A woman holds a pumpkin at the “Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel” in New Taipei City yesterday. The 400m-long tourist attraction is located next to Bridge No. 10 on Danjin Road. It is open to visitors from May to the middle of June every year, when the tube-like vineyards are filled with a variety of squashes.
New Taipei City is to begin a conservation project that entails planting 40,000 trees per year, artificially restoring 500 corals, and continuing to foster and conserve select marine species to ensure sustainable maritime development.
The project is seeking to raise the city’s forest coverage to 76 percent, while the coral restoration efforts would hopefully lead to more maritime diversity and help the city reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said on Wednesday.
The New Taipei City Government said it is planning to artificially restore 500 corals off Gongliao District (貢寮) and step up efforts to
From yesterday to Lunar New Year’s Eve on Thursday, the Taipei Flower Market is to remain open around the clock, in response to heightened demand ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
A special fair focused on local produce is also to be held at the market until Wednesday, highlighting products with the Certified Agricultural Standards, Taiwan Organic, and Taiwan Agriculture and Food Traceability labels, as well as those with the Taiwan agricultural production traceability QR code, Taipei Department of Economic Development Commissioner Lin Chung-chieh (林崇傑) said yesterday.
Hung Tzu-chieh (洪子傑), an official at the Taipei Flowers Auction Co’s planning division, said