Taiwan Talk: The Dr. Dog is in
Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! On this episode, we speak to Taiwan Dr. Dog, a group working to train strays to become therapy animals for disabled patients. We discuss a new cooperative project with Taipei City that aims to find families who can help raise and...Continue reading
Taipei to Introduce MRT Coding System
The Taipei City government is proposing a coding system for metro stations – and it is expected to be implemented before the 2017 Summer Universiade. The proposed coding system has been posted on one of the city government’s Facebook pages for a two-month public consultation. According to the proposed rules, each station will be coded...Continue reading
Taipei 101 Run Up Attracts Over 4,500 Participants
More than 4,500 runners from 38 countries took part in the annual Taipei 101 Run Up Sunday, with Poland’s Piotr Lobodzinsky and Australian Suzy Walsham winning in the men’s and women’s elite group categories. Lobodzinsky and Walsham won with time of 11:8 and 13:16, respectively. They were each awarded NT$38,000 in prize money. Among the...Continue reading
Professor Yu Zhen-hua on November Elections in Taipei
Professor Yu Zhen-hua, a political analyst from National Chengchi University, talked to ICRT about his take on the November elections in Taipei and New Taipei. Yu attributed the recent low public poll ratings for Sean Lien, the KMT nominee for the Taipei Mayoral office, to the overall slump in the general public’s support for the party. But he said it could be just a temporary phenomenon. He...Continue reading
Taipei Mayor Hopeful Shen Fu-hsiung’s Interview with ICRT
Although Shen Fu-hsiung (沈富雄) has been an active member in the political arena and mass media for a number of years, the announcement last Friday of his candidacy for the Taipei Mayoral election still took many by surprise. In a candid interview with ICRT, Shen gave the reasons for his decision to run against the...Continue reading
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