ENTERTAINMENT
OneRepublic to perform
American pop-rock band OneRepublic is scheduled to perform its second concert in Kaohsiung on Dec. 19, the event’s organizer announced yesterday. The concert is to be held at the Kaohsiung Arena, with tickets going on general sale at 1pm yesterday. Prices range from NT$2,400 to NT$4,900, Live Nation Taiwan said in a Facebook post. A portion of the tickets is to be available for presale from Friday to Monday for artists, DBS Mastercard holders and members of Live Nation Taiwan, the organizer said.
LABOR
Worker dies in Changhua
A worker at a feed factory in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) died yesterday after his right leg was caught in a corn crusher while cleaning the machine as it was running. The 41-year-old man, surnamed Yang (楊), slipped on the stairs inside the machine and became trapped, the county’s fire bureau said. The bureau received an emergency call at 10:48am. Rescuers said they reached Yang at 11:10am and found him conscious. Advanced emergency medical technicians were dispatched to help control his bleeding and provide other critical care. At 11:34am, technicians from the machine’s manufacturer arrived to help dismantle the equipment, and Yang was extricated at 12:15pm, but he had already lost vital signs. He was pronounced dead after being sent to Yuanlin Christian Hospital.
FOOD SAFETY
Items blocked at border
A batch of coriander powder imported from India has been destroyed at the border for containing Sudan I, a banned toxic dye, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday. The 10kg batch of spices also contained excessive amounts of pesticides, the FDA said. Meanwhile, two separate batches of gelato take-out containers from Italy, both imported by Venchi Taiwan Limited, Taiwan Branch (Hong Kong), were stopped at the border for contravening separate import regulations. The 62.04kg batch of containers for the chocolate brand Venchi contained optical brightening agents, which are banned for food container use, and also failed dissolution tests, the FDA said, adding that containers that fail dissolution tests could release toxic substances even under normal use. Also, on yesterday’s list of items blocked at the border were dried mulberries from China, cumin powder from India and fresh durian from Vietnam, which were flagged for excessive bleach, pesticides and heavy metal contaminations respectively.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 7pm yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the temblor was at sea, about 69.9km south of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 30.9km, it said. There were no immediate reports of damage resulting from the quake. The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was highest in Taitung County’s Changbin Township (長濱), where it measured 5 on Taiwan’s seven-tier intensity scale. The quake also measured an intensity of 4 in Hualien, Nantou, Chiayi, Yunlin, Changhua and Miaoli counties, as well as
Taiwan is to have nine extended holidays next year, led by a nine-day Lunar New Year break, the Cabinet announced yesterday. The nine-day Lunar New Year holiday next year matches the length of this year’s holiday, which featured six extended holidays. The increase in extended holidays is due to the Act on the Implementation of Commemorative and Festival Holidays (紀念日及節日實施條例), which was passed early last month with support from the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party. Under the new act, the day before Lunar New Year’s Eve is also a national holiday, and Labor Day would no longer be limited
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Taiwan is to extend its visa-waiver program for Philippine passport holders for another year, starting on Aug. 1, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said on Friday. Lin made the announcement during a reception in Taipei marking the 127th anniversary of Philippine independence and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The decision reflected Taiwan’s commitment to deepening exchanges with the Philippines, the statement cited Lin as saying, adding that it was a key partner under the New Southbound Policy launched in 2016. Lin also expressed hope
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