CIVIL DEFENSE
Nuclear exercise planned
Taiwan’s annual nuclear emergency exercise is to take place tomorrow and on Friday at the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District (石門) and the surrounding area, the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) said on Monday. The drill is to simulate an emergency response at the plant, which is in the process of being decommissioned, in the event of an earthquake or volcanic eruption while the level 2 COVID-19 alert is ongoing, the AEC said in a statement. The drill tomorrow is to be confined to the plant and focus on how workers can minimize the impact of volcanic ash on equipment, it said. The second day of the exercise is to be a simulation of providing medical assistance to people exposed to radiation, monitoring environmental radiation and evacuating residents from the area, including those in quarantine due to COVID-19, it added. The drill is also to test the emergency notification system, including sending text message alerts to residents in New Taipei City’s Jinshan (金山), Shihmen and Sanjhih (三芝) districts at about 10am on Friday morning, the AEC said.
SPORTS
Chou to lead team
Taiwan’s top male badminton player Chou Tien-chen (周天成) is to lead the national team at two upcoming major international events to be held later this month and next month, the Sudirman Cup and Thomas & Uber Cup, the nation’s badminton association said yesterday. Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) and Lee Yang (李洋), who won gold in the men’s doubles at the Tokyo Olympics on July 31, and men’s singles No. 2 Wang Tzu-wei (王子維) would only play at the Thomas & Uber Cup from Oct. 9 to 17 in Denmark, the association said. World No. 1 and Olympic silver medalist in the women’s singles Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) would not take part in either event and Pai Yu-po (白馭珀) would play in the women’s singles at the Thomas & Uber Cup, it said. Other Taiwanese scheduled to take part in the Sudirman Cup and/or the Thomas & Uber Cup include men’s doubles pairings Lu Ching-yao (盧敬堯) and Yang Po-han (楊博涵); Lee Jhe-huei (李哲輝) and Yang Po-hsuan (楊博軒); and women’s doubles pairing Hsu Ya-chiing (許雅晴) and Hu Ling-fang (胡綾芳), it added. The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship that takes place every two years. This year’s event is being held in Finland from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
ART
Project adds to road’s allure
The South Link Highway is already renowned for its natural beauty, but a new project has added to the allure of traveling the road connecting Taitung and Pingtung counties with 14 unique art installations. The “Nanhui (South Link) Art Project,” which is to run until Nov. 14, is aimed at presenting a different side of the 100km road by highlighting its many Aboriginal communities that have rich culture and art to be explored, curator Biung Ismahasan said. “Each artwork is used as a coordinate, allowing travelers to explore Nanhui from this point of view,” Ismahasan said. The themes of the artworks, created by both international and local artists, are diverse — ranging from a totem made of sand and gravel from Taitung beaches to a giant pair of quintessential Taiwanese blue and white flip-flops. The artworks, which have been displayed in many parts of the world, heighten awareness about cultural diversity in a peaceful way, said the Israel Economic and Cultural Office, which partnered with the Taitung County Government and other groups to organize the event.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
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A 79-year-old woman died today after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Taoyuan, police said. The woman, identified by her surname Wang (王), crossed the tracks even though the barriers were down in Jhongli District’s (中壢) Neili (內壢) area, the Taoyuan Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said. Surveillance footage showed that the railway barriers were lowered when Wang entered the crossing, but why she ventured onto the track remains under investigation, the police said. Police said they received a report of an incident at 6:41am involving local train No. 2133 that was heading from Keelung to Chiayi City. Investigators
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