Taipei, Aug. 22 (CNA) Innovations from Taiwan made a splash at the eighth edition of the World Invention Innovation Contest (WiC) held in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, finishing with 28 gold, six silver and three bronze medals, according to the Chinese Innovation and Invention Society.
By Chen Chia-i and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerA Taiwanese-designed biodegradable bottle cap that hermit crabs can use as their homes won gold at this year’s World Innovation and Invention Competition in South Korea, as Taiwan ranked first overall, according to the results, which were announced yesterday.
Taichung mayoral candidate and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) presented his policy platform yesterday at an event that doubled as a launch for a book he coauthored about his home town.
Tsai’s campaign, dubbed 2022 Taichung Action, calls for projects to make Taichung safer and more convenient. It includes increases in public housing and transportation, along with an expansion of green corridors and waterways in a bid to become a “low-carbon city” by 2035.
The platform outlines ideas to boost sustainable energy, reduce coal power generation, develop green corridors and improve recreational areas along the city’s rivers and canals.
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Rules to control air pollution from steelmakers in Taichung would be the strictest in Taiwan, the city said on Tuesday.
The latest proposed ordinances marked the third time the Taichung City Government is to bolster environmental regulations for the steel industry, which is the second-biggest contributor to air pollution in its jurisdiction, Taichung Environmental Protection Bureau Director Chen Hung-yi (陳宏益) said in a news release.
The regulations which Taichung previewed on June 9 have been submitted to the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) for approval, Chen said, adding that the city aims to promulgate them before the end of the year.
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