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Hualien quake delays 8,000 train riders

Nearly 8,000 train passengers were delayed after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck Hualien County at 9:05am yesterday. The Taiwan Railways Administration said the earthquake delayed 6,196 passengers on 31 trains, and about 1,700 passengers on the Taoyuan International Airport MRT Line. No casualties had been reported as of press time last night, but televised footage showed business owners in Hualien County’s Guangfu Township (光復) cleaning up damaged goods and broken glass. Footage from a surveillance camera at Liyu Lake (鯉魚潭), a tourist destination on the east coast, showed that the quake caused the lake to shake vertically. The quake’s epicenter was 37.7km southwest of

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Aboriginal culture and arts project breaks ground

The Aboriginal Traditional Culture and Arts Enhancement Project in Hualien County’s Guangfu Township (光復) is to serve as a culture and history research base for indigenous people in the area, Council of Indigenous Peoples Minister Icyang Parod said at a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday. The project, proposed in 2012, went through 14 rounds of bidding until it secured a contractor last year. The council is to allocate NT$179.75 million (US$6.1 million) for the project, making it the biggest council-funded project to date. The project is expected to be completed by the end of next year. Village council chairperson Tsai Yi-chang (蔡義昌) said that

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Speaking out - Taipei Times

Young people of the Amis Tavalong community in Hualien County’s Guangfu Township hold signs at a news conference yesterday to protest a government decision to ban traditional homemade rice wine. Members of the community said that the government’s policy favors an entrenched alcohol monopoly and threatens traditional indigenous wine-making culture.

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Bureau licensed to use Aboriginal technology

Bureau licensed to use Aboriginal technology
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New biogas plant to tackle energy, pollution problems

New biogas plant to tackle energy, pollution problems
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