Taiwanese researchers are to conduct the maiden flight test of an indigenously designed HTTP-3A sounding rocket’s second stage propulsion system on Tuesday morning, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University said yesterday.
The test is scheduled to take place at the Syuhai Interim Sounding Rocket Launch Site in Pingtung County as the first-ever launch at the site, the university said in a statement.
The university operates the Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC), which developed the rocket.
After the first stage is launched, the rocket’s second stage would be deployed when it reaches an altitude of 10km, then deploy deceleration parachutes and fall into the
The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday extended the deadline for filing tax returns for all taxpayers until June 30, after earlier saying the extension would only apply to people being treated for COVID-19 or those in isolation.
The ministry said that the extension of the May 31 deadline by one month was to reduce the risk of cluster infections by preventing crowding at National Taxation Bureau offices amid a record surge in domestic COVID-19 cases.
It on Tuesday announced that people who are being treated for the virus or are in isolation would have an extra month to file, but it revised
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe Ministry of Finance on Wednesday extended the deadline for filing tax returns for all taxpayers until June 30, after earlier saying the extension would only apply to people being treated for COVID-19 or those in isolation.
The Hsinchu City Council yesterday passed the Hsinchu City Ordinance on Wastewater Discharge Management (新竹市廢水及污水排放管理自治條例), following a referendum last year on the issue.
The referendum on Dec. 18 last year passed with 131,816 yes votes on the question: “Do you agree that the Hsinchu City Government should draft a wastewater management ordinance that would clearly state that industrial, medical and wastewater from other sources should be collected by a dedicated pipeline, the outtake of which should not empty into the intake areas of potable water or upstream of irrigation water intakes?”
The city government yesterday said it had met with local groups,