The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported four new domestic COVID-19 cases, all residents of Miaoli County and Kaohsiung, bringing the number of clusters or individual cases with unknown sources it is monitoring to 11.
The new case in Miaoli County is a woman in her 40s who operates a stall at Jhunan Second Market (竹南第二公有零售市場), a traditional market in Jhunan Township (竹南), the CECC and county government said.
The woman got tested after learning that two people in a cluster linked to a gravel supplier in Kaohsiung visited the market prior to testing positive, although they did not visit
The Taiwan Ceramic Culture Association on Tuesday called on the Miaoli County Government to establish a cultural park to protect an archeological site in Jhunan Township’s (竹南) Shanjia Borough (山佳).
Researchers are excavating the area, where pottery made on-site and believed to be 2,000 to 3,200 years old has been found, the association said in a news release.
It has provided a guided tour of the site for county officials and local landowners, the association said.
A man named Hsieh Teng-hsiang (謝登祥) in 1983 discovered pieces of pottery and decorative stones at the site, which his son, Hsieh Chia-jung, later handed over to
Chiayi County Commissioner Weng Chang-liang (翁章梁) on Tuesday urged Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) to choose his county after local media reported that it is the chipmaker’s preferred location to build an advanced IC packaging and testing plant.
The DigiTimes reported earlier in the day that TSMC was deciding whether to build the plant in Chiayi County or Yunlin County, with Weng’s county the more likely choice.
Weng said that he is delighted that TSMC is evaluating the possibility of building a plant in Chiayi.
The county government would do its best to help TSMC solve administrative problems arising from an investment
Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver leaf and red paint to satisfy last orders for sacrificial cash offerings ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Chen Kun-huei (陳坤輝), 82, is determined to keep alive an ancient tradition of making the “ghost money” by hand even as others have shifted to automated production at factories.
“I will continue making ghost money until I can’t move anymore,” said Chen, the third-generation owner of his family’s business in Miaoli County.
Altogether, the Chens have been making ghost money for about 100 years.
Also called joss paper
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