/ Staff writer, with CNAFlowering “skunk trees” have been identified as the source of a foul odor that was reported in parts of Kaohsiung early yesterday, the city’s Environmental Protection Bureau said.
MAKING A PLAN: An extra 3,500 highway and city bus services are to run to and from TRA stations, while tour buses are also to be operating as ‘quasi trains’/ Staff writer, with CNA
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) yesterday confirmed that it is to offer 18 commuter train services today, even as most of its drivers go on strike.
Six of the commuter trains would be express services, while 12 would be standard, the TRA said.
The earliest available train is the No. 3007 express train from Changhua to Taitung departing at 6:08am, while the last is the No. 1253 standard train from Keelung to Hsinchu at 7:09pm, the TRA said.
The five other express services are the No. 4007 train (Hualien-Shulin), the No. 4034 (Shulin-Hualien), the No. 4018 (Hualien-Taitung), the No. 4039 (Taitung-Hualien) and the
Taipei, April 29 (CNA) The Directorate General of Highways (DGH) on Friday said it has made arrangements to provide extra bus services for travelers in anticipation of an upcoming strike by Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) employees on May 1.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday released new guidelines that allow people with mild cases of COVID-19 to quarantine at home.
The announcement came after the CECC on Saturday last week said that more than 99 percent of local cases reported this year had mild or no symptoms.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Sunday announced the “new Taiwan mode” for fighting COVID-19.
The government should strike a balance between disease prevention and economic growth, Su said.
Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, yesterday told the center’s daily news conference that people with COVID-19 can quarantine at home if