New Zealand Food Festival Features Premium Products
A two-day food festival promoting New Zealand produce such as dairy products and wine opened yesterday with the aim of connecting local buyers and sellers. The festival is hosting 20 local food importers touting natural, premium and contamination-free food from New Zealand. Dean Prebble, director of the New Zealand Trade Development Centre (NZTDC), said this business-to-business fair...Continue reading
Taiwanese Business Students Complete 112-km Walk in Chinese Desert
Business administration students from four Taiwanese colleges completed a four-day journey on foot through a desert in western China on Monday, with participants from National Taiwan University winning an award for sportsmanship. Students enrolled in MBA programs at NTU, National Chengchi University, Tunghai University and National Sun Yat-sen University were honored yesterday for completing the...Continue reading
Ministry of Foreign Affair Unveils Working Holiday Safety Tutorial
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a short video to encourage Taiwanese youth to stay safe while participating in working holiday programs. The video is available on YouTube and is to be shown during a series of briefings held by the ministry to help Taiwanese better prepare for travel and work overseas. The four-minute...Continue reading
Free Hugs Going Around Taipei
Did you know that hugs are good for your health? And these young people are going around the Taipei Main Station to give away hugs! They are from Zhong-yuan University and today is the first day of their meeting the challenge of hugging strangers. Given how unaccustomed local people are to hugs, this really takes...Continue reading
Organic Farms Available for Rent in Shuangxi
Those who are interested in a taste of farm life should head out to New Taipei’s Shuangxi District, where urban residents can get their hands dirty growing organic produce. Shuangxi District officials says eight qualified organic farmers in the area have set up 5 to 6 hectares of land for rent, where city-dwellers can grow...Continue reading
Kaohsiung American School Introduces New Campus
The Kaohsiung American School cut the ribbon inaugurating their brand-new campus this afternoon, the culmination of a vision that stretches back to 1989 when the first incarnation of KAS operated out of a few apartments near the city’s Cheng Gong Hospital. Today, the school has a staff of nearly 100 and will soon be filled...Continue reading
W Taipei Talks Urban Beekeeping
Luxury hotel W Taipei announced yesterday that it has been participating in an urban bee-keeping program since November. General manager Cary Michael Gray says W Taipei has 100-thousand bees in an apiary on its roof, and harvested 3-4 liters of honey earlier this month. The project is part of a program initiated by Syin-Lu Social...Continue reading
Young Art Taipei 2015
Art lovers, rejoice! Mark your calendars for one of the biggest art fairs in Taiwan. Young Art Taipei (YAT) is back in its seventh consecutive year. It’s the leading contemporary hotel art fair in Asia, and every year young artists from around the world who are under the age of 45 show off their work....Continue reading
What’s Going On: Weekend of February 27 to March 1 in Taiwan
Music Java Jazz Festival: Timeless Fusion / Skyline Jazz Band / Symbiosis Trio [Jazz] Venue: Ximending Riverside Live House Address: No. 177, Xining S. Rd., Wanhua District, Taipei (台北市西寧南路 177 號) Date: 02/27/15 Time: 20:00 Tickets: NT$600 PUNiK (Japan) / Ape Apocalypse (USA) / Fullhouse [Punk, Rockabilly] Venue: TCRC Address: No. 117, Shingme St., Sec....Continue reading
What’s Going On: Weekend of January 23 to 25 in Taiwan
Music DJ Cary/Señor Smoke/DJ Smoke (Hip Hop Night) Venue: Revolver Address: No.1-2, Sec. 1, Roosevelt Rd, Jhongjheng Dist, Taipei City (中正區羅斯福路一段1-2號) Date: January 23, 2015 Time: 22:30 Tickets: NT$300 with a drink TYCHO Venue: THE WALL Live House Address: B1, No. 200, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Wenshan District, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1) Date: January 23, 2015...Continue reading
What’s Going On: Weekend of January 16 to 18 in Taiwan
Music 董舜文 / 呂聖斐 / 莊智淵 / 簡道生 / 高飛 (Jazz) Venue: Gonguan Riverside Address: B1F, No. 2, Lane 244, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 3, Zhongzheng District (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號B1) Date: Friday January 16, 2015 Time: Starts at 21:30 Tickets: NT$400 with a drink Half Year of Solitude <臭貓歷險記> (Jazz) Venue: Sappho Live Address: No. 1, Lane 102, Anhe...Continue reading
What’s Going On: Weekend of January 9 to 11 in Taiwan
Music BASTILLE Venue: Taipei International Convention Center Address: No. 1, Xinyi Road Section 5, Xinyi District, Taipei City (台北市信義區信義路五段1號) Date: January 11, 2015 Time: Doors open at 20:00 Tickets: NT$1900/NT$2400/NT$2900/NT$3400/NT$3900 DC & The Funky Duds (Blues, Funk) Venue: Sappho Live Address: No. 1, Lane 102, Anhe Road, Sec. 1, Daan District, Taipei City (台北市大安區安和路一段102巷1號) Date:...Continue reading
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