The Bank of Taiwan has announced a new milestone in its ongoing effort to expand business overseas in line with the government’s New Southbound Policy. Following the opening of its Jakarta Representative Office on Sept. 23, 2019, the Bank will inaugurate its newest representative office, in Kuala Lumpur, on Feb. 20 this year.
On the morning of February 20 President Tsai Ing-wen met with Randall Schriver, Chairman of the Project 2049 Institute and former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs.
Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday pledged that the government will ensure sufficient supplies for combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and that the resources will be distributed with priority to those most in need. He also instructed the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to redouble support for hardworking businesses vulnerable to the outbreak.
All six of Taiwan’s special municipalities earned a place on the 2019 Cities A List published by U.K.-based Carbon Disclosure Project, Feb. 18, reflecting global recognition of countrywide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Taipei-based National Taiwan University (NTU) ranked eighth in the 2020 Emerging Economies University Rankings released Tuesday, up two spots from last year. The ranking, compiled by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine, this year listed 533 universities in 47 countries. Besides Taiwan, the only countries with schools in the top 10 are China, which bagged seven of the 10 places, Russia and South Africa.
While meeting with permanent representatives to the United Nations (UN) from Taiwan's diplomatic allies on the morning of February 18, President Tsai Ing-wen thanked our diplomatic allies for speaking up for Taiwan at important events. She emphasized that Taiwan is on the frontline in dealing with the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and should not be excluded from the global epidemic prevention network.
The above charts show Taiwan’s temporary travel restrictions and quarantine regulations, which are among its response measures to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the region and beyond.
