin added. Hsu Fu-hsiung had over the past six years attended Chang Tai School (長泰老學堂), but was kept from graduating due to his condition, his son said, adding that he asked the school and the hospital to hold a “graduation ceremony” for his father. School staff brought a cap and gown, as well as a graduation certificate, to Hsu Fu-hsiung’s hospital bed, and presented him with a bouquet of flowers.
Taiwan’s Liu Ming-i, right, who also goes by the name Ray Liu, poses with a Chinese Taipei flag after winning the gold medal in the men’s physique 170cm competition at the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation Asian Championship in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, yesterday.
Costa Rica sent a group of intelligence officials to Taiwan for a short-term training program, the first time the Central American country has done so since the countries ended official diplomatic relations in 2007, a Costa Rican media outlet reported last week. Five officials from the Costa Rican Directorate of Intelligence and Security last month spent 23 days in Taipei undergoing a series of training sessions focused on national security, La Nacion reported on Friday, quoting unnamed sources. The Costa Rican government has not confirmed the report. The Chinese embassy in Costa Rica protested the news, saying in a statement issued the same
A year-long renovation of Taipei’s Bangka Park (艋舺公園) began yesterday, as city workers fenced off the site and cleared out belongings left by homeless residents who had been living there. Despite protests from displaced residents, a city official defended the government’s relocation efforts, saying transitional housing has been offered. The renovation of the park in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華), near Longshan Temple (龍山寺), began at 9am yesterday, as about 20 homeless people packed their belongings and left after being asked to move by city personnel. Among them was a 90-year-old woman surnamed Wang (王), who last week said that she had no plans
TO BE APPEALED: The environment ministry said coal reduction goals had to be reached within two months, which was against the principle of legitimate expectation The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday ruled in favor of the Taichung Environmental Protection Bureau in its administrative litigation against the Ministry of Environment for the rescission of a NT$18 million fine (US$609,570) imposed by the bureau on the Taichung Power Plant in 2019 for alleged excess coal power generation. The bureau in November 2019 revised what it said was a “slip of the pen” in the text of the operating permit granted to the plant — which is run by Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) — in October 2017. The permit originally read: “reduce coal use by 40 percent from Jan.
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