BILINGUAL NATION 2030: Those interested can apply online, while recruitment would continue until all of the positions are filled, the Ministry of Education said/ Staff writer, with CNA
COMPANY POLICY: The cruise passengers were fully vaccinated and underwent two rounds of PCR tests, which were expedited by hospital staff working overtimeBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
A group of 157 people who went on a new year’s cruise were all allowed to return home after testing negative for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Keelung Hospital said yesterday.
The Explorer Dream cruise ship, which belongs to Hong Kong-based cruise operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd (雲頂香港), had suspended operations in the Port of Keelung in May last year after the government raised the COVID-19 alert to level 3. It resumed operations on New Year’s Eve by taking 157 people on a three-day tour around Taiwan proper.
“All 157 people aboard tested negative and are allowed to return
The “blue tears” in Matsu County might be a result of environmental stresses affecting the reproductive cycle of the organisms that cause the phenomenon, a study in Frontiers in Marine Science authored by a research team at National Taiwan Ocean University said.
The blue luminescence in the sea near Matsu from April to August known locally as “blue tears” is a tourist attraction and has been listed by CNN as one of the top 15 natural scenic wonders of the world.
The blue tears result when sexual reproduction among Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent red-tide algae, rapidly increases, National Taiwan
A woman shows off fresh seafood products in Keelung yesterday. The Keelung City Government yesterday invited local farm owners, fishery producers and popular fresh food e-commerce platforms to the Evergreen Laurel Hotel to discuss ways to develop the online food shopping market.