Celebrities, singers and dancers are to ring in the New Year with performances across the nation. Here is a list of countdown parties and fireworks displays to help you choose which to attend.
The New Year’s Eve countdown party and Taipei 101 fireworks display is to be held from 7pm on Friday to 1am on Saturday at Taipei City Hall Square.
It is set to feature some of the hottest names in the nation’s entertainment industry, including indie bands EggPlantEgg (茄子蛋) and Accusefive (告五人), and singer-songwriter A-Lin (黃麗玲).
Photo: Huang Mei-chu, Taipei Times
Pop rock group Tizzy Bac (鐵之貝克), rock duo Power Station (動力火車) and Malaysian pop singer Fish Leong (梁靜茹) are also to be among the big names taking to the stage.
This year’s Taipei 101 fireworks display is set to fire off 16,000 fireworks over 360 seconds, making it one of its longest and biggest displays ever.
This year’s show has adopted the theme “Towards a Better Future,” and involves animation, music and a light show in addition to the fireworks.
The Miramar Entertainment Park New Year’s Eve Party in Taipei is to be held in the complex’s plaza from 8:20pm on Friday, featuring hip-hop performances by rappers Sowut (李松樺), Yappy (曾怡彬) and Wannasleep (李奕賢).
Fireworks are to be fired over the Tamsui River (淡水河) near New Taipei City’s Danjiang Bridge for 13 minutes and 14 seconds starting at 8:22pm on Friday.
The Keelung New Year Countdown 2021 is to start at 5pm on Friday at the Port of Keelung with an assortment of rock bands, including heavy metal band Flesh Juicer (血肉果汁機), alternative rock group Mary See the Future (先知瑪莉) and indie band The Village Armed Youth Band (農村武裝青年).
The party’s fireworks are to run for 420 seconds and large ships in the harbor are also to sound their horns to ring in the New Year.
Taoyuan’s News Year’s Eve party, from 7pm on Friday to 12:30am on Saturday in front of the city’s high-speed rail station, is to feature Chinese-Australian R&B singer Julia Wu (吳卓源), singer-songwriter Bii (畢書盡), rapper Kumachan (熊仔) and pop band 831. Its fireworks are to run for 100 seconds.
Hsinchu County’s countdown party is to start at 5:30pm on Friday in front of the county government building, featuring a range of performers, such as rapper MC HotDog (姚中仁), singer Ricky Hsiao (蕭煌奇) and indie band Bisiugroup Amazing Show (美秀集團).
A party in Taichung’s Lihpao Land (麗寶樂園) is to be held in the amusement park and resort’s second car park from 10pm on Friday until 12:30am on Saturday. Performances by singer Olivia Tsao (曹雅雯), rapper Shou and R&B singer Nine Chen (陳零九) are to take place.
The party at Taichung Central Park, from 7pm on Friday to 1am on Saturday, is to feature singers and bands including hip-hop trio MJ116 (頑童), jazz-hop and R&B singer ?te (壞特), singer-songwriter Shi Shi and local hip-hop group Nine One One.
Nantou’s New Year’s Eve party is to begin at 7pm on Friday at Nantou County Stadium, with singer Only You, actress and singer Francesca Kao (高慧君), TV host and singer Mini Tsai (蔡黃汝) and others taking to the stage.
Nantou County’s Sun Moon Lake New Year’s Eve Fireworks Party is to feature 300 seconds of fireworks. It is to start at 8pm on Friday at Shuishe Pier (水社).
The New Year’s Eve party at Janfusun Fancyworld (劍湖山世界) in Yunlin County is to have a display that includes floating fireworks, along with funk and dance-pop performances from Cosmos People (宇宙人), singer-songwriter Ring and others.
Tainan’s New Year’s Eve event from 7pm on Friday to 12:30am on Saturday at the Tainan City Government Yonghua Civic Center (永華市政中心) is to include performances by veteran Taiwanese rapper Dwagie (大支), Chinese-American pop and R&B singer Karencici (林愷倫) and boy band B.T.O.D (Be The One Dance Crew).
Kaohsiung’s countdown party is to start at 7pm at Kaohsiung Port’s No. 7 Wharf, with a star-studded lineup including veteran rock band Wu Bai & China Blue (伍佰), singer Tarcy Su (蘇慧倫) and actress-singer Yao Yao (郭書瑤).
Also in Kaohsiung, the E-DA World’s New Year’s Eve party is to have an 888-second fireworks display.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a sea warning for Typhoon Fung-wong effective from 5:30pm, while local governments canceled school and work for tomorrow. A land warning is expected to be issued tomorrow morning before it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, the agency said. Taoyuan, and well as Yilan, Hualien and Penghu counties canceled work and school for tomorrow, as well as mountainous district of Taipei and New Taipei City. For updated information on closures, please visit the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Web site. As of 5pm today, Fung-wong was about 490km south-southwest of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan's southernmost point.
Almost a quarter of volunteer soldiers who signed up from 2021 to last year have sought early discharge, the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said in a report. The report said that 12,884 of 52,674 people who volunteered in the period had sought an early exit from the military, returning NT$895.96 million (US$28.86 million) to the government. In 2021, there was a 105.34 percent rise in the volunteer recruitment rate, but the number has steadily declined since then, missing recruitment targets, the Chinese-language United Daily News said, citing the report. In 2021, only 521 volunteers dropped out of the military, the report said, citing
Nearly 5 million people have signed up to receive the government’s NT$10,000 (US$322) universal cash handout since registration opened on Wednesday last week, with deposits expected to begin tomorrow, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. After a staggered sign-up last week — based on the final digit of the applicant’s national ID or Alien Resident Certificate number — online registration is open to all eligible Taiwanese nationals, foreign permanent residents and spouses of Taiwanese nationals. Banks are expected to start issuing deposits from 6pm today, the ministry said. Those who completed registration by yesterday are expected to receive their NT$10,000 tomorrow, National Treasury
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Kaohsiung at 1pm today, the Central Weather Administration said. The epicenter was in Jiasian District (甲仙), 72.1km north-northeast of Kaohsiung City Hall, at a depth of 7.8km, agency data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effects of a temblor, was highest in Kaohsiung and Tainan, where it measured a 4 on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale. It also measured a 3 in parts of Chiayi City, as well as Pingtung, Yunlin and Hualien counties, data showed.
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