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Yang Jin-long, president of the Central Bank, said that the exchange rate of New Taiwan dollar is stable, so we will not follow the U.S. step.Photo by UDN.

英語

No Need to Panic about U.S. Rates Rise

2018-04-17 a104010166 2041 Views GlobalFinance, issue_2215, RaiseInterest, taiwan

Stakeholders are urged to stay optimistic but cautious as various actions can be taken to avert potential harms from the recent rise of the U. S. interest rates. While businesses can manipulate financial tools to safeguard their profits, individuals can resort to more diverse currencies trading to lessen their losses from fluctuations in exchange rates.

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Students should strenthen the campus crisis awareness to protect themselves from danger. Photo by Tang Yu Min(唐毓閔)

英語

University Campus Safety is Unexploded Bomb: Awareness of Problem is Priority

2017-11-01 唐毓閔 2081 Views campus safety, crisis awareness, issue_2206, taiwan

Recently, an acid attack happened in National Taiwan University (NTU), causing one death and two injuries. According to police, after the murderer, who was a student from another school, splashed sulfuric acid to NTU’s students, he then committed suicide. University is an open space. Everybody is permitted to freely get in and out of the campus, resulting in many potential dangers. Universities are flashing red light on security.

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TNVR is the most humane way in the current situation. photo/ Chong, Cai-rong

英語

Stray Animals Need Love and Care

2017-10-25 張芷娟 2775 Views issue_2203, love, stray animal, taiwan

A movie named “Twelve Nights” which was produced from dogs’ perspective about euthanasia in 2013 led to a zero euthanasia policy in Taiwan, causing animals’ shelters to be fully packed. The government set out to TNVR (T- trap, N-neuter, V-vaccinate, R-return) stray animals. But the policy seems to be incomplete, as it can’t solve the problem.

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Faced with globalization, Taiwan still has mature up-stream textile industry. Photo／Taiwan Trade Fair

英語

Is Taiwan’s Garment Industry Fading? Textile Industry Needs to be Transformed

2017-10-18 唐毓閔 5259 Views #issue_2204, garment, taiwan, textile industry

Taiwan used to be the biggest manufacturer of ready-made garment. However, faced with globalization, many of Taiwanese factories have moved out of Taiwan, settling in other low-wage and mass-production countries. Nowadays, clothes in the whole world are no longer simply produced – they need to feed consumer appetite. Besides, fast-changing fashions also change consumer habits, affecting Taiwan’s textile industry.

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In lawsuits of food safety, all of victims are consumers, and they are just like a heap of loose sand. Photo／Hsiao Chih-lin（蕭芷琳）

焦點英語

Food Scandals of Taiwan

2017-10-11 張芷娟 21610 Views contaminated food, foodscandal, issue_2203, taiwan

Over the past few years, Taiwan has been rocked by as many as 160 food safety issues, beginning with foods tainted with plasticizer (塑化劑) and leanness-enhancing agent (瘦肉精) , followed by tainted oil (黑心油) and most recently toxic eggs(毒雞蛋) .
After the tainted oil issue, some people not only noticed the food security problem but also were aware of food additives, but most of the people still have not paid much attention to food safety in spite of the news storm.

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