Taiwan – Page 3866 – Prologue Journal

Brecel forecasts European snooker boom after victory

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2023/05/03/2003799037

IS leader died by suicide: Turkey

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/05/03/2003799058

Veteran pop singer Yang Hsiao-ping dies at 79

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Yang Hsiao-ping (楊小萍), also known as Yang Xiao-ping, a popular mandopop singer in Mandarin-speaking society in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 79, her younger brother Yang Ching-huang (楊慶煌), an actor, said through his agent on Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202305020023

Taichung man confirmed with hepatitis A, in wake of Costco recall

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Taichung has reported a confirmed hepatitis A case involving a 40-year-old man who traveled to Mexico in March and ate a frozen blueberry product after returning to Taiwan, the city government said Tuesday, without confirming if it was connected to the recent recall of products by Costco. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305020022

Occupational accident insurance fund sufficient: Labor Ministry

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) The Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Tuesday provided an overview of the enforcement of Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act to mark the first anniversary of the act’s enactment, indicating that the current level of the labor occupational accident insurance fund at NT$35.1 billion (US$1.13 billion) is sufficient to ensure…

Taiwan flight operations to reach pre-pandemic levels in 2025: CAA

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Taiwan’s international and cross-strait flight operations are set to reach pre-COVID-19 levels in 2025, the country’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) forecast on Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305020020

CDC warns enterovirus outbreak could hit Taiwan next week

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Taiwan is expected to experience an enterovirus outbreak of epidemic proportions next week, with a mix of circulating strains of enterovirus raising the risk of repeat infections of the disease, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305020019

COVID-19 cases in Taiwan see moderate rise over past 3 weeks: Official

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) The number of reported serious COVID-19 infection cases across Taiwan has increased slightly over the past three weeks, but there is unlikely to be any resurgence in the pandemic, a senior official with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305020018

Manufacturing activity contracts for 2nd straight month in April

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Taiwan’s manufacturing activity fell into contraction mode in April for the second consecutive month on the back of ongoing inventory adjustments and weakening global demand, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305020017

Ex-President Chen lobbies against bill that would bar son from public office

Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) petitioned the government Tuesday against a legislative proposal to ban people convicted of certain crimes — including one his son was recently found guilty of — from running for public office. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305020016