2021/02/23 18:44 (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Hong Kong-based Genting Cruise Lines said on Monday (Feb. 23) that the company will arrange 34 cruises to Taiwan’s outlying island county of Kinmen this year, with the first Explorer Dream cruise to depart from Keelung Harbor March 7 and arrive in Kinmen two days later. Genting Cruise Lines Vice President Liu Hsiao-ning (劉曉寧) said it was impressive that last year, the Kinmen County Government arranged large boats to transport passengers from the ships as well as welcoming activities. She added that she hopes the county government will do the same this year, CNA reported. The county government said that since there are 1,400 passengers on each Explorer Dream cruise ship, and with 34 cruises from March to September, a total of 45,000 passengers will visit Kinmen. The local government added that it expects a second cruise line to sail to Kinmen this year, as Taiwanese cruise
Three KMT counties issue Taoyuan travel notices
By Lin Hsin-han, Jonathan Chin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writers and CNA
Three local governments separately issued advisories or bans on travel to Taoyuan for their employees, with the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) as of Wednesday confirming 10 cases in an outbreak at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Taoyuan General Hospital.
Penghu, Yunlin and Miaoli counties issued the advisories and bans on their own initiative.
The three counties are governed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) commissioners.
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan, center, greets Colonel Kung Lung-feng, commander of the 6th Army Corps’ Chemical Warfare Group, at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Taoyuan General Hospital yesterday.
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