Taipei, Aug. 26 (CNA) Terry Gou (郭台銘), founder of manufacturing giant Foxconn, on Friday pledged to donate NT$5 million (US$165,268) to the families of each of the two police officers who were killed in the line of duty on Monday after being stabbed by a fugitive who overstayed permission to temporarily leave prison grounds.
Highlighting unusual weather events, Vice President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Forum and Exposition for Sustainability that Taiwan must take action to achieve its goal of net zero emissions.
Speaking in Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese, Lai said: “Lang bo tsiau thinn-li, thinn bo tsiau kah-tsi [人不照天理，天無照甲子],” which means if people do not obey the laws of nature, then nature would respond in kind.
A hailstorm in Mexico in June 2019 brings to mind a scene in the Yuan Dynasty play Dou E Yuan (竇娥冤) featuring a snowstorm in June, he said.
This and the heatwave
An inter-ministerial task force has been set up by the Executive Yuan to tackle the issue of Taiwanese being lured to Cambodia with promises of high-paying jobs, but getting stuck there as targets of human trafficking, Executive Yuan spokesman Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said on Thursday.
Legislators, including Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) of the Democratic Progressive Party, told a news conference that a task force should be set up to address problems exposed by reports of Taiwanese being lured to Cambodia, Myanmar and other countries with promises of lucrative jobs before being forced into illegal work while being subject to abuse.
Later in the
By Wu Po-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff writer, with staff writerHighlighting unusual weather events, Vice President William Lai （賴清德） yesterday said at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Forum and Exposition for Sustainability that Taiwan must take action to achieve its goal of net zero emissions.