Category: Taiwan
Police arrest 2 motorists who hit, killed boy riding bike in crosswalk
Taichung, Nov. 4 (CNA) Taichung police have arrested two motorists involved in an accident Sunday in which an 11-year-old boy riding a bike in a crosswalk was struck by a motorcycle and then run over and killed by an SUV in the city’s Beitun District. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411040017
Read MoreNDC to meet with SMEs, old economy sector to understand needs better
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) The National Development Council (NDC), Taiwan’s leading economic planning agency, said Monday it will hold breakfast meetings with the business sector to better understand the support needed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the old economy sector. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411040016
Read MoreSupplies airlifted to Hsinchu mountain village cut off by typhoon
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) Around 150 people stranded in Simakusi after Typhoon Kong-rey destroyed a bridge and access roads to the remote Hsinchu County mountain village received an airlift of food and medical supplies Monday morning. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411040015
Read MoreU.S. dollar closes lower on Taipei forex market
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan dollar Monday, shedding NT$0.007 to close at NT$31.961. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411040014
Read MoreEx-President Ma’s foundation invites Chinese student group to Taiwan
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) Former President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) foundation has invited 40 Chinese students to meet with their counterparts from Taiwanese universities during a nine-day visit to Taiwan. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202411040013
Read MoreSubsidies for Hualien travel increased, extended to Dec. 20
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) A subsidy program to boost travel to Hualien County will be extended through Dec. 20 and will offer increased accommodation rebates of up to NT$2,500 (US$78.75) per month from Nov. 7, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411040012
Read MoreExperts call on Taiwan to keep its semiconductor edge post U.S. elections
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) A group of experts on Sunday called on Taiwan to work to keep its world-leading position in the semiconductor industry, with the U.S.-China chip war expected to continue regardless of who becomes the next American president. https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202411040011
Read MoreLai praises progress on next-generation light frigate at keel-laying ceremony
Kaohsiung, Nov. 4 (CNA) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) praised the progress made in Taiwan’s ongoing domestic shipbuilding project, while presiding over a keel-laying ceremony for an indigenous-built light frigate prototype in Kaohsiung on Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202411040010
Read MoreTaiwan shares close up 0.81%
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) Taiwan shares ended up 185.31 points, or 0.81 percent, at 22,965.39 Monday on turnover of NT$311.69 billion (US$9.79 billion). https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202411040009
Read MoreTaiwanese badminton duo crowned in Hylo Open women’s doubles
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) Female shuttlers Sung Suo-yun (宋碩芸) and Yu Chien-hu (余芊慧) claimed their first doubles title of 2024 at the Hylo Open in Germany on Sunday. https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202411040008
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