By Lin Ching-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerA trial program is to limit air-conditioning at more than 1,300 establishments, where temperatures at meal times are to remain above 23°C, the Bureau of Energy said yesterday.
By Huang Su-li, Lin Hsin-han and Jason Pan / Staff reportersRaces to place the first joss stick into the incense pot are returning to Taiwanese temples after disappearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the traditional event to take place on Lunar New Year’s Day.
Local governments nationwide have launched safety inspections on old residential blocks and buildings with mixed commercial use in the wake of Thursday’s deadly fire in Kaohsiung’s Cheng Chung Cheng (城中城) building, which claimed 46 lives and injured dozens.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said on Friday that while the Ministry of the Interior’s regulations require fire safety inspections for buildings of 16 stories or higher, the Taipei City Government has since 2014 mandated safety inspection for buildings of 11 stories or higher.
Ko added that Taipei has 124 buildings that are mixed residential and commercial properties.
The Taipei City Government on Friday said