Rolling blackouts initiated after generators trip at Kaohsiung power plant
05/13/2021 05:51 PM
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A police officer directs traffic in Taipei after some traffic signals in the city went out due to the power outage. CNA photo May 13, 2021
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) Taiwan s state-run power company on Thursday initiated rolling blackouts, or short-term power outages around the country, affecting at least 8.46 million customers nationwide after a malfunction caused four generators to trip at Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung.
Taiwan Power Co. said it had initiated outages in different areas as an emergency measure after generators at the plant jumped at 2:37 p.m., prompting a phone alert that was sent to cell phone users across Taiwan.
On March 22, the Legislative Yuan passed the initial review of draft regulations on innovation in industry-university cooperation and talent cultivation in national key areas. Under the rules, top public universities and enterprises can jointly establish research schools in “national key areas,” and each school would be allowed to house two to three master’s and doctoral programs. Such schools are aimed at generating an additional 400 master’s and doctoral graduates yearly with an initial focus on semiconductors.
The draft has exposed a flaw in Taiwan’s higher education. Because undergraduate studies are often seen as “formative education,” industrial, academic and research
2021/04/27 17:25 (Facebook, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology photo) (Facebook, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) on Tuesday (April 27) made the decision to switch to online instruction for all classes until May 3, after 65 people from the school were found to have visited Taipei Grand Mosque on the same day as three COVID-19 cases. The Central Epidemic Command Center said Friday that an Indonesian cargo pilot and two of his contacts, who had all tested positive for COVID-19, attended an event at Taipei Grand Mosque on April 16 with 400 others, raising concerns about a domestic cluster. It was later confirmed that 65 students and faculty members from NTUST were at the same event, and they were asked to undergo quarantine.
Brunei scholarship recipient brings some of Taiwan back home
04/27/2021 11:23 AM
Rajazre Etim (center) and TECO Brunei head Andrew Lee (left). Photo courtesy of TECO Brunei
Taipei, April 27 (CNA) A Taiwan Scholarship recipient from Brunei recently reflected on his time in Taiwan, saying he came away impressed by Taiwan s openness and adaptation to globalization and found those helpful after he returned home.
Rajazre Etim was chosen as the Taiwan Scholarship awardee in 2018 and arrived in Taiwan in September that year to study at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei in the Department of Industrial Management.
He returned to Brunei earlier this year after obtaining a Master of Business Administration in June 2020, and was hired recently by a Taiwanese aquaculture company there on the recommendation of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the country.