At the Cabinet’s weekly meeting Thursday, Premier Su Tseng-chang received a Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) briefing on Taiwan’s important role in the field of black hole research. He thanked the scientists and engineers who garnered international recognition for Taiwan for contributions to the advancement of astronomy. The premier described their impressive efforts as “science diplomacy,” while invoking the famous moon speech delivered by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
The Asian Corporate Governance Association (“ACGA”) released its preview of “CG Watch 2020” on November 25, a biennial investigation and rating survey on corporate governance performances in the Asian markets. Among 12 regional markets, Taiwan ranks 4th in ACGA‘s survey result this year. Improving in market ranking, Taiwan scored 62.2 points this year, the best since 2003, edging even closer to Hong Kong (63.5 points) and Singapore (63.2 points).
On November 26th, TECO in Thailand held its first-ever Taiwan-Thailand Comics Exchange Event – ttcomics – at a popular literary bookstore, Open House Bookshop.
On November 25, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced five new confirmed imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Among those five new cases (Cases #620-624), three arrived in Taiwan from Indonesia, and two traveled from the Philippines.
On November 25, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced five new confirmed imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. As of writing, a cumulative total of 108,223 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 106,548. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 623 cases. Of the 623 confirmed cases, 531 are imported; 55 are indigenous; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Pansh
On November 25, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that the Fall-Winter COVID-19 Prevention Program would be implemented starting from December 1, and under this program, travelers shall present a certificate of a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result issued within three days prior to boarding the flight to Taiwan.
The 368 townships in Taiwan each boasts its own character. Taiwan Tourism Bureau has been dedicated to promoting ecotourism since 2017 and its effort is widely recognized by international travel media.
The World Trade Institute of the University of Bern in Switzerland held the Global Economic Governance Seminar Series on December 7. Deputy Minister Chern-Chyi Chen of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) was invited to deliver a speech by video conference on the topic of “Post Covid-19: Taiwan and Global Economic Governance.” The speech provided Taiwan’s perspective on how global economic governance tackles new challenges and how Taiwan has responded to the current global governance. This wa
