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Posted: 06 May 2020 03:19 PM PDT
Taiwan’s CPBL to become world’s first baseball league to allow fans in since coronavirus outbreak
Taiwan News Date: 2020/05/06 By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 
Taiwan’s CPBL to allow maximum of 1,000 fans per game starting Friday. (CNA photo)
After being the first baseball league to open its 2020 season worldwide, the CPBL has sought approval from the CECC to allow spectators back into the seats. Since the season began on April 12, the teams have been playing behind closed-doors with cardboard cut-outs and dummies standing in for the crowd. The games have also been broadcast live in English and have attracted a lot of international attention. Media outlets, including the New York Times and Reuters, have praised the Taiwanese sports league for its pandemic prevention measures as well as the country's overall success in containing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). During a daily press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced that 1,000 spectators each will be allowed to enjoy Friday's games in person at the Xinzhuang Stadium in New Taipei City and the Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in Taichung. Chen said fans must have their temperatures taken, wear face masks and maintain 1.5 meters of social distancing, reported Yahoo News. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 03:15 PM PDT
Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/06/2020 By: Yang Chi-fang, Yeh Su-ping and Joseph Yeh 
CPBL’s opening game on April 12.
CECC chief Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said the CECC approved the Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL's) proposal to admit up to 1,000 fans as part of measures it is taking to relax social distancing restrictions as the number of COVID-19 cases dwindles. CPBL Secretary-General Feng Sheng-xian (馮勝賢) thanked the CECC for its decision and said the league has prepared detailed epidemic prevention measures for fan attendance at games. Feng said the presence of fans will be a major morale boost for the CPBL, which has played more than 20 games without fans since its first game of the season at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium on April 12. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 03:10 PM PDT
Those returning worry about wage gap, glass ceiling, lack of support from coworkers
Taiwan News Date: 2020/05/06 By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 
(Getty Image photo)
According to a recent poll, the main reason for Taiwanese women remaining out of the workforce after giving birth is that their jobs have often been taken by the time they are ready to return. Taiwan is doing better with gender equality in the workplace than other Asian nations, but the Garden of Hope Foundation drew attention on Wednesday (May 6) to the reality that the gender wage gap and glass ceiling, however improved, still remain serous issues in the country. Women in Taiwan tend to take primary responsibility for childcare; up to 83 percent of those who took parental leave in 2018 were women. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 03:07 PM PDT
Renewable Energy Magazine
Date: 06 May 2020 Climeon has received its first order within geothermal heat power in Taiwan, a new  geographical market for the company. The order comes from Baseload Power Taiwan and includes Climeon Heat Power systems as well as design and consultancy services for the surrounding power plant. The total order value amounts to about $4 million.The target is to deliver the heat power modules by the end of the year. Associated design and consultancy services will be delivered as the project progresses. The power plant is expected to be one of the first commercial geothermal heat power plants in the country. “We are proud to continue our global expansion through a first order in Taiwan. The geological conditions combined with financial incentives for green electricity production makes Taiwan an interesting market with great potential for Climeon,” says Thomas Öström, CEO of Climeon. “Taiwan is a prioritized market for Baseload Capital and we are very happy be able to start executing on a first power plant in the country,” says Van Hoang, president of Baseload Power Taiwan. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 02:59 PM PDT
Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/06/2020 By: Pan Tzu-yu and Evelyn Kao 
CNA file photo
The CPI for April fell 0.97 percent from a year earlier following an 8.56 percent drop in transportation and communications costs and a 35.5 percent plunge in fuel prices caused by plummeting international crude prices, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). Education and entertainment costs were also down 1.8 percent from a year earlier in April, as hotel operators cut prices by 15.44 percent and travel agencies slashed the price of domestic tours by 4.6 percent to attract consumers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the DGBAS added. Bucking the downturn, food prices rose 1.27 percent from a year earlier in April, with the price of fruit up 14.18 percent, but with the cost of eggs and vegetables dropping 13.63 percent and 7.32 percent, respectively, to offset soaring food prices, according to the DGBAS. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 02:55 PM PDT
Taipei Times
Date: May 07, 2020 By: Natasha Li / Staff reporter Novatek Microelectronics Corp (聯詠), the world’s leading supplier of driver ICs for LCD panels, yesterday reported a record-high net profit of NT$2.21 billion (US$73.9 million) for last quarter, rising 12.38 percent from a year earlier and 22.7 percent from the previous quarter. That translated into earnings per share of NT$3.63, up from NT$3.23 a year earlier and NT$2.96 the previous quarter. Revenue grew 13.01 percent on an annual basis and a milder 2.21 percent sequentially to NT$16.89 billion, thanks to robust sales of system on a chip (SoC) and driver ICs for mobile applications, which contributed 30 percent and 70 percent respectively to overall sales, the company said. An undated photo shows Novatek Microelectronics Corp’s logo at the company’s headquarters in Hsinchu. Photo: Hung Yu-fang, Taipei Times Gross margin was better than expected, rising 0.39 percentage points to a record 33.2 percent, compared with Novatek’s forecast of 31 to 33 percent, due to a better product mix and nonrecurring engineering income, it said. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 01:33 PM PDT
Radio Taiwan International
Date: 06 May, 2020 By: John Van Trieste 
The education ministry is rolling out classes in the Hokkien and Hakka languages for new immigrants to Taiwan.
Last year, the ministry’s Mandarin-language program for immigrants attracted more than 10,000 students. However, a survey of immigrants’ needs revealed that many need to master the Hokkien and Hakka languages. Though long treated as mere dialects of Chinese, banned from schools, and discouraged in public life, they remain the home language of many Taiwanese families. They have also enjoyed promotion in recent years, with both now having dedicated television stations. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 01:29 PM PDT
The statement by a Chinese official is believed to have been the first acknowledgement the virus was likely to be spreading between humans
The Telegraph Date: May 2020 By: Nicola Smith 
Medical staff wearing protective clothing at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in January CREDIT: AFP
The statement made to Chuang Yin-ching, a senior official working for Taiwan’s Centres for Disease Control, is thought to be the earliest acknowledgement that the pandemic which has now wreaked havoc across the world was already underway. In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Mr Chuang’s provides a fascinating window into the confusion on the ground and tensions between health officials that may have allowed the disease to spread out of control in the early stages of the crisis. He and a colleague had been permitted to visit Wuhan from January 13-15 to discuss the emerging novel coronavirus with Chinese health officers and doctors. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 01:24 PM PDT
Second-hand information could compromise Taiwan’s ability to devise timely measures, said Chen Shih-chung
Taiwan News Date: 2020/05/06 By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The head of Taiwan’s coronavirus response task force called upon 
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (CNA photo)
Taiwan, excluded from the WHO, can only access second-hand information about the development of the COVID-19 outbreak, preventing the country from acting fast and efficiently, said Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), Minister of Health and Welfare and head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). The “Iron Minister," which is the moniker Chen has earned for his diligent work and indefatigability, made the plea when speaking to foreign reporters in Taipei on Wednesday (May 6). "We're unable to see the woods for the trees,” Reuters quoted him as saying, adding that Taiwan could become a gap in global efforts to fight the epidemic if it fails to receive first-hand information for a clearer picture. The nation has lodged complaints against the WHO, including over erroneous case numbers it had for Taiwan and unanswered inquiries about the disease, the report said. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 01:18 PM PDT
Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/06/2020 By: Yeh Su-ping, Pan Tzu-yu and Evelyn Kao 
President Tsai Ing-wen (right) and Vice President-elect Lai Ching-te / CNA photo Jan. 11, 2020
Unlike in previous years when presidential inaugurations involved multiple public events, the May 20 ceremony will be simple and solemn, Chang said. The event will start with a swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Office, after which Tsai will move to the Taipei Guest House, where she will give an address and meet with envoys from foreign representative offices and diplomatic missions in Taiwan, Chang added. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no foreign guests have been invited to attend the ceremony, with political leaders from Taiwan's diplomatic allies and friendly countries set to send video messages of congratulations, according to Chang. [FULL STORY]  |
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