LEISURE
Yangmingshan traffic plan
With the flower season in Yangmingshan National Park starting yesterday, traffic controls are to be enforced from 7am to 4pm on weekends until March 25, as well as 228 Memorial Day on Wednesday next week, the Taipei Police Department said. The controls will apply on Yangde Boulevard, the main road to Yangmingshan. Checkpoints on the intersection between Yangde Boulevard and Zhichen Road, and at the entrance to the first lane on Zhishan Road Sec 2, will stop all private vehicles without a permit, traffic police said, urging people to use public transport.
CHARITY
Expats rally for quake relief
Taiwanese expatriates in Indonesia raised more than 1.528 billion rupiah (US$112,327) in donations for relief efforts following the earthquake that struck Hualien County on Feb. 6. The Taiwan Chambers of Commerce in Indonesia, which spearheaded the campaign, on Tuesday presented the check to the Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta. Representative to Indonesia John Chen (陳忠) thanked the chambers and its branches, as well as Taiwanese expatriates.
UTILITIES
Water suspended in Tainan
Taiwan Water Corp on Wednesday said that water supply to an estimated 350,000 households in Tainan would be suspended from 8am on Monday to 7am on Wednesday to replace old pipelines. The state-owned utility said the supply to 16 administrative districts in the city would be completely cut off and water pressure would be reduced in seven other districts. Taiwan Water is to have 103 water retrieving stations in place during the 47-hour period.
Four factors led to the declaration of a typhoon day and the cancelation of classes yesterday, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said. Work and classes were canceled across Taiwan yesterday as Typhoon Krathon was forecast to make landfall in the southern part of the country. However, northern Taiwan had only heavy winds during the day and rain in the evening, leading some to criticize the cancelation. Speaking at a Taipei City Council meeting yesterday, Chiang said the decision was made due to the possibility of landslides and other problems in mountainous areas, the need to avoid a potentially dangerous commute for those
Typhoon Krathon, a military airshow and rehearsals for Double Ten National Day celebrations might disrupt flights at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in the first 10 days of next month, the airport’s operator said yesterday. Taoyuan International Airport Corp said in a statement that it has established a response center after the Central Weather Administration issued a sea warning for Krathon, and urged passengers to remain alert to the possibility of disruptions caused by the storm in the coming days. Flight schedules might also change while the air force conducts rehearsals and holds a final airshow for Double Ten National Day, it added. Although
SEMICONDUCTORS: TSMC is able to produce 2-nanometer chips and mass production is expected to be launched by next year, the company said In leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing China is behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) by at least 10 years as the Taiwanese chipmaker’s manufacturing process has progressed to 2 nanometers, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文) said yesterday. Wu made the remarks during a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee when asked by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) about a report published in August by the Chinese version of Nikkei Asia that said Taiwan’s lead over China in chip manufacturing was only three years. She asked Wu Cheng-wen if the report was an accurate
PRO-CHINA SLOGANS: Two DPP members criticized police officers’ lack of action at the scene, saying that law enforcement authorities should investigate the incident Chinese tourists allegedly interrupted a protest in Taipei on Tuesday held by Hong Kongers, knocked down several flags and shouted: “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China.” Hong Kong democracy activists were holding a demonstration as Tuesday was China’s National Day. A video posted online by civic group Hong Kong Outlanders shows a couple, who are allegedly Chinese, during the demonstration. “Today is China’s National Day, and I won’t allow the displaying of these flags,” the male yells in the video before pushing some demonstrators and knocking down a few flagpoles. Radio Free Asia reported that some of the demonstrators
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