On the occasion of International Women's Day, Premier Su Tseng-chang expressed his gratitude to Taiwan's women for the important roles they play across all parts of society, even during this time as the nation battles the novel coronavirus. He especially thanked the women who provide care and attend to the health of others, either in the medical care profession or at home, for their hard work and contribution. The premier wished them a happy Women's Day, much health, and peace of mind.
Officials have been given a list of people possibly infected with COVID-19 after coming in contact with a visiting Australian musician. The musician arrived in Taiwan from the UK on February 23, after transiting through Bangkok. He sought medical attention at a Taiwanese clinic on February 27 because of a cough and a runny nose. He then took part in performances held at Taipei’s National Concert Hall on February 28 and March 1 before departing for Australia on March 2.
The Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC), with support and guidance from the Executive Yuan and Ministry of Transportation and Communications, is making strong progress in creating a new large container transshipment terminal that is ideally suited to the long-term needs of global shipping. As part of this effort, work finished in December 2019 on the nation’s largest-ever port land reclamation project – Port of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal (ICT) Phase Two.
Premier Su Tseng-chang on Monday visited the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) to inspect frontline deployments in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and hear the latest reports on the situation. The premier said that Taiwan is successfully holding the line in the first phase of prevention efforts and now must move on to containment and disaster mitigation work.
Young Taiwanese who are interested in becoming "youth ambassadors" and represent their country in the Pacific, Southeast Asia or South Asia will soon have their chance to get involved. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has begun accepting applications from Taiwanese university and graduate school students aged 18-35 for the openings in the 2020 program.
Taiwan is aiming to begin exporting pineapples to Australia by May, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday, after it announced a day earlier that Australia was now allowing such imports. Three pineapple farms in the southern county of Pingtung have already registered to ship their fruit to Australia, the COA said, adding that it has been in contact with Australian distributors. The first shipment of fresh pineapples to Australia is likely to be around late May, but first the fruit m
Foreign envoys have praised Taiwan's “quick” and “effective” response to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, saying Taiwan has set an example other countries can learn from.
Australia has opened its doors to imports of Taiwan-grown pineapples after nearly five years of consultations between agricultural authorities of the two countries, Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) said Monday.
As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to expand internationally, the CECC has listed China (including Hong Kong and Macau), South Korea, and Italy and Iran under travel notice Level 3: Warning; Japan and Singapore under Level 2: Alert; and Thailand under Level 1: Watch.
