By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterIn addition to Palau, the nation is in talks with four other countries about forming “travel bubbles,” Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung （林佳龍） told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
MOTC ignoring protocols: teachers’ group
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The National Federation of Teachers’ Unions yesterday accused the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) of ignoring proper protocols for developing school curriculums, after it found that schools had been asked to teach traffic safety as part of their non-Ministry of Education (MOE)-mandated curriculums.
The MOE’s 12-year Basic Education Curriculum Guidelines, which were adopted in 2019, mandate that elementary, junior and senior-high schools teach a “MOE-mandated curriculum” alongside a “school-developed curriculum.”
The former is “planned by the government to develop students’ basic learning ability and establish a development foundation according to students’ aptitudes,” while the latter is “designed and offered by each school to highlight the school’s vision of education and facilitate students’ development according to their aptitudes,” the guidelines s
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung, back left, and Kinmen County Commissioner Yang Cheng-wu, back right, are joined by children holding lanterns to promote trips to see the lanterns in Kinmen, as festivals on Taiwan proper have been canceled due to COVID-19.
High Court finds man guilty in death of rail police officer
OVERTURNED: A lower court’s ruling in April last year acquitting the man because of his mental health issues sparked a public outcry at the time
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The High Court yesterday found a man guilty of stabbing and killing a railway police officer last year, overturning an earlier acquittal.
The court sentenced the man, surnamed Cheng (鄭), to 17 years in prison, after which he must undergo five years of custodial protection to monitor and treat his mental health issues.
Upon learning of the ruling, the mother of slain Railway Police Bureau officer Lee Cheng-han (李承翰) said: “With some reluctance, I can accept this decision.”