Taiwan – Page 179 – Prologue Journal

No charges for owner of mattress involved in fatal motorcycle accident

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Changhua prosecutors on Wednesday said they had declined to press charges against the owner of a mattress that blew into a road during a typhoon and was struck by a speeding motorcyclist, causing the man’s death. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501150014

Lithuania, Taiwan need to defend rules-based order for survival: Ex-FM

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Lithuania and Taiwan are “destined to work together” in defending the rules-based order as doing so is “imperative” for smaller nations’ survival, a former top diplomat from the Baltic state said in Taipei on Wednesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202501150013

Taiwan shares under heavy losses on futures-led sell-off

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan fell around 280 points Wednesday as heavy settlement-day selling emerged among foreign institutional investors with large short-position futures holdings, dealers said. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501150012

Lunar New Year garbage collection schedules in Taiwan’s major cities

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Garbage and recycling schedules will vary over the Jan. 25 to Feb. 2 Lunar New Year holiday. CNA has compiled the following collection information from the governments of Taiwan’s six special municipalities. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501150011

Taiwan to strengthen surveillance near undersea cables

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Wednesday that it would step up surveillance near four key areas where undersea cables are located after a Chinese-owned vessel apparently cut an undersea fiber-optic cable near Keelung Harbor. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202501150010

U.S. dollar closes higher on Taipei forex market

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Wednesday, gaining NT$0.094 to close at NT$33.065. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501150009

Shares in 1st Taiwan-listed long-term care center operator soar on debut

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Qing Song Health Co. made an impressive debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) Wednesday, with shares in the first locally listed long-term health care center operator rising almost 20 percent. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501150008

Cross-party group raises concerns over rise in STIs among teenagers

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) A pressure group backed by lawmakers from across the political spectrum has called on Taiwan’s government to tackle the increasing prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) among teenagers. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501150007

Death penalty upheld for murderer of Malaysian student

Kaohsiung, Jan. 15 (CNA) The Taiwan High Court Kaohsiung Branch on Wednesday upheld a death sentence for a man found guilty of raping and murdering a Malaysian student in a retrial. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501150006

Taiwan shares close down 1.24%

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended down 282.95 points, or 1.24 percent, at 22,514.57Wednesday on turnover of NT$291.054 billion (US$8.80 billion). https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501150005