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Taipei Times
April 3, 2018
Inadequate finances, inability to buy a home and long work hours are the three major reasons for Taiwan's low birthrate, according to a yes123 online job ... household income of about NT$102,210 to raise a child: NT$108,435 in the six special municipalities and NT$86,971 in other cities and counties.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
April 3, 2018
The survey also found that respondents believe an estimated NT$102,210 in monthly household income is required to raise a child in Taiwan, with NT$108,435 in the nation's six municipalities and NT$86,971 in other cities and counties. The survey was conducted from March 15-27 among job seekersÃÂ ...
Taipei Times
April 3, 2018
... KMT candidates for city and county councilor positions in Taipei, New Taipei City, Taichung and Kaohsiung, and Nantou, Chiayi and Taitung counties. ... It should also make an effort to cultivate young talent, and encourage young people to participate in politics and contribute to Taiwan,” New Taipei CityÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
April 3, 2018
... Dan Polster in Cleveland on Monday. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the government is determined to see justice done and the nation's "unprecedented drug crisis" ended. More than 400 cities and counties across the country have sued drug makers and distributors for costs associated with theÃÂ ...
Taipei Times
April 2, 2018
Taiwan NextGen Foundation chairman Wang Zhin-sheng yesterday at a news conference in Taipei presents the results of an opinion poll on the performance ... The highest average satisfaction rate of 67.1 percent was in cities or counties that have a DPP member as an administrative head, followed by 63ÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
March 19, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- As a new weather front arrives in Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) this morning (March 20) issued a Heavy Rain Advisory for 11 counties and cities in Taiwan. At 9:05 a.m. this morning, the CWB issued a special Heavy Rain Advisory for 11 counties and cities includingÃÂ ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 7, 2018
In the eight Taiwan cities and counties led by the Kuomintang (KMT), there are residents who voted for the DPP, Cheng said, referring to China's preference for the KMT-led municipalities as tourist destinations in Taiwan. If China really wants more people-to-people exchanges with Taiwan, the ChineseÃÂ ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
March 7, 2018
Taipei, March 7 (CNA) A strong cold air mass is expected to arrive in Taiwan on Thursday, sending temperatures plunging to around 10 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Wednesday, issuing a cold weather warning for 15 cities and counties.
Taiwan News
March 7, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- As a continental cold air mass is expected to blast into Taiwan today (March 8), a cold surge advisory has been issued for 15 of Taiwan's 22 counties and cities by the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). The CWB said that cold air is moving south and temperatures are rapidly droppingÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
March 5, 2018
By Thursday, expected low temperatures for central to northern Taiwan have been revised down from 11 degrees to 8 degrees and are not anticipated to rise again until Monday (March 12). The CWB also issued a "Strong Wind Advisory (over land)" for all 18 of Taiwan's counties and cities as the next coldÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 17, 2017
The Thomas Fire surging through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has already burned more than 1,000 buildings, including well over 750 homes. Another 18,000 buildings are still in jeopardy, including mansions in the wealthy enclave of Montecito. Some 315 fire engines are stationed in and aroundÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 16, 2017
The charges stem from their political consulting work in Ukraine. The judge is allowing Manafort to live in his home in Florida and come and go while he awaits trial. He will remain on GPS monitoring and have to get court permission to travel outside two south Florida counties. He also will have a curfew.
Taiwan News
December 15, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's elections chief wants counties to modernize their voting machines before the 2020 presidential election, and he's urging the governor and state lawmakers to foot much of the bill. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted) tells The Associated Press he sent aÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 14, 2017
If the secretary of state determines there were more write-in votes than the difference between Jones and Moore, the state's counties would be required to tally those votes. It's not clear how that would help Moore, who ended the night trailing Jones by more than 20,000 votes. Democrats were not supposedÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 14, 2017
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters finally eked out progress on the titanic task of cutting fire lines around one of the biggest blazes in California history. As the fire straddling Santa Barbara and Ventura counties entered its 10th day, crews had carved containment lines around one-quarter of it.
Taipei Times
December 14, 2017
Operators issued the statement after the NCC yesterday approved a cable service subscription fee proposed by four operators in Tainan and three operators in Penghu, Kinmen and Lienchiang counties that would be introduced next year. Four cable operators in Tainan have proposed using a tieringÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 14, 2017
Last year, nearly as many people moved out of Silicon Valley — defined as Santa Clara and San Mateo counties — as moved in, according to a report by Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a civic group. It was the first time since 2010 that the number of arrivals and departures have been roughly equal. The trendÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 14, 2017
The tribe will be able to push alerts over radio, television and text messaging to 11 counties within the reservation's borders. Ashlynne's case drew the attention of elected officials, including U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who sponsored legislation to expand the Amber Alert system in Native AmericanÃÂ ...
Taipei Times
December 14, 2017
Taiwan Railways executive director Ho Yuan-fu (何元富) said they are excited to be collaborating with Chunghwa Post for the first time to launch the product. Part of the revenue from the sale of the bottled water would be given to elderly people living alone in Hualien and Taitung counties, Ho said, addingÃÂ ...
Taipei Times
December 13, 2017
The Cabinet has urged China to control its air pollution, as pollutants from across the Taiwan Strait are the main cause of the nation's deteriorated air ... The air quality in Kinmen and Matsu counties, where there are fewer power plants and factories, is visibly worse in winter due to the islands' proximity toÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 13, 2017
... feedlots or Conservation Reserve Program acres. An additional 37 offered hay-hauling services. Much of central and western North Dakota was mired in severe, extreme and even exceptional drought during the growing season. The map lists 24 North Dakota counties as having producers in need of hay.
Taipei Times
December 11, 2017
The proposal is coming as these mayors, as well as commissioners in other counties, are up for re-election next year, the foundation said. Local activists meeting workers across the nation between July and October pointed to this particular issue as one people were most concerned about, foundationÃÂ ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
December 4, 2017
Taipei, Dec. 5 (CNA) Hehuanshan, one of Taiwan's highest mountains, saw its first snowfall of the winter early Tuesday morning after a continental cold air mass sent temperatures plunging around the country, according to the Taroko National Park Administration. Snow, rain and sleet started falling on theÃÂ ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
December 4, 2017
Taipei, Dec. 4 (CNA) A section of the Suhua Highway linking Yilan and Hualien counties in eastern Taiwan was closed at 6 p.m. Monday, less than 12 hours after it was opened to traffic following the cleanup of fallen rocks caused by days of rain. The Directorate General of Highways (DGH) said in aÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 3, 2017
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has the third-lowest birthrate in the world, according to the most recent data released by the CIA World Factbook. The report analyzed the total fertility rate (TFR), or the number of children a woman bears over her lifetime, of 224 countries in 2017. The TFR in Taiwan is 1.13,ÃÂ ...
Taiwan News
December 3, 2017
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) —The Tourism Bureau held an outdoor party to celebrate the fourth birthday of OhBear, a tourism goodwill ambassador for Taiwan, ... During the birthday celebration, the tourism bureau invited other mascots from ten outlying islands and from six different counties in Taiwan to join theÃÂ ...
Taipei Times
December 2, 2017
KMT legislators representing electoral districts in Taichung, andYunlin, Changhua and Nantou counties called a news conference at the Legislative Yuan ... 2 million off the plant's actual consumption, Taiwan Healthy Air Action Alliance director Yeh Kuang-peng (葉光芃) said at yesterday's news conference.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
December 2, 2017
A sea of clouds lies beside Hehuan Mountain in this undated photo. The main peak of the mountain is 3,417 meters above sea level and lies close to the border between Hualien and Nantou counties. Photo courtesy of Taroko National Park Administration Dec. 1, 2017. ※This website's content, including ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
December 2, 2017
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) A Japanese man who is biking around Taiwan for the fourth time to express his thanks for the country's assistance after the Tohoku earthquake of March 11, 2011, showed up unexpectedly at an event held by the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Friday to personally ...
Taipei Times
December 1, 2017
In related news, poor air quality in southern Taiwan is expected to continue into the weekend, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said ... However, the AQI remained orange at six monitoring stations in the south — including Yunlin, Chiayi and Pingtung counties, as well as Tainan and ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 29, 2017
The bureau held a press conference on Tuesday to announce the completed expansion of the submarine seismic monitoring system off the coast of Yilan and Hualien counties in eastern Taiwan. The newly expanded system now has a 115-kilometer detection range with a depth of 2,732 meters. According ...
Taiwan News
November 29, 2017
This morning, many air quality index (AQI) measuring stations in central and southern Taiwan issued red alerts for "unhealthy" levels of air pollution, and by the afternoon many monitoring stations in northern Taiwan, including Hsinchu, Miaoli, and Taoyuan counties, were also registering red, unhealthy ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 29, 2017
Highs in western Taiwan and Taitung County could exceed 30 degrees while those in Yilan and Hualien counties are likely to hit around 28Â ...
Taiwan News
November 25, 2017
The California Growers Association estimates about 3,500 farmers in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties have applied for local permits ...
Taiwan News
November 24, 2017
His district includes several counties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Barton was a consultant in the oil and gas industry before he joined the U.S. ...
Taiwan News
November 23, 2017
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The mercury remains low at 15 degrees ... the CWB issuing heavy rain advisory for 4 counties in northern Taiwan.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 23, 2017
... till night for areas north of Tainan, the eastern part of Taiwan, Hengchun Peninsula and the outlying counties of Kinmen, Penghu and Matsu.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 22, 2017
Manfred Fischedick highlights the importance of energy efficiency in transformation of global energy system in a speech in Taipei on Tuesday.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 21, 2017
... till night for areas north of Tainan, the eastern part of Taiwan, Hengchun Peninsula and the outlying counties of Kinmen, Penghu and Matsu.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 13, 2017
... eastern, southeastern, southwestern Taiwan, and the Taiwan Strait area, which covers western Taiwan's coast and outlying counties.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 11, 2017
A heavy rain warning has been issued for five cities and counties -- Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung cities, and Yilan and Hualien counties.
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 11, 2017
11 (CNA) Nantou and Yunlin Counties have been jolted five times by earthquakes on Saturday evening, each measuring above 4 on the ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 9, 2017
The CWB has also issued a warning for 15 counties and cities in northern, central and southeastern Taiwan, including Orchid Island, Green ...
Nikkei Asian Review
November 9, 2017
TAIPEI -- Taiwan was among the first to hop on the bicycle-sharing ... in five other cities and counties across northern Taiwan, including New ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 9, 2017
The relay comprises 49 legs, which will take the runners on a 500-km route along western Taiwan, through 12 cities and counties, and is ...
Digitimes
November 8, 2017
CHT has continued its deployments in the IoT sector, including its plans to team up with a total of 15 major cities and counties in Taiwan to ...
SeafoodSource (blog)
November 8, 2017
The ruling could affect similar restrictions on Japanese seafood by other counties. For example, in 2016, when a new government took office in ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
November 7, 2017
The CWB has also issued a warning for 15 counties and cities in northern, central and southeastern Taiwan, including Orchid Island, Green ...
Taipei Times
November 7, 2017
By 2031, all of northern, central and southern Taiwan is to have a stable ... Taichung and Changhua counties receiving 2.54 million tonnes per ...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
October 28, 2017
Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) Four cities and counties in Taiwan -- Chiayi City, Kinmen County, Tainan City and Taoyuan City -- were named Friday ...
