A maze of hay bales is pictured in Taitung’s Guanshan Township yesterday. The Guanshan Township Farmers’ Association, which constructed the maze from 3,500 bales, welcomes people test their orientation skills, and invites them to visit a nearby recreation center and farmers’ market to learn about local agricultural development.
The Ministry of National Defense is reportedly considering using a portion of Provincial Highway No. 9 in Taitung County as an emergency runway, following calls last month for a contingency landing strip better protected from Chinese missiles.
The highway is undergoing a years-long improvement plan that includes a new extension skirting the edge of Guanshan Township (關山), fueling rumors that the ministry intends to use it as the nation’s sixth emergency runway, the only one that would be on the east coast.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) yesterday confirmed that the defense ministry wants a contingency runway to be
By Chen Hsin-yu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of National Defense is reportedly considering using a portion of Provincial Highway No. 9 in Taitung County as an emergency runway, following calls last month for a contingency landing strip better protected from Chinese missiles.
Season s lowest temperature recorded in Miaoli at 3.4 degrees
01/10/2021 11:44 AM
A cat is pictured when sunny weather returned to Taipei. CNA photo Jan. 10, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) The season lowest temperature was recorded in northern Taiwan s Miaoli County early Sunday at 3.4 degrees Celsius, as a cold surge gripped the country, according to weather expert Wu Der-rong (吳德榮).
The lowest temperature seen in flat parts of the country during this winter was recorded at 6:23 a.m. Sunday in Miaoli s Gongguan Township, said Wu, an adjunct associate professor of atmospheric sciences at National Central University.
As of 5 a.m., the lowest temperatures in northern, central and southern Taiwan remained at around 6 degrees, while the lows in the east was staying around 8 degrees, Wu said.