Hong Kong's representative office in Taiwan has temporarily suspended operations, a Hong Kong government spokesperson said on Tuesday (May 18), adding only that the decision was not related to the rise in COVID-19 cases there. Tensions between the Beijing-backed Hong Kong government and ...

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Hong Kong temporarily suspends operations at representative office in Taiwan

TAIPEI: Taiwan is in talks with the United States for a share of the COVID-19 vaccine doses President Joe Biden plans to send abroad, Taipei's top official in Washington said, as the island deals with a rare spike in domestic cases.
Biden said the United States would send at least 20 million more ...

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Taiwan says it is in talks for COVID-19 vaccines from US

Ridership on the Taiwan Railways Administration’s (TRA) system on Sunday fell about 60 percent following a surge in locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in Taipei and New Taipei City, the agency said yesterday.
About 200,000 people on Sunday used the TRA system, down from an average of 640,000 people on a regular weekend, Taipei Railway Station Master Tu Wei-ting (涂維庭) said.

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COVID-19: TRA ridership on Sunday plummets amid case surge

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan imposed power cuts on Monday evening following a spike in demand amid a heatwave and drought and failure at a power plant, in the second such outage in a week, although far fewer homes were affected.Power was restored by 1340 GMT, electricity provider Taipower said.

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More forced power outages in Taiwan as demand spikes amid heatwave, drought

Taiwan has raised concern about the survival of international businesses in Hong Kong a day after authorities announced plans to freeze all assets of media tycoon and pro-democracy activist, Jimmy Lai.

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'Risky for businesses': Taiwan warns against freezing of Jimmy Lai's assets

Banks, insurers and brokerages in Taipei and New Taipei City are to open as normal tomorrow, the Financial Supervisory Commission said on Saturday.
All financial service providers have been instructed to ensure uninterrupted customer services while following the cities’ tightened disease prevention measures, the commission said.

Financial services to stay open amid level 3 alert

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has announced that the city will begin fining people up to NT$15,000 (about US$500) for not wearing a mask outside their home. ...

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Taipei mayor announces NT$15,000 fine for not wearing a mask

Taiwan appealed to people to avoid panic buying of items such as instant noodles and toilet paper as new curbs on gatherings and movement took effect to rein in the spread of COVID-19 during a spike in domestic infections.

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