Seven large prizes in the receipt lottery for January and February have not yet been claimed, including three worth NT$10 million (US$337,610) each, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.
The three unclaimed NT$10 million prize-winning uniform invoices, as they are formally called, were among 11 special prizes drawn for the first two months of the year, and carried the number 18927486, the ministry said.
They were all issued in Kaohsiung, including one for a NT$76 food purchase at MLD shopping mall in the city’s Cianjhen District (前鎮), the ministry said.
One was issued for NT$139 at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Sanmin District
The National Policy Foundation yesterday urged the Ministry of Culture to help Taiwan’s ailing brick-and-mortar bookstores with subsidies for rent and activities.
Tax exemptions rolled out by the government last year did not stop the decline of stores on Taipei’s famous “book street,” said Apollo Chen (陳學聖), the convener of the culture and sports division of the think tank, which is affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
Chen said that a foundation survey showed that the 77 ground-level shopfronts on Chongqing S Road are predominantly occupied by generic commercial establishments, including 18 restaurants, 12 banks and eight travel agencies.
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The Executive Yuan on Friday approved a plan to build a new line on the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) announced yesterday.
Su made the announcement during an inspection tour in the city.
The Kaohsiung City Government said construction of the new line would begin by the end of this year and it would open by the end of 2028.
The project has been allocated a budget of NT$144.2 billion (US$5.08 billion), with the central government covering NT$83.38 billion and the city government paying for the rest.
The proposed Yellow Line would connect Kaohsiung’s Red and Orange MRT lines,
LONG IN THE WORKS: Construction of the proposed Yellow Line that would connect Kaohsiung’s Red and Orange MRT lines is to begin by the end of this year/ Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei, March 20 (CNA) Taiwan's Cabinet has approved a plan to construct a new line on the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) system, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) announced Sunday, with the city's government saying that construction of the line will begin before the end of this year.