As the year draws to an end, new desk calendars are needed to plan for the future. China Development Foundation, the charitable organization affiliated with China Development Financial Holding Co (CDFHC, 中華開發金控), has come up with a multifunctional wooden desk calendar for the Year of the Tiger that features a smartphone stand. With the prevalence of online meetings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become the most in demand item for office desks within the group.
The wooden desk calendar was developed by Sunrise Wood Workshop (向陽薪傳木工坊) with the support of the China Development Foundation. Affected by the drop in domestic
The spike in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since mid-May more than 2,500 as of Saturday led President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) Friday to call on the public to stay at home this weekend in an effort to slow the spread of the disease.
Disused tourist attraction station begins charging NT$10 cleaning fee
02/01/2021 07:10 PM
CNA photo Feb. 1, 2021
Taipei, Feb. 1 (CNA) Visitors to the disused Duoliang Station in Taitung County, southeastern Taiwan, began being charged from Monday a cleaning fee of NT$10 (US$0.36) per entry, the Taimali Township Office said that day.
The station on the South-Link Line opened in 1992 but closed to rail traffic in 2006 and has since become a popular tourist attraction, with its platform turned into an observation deck overlooking the rail track and the Pacific Ocean coastline.
The South-Link Line is operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration and runs daily services between Fangliao Station in Pingtung County and Taitung Station in Taitung.
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The Taiwan Railways Administration has seen a bump in passenger numbers for its daily round-trip service on its South Link line since November, as many rail fans wanted to ride the diesel-powered trains before they are pulled from service on Dec. 23.
The daily service between Fangliao Station in Pingtung County and Taitung Station in Taitung County, which takes just over two hours each way, departs Fangliao before noon and makes the return trip at 4:15 p.m.
The service gained attention because it is the only one using nearly 50-year-old carriages that have never been fitted with air conditioning and because of the coastal and rural views it offers across southern Taiwan.