After more than six months of planning, Taichung City Government arranged for the torch handover to take place at the city’s new landmark, the National Taichung Theater which opened in September 2016 and designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.
After more than six months of planning, Taichung City Government arranged for the torch handover to take place at the city’s new landmark, the National Taichung Theater which opened in September 2016 and designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.
The 2017 Asian Real Estate Society and Global Chinese Real Estate Congress Joint Annual Conference was ceremoniously launched on July 11 in Taichung. Mayor Lin Chia-lung and Dr. Robert J. Shiller, the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, were invited to deliver key-note speeches respectively.
The closing ceremony for the 2017 Summer Universiade, the largest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan, will feature a wide array of dance and music performances and conclude with a light show produced by a team of solar-powered robots, the Taipei Summer Universiade Organizing Committee announced July 17.
With roughly one month remaining before the start of the 2017 Summer Universiade, the city government announced that trains sporting the Universiade theme will begin operations on the Green Line (Songshan-Xindian) on July 10.
Ten venues for the upcoming Summer Universiade, the largest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan, will exclusively sell food products made by the intellectually and physically disabled so as to foster social inclusion and promote the important work of local welfare organizations, the Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee announced July 5.
A total of 71 information booths will be set up at locations throughout Taipei City for the upcoming Summer Universiade, the largest international sporting event ever staged in Taiwan, the city government announced July 9.
The atmosphere at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in downtown Taipei City was electric as the thronging crowd awaited the unveiling April 19 of the official torch, mother flame lantern and torchbearer uniforms for the 2017 Summer Universiade—the biggest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan.
The torch for the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade—the largest global sporting competition ever staged in the country—arrived in Taiwan June 29, marking the conclusion of the international portion of the relay and the commencement of its monthlong tour around the nation.
Projects in Taipei and New Taipei cities picked up honors in the 3rd Smart Sustainable City Awards at the general assembly of South Korea-based World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments (WeGO) June 28 in Ulyanovsk, Russia.
Bangkok, June 25 (CNA) The torch for the 2017 Summer Universiade was passed to a Taiwanese athlete at a ceremony in Bangkok on Sunday, which hosted the third leg of the relay after the Italian city of Naples.
