Music and festivity filled Taoyuan’s Nankan area as a Filipino worker basketball league, one of the first to open since the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in recent months, tipped off with 15 teams and hundreds of players and fans at the opening ceremony.
Organized by the prestigious American Institute of Architects, the 8th edition of the AIA International Region Design Awards 2021 announced this year’s winning works on Nov. 12, two of which were the product of the Taipei-based architecture and design firm XRANGE.
Team Taiwan won two golds, a silver and bronze at the Inline Speed Skating World Championships Nov. 6 to 13 in Ibague, Colombia, according to the Ministry of Education.
Taiwanese animated film “City of Lost Things(廢棄之城)” has won the Best Animated Feature Film, first prize in the category of Professional Jury Awards at the 38th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), marking the first time in 22 years that a Taiwanese animation has received a prize at the festival, after the Taiwanese animated film “Grandma and Her Ghosts (魔法阿媽)” won a prize at the film festival in 1999.
The NDC held a seminar on the amended Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (“the Foreign Professionals Act”) on November 8 to an invited gathering of more than 90 representatives of diplomatic missions, chambers of commerce, business associations, and community groups. The seminar, to explain the Act’s Employment Gold Card, permanent residency, tax preference, and other provisions on subjects of close interest to many, was also livestreamed to 180 people from all walks
Taiwan lifted its entry ban on migrant workers from Indonesia on Thursday, though the ban could be reintroduced for a two-month period leading up to next year’s Lunar New Year holidays, according to the Ministry of Labor (MOL).
Migrant workers from Indonesia could be granted entry to Taiwan as early as this week, a Ministry of Labor (MOL) official said Tuesday after a meeting between Taiwanese and Indonesian government authorities.
Weiwuying is hosting Taiwan’s first Women of the World Festival (WOW) around the core ideas of #ConnectedDialogue, #EmpathyThroughTransposition, and #CelebratoryCocreation from Nov. 5 to 14.
Tjimur Dance Theatre from Taiwan established a bilateral exchange program with its Indian counterpart Kaishiki Nrityabhasha on the back of support from the Ministry of Culture.
A Sydney–Taiwan Partnership Showcase and Joint PhD Scholarship Webinar was held on 14 September to showcase the partnerships between the University of Sydney and Taiwan: on one hand Sydney University’s research partnerships with universities in Taiwan, and on the other hand the jointly funded Taiwan–University of Sydney Scholarships, which fund up to five scholarships each year for Taiwanese citizens to undertake a PhD program at the university.
