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The operators of the country’s four largest MRT metro rail systems have predicted combined losses of up to NT$10.156 billion (US$364.54 million) due to low ridership after the nationwide COVID-19 alert was raised to level 3 on May 19.
For the year, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp estimated losses of NT$5 billion to NT$8 billion, Taoyuan Metro Corp forecast NT$900 million in losses for its line from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Taipei, Taichung Mass Rapid Transit System Co predicted losses of NT$656 million and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp estimated NT$600 million in losses, the companies said on Saturday.
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Not all Taiwanese dragonflies grow up in water: study
By Su Meng-chuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Taiwanese researchers have discovered that the larvae of some domestic dragonflies live on land instead of in water, in the first-ever study of its type in Taiwan.
The study, published as part of the 2021 volume of the
International Journal of Odonatology, was conducted after a series of unusual larvae of the species
Cephalaeschna risi were discovered three years ago in Yilan County.
Immature dragonflies, also known as instars, are tiny predators that hunt tadpoles, mosquito larvae and other small prey in rivers and creeks, said Hu Fang-shuo (胡芳碩), the study’s first author and a student of entomology at National Chung Hsing University.
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Traffic accidents a ‘hidden hazard’ for Taichung councilors
RUSHING TO EVENTS: Two councilors were struck while riding scooters and now need to use medical devices, while another’s car was hit at an intersection
By Su Meng-chuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Getting involved in traffic accidents has become a “hidden occupational hazard” for Taichung city councilors, with three councilors having been involved in accidents over the past six months, a source said on Sunday.
Councilors on average attend 20 events around the city each day, and as many as 30 events a day during busier periods, the source said, but added that they are still being criticized for “not caring enough about grassroots supporters.”