Taipei, March 16 (CNA) The population of Taiwan's critically endangered Formosan landlocked salmon has reached a record high of more than 15,000, according to an annual survey conducted by Shei-Pa National Park.
The Taichung City Government has been urged to include swimming classes in high-school curricula, as nearly two-thirds of the city’s schools do not teach the skill.
Democratic Progressive Party Taichung City Councilor Ho Min-cheng (何敏誠) said over the weekend that children and teens frequently drown during summer recess.
A 16-year-old high-school student surnamed Hung (洪) on Saturday drowned while playing with a friend in a deep pool about 2km upstream from the Dajia River’s (大甲溪) Guguan checkpoint in Taichung.
Ho said 291 people drowned last year, accounting for 4.3 percent of unintentional injuries, according to Ministry of Health and Welfare statistics.
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Hydroelectricity is the lowest-cost clean energy source that can be started up quickly, generating electricity as easily as turning on a tap. This is critical to the stability of the nation’s power system, especially when coupled with pumped-storage hydroelectricity.
The Dajia River (大甲溪) in central Taiwan is the nation’s only river with a series of reservoirs and hydropower plants, from upstream to downstream, making full use of the energy of flowing water to generate electricity.
The Dajia River Power Plant consists of five stations at Taichung County’s Deji (德基), Cingshan (青山), Guguan (谷關), Tianlun (天輪) and Sintianlun (新天輪) reservoirs with