Hundreds of Filipinos gathered in Hsinchu on Sunday for a beauty pageant that was held to raise money for sick and underprivileged children in the Philippines. At the "Runway of Fashion 2020" pageant, 25 contestants, mostly Filipina migrant workers, graced the catwalk at the city's Feng Tsai Restaurant and Banquet Hall, dressed in fashion gowns and were judged on confidence, elegance, appearance, and presentation.

A total of 17 people, identified as contacts of two COVID-19 patients who were recent travelers from Taiwan, have all tested negative for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday. The contract tracing and testing was done by the CECC after two people who traveled recently from Taiwan to China and Vietnam, respectively, were confirmed to have COVID-19, Chuang said.

Taiwan-Brunei relations are gradually moving forward amid challenges, especially in agriculture, tourism, trade, education and people-to-people exchanges, Taiwan representative to Brunei Andrew Lee (李憲章) told CNA on Friday.

Export orders in Taiwan continued to grow in July, up 12.4 percent year on year to US$45.57 billion, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs Aug. 20. Among the country’s main export sectors, orders for information and communication technology products exhibited the best performance, soaring 29.9 percent to US$14.44 billion. The MOEA attributed the strong showing to robust demand for telecommunication items like notebooks and tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Border controls resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic caused Taiwan's travel income and expenses to plunge for the second quarter of this year to a new low since the data started to be collated in 1984, according to the central bank.