With fifty one days left before the opening of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade, Shih-Ming You, the deputy CEO of Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade visited Academia Sinica on June 28 to promote the multi-sport event, Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade. Before the presentation, President of Academia Sinica, James C. Liao exchanged souvenirs with Mr. You. President Liao showed his passion to support Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade.
Eid al-Fitr is an extremely important annual festival for Muslims, just like the Chinese New Year. In order to transform Taichung City into a friendly city for Southeast Asian migrant workers, the city government will be hosting the Taichung City Eid al-Fitr festival from 09:30 to 16:00 on 1 July at the ASEAN Square, where specialty stalls with Southeast Asian influence and Indonesian dance performers will be invited, while the Islam culture will also be introduced. It is hoped that the ASEAN Sq
Taichung City Mayor Chia-lung Lin arrived in France on the 18th to exchange industry and municipal administration experiences. On the first day, he and his staff visited French IoT connectivity service provider Sigfox, and they were personally welcomed by the company’s Executive Vice President Networks and Operators Rodolphe Baronnet-Frugès, who explained the technology aspect of IoT and its application in life. Mayor Lin invited Sigfox to establish R&D center in Taichung, where IoT, Big Data an
With respective projects from Taipei City and New Taipei City appearing on the list of nominations for the 2017 Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA), Taipei City Government is calling out to the public to show their support for Taipei’s “Taipei IOT Innovation Lab” by voting online!
As a warm-up activity for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (Hari Raya Idul Fitri) celebration, Mayor Ko Wen-je will be giving away “red envelopes” to Muslim friends on the day of the Eid at Taipei Travel Plaza on June 25.
Following the Mother Flame Lighting Ceremony of Taipei 2017 Universiade on June 20 in Turin, Italy, the international torch relay has begun. The second stop of the torch relay was held in Naples on June 22, Italy, the host city of the next Summer Universiade. The Naples Universiade Organizing Committee (organizer of the next Summer Universiade) welcomed the Taipei Universiade sacred flame and planned the torch relay to go through two routes, one through Salerno and the other through Naples, both
The Eid al-Fitr (also known as Hari Raya Idul Fitri) is an important occasion in Muslim culture. Similar to Chinese New Year, the holiday is a time for entire families to get together. Before the Eid, followers of Islam have to undergo a month-long period of fasting during Ramadan. The Eid symbolizes the end of Ramadan, when people and families get together for prayers and fine food.
Mayor Ko Wen-je attended the flame ignition ceremony for the 2017 Summer Universiade in Italy on June 20. Against the backdrop of the song “Ancient Morals of Atayal Tribe” presented by Taiwanese indigenous singer Inka Mbing, flag-bearers representing Italy, Chinese Taipei, and FISU marched into the venue one after another.
The torch relay for the upcoming 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade—the largest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan—is set to get underway June 20 with a special ceremony in the Italian city of Turin.
On June 18, Mayor Ko Wen-je embarked on a trip to Turin of Italy to ignite the flame for Summer Universiade Taipei as well as conducting exchange on city administration. The city delegation is slated to return to Taiwan on June 22.
