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.

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.