Holidaymakers, rejoice. On the heels of Japan, Taiwan has done away with travel restrictions and opened its borders to international tourists. Since Sept 29 2022, Singaporeans could enter Taiwan visa-free for up to 30 days. Pre-departure PCR tests are not required, and there are no vaccination requirements to enter Taiwan. But as of Oct 13, quarantine is no longer required,.
Legend of the lighthouse builder: how a British engineer in China helped connect East and West, while living life to the full -STRICTLY ONE TIME USE ONLY- MANDATORY CREDIT-
Handout image shows an studio portrait of David Marr Henderson.
CREDIT: Felicity Somers Eve
Felicity Somers Eve was unaware of her great-grandfather s achievements until she found a cardboard box in a damp corner of the loft at her mother s house in 2009. And so from West Sussex, England, thanks to hundreds of objects, photographs, letters, technical drawings and other documents, she pieced together the work of David Marr Henderson and his colourful life, with much of his adulthood spent in China.
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If a typhoon was coming in 1898, you’d likely be notified by your friendly neighborhood chief banging on a gong and yelling outside your window. Today, people check their watches and smart gadgets for upcoming storms. But most people who grew up in Taiwan should remember watching longtime weathercasting legend Jen Li-yu (任立渝) in times of severe weather, his low-key calmness a contrast to the howling winds outside.
The 76-year-old Jen made his final weather forecast for TVBS news last Monday, quietly drawing the curtain to a long career.
“Nobody’s paying attention