Yilanhsuan Puppet Theater director Chung Yi-yen yesterday demonstrates glove puppetry in the Miaoli County Government offices, where he was one of two Miaoli locals to receive an award for their contributions to traditional culture. Chung also won the Golden Palm best performance award at this year’s Yunlin International Puppet Show.
Members of the Atayal community take part in a news conference in Miaoli County’s Taian Township yesterday, as the Miaoli County Government tries to attract tourists with a newly developed hot spring at the Atayal Cultural Hall.
A Miaoli County mayor and four other people have been formally charged with taking and offering bribes, prosecutors said in a statement on Tuesday.
In a statement, Miaoli District Prosecutors’ Office said that Tongxiao Township (通霄) Mayor Chen Han-chih (陳漢志), his former secretary Chen Chih-hao (陳志豪), township official Lin Kuo-hua (林國驊) and former adviser to the township office Huang Yen-le (黃晏樂) solicited and took kickbacks from private optoelectronics companies.
In return they promised to award a contract in 2019 to install solar photovoltaic systems in the town.
Prosecutors also accused Tsai Hung-mao (蔡弘懋), a representative of Rich Energy Co, of offering Chen Han-chih
In Taiwan’s rural lowlands, it’s a common sight at this time of year. Having cleared and plowed their fields, farmers intending to grow pineapples, strawberries or certain other crops, roll lengths of thin black plastic across the ground. To keep the film in place, soil is piled over the edges.
Plastic sheeting or plastic mulch, as it’s often called makes farmers’ lives easier by suppressing unwanted foliage that might otherwise crowd out their crops.
As an inexpensive labor-saving technique, its appeal is obvious. Taiwan’s farmers are getting old (in 2014, their mean age was 62 years), and finding
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