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Masks are older than you think: Understanding Taiwanese history through 100 years of mask wearing

口罩的歲數比你想的有年紀：台灣人戴口罩百年記

A poster for 1988 Taiwanese film The Great Thief Li Shi-Ke.
《大盜李師科》電影海報。Photo taken from National Museum of Taiwan History Facebook page
照片：取自國立台灣歷史博物館臉書

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With the nation experiencing panic buying of surgical masks triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Museum of Taiwan History has curated a mask-themed Facebook post, entitled “Taiwan’s intimate history with masks,” which features exhibits from its collection to further the public’s understanding of domestic epidemic prevention.

In the Facebook post, the museum combines photographs with brief descriptions of each of the exhibits. The oldest is a government-produced public health notice, believed to date from the 1920s. Museum researcher Su Feng-nan explains that the museum had never previously conducted research into the history of masks, but in response to wall-to-wall media coverage of masks, they combed through their collections to show the public that these innocuous everyday items are actually rich in historic meaning.

According to Su, Taiwanese have worn masks for nearly a century. Each generation used different materials and methods to make its masks and used them for different purposes. In fact, by studying the masks, it is possible to understand the underlying significance and social phenomena of each period, Su explains.

The 1920s public health notice warns of an outbreak of epidemic meningitis in the Tainan area and tells the public to stay alert. It advises that people should protect themselves by doing three things: get vaccinated, disinfect bedding and pillows by placing them under direct sunlight and wear a mask. This demonstrates that wearing masks was already an important component of epidemic prevention at the time.

During and directly after World War II, half-mask respirators began to be used, primarily within the military, during disaster relief operations and for epidemic prevention. An early promotional poster for masks from the 1970s depicts motorcyclists and farmers wearing masks spraying pesticides. Small-sized Chinese characters written vertically along the sides of the advertisement carry the slogan: “Oppose the communists and resist the Soviets, increase production to support the nation.” It also indirectly reveals that motorcycles had by this time begun to be widely available in Taiwan.

By the 1980s, masks made from gauze and cotton were already a common sight in Taiwan, and masks sporting fancy designs and patterns began to appear. A poster for the 1988 film The Great Thief Li Shi-Ke features the film’s protagonist wearing a gauze or cotton plain white mask. The film is based upon the true story of a 1982 bank heist, after which many banks began to display notices asking customers to remove their face masks and motorcycle helmets.

During the 2003 SARS epidemic, Newton magazine produced a “SARS prevention handbook” special supplement, which featured a women wearing an N95 mask on the front cover.

In recent times, masks have become an everyday sight on the streets of Taiwan. Some people wear one to conceal their face or to cover their mouth as a metaphor for the lack of having a voice. During the 2014 Sunflower movement, participants stapled the Chinese character for “angry” onto surgical masks as a way to express their political stance and demands.

Finally, during recent electoral campaigns, candidates have taken to distributing free handheld fans, packets of facial tissues, masks and other functional items as a way to get their message across to voters. During the current COVID-19 outbreak, some people unable to buy masks, have begun using these freebie masks, which has become a talking point in and of itself.

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UNITED STATES

NASA mathematician dies

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and Earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film Hidden Figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Twitter that she died on Monday morning. No cause was given.

INDONESIA

Floods paralyze Jakarta

Torrential rain yesterday brought floods to Jakarta, paralyzing large parts of the capital, as rescue workers used boats to navigate streets turned into murky waterways to get people to safety. More than 200 neighborhoods were affected by the floods, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said. Evacuation posts had been set up with health facilities, he said.

SYRIA

Turkish shelling kills nine

Turkish shelling on Monday killed nine regime fighters in the northwest, where Ankara-backed rebels are fighting off advancing regime forces, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. Fighting on Monday killed almost 100 fighters on both sides: 41 pro-regime fighters, as well as 53 militants and allied rebels, the observatory said. Overall on Monday, the regime advanced rapidly in the south of the bastion, but lost the town of Nayrab along the M4 highway to Turkish-backed rebels in the southeast.

UNITED STATES

Funds for virus fight sought

The White House plans to spend US$2.5 billion to fight COVID-19, the Washington Post said on Monday. The administration has asked Congress asked for US$1.8 billion in emergency spending, the Post said. The request was for US$1.25 billion in new funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the transfer of an additional US$535 million originally set aside to fight Ebola. The White House said it expected to draw additional money from other agencies for a total of US$2.5 billion. Democratic lawmakers slammed the request as too low, and the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations called it “woefully insufficient.”

NORWAY

More samples for seed ark

An Arctic “doomsday vault” was yesterday set to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world. “As the pace of climate change and biodiversity loss increases, there is new urgency surrounding efforts to save food crops at risk of extinction,” said Stefan Schmitz, who manages the reserve as head of the Crop Trust. The latest shipment would bring to about 1.05 million the number of seed varieties placed in three underground alcoves in the vault inside a mountain near Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island.

BRAZIL

Crime rises as police strike

Violent crime has been rising in Ceara state on the seventh day of a police strike, Minister of Justice Sergio Moro said on Monday. Officials said the state had recorded 147 homicides in the past five days, a fivefold increase from the same five-day period last year. “There are signs that some violent crimes have been increasing, but it’s not a situation of total disorder in the streets,” Moro said, although he said the situation was “relatively difficult.”

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A picture of Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai is shown on a placard beside Lam Wing-kei, the former manager of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay Books who now lives in Taiwan, as protesters marched to China’s liaison office in Hong Kong on June 18, 2016.Photo: AP
China has sentenced Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai (桂民海) to 10 years in prison on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad and claimed him as a citizen, prompting Stockholm to call for his release in a case that has rattled diplomatic relations.

Gui, one of five Hong Kong-based booksellers known for publishing salacious titles about Chinese political leaders, was snatched by Chinese authorities while on a train to Beijing in February 2018, the second time he disappeared into Chinese custody.

The court in the eastern city of Ningbo said Chinese-born Gui was convicted to 10 years in prison on Monday and claimed that he voluntarily reinstated his Chinese citizenship in 2018.

Since China does not recognize dual citizenship, “China, according to law, only recognizes him as a Chinese citizen,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) said yesterday.

However, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde said in a statement to reporters that Stockholm continues to call for Gui’s release and “demand access to our citizen to give him the consular support he has the right to.”

The Swedish foreign ministry said that citizenship can “only be renounced after an examination and a decision by the Swedish Migration Agency.”

“Gui Minhai is a Swedish citizen,” it said, adding that it “notes” the Chinese claim.

Gui first vanished in 2015 while on holiday in Thailand and eventually surfaced at an undisclosed location in China, confessing to involvement in a fatal traffic accident and smuggling illegal books.

He served two years in prison, but three months after his October 2017 release, he was again arrested on a train to Beijing while traveling with Swedish diplomats.

His supporters and family have claimed his detention is part of a political repression campaign orchestrated by Chinese authorities.

The Ningbo court also sentenced Gui to five years of “deprivation of political rights” — which in practice means he cannot lead state-owned enterprises or hold positions in state organs.

A video released by China three weeks after Gui’s disappearance showed him purportedly confessing wrongdoing and blaming Sweden for “sensationalizing” his case and “instigating” law-breaking behavior.

Gui’s friend, dissident poet Bei Ling (貝嶺), said at the time that Gui’s confession was likely made under coercion.

The Ningbo court’s decision to highlight Gui’s citizenship was “obviously politically motivated” and intended to “stop the Swedish government from offering any support to Gui Minhai,” Amnesty International researcher Patrick Poon told reporters.

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Premier Su Tseng-chang yesterday talks to reporters during a visit to the Taiwan Pharmacist Association in Taipei.Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
With the traditional period for the annual pilgrimages dedicated to the goddess Matsu approaching, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday said that he had instructed Minister of the Interior Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) to ask organizers to postpone such events amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19.

Matsu pilgrimages are time-honored religious events in Taiwan, but they would entail large crowds in the daytime, and many people sleeping and dining under the same roof at night, raising questions about disease-prevention and containment efforts, Su said when asked whether the events would be postponed.

It is a critical moment for disease prevention, and he believes that Matsu would also want people to prioritize public health, the premier said.

Hsu told reporters in Taipei that he had reminded local governments and organizers of large religious events to adhere to the Centers for Disease Control’s guidelines on large assemblies and to have backup plans for delaying any large religious events.

He made the comments at an event to announce a ritual to be held by an alliance of temples to pray for good fortune for the nation as it works to contain the coronavirus.

The Huan Yu Matsu Cultural Exchange Association, which is organizing the ritual, said that it would be held next month and be attended by representatives of 100 temples, but it does not want followers to participate.

Meanwhile, organizers of the Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage (大甲媽祖遶境), the nation’s largest such event, said that they were inclined to go ahead with the nine-day event, which is scheduled to begin on March 19.

Cheng Ming-kun (鄭銘坤), deputy chairman of the Dajia Jenn Lann Temple (大甲鎮瀾宮) in Taichung’s Dajia District (大甲), said the public should trust the government, which has effectively controlled the spread of the virus, saying that the temple would cancel the pilgrimage only if “the city is locked down.”

The pilgrimage traditionally passes through Changhua, Yunlin and Chiayi counties, covering about 350km.

Cheng and temple chairman Yen Ching-piao (顏清標) traveled south to meet with managers of temples that had signed up to participate in the pilgrimage.

They planned to “negotiate response measures” in case the pilgrimage has to be postponed, the temple said.

The Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage is not the only one of its kind, so people should not target it, the temple said.

Additional reporting by Chang Hsuan-che

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China trade war to have lasting effects: Fed official

UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK:Loretta Mester said that foreign companies reorienting their supply chains and sluggish investment threaten the US economy’s growth potential
A trade conflict with China over the past two years has likely left a mark on the US economy, even with an agreement to defuse the situation, a US Federal Reserve official said on Monday.

An outbreak of COVID-19 in China adds another risk factor to the outlook, which otherwise seemed poised to provide steady growth, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said.

“At this point, it is difficult to assess the magnitude of the economic effects, but this new source of uncertainty is something I will be carefully monitoring,” Mester said of the epidemic.

With the partial agreement signed with China to call a truce in the dispute with Beijing — despite leaving many tariffs in place — as well as a new continental free-trade pact with Canada and Mexico, Mester said that the trade picture is “somewhat better” heading into this year.

“Nevertheless, some long-lasting effects arising from the trade war are likely,” she said in a speech to the National Association for Business Economics.

While the reduced uncertainty means businesses that had put plans on hold might now be more likely to invest, some foreign companies “have reoriented their supply chains away from US firms, which means these exports may be permanently lost,” she added.

Sluggish investment is a source of concern, too.

“Without investment in new technologies and capital, productivity will continue to be weak, dampening the [US] economy’s growth potential and living standards,” Mester said.

Mester, a voting member of the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee this year, was relatively upbeat about the economy, which she said should continue to perform well with a strong job market and growth of about 2 percent, slightly slower than last year.

The epidemic in China has cast a cloud of uncertainty over the outlook and is hard to compare with past health issues, like the SARS epidemic in 2003, which caused a minor slowing in the US economy, she said.

“China was not as big a player in the global economy back then as it is today, so there is the potential for a larger impact” if supply chains are disrupted or investment postponed, Mester said.

“On the other hand, China now has more resources with which to address the epidemic than it had in 2003,” which might mean “less protracted” damage to the economy, she said.

US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said that he does not expect the coronavirus outbreak to have material effects on the “phase one” US-China trade deal, although that could change as more data becomes available in the coming weeks.

Mnuchin, in an interview with Reuters late on Sunday in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the effects of what he called a “human tragedy” on the global economy, or on companies’ supply chain decisions, saying that it was simply too soon to know.

China has been focused on the virus for now, he said, but Washington still expects Beijing to live up to its commitments to buy more US products and services under the trade deal.

“I don’t expect that this will have any ramifications on phase one. Based on everything that we know, and where the virus is now, I don’t expect that it’s going to be material,” Mnuchin said.

“Obviously that could change as the situation develops. Within the next few more weeks, we’ll all have a better assessment as there’s more data around the rate of the virus spreading,” he said.

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Virus outbreak: Special COVID-19 act passed, ratified

SPEED ESSENTIAL:The act, which is retroactive to Jan. 15 and the majority of it valid until the end of June next year, was signed by the president shortly after it was passed
President Tsai Ing-wen, fourth right, holds the Special Act on COVID-19 Prevention, Relief and Restoration that she signed yesterday at the Presidential Office in Taipei, accompanied by, from left, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming, Legislative Speaker You Si-kun, Premier Su Tseng-chang, Vice President Chen Chien-jen, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu and DPP Legislator Lee Chun-yi.Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
Lawmakers passed the Special Act on COVID-19 Prevention, Relief and Restoration (嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎防治及紓困振興特別條例) yesterday, providing for a NT$60 billion (US$1.97 billion) special budget to help businesses and workers, and it was immediately sent to the Presidential Office, where President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) signed it into law.

The 19-article act stipulates penalties and fines for breaking quarantine, hoarding essential materials, compensation for furloughed workers and tax breaks for companies and organizations affected by the viral outbreak and those that pay employees under quarantine or on leave to care for quarantined family members.

The act is retroactive to Jan. 15 and is to be valid until June 30 next year, except articles 12 through 16, which took effect after the act was ratified yesterday.

People who are furloughed as a result of being placed under quarantine — at home or government-designated buildings — as well as people who need to take leave to take care of quarantined family members, but are not paid by their employers, have up to two years to request compensation from health authorities.

Employers — including government agencies and institutions, legal institutions, schools, companies and civic groups — should grant disease prevention leave to quarantined workers, and must not count them — or employees on leave to care for quarantined relatives — as absent without leave, force them to file for leave for any other reason, cancel their attendance bonus or deduct days off they have earned.

Employers who break this rule can be fined between NT$50,000 and NT$1 million.

Employers who pay these employees their salaries would receive income tax deductions of up to twice the salary payout, with the application process to be defined by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and the Ministry of Finance, the act states.

People who break quarantine at government-designated sites would be subject to a fine of between NT$200,000 and NT$1 million, whereas those who break home quarantine would be fined between NT$100,000 and NT$1 million.

Among other measures, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) can film or photograph people who breach quarantine or people confirmed to have COVID-19, publish their personal information, or take any other measures necessary to contain the spread of the virus, the act states.

People who spread rumors or disinformation about COVID-19 to the extent that it harms the public interest would face a maximum prison term of three years and a possible fine up to NT$3 million.

Governments at all levels have the authority to expropriate privately owned land, buildings, medicine, equipment, transport, waste processing facilities on the order of the CECC, and people who refuse to comply with such expropriations would face a fine of between NT$50,000 and NT$1 million.

People who hoard or attempt to hoard equipment or medicines deemed necessary for disease prevention, as published by the health ministry, would face a prison term of up to five years and a possible fine of up to NT$5 million.

Medical workers and disease-prevention effort personnel are to receive subsidies and are to be given extra compensation should they fall ill or die as a result of their work, including, in cases of fatalities, health ministry subsidises for their children’s education.


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Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Joanne Ou speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times
Taiwanese traveling to Russia should beware of local quarantine measures against COVID-19, as four Taiwanese were forcibly quarantined for wearing masks and mistaken for Chinese, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

After confirming two Chinese citizens in the country were infected with the disease, Russia on Thursday last week implemented a temporary travel ban on Chinese traveling to the country for private, educational, labor and tourist purposes.

Holders of business and humanitarian visas are exempt from the ban.

The measure does not apply to Taiwanese, but Asians might be required by police at street checkpoints to fill in health and residential information forms, or be sent to hospitals for detailed checks, the Representative Office in Moscow for the Taipei-Moscow Economic and Cultural Coordination Commission said.

Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) yesterday told a news briefing in Taipei that Taiwanese traveling to Russia should be careful about local preventive measures against COVID-19.

Two Taiwanese tourists were quarantined in a hospital by the Moscow Municipal Government initially because they wore masks and were mistaken for Chinese, Ou said.

Later they developed a fever, but it has not been confirmed what disease they had contracted, said Ou, adding that they are still under quarantine.

The other two Taiwanese were stopped on the street and told to go for a health check at a hospital, but were later allowed to return to their hotel for self-quarantine, she said.

Ministry officials in Moscow and Taipei have contacted the four people and their families, but have not yet been allowed to visit the two in hospital, she said.

A few weeks ago, the ministry received reports about Taiwanese experiencing physical and verbal abuse in Moscow after being mistaken for Chinese, she added.

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Outbreak weighing on business sentiment: TIER

LOW CONFIDENCE:Concern that the COVID-19 outbreak would lead to shortages of raw materials as well as hurt demand if it cannot be contained affected sentiment
Business sentiment declined last month and might weaken further as the COVID-19 outbreak disrupts business operations while consumer activity declines, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台經院) said yesterday.

The confidence gauge of local manufacturers shed 2.23 points from a month earlier to 94.16, ending two months of increases, the Taipei-based institute said.

Just 11.1 percent of firms reported an improvement in business, 16.4 percentage points lower than in December last year, while the percentage of companies reporting a decline soared from 24.5 to 48, the survey found.

More than 70 percent of firms involved in making leather products and electrical machinery reported a slowdown in business, it found.

“The data for this month could be worse after export orders posted a 12 percent contraction,” TIER president Chang Chien-yi (張建一) told a media briefing in Taipei.

He attributed the softening sentiment mainly to worries that the COVID-19 outbreak would lead to shortages of raw materials used in electronic components, even for firms that manufacture all their products in Taiwan.

Companies with the bulk of their capacity in China have had difficulties resolving labor shortages since an extended Lunar New Year holiday, Chang said.

Taiwanese firms also voiced concern that the outbreak would hurt demand if it cannot be contained in a timely fashion, he said.

Smartphone sales in China have plunged as people avoid going out and travel restrictions have added to the woes.

A separate survey found that the percentage of companies with a bullish outlook fell from 32.7 to 26, while the percentage of firms with a pessimistic outlook increased from 19.4 percent to 26.4.

The soft sentiment extended to service-focused companies, with their confidence reading shrinking 3.15 points to 88.63, it showed, with 90 percent of brokerages forecasting a slowdown.

Stores, hotels, restaurants and insurance firms also expect the outlook to remain bleak, it showed.

The business measure for real-estate firms fared the weakest, with an 8.41 point decline to 103.44, the lowest level since May last year.

Property transactions shrank 30.5 percent due to fewer working days and could remain depressed due to the outbreak, TIER said.

Property developers and construction firms would not cut prices, but instead push back the launch of new projects to deal with the slowdown, TIER researcher Arisa Liu (劉佩真) said.

Low interest rates, ample liquidity and capital repatriation would continue to lend support to the property market, Liu said.

However, “people looking for bargains might be disappointed,” she said.

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A Vietnamese migrant worker was on Sunday stabbed to death while trying to break up a fight in New Taipei City, police said on Monday.

Police officers responding to reports of fighting on Xizhen Street in Shulin District (樹林) arrived at the scene at about 11pm to find the man, surnamed Nguyen, lying in a pool of blood, the New Taipei City Police Department’s Shulin Precinct said.

He died on the way to hospital due to blood loss after being stabbed in the chest and abdomen, the precinct said.

Police took two Vietnamese women at the scene, surnamed Du and Nguyen, to the precinct for questioning, it said.

The victim and Du were friends, and were having dinner when the woman surnamed Nguyen, who is a former colleague of Du’s, telephoned her to settle a dispute, police said.

She arrived at the eatery with two other women and five men, and the group allegedly assaulted Du after they failed to settle the matter peacefully, police added.

The victim tried to break up the fight, but one of the men allegedly stabbed him with a sharp object, a preliminary investigation found.

Everyone except Du and the two Nguyens then fled, police said, adding that they are looking for the attacker.

Police did not provide any details about the dispute.

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INVESTMENT

Companies curb Italy travel

Investment banks including Citigroup Inc, Credit Suisse Group AG and Nomura Holdings Inc have curbed trips to Italy over fears that an outbreak of COVID-19 in the country’s north could quickly spread across Europe, four sources said. Milan, Italy-based Mediobanca SpA and UniCredit SpA have also banned all nonessential trips inside and outside of Italy, two sources said. Other banks including Barclays PLC and Morgan Stanley have told their Milan staff to avoid traveling to their offices in the city, two other sources said.

GERMANY

Firms reduced Q4 spending

Companies cut spending in the fourth quarter of last year, leaving the economy struggling and vulnerable even before the coronavirus outbreak created a fresh threat for global growth. Business investment fell 0.2 percent and household spending stagnated, the Federal Statistical Office said yesterday. The economy flatlined, a weak end to the country’s worst full-year performance since 2013. An Ifo survey unexpectedly rose this month, but the measure of business confidence did not capture the latest escalation in Europe, which sent global stock markets tumbling.

TRAVEL

Expedia to cut staff by 3,000

Online travel giant Expedia Inc is to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide after what the company called a “disappointing” performance last year, US media reported on Monday. The firm operates its flagship travel site, as well as Hotels.com, Hotwire, Travelocity, Cheaptickets, Egencia and CarRentals.com. Over the course of last year, sales increased by 8 percent, net income by 4 percent and earnings per share by 6 percent. By the end of December last year, the company had 25,400 employees worldwide. The job cuts would eliminate about 12 percent of its workforce.

TRANSPORTATION

Gojek denies Grab merger

Indonesia’s Gojek yesterday denied a report that it is discussing a merger with rival Grab Holdings Inc, a deal that would combine the leading ride-hailing businesses in Southeast Asia. “There are no plans for any sort of merger and recent media reports regarding discussions of this nature are not accurate,” Gojek said in an e-mailed statement. The Information reported that talks are believed to be ongoing, but a big roadblock to a deal is agreeing on control of the combined entity.

RETAIL

Tesco sells share in venture

Britain’s biggest retailer, Tesco PLC, has sold its 20 percent share of a joint venture in China to a unit of its partner China Resources Holdings Co (CRH, 華潤集團), raising ￡275 million (US$356.9 million) and completing its exit from the country. Tesco had established the Gain Land Ltd joint venture with CRH in 2014, when it started its retreat from China.

AUTOMAKERS

Renault files Ghosn claim

French car giant Renault SA on Monday said that it was filing a civil claim for damages against former CEO Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial misconduct. The company said in a statement that it reserved the right “to solicit damages with interest” from an investigation into numerous claims of financial misconduct in France. Ghosn faces a French inquiry into two parties he threw at the Palace of Versailles. He is also under investigation by France’s tax fraud office over suspicious financial transactions.

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Drier, warmer spring to follow warmer winter

GENERAL TREND:The average temperature between next month and May has a greater chance of being warmer than normal, the bureau said
Weather Forecast Center Deputy Director Fong Chin-tzu presents the spring forecast at the Central Weather Bureau in Taipei yesterday.Photo: Hsiao Yu-hsin, Taipei Times
People can expect a drier and warmer spring this year, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday, ahead of the start of the spring season this weekend.

The equatorial Pacific sea temperature is relatively warmer at the moment, which is likely to reduce humidity across the nation and cause temperatures to rise further, Weather Forecast Center Deputy Director Fong Chin-tzu (馮欽賜) said, adding that the phenomenon would be particularly apparent next month and in April.

The spring weather forecast for this year generally corresponds to the trend that has emerged since the 1990s, with rain in the west coast decreasing over the years, Fong said.

The nation would see normal to lower than normal rainfall from next month to April, the bureau forecast.

The average temperature between next month and May has a greater chance of being warmer than normal, it said.

Despite forecasts of a warmer spring, the bureau said there could still be cold spells coming from the north.

Between next month and April, thick fog would frequently occur on the west coast, as well as in Kinmen and Lienchiang counties, it added.

Before the start of the “plum rains” in May and June, central and southern Taiwan would continue to experience a dry spell, the bureau said, urging residents in these areas to conserve water during this period.

As the weather tends to change faster in springtime, which in turn raises the level of uncertainty in weather forecasts, the public is advised to regularly check weather updates from the bureau, it said.

The nation experienced a warmer-than-normal winter, despite the arrival of two cold spells — one strong cold air mass and four weaker cold air masses between December last year and February, it said.

The phenomenon was caused by a weaker high-pressure system, it said.

The central, southern and southeastern regions saw normal to slightly higher than normal rainfall this winter due to the humidity brought by weather fronts and cloud systems in southern China, bureau statistics showed.

Although rainfall in the north and northeast was greater than that in the central and southern regions, it was still slightly less than normal, the bureau said.

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Virus Outbreak: Travel notice for Italy raised to ‘alert’

MASKS FOR MINORS:Parents from tomorrow can purchase masks for their children every day of the week, with one parent allowed to buy masks for up to three children
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, and Deputy Minister of Education Lin Teng-chiao, right, give an update on COVID-19 prevention measures at schools at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times
The Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday elevated its travel notice for Italy to a level 2 “alert,” urging travelers to enhance precautionary measures, while also announcing a new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Taiwan.

“The COVID-19 epidemic situation in Italy is concerning, as the number of confirmed cases has been rising rapidly,” said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center. “The center has decided to raise the travel notice to the level 2 ‘alert,’ and we are advising people to practice enhanced precautions when visiting the nation.”

The center said that Italy had reported 229 confirmed cases, including seven deaths, as of Monday and the source of infection in many cases remains unresolved.

Outbreaks have been reported in hospitals, the Lombardy region has banned public events and Venice has canceled its carnival, Chen said.

Taiwan’s latest confirmed case of COVID-19 is an 11-year-old grandson of the nation’s 27th case — a man in his 80s living in northern Taiwan who was confirmed to have the virus on Sunday, Chen said.

The 27th case’s eldest son, who is in his 50s, was confirmed to have the virus on the same day, while the man’s wife, who is in her 70s, and his younger son, who is in his 40s, were both confirmed to have the virus on Monday.

The boy is the nation’s 31st confirmed case, and is also the youngest patient so far, Chen said.

The five family members live in two properties that house nine people. The houses are close to each other and the family members interact frequently, he said.

The 27th case’s younger son had worked in China last year, including in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, and he returned to Taiwan from Guangzhou in December last year. He also met with friends who returned from China during the Lunar New Year holiday late last month, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.

The friends are suspected to be the source of the infection and they have been tested for COVID-19, as well as the antibody for the virus, Chuang said.

Another 580 people who have had close contact with the five people are also being tested for COVID-19, he said.

The boy visited his grandfather in hospital on Feb. 11 and Wednesday last week, but did not experience any symptoms following the visits, Chuang said, adding that after his grandfather was confirmed to have COVID-19, the boy was tested and the positive result was confirmed yesterday.

The boy has been hospitalized and his classmates at the cram school he attended during the school winter break are being tested for COVID-19 infection, he said.

At the same news conference, Chen announced that starting from tomorrow, parents can purchase masks for their children with the child’s National Health Insurance card at pharmacies every day of the week and that one parent can buy masks for up to three children.

However, the parent can only buy up to four masks per child within a seven-day period and the child must be aged 13 or under, he said.

In related news, one evacuee from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, who is under 14-day quarantine, was taken to hospital for further observation after experiencing a mild fever on Monday night and yesterday morning, Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission Director Wang Pi-sheng (王必勝) said.

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Walsin’s pretax profit tumbles 30.43%

OUTPUT ISSUES:Yageo said the low number of employees returning to work after the Lunar New Year holiday affected factory utilization amid clients’ low inventory levels
Passive components maker Walsin Technology Corp (華新科技) yesterday reported that pretax profit last quarter dropped 30.43 percent to NT$1.44 billion (US$47.37 million), from NT$2.07 billion the previous quarter, due to lower prices.

An outbreak of COVID-19 in China is expected to affect the global economy in the first two quarters of this year, which would create short-term headwinds for the company, according to a presentation Walsin prepared for an investors’ conference yesterday, which was not open to the media.

The company did not elaborate on the short-term effects of the epidemic.

In the presentation, Walsin said that 5G-enabled networking devices and automotive applications would continue to drive demand for passive components.

The company reported revenue of NT$29.94 billion for last year, with China, the biggest market, accounting for more than 70 percent of its total revenue.

Operating profit last quarter dropped 18.12 percent quarter-on-quarter from NT$1.49 billion to NT$1.22 billion, with operating margin dipping from 20.55 percent to 18.74 percent — the smallest quarterly contraction in about two years, as falling inventory and supply constraints helped buoy prices.

For last year as a whole, Walsin’s pretax profit plummeted about 65 percent to NT$8.97 billion, compared with NT$25.61 billion in 2018. Pretax earnings per share fell to NT$18.46, from a record high of NT$52.96.

Separately yesterday, Yageo Corp (國巨), the world’s third-largest supplier of chip resistors, said that a shortage of passive components has worsened, as few employees returned to work after the Lunar New Year holiday due to COVID-19-induced lockdowns in China.

Yageo said it hopes that the situation will improve at the end of this month, when more employees return to work.

The company originally aimed to lift factory utilization to about 70 percent next quarter, but said that it now faces difficulty boosting it due to the severe labor shortage, and clients are seeing inventories running at less-than-normal levels.

“The company’s top priority is to satisfy customer demand,” a Yageo official said by telephone.

Yageo declined to comment on local media reports about price hikes of between 70 percent and 80 percent for its chip resistors, starting next month.

The firm earlier this month raised prices by 50 percent for multilayer ceramic capacitors, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News reported yesterday, citing industry sources.

Yageo is scheduled to hold an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting today to sign off on a plan to issue 80 million new common shares in the form of global depository receipts.

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title: Walsin’s pretax profit tumbles 30.43%


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The murders of the mother and twin daughters of democracy advocate Lin I-hsiung (林義雄) on Feb. 28, 1980, shocked the nation. Friday marks the 40th anniversary of that tragic incident.

Three days after the killings, a special task force made up of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), the Taipei City Police Department, the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau (MJIB), the Military Police Command and the National Security Bureau (NSB) was created to investigate the case.

Decades later, the nation is still no closer to getting any answers.

On Monday last week, the Transitional Justice Commission released a report of its investigation into the case, saying that the intelligence agencies involved destroyed evidence and covered up facts.

The report concluded that it cannot rule out that the authoritarian government of the time was involved.

This is a silver lining on this particularly dark cloud. Now that the commission has issued its report, it is incumbent on the government to form a new special task force to get to the truth of the matter, in terms of declassifying information and in view of changes to the statute of limitations for offenses that result in death.

First is the issue of declassification. Several of the intelligence agencies have dragged their feet on declassifying information regarding the case, with some saying that any accusation of government involvement at the time was baseless.

According to Article 10 of the Classified National Security Information Protection Act (國家機密保護法), after information has been given a “classified” designation, it “may be declassified or downgraded by the official who authorized the original classification or by the superior official based on his or her authority or upon application,” and that a “notice of declassification or downgrade shall be provided to the relevant agencies.”

The NSB, the CIB and the MJIB have the power to declassify the pertinent files in their possession, and the entities that have jurisdiction over the agencies — the president, the NSB, the Executive Yuan, and the ministries of the interior, justice and national defense — also have the power to declassify or downgrade them.

If there are concerns about the information that would be revealed and there is a reluctance to declassify them due to the prevailing culture among officials, it is up to the agencies governing them to take the responsibility and declassify the files.

Second is the statute of limitations. During former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) term, there was a controversy over whether a 20-year or 30-year limitation should be applied to the prosecution of the Lin family murders.

However, the problem was resolved with amendments to Article 80 of the Criminal Code in May last year, when the statute of limitations for offenses that result in death was lifted.

Prosecutors can now, based on the commission’s report, proceed with finding the truth behind the murders.

Finally, it is worth mentioning the debt owed to the commission 40 years after the murders. According to the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice (促轉條例), the commission is to be dissolved in May.

The act also calls for the creation of a special fund sourced by confiscated ill-gotten assets of political parties, but a fund has yet to be established due to a ruling by the Taipei High Administrative Court.

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title: Lin family murders a dark stain


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Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine, left, is run out against Bangladesh on the fourth day of their one-off Test in Dhaka yesterday.Photo: AFP
Spinner Nayeem Hasan yesterday claimed a match haul of nine wickets as Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs inside four days in their one-off Test.

The big victory in Dhaka ended a six-match losing streak for the hosts and handed Mominul Haque his first win as Test captain.

Zimbabwe, who trailed by 295 after the first innings, were all out for 189 in the second session, with Nayeem returning figures of 5-82.

Nayeem was supported by fellow spinner Taijul Hasan, who took four wickets as Zimbabwe lost batsmen at regular intervals after resuming on 9-2, although skipper Craig Ervine (43) and Timycen Maruma (41) offered some resistance.

Mushfiqur Rahim set up the win with his unbeaten 203 as the hosts declared their innings on 560-6 on Monday, in response to Zimbabwe’s 265.

Mominul struck his first century as Test captain with a 132 and put on 222 runs with Mushfiqur to set the tone for his team’s dominance.

“Everyone did well and I am happy for the team. We tried to put up a big score and we were able to get that,” said Mominul, who became captain in November last year. “I don’t think it is a difficult start to my captaincy career. Yes, we have to win more matches, but we will do better.”

Taijul took the final wicket of Charlton Tshuma as the home side celebrated only their second innings victory.

Taijul began the victory push for Bangladesh on the fourth day when he sent back Kevin Kasuza for 10 in the sixth over of the morning session.

Nayeem, who claimed two wickets in the first over of Zimbabwe’s second innings on Monday, took the key scalp of senior batsman Brendan Taylor, who top-edged a catch to Taijul at long-leg for 17.

Ervine and Sikandar Raza defied the bowling to put on 60 runs for the fifth wicket, but then Ervine’s run-out dented Zimbabwe’s hopes.

Raza set off for a single off Taijul, but Mominul broke the stumps at the striker’s end with a direct hit from cover-point to end Ervine’s promising innings.

Mushfiqur took a brilliant reflex catch at mid-wicket off Taijul to end Raza’s innings, before Tamim took another spectacular catch at mid-on to remove Regis Chakabva for 18.

Nayeem trapped Ainsley Ndlovu leg before wicket for 4, before completing his five-wicket haul with the wicket of Timycen Maruma. He ended with match figures of 9-152.

Tshuma unsuccessfully reviewed a leg before wicket off Taijul to become the last man dismissed as Bangladesh ended their six-match losing streak in Tests.

Zimbabwe’s Ervine, who scored 107 in the first innings, said his side did not capitalize after winning the toss and batting first.

“It was nice to get some runs in the game, but it was one of those disappointing games that we have to put behind us,” Ervine said. “We probably just did not kick on from the start and we definitely needed more than 260 in the first innings.”

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title: Nayeem spins Bangladesh to big win


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Malaysia’s political upheaval is jeopardizing the economy’s outlook at a time of heightened global risks and brewing discontent among locals about rising living costs.

The ruling coalition collapsed on Monday amid a power struggle between 94-year-old Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his planned successor. The political uncertainty is stalling economic policy, including a stimulus package that was due to be unveiled by Mahathir tomorrow to counter an outbreak of COVID-19 in China.

Now, that set of incentives would not be announced in time, as it had not been approved by the previous Cabinet, former Malaysian deputy minister of international trade and industry Ong Kian Ming (王建民) said.

“The consequence is that the help that many of the most affected industries would have gotten under the stimulus package now would be indefinitely delayed,” he said yesterday.

Even before the virus began disrupting trade and tourism flows, and the current political crisis broke out, economic discontent had been slowly growing in Malaysia.

Locals routinely complain about the rising cost of living, defying official data that shows inflation at its lowest level in a decade.

Several studies have shown that Malaysians are struggling to make ends meet.

“There are a lot of issues that are bugging a lot of people, especially the cost of living, unemployment, inflation,” said Ahmad Martadha Mohamed, a professor of government at Universiti Utara Malaysia in northern Kedah state. “These are the issues that are currently not being given enough attention by the government.”

Many people “see that whenever they go to the market, the prices of goods are going up, purchasing power is becoming less and younger people that graduated from university couldn’t find proper jobs and are complaining about being unemployed,” he said.

Consumer sentiment was last year in recessionary mode, despite Mahathir raising minimum wages, rolling out blanket fuel subsidies and abolishing a goods and services tax. A weakening in consumer spending could further undermine economic growth — already at a decade low — and erode public support for an incoming government.

The cost of basic needs, unaffordable homes and a lack of job opportunities were Malaysians’ biggest concerns, replacing corruption and power abuse that were top of mind before the 2018 election, a survey conducted from Sept. 5 to Oct. 10 last year by EMIR Research, an independent think tank based in Kuala Lumpur.

In a survey published by Elsevier Inc in November last year, 82.3 percent of respondents said that living costs were rising, with the poorest 40 percent — who typically spend more of their monthly income on food compared with wealthier households — feeling it most acutely.

The actual cost of living can vary by almost 70 percent depending on where a person lives, the World Bank said in a report.

Based on its calculations, a household in rural Sabah has to earn about 4,300 ringgit (US$1,016) each month to reach the same standard of living that 3,000 ringgit would buy in rural Kelantan.

Homes remain unaffordable for many Malaysians, with the World Bank estimating that cumulative salaries and wages increased 59 percent from 2010 to 2018, while house prices surged 87 percent.

A new government would need to respond to these pressures, as well as address more immediate threats from the coronavirus.

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title: Politics threatening Malaysia’s growth


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Only a few workers are seen in Terminal 2’s departure hall at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan on Saturday.Photo: David Chang / EPA-EFE
Travel agents yesterday urged the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) to help resolve their disputes with tourists as more people are canceling their travel plans due to the growing number of COVID-19 infections in other countries.

While China has the highest number of COVID-19 infections, the increasing number of cases in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand has prompted the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) to raise its travel advisory level for those nations.

It raised the travel notice for South Korea to level 3 “warning” — avoid all nonessential travel — on Monday following a spike in confirmed cases there, while the travel advisory for Singapore and Japan is at level 2 “alert” — practice enhanced precautions.

The advisory for Thailand is at level 1 “watch,” which urges travelers to take normal precautions.

South East Travel Service Co, one of the nation’s largest travel agencies, said that it stopped organizing package tours to South Korea after the warning was raised on Monday, adding that 70 to 80 percent of its customers who were planning to travel there next month have canceled their tours.

About 60 percent of travelers who were supposed to travel to Japan have also canceled, it said.

Many people who planned to travel to Japan are hesitant about whether they should cancel the tours, as they are concerned that the CECC might raise the alert level, it added.

The cherry blossom season is to begin in Japan in the second half of next month and many Taiwanese would like to take advantage of the long Tomb-Sweeping Holiday weekend in the beginning of April to visit Japan, it added.

Chung Hsing Travel Service Co chairman Ringo Lee (李奇嶽) said that the ministry should bring travel agencies and airlines together to help resolve the disputes caused by tour cancelations.

The nation has about 15 million outbound travelers annually, and about 70 percent of them travel to China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan and South Korea, he said.

The outbreak could cost the travel industry more than NT$100 billion (US$3.29 billion) in lost revenue in the first half of this year, he said.

Dispute charges caused by tour cancelations prior to departure could exceed NT$10 billion, Lee said, adding that the crux of the problem lies in refunds for cancelations.

“Many consumers think that they would lose 5 percent of the tour fees if the tour is for a level 2 destination and they would get a full refund if it is a level 3 destination. What they do not realize if that if the airlines, shipping firms and hotels do not offer refunds, and charge processing fees, travel agents have to deduct these expenses from the money paid by the consumers. Facing consumers directly, travel agents would inevitably bear the brunt of the blame,” he said.

The Civil Aeronautics Administration said it cannot force airlines to relax their rules on canceling or changing tickets, it can only urge them to consider the idea, Lee said.

While foreign airlines responded positively, Taiwanese airlines still processed ticket charges, he said.

Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said that the ministry does not want travel agencies to bear the financial losses and consumers’ complaints alone and it has asked consumer protection officers nationwide to help resolve such disputes.

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title: Virus outbreak: MOTC urged to help settle disputes


countries: 德國 英國

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A: The film focuses on two young soldiers, who are tasked with an unusual mission to enter no man’s land and deliver an urgent message to a British battalion — which is about to fall into the German army’s trap.

B: Sounds interesting.

A: The story is given added poignancy because one of the soldier’s brothers is in the battalion about to be wiped out.

A: 電影聚焦於兩名年輕士兵，他們被指派一項不尋常的任務，必須進入戰場上的無人區，把訊息傳給即將陷入德國陸軍陷阱的英國軍團。

B: 聽起來很有趣。

A: 故事還加入另一項刺激的要素，因為其中一名士兵的兄弟正好就在那個即將被殲滅的軍團裡。

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title: EVERYDAY ENGLISH


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The Forbidden City is shrouded in smog in Beijing on Jan. 18.Photo: AP
Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world’s highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and India, with most of the rest in Pakistan and Indonesia, researchers said yesterday.

Taking population into account, Bangladesh emerged as the country with the worst PM2.5 pollution, followed by Pakistan, Mongolia, Afghanistan and India, according to the 2019 World Air Quality Report, jointly released by IQAir Group and Greenpeace.

China ranked 11th.

Particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter — about one-30th the width of a human hair — is the most dangerous type of airborne pollution. Microscopic flecks are small enough to enter the bloodstream via the respiratory system, leading to asthma, lung cancer and heart disease.

Among the world’s megacities of 10 million or more people, the most PM2.5-toxic last year was the Indian capital, New Delhi, followed by Lahore in Pakistan, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata in India, Linyi and Tianjin in China, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Next on the list were Wuhan — epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak — along with Chengdu and Beijing.

In the capital city ranking, Taipei was 56th, compared with Jakarta in 5th place, Hanoi 7th, Beijing 9th, Seoul 27th, Singapore 44th, Manila 47th and Tokyo 63rd.

The report is based on data from nearly 5,000 cities worldwide.

Most of the 7 million premature deaths attributed by the WHO to air pollution are caused by PM2.5 particles, which originate in sandstorms, agriculture, industry, wildfires and especially the burning of fossil fuels.

“Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental health threat,” IQAir chief executive officer Frank Hammes said. “Ninety percent of the global population is breathing unsafe air.”

China’s average urban PM2.5 concentration dropped 20 percent in 2018 and last year, but last year it still counted 117 of the 200 most polluted cities in the world.

All but 2 percent of China’s cities exceeded WHO guidelines for PM2.5 levels, while 53 percent exceeded less stringent national limits.

The UN has said that PM2.5 density should not top 25 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of air in any 24-hour period. China has set the bar at 35 mcg/m3.

More than 1 million premature deaths in China each year are caused by air pollution, the WHO has said.

Recent calculations put the toll at up to twice that figure.

Across a large swathe of northern India and north-central China, meeting WHO standards year-round for PM2.5 pollution would increase life expectancy up to six or seven years, according to the Air Quality Life Index, developed by researchers at the Energy Policy Institute of Chicago.

In India, small particle pollution exceeds WHO limits by 500 percent, even if air pollution in general declined significantly last year, with 98 percent of cities monitored showing improvements.

Among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development nations, South Korea was the most polluted for PM2.5, counting 105 of the worst 1,000 cities on the index. In Europe, Poland and Italy counted 39 and 31 cities respectively in the tranche.

Other parts of the world, such as Africa and the Middle East, lacked data.

“What cannot be measured cannot be managed,” Hammes said. “Africa, a continent of 1.3 billion people, currently has less than 100 monitoring stations that make PM2.5 data available to the public in real time.”

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title: Micro-pollution ravaging China, South Asia: study


people: 陳其邁 陳時中 蘇貞昌

title: 深深一鞠躬！陳其邁致謝藥師：為了人民健康「我們一定會鞠躬盡瘁」

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▲陳其邁向醫藥師致謝。（圖／翻攝自臉書）

記者蔣婕妤／台北報導

行政院副院長陳其邁25日和衛福部長陳時中陪同行政院長蘇貞昌，向藥師公會全聯會與藥劑生公會全聯會致謝。他透過臉書表示，自己要透過深深一鞠躬，感謝他們的努力，

陳其邁表示，今天陪同蘇院長，以及陳時中部長拜會藥師公會全聯會與藥劑生公會全聯會，代表政府向全國辛苦的藥師朋友們，用深深的一鞠躬，表達感謝。

陳其邁提到，2月3日指揮中心宣布口罩販售實名制上路起，全國的藥師生們扮演第一線守護民眾的角色，不只是協助配售口罩，也傳遞正確的防疫知識，讓台灣的防疫之牆更加堅強。

陳其邁說，自去年12月31日，武漢當地僅有27例肺炎時，蘇貞昌院長便指示行政團隊一定要超前部署。當天中午自己召集會議，立刻採取行動，開始對武漢入境的旅客實施登機檢疫，是全世界第一個實施這項制度的國家。一直到今天，全國所有的防疫人員，都堅守崗位，全力與武漢肺炎對抗。

陳其邁感性說道，「台灣是我們的國家、自己的土地，我們學醫、學藥學到現在，剛好國家最需要我們的時刻，我們可以盡一己之力。我也到健保藥局看過，沒有2、3個小時，事情是無法做完的。藥師生們那種投入、奉獻人民的這種心情，我都充分體會，也深深感動。」

陳其邁強調，為了這個國家的安全與人民的健康，一定會鞠躬盡瘁，「再次鞠躬，謝謝藥師生朋友們！」


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南韓主要公司紛紛表示，由於新型冠狀病毒正在全國快速蔓延，為了預防起見，他們已允許員工在家工作。

韓聯社報導，南韓政府周一（24日）修改公共衛生規範準則，禁止有發燒或呼吸道症狀的人上學或上班，也限制他們外出。許多企業則開始採用遠端工作的方式以保護員工，並讓工作場所免於疫情波及。

SK集團說，旗下的SK創新、SK電信和其他四家關係企業，已建議員工未來幾周在家上班，但不同公司對遠端工作的時間和範圍等規定不盡相同。

SK集團表示，只有重要員工需要在這段時期到公司上班。

知名通訊軟體KakaoTalk的營運商Kakao則說，從周三（26日）起，所有員工都可以在家上班。

三星集團說，已要求懷孕、或配偶懷孕的員工，至少到周日為止，都要在家工作。樂金集團已允許懷孕、或家中有年幼孩童的員工，直到進一步通知前都要在家工作。

樂金電子命令大邱的員工在家上班，並建議他們暫時不要到生產現場，並補充說公司正檢查其雲端和網絡系統，為遠端工作做準備。

英特爾（Intel）和微軟等外商，也建議南韓員工多多利用影音或視訊會議在家工作。

當然仍有部分公司尚未允許所有員工都能遠端工作，但讓疑似曾待在有感染肺炎患者地區的人，進行自我隔離和在家工作。

title: 新冠肺炎當前 南韓企業只好讓員工在家工作


title: 每日星座運勢／巨蟹運勢走高有驚喜  財運佳得援助

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2020-02-26

牡羊座

回顧和總結是必不可少的環節。

整體運：★★★☆☆

學習上急需總結與回顧，若一味往前衝，可會顧此失彼喲；情人可能會只顧自身發展而忘記攜手共同進步，有些形單影隻；今日財運一路看漲，抓住機會高拋低進，准讓你喜笑顏開。

愛情運：★★☆☆☆

別在鑽牛角尖囉！需要為芝麻綠豆的小事情來動怒嗎？

事業運：★★★☆☆

運勢普通，抽些時間去散散心，除去一身的疲憊，調整好心情更能投入工作。

財運：★★★★☆

在投資上與異性合作易有收穫。

貴人星座：水瓶座

幸運數字：2

吉時吉色：13:00-15:00夕陽橙

開運方位：東北方向

金牛座

處事應多一點耐心。

整體運：★★☆☆☆

遇到不順會很不耐煩，你會無意間蹦出幾句粗話，小心因此而破壞在異性心目中的好形象。不適合外出拜訪客戶或商談，易吃到閉門羹。購物的時候，參加抽獎，獲得意外驚喜的機率很高。

愛情運：★★★☆☆

已婚者多為另一半付出，才會獲得更多愛的回饋；單身者易有新奇的愛情體驗。

事業運：★☆☆☆☆

事業運不佳，持續力不夠好，而且情緒波動比較大，特別不適合經手金錢相關的事務。

財運：★★★☆☆

財運不太妙，若不加以計劃，會有一大筆錢莫名其妙就不知花到哪去了喔！

貴人星座：天蠍座

幸運數字：4

吉時吉色：10:00-11:00櫻桃紅

開運方位：西北方向

雙子座

切忌蠻幹。

整體運：★★☆☆☆

對不熟悉的工作流程不妨請教有實戰經驗的同事，一味地憑自己的想像做事，只會讓事情更糟糕。投資運未見明顯好轉，但也不宜太過心急，證券投資者要時刻關注市場的變化，該出手時就出手，虧損的情況下就要盡量減少損失。

愛情運：★★★☆☆

平平淡淡才是真！浪漫過後總得回到日常生活，宜懂得體會平實生活中的溫馨。

事業運：★★☆☆☆

在工作上容易犯迷糊，出錯頻率較高，工作累時適當休息，可提高工作效率。

財運：★★☆☆☆

少玩金錢遊戲，免得徒增感歎或困擾。

貴人星座：金牛座

幸運數字：8

吉時吉色：15:00-16:00冷泉藍

開運方位：西北方向

巨蟹座

運勢走高，易有驚喜的一天。

整體運：★★★★★

笑容燦爛，親和力強，單身者在熱鬧的場合易遇到有緣人，有機會展開一段別樣的戀情。工作雖然忙碌，但很多疑雜症都能獲得圓滿解決，很有成就感。財運佳，投資者資金周轉有困難不妨向親友求援，易得到援助。

愛情運：★★★★☆

愛情運不錯，即便小有爭執也能快速復合。

事業運：★★★★☆

事業運頗優，適合經手財務或是報表分析的工作，多能做出正確的判斷與分析。

財運：★★★★☆

花點錢在交際應酬上可以改善人際關係以外，對於未來的財運也會有正面幫助。

貴人星座：摩羯座

幸運數字：5

吉時吉色：15:00-16:00和闐玉白

開運方位：正東方向

獅子座

不可妄加猜測別人的行為。

整體運：★☆☆☆☆

在同事的言詞還沒有表達清楚之前不要輕舉妄動，不然很容易聽錯話會錯意，從而發生不愉快的事。與朋友多聊聊天，對方的安慰與鼓勵，能讓你想開很多事情。買份報紙看看，在不經意間也許就能從中發現投資的新方向。

愛情運：★☆☆☆☆

少開尊口為妙，免得言者無心聽者有意，酸溜溜的氣話就別說了！

事業運：★☆☆☆☆

事業運略差，工作上會有小障礙發生，居多來自於溝通不良，要注意口舌是非或是文件失誤喔！

財運：★★☆☆☆

不容易掌握賺錢機會，甚至容易抓到錯誤的機會，宜守成，以不變應萬變！

貴人星座：處女座

幸運數字：1

吉時吉色：09:00-10:00檸檬綠

開運方位：東北方向

處女座

愛情需要用心經營。

整體運：★★★★☆

工作中的計劃停滯，你有點迷茫慌亂，多一分持續力便會有截然不同的結果；和他很容易就從好感轉為愛意，要好好經營這份來之不易的愛情哦；會有破財的危險，凡事多留個心眼才可望規避這些風險。

愛情運：★★★★☆

單身者多參加戶外活動，易邂逅心儀者；有伴侶者多擁抱對方，彼此都會有浪漫的感覺。

事業運：★★★☆☆

事業運普通，腦筋會轉不停，可是行動力卻不太明顯咧！

財運：★★★☆☆

先前有耕耘付出者，今日能獲得好消息。金錢上呈現有進有出，靈活運用金錢的軌跡。有閒錢不妨拿出來做人際關係，對往後的財務往來會有幫助！

貴人星座：水瓶座

幸運數字：7

吉時吉色：14:00-16:00桐花白

開運方位：正北方向

天秤座

注意留心周圍的環境，利用一切可以利用的東西。

整體運：★★★☆☆

猜不透對方的想法，在愛情面前躊躇不前，與其自己獨自猜測，還不如直接詢問對方。理財上，容易因判斷失誤而造成財產損失，投資之前一定要謹慎。看書學習應講方法，死記硬背會很辛苦。

愛情運：★★★☆☆

已婚者的感情較平淡，不妨多花些心思製造愛情中的浪漫和驚奇，雙方都會更有激情！

事業運：★★★★☆

工作順利，與人合作的機會多，互動愉快，但成績平平。

財運：★★☆☆☆

現實物質是今日的生活重心，滿腦子想賺錢也會想著花錢，只要保守謹慎不衝動、不投機，不會有太大的困難。

貴人星座：水瓶座

幸運數字：7

吉時吉色：19:00-20:00玳瑁棕

開運方位：正東方向

天蠍座

計劃趕不上變化。

整體運：★★★★☆

今天你的喜怒哀樂都會寫在臉上，在戀人面前休想有所隱瞞，小心謊言當面被對方戳穿；投資上你過於謹慎，雖不會遇到大的風險，但也難有突破；工作不太穩定，原定的計劃甚至會要做些改變。

愛情運：★★★☆☆

今日你對愛情的想像太美好，現實中的相處卻會讓你失望。多抱平常心，同時用心去經營，愛情之花會越開越稱心。

事業運：★★★☆☆

想法不易得到採納，就算是合理的意見，最好也擱置一段時間再給部門主管提出來。

財運：★★★☆☆

有破財的跡象，管好自己的荷包。

貴人星座：水瓶座

幸運數字：8

吉時吉色：11:00-12:00秋葵綠

開運方位：正西方向

射手座

需多留意粗心大意的毛病。

整體運：★★★☆☆

今天任務比較雜亂，一個細小的錯誤都會影響工作的進度，多點耐性才能提高效率。花錢的慾望較強，不如拿來請客，改善人際關係，為拓展人脈花費頗有價值。財運一般，可為日後的投資做好準備，籌備資金。

愛情運：★★★☆☆

單身者有不錯的機緣，給突然想起的異性朋友打通電話，會有意外驚喜唷！

事業運：★★☆☆☆

事業運不順，似乎很忙碌，可是有勞而無功的徵兆，勞而無功居多是自己造成的，因為個人的判斷錯誤而做了一堆白工。

財運：★★★☆☆

投資前應多考慮，以免因小失大。

貴人星座：水瓶座

幸運數字：9

吉時吉色：15:00-16:00玉髓紅

開運方位：東南方向

摩羯座

易獲得長輩照顧、鼓勵，勢氣得到鼓舞。

整體運：★★★★☆

今天雖然會遇到一些困難，但多能獲得親人、長輩的幫助，貴人點撥讓你信心倍增，精神振奮，工作也變得更加順利。異性緣不錯，有朋友邀約別拒絕，在社交場合易與有緣人相遇。

愛情運：★★★★☆

異性緣很棒喔，容易遇到追求者或是得到異性的幫助。

事業運：★★★★☆

事業運不錯，在表達上能夠表現出優異的一面，所以有事情需要溝通時不妨趁此良機溝通協調一番！

財運：★★★☆☆

今天在金錢運作上顯得特別大膽有魄力，雖然有遠大的眼光，但必須仔細評估後才可以有動作喔！

貴人星座：處女座

幸運數字：7

吉時吉色：09:00-11:00香吉士黃

開運方位：東北方向

水瓶座

有疲憊感，對很多事情都提不起興趣。

整體運：★★☆☆☆

今天對你而言像是黑色星期五，顯得無精打采，難以靜心工作，身在曹營心在漢，沉浸在自己的思緒裡難以自拔，需及時調整心態，以免要加班會讓你更有壓力。感情上，與另一半互動較少，會出現一頭熱的狀況。

愛情運：★★☆☆☆

單身者忙於家中事務，與異性接觸的機會不多；已婚者感情較平穩。

事業運：★☆☆☆☆

今日事業運很背，其實這與你的面情緒有很大的關係，特別要注意不要鑽牛角尖，這會讓你忙碌異常卻勞而無功喔！

財運：★★★☆☆

合夥營生者，易有拆伙的危機。

貴人星座：雙子座

幸運數字：0

吉時吉色：15:00-16:00琉璃銀

開運方位：西北方向

雙魚座

不要輕易許諾，既然許了就要遵守承諾。

整體運：★★★☆☆

對伴侶承諾的太多，但又沒見實際行動，這樣讓他在心裡對你的誓言產生不信任；執著於思考一件事，反而讓頭腦很不清醒，理不出思緒；今天會有點偏財運，可去買樂透試試運氣。

愛情運：★★★☆☆

與異性接觸的機會多，但真正的桃花還未出現，想要邂逅心儀的對象還需耐心等待。

事業運：★★★☆☆

遇到困難時別愁眉苦臉，也別只顧著埋頭苦幹，多運用人際關係會更易解決。

財運：★★★★☆

對於錢財的把握精準，採取速戰速決的投資戰略容易進財。

貴人星座：摩羯座

幸運數字：0

吉時吉色：10:00-12:00湖水綠

開運方位：正西方向

【更多命理分析，請前往 科技紫微網 】


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2020-02-25 23:49:53

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕3月1日登場的台南古都國際半程馬拉松，確定將照常辦理，但受到武漢肺炎疫情影響，約有2成8的報名者取消參賽。不少網友憂心疫情延燒，25日晚間紛紛湧入台南市長黃偉哲臉書，留言呼籲「請市長停辦古都馬拉松，不要讓這活動變成全國防疫的漏洞」。

受到武漢肺炎疫情影響，高雄富邦及金門馬拉松都已經取消，由台南市政府主辦的台南古都國際馬拉松，經討論後決定照常舉行，活動將於3月1日上午5時45分，於台南市政府前的南島路開跑，總計有約1萬4千人報名參加。

但正值武漢肺炎疫情延燒時期，不少人憂心大型活動成為防疫缺口，除了媽祖遶境舉辦與否引發討論，25日深夜有不少網友湧入黃偉哲的臉書留言，呼籲他停辦古都國際馬拉松，「請市長停辦3/1的古都馬拉松！」、「請停辦大型活動，不管戶外或室內」、「請市長停辦古都馬拉松，有義大利的case出現了」、「請市府停辦或延期3/1古都馬拉松 上萬人共食與流動公廁 絕對是傳染的最佳途徑」、「停止馬拉松！不要害人！」。

h4>相關新聞請見︰

武漢肺炎懶人包》傳染途徑、預防措施看這裡
「武漢肺炎專區」請點此，更多相關訊息，帶您第一手掌握。

title: 武漢肺炎》憂心疫情盼古都馬停辦 網友湧入黃偉哲臉書留言

taiwan-subdivisions: 金門 高雄

references: 臉書 網友


content_text:
2020-02-25 23:52:34

〔記者李容萍／桃園報導〕武漢疫情延燒，台中大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖遶境是否要取消引爭議，桃園市長鄭文燦23日在臉書PO出蘆竹區龍德宮四媽祖南巡謁祖遶境照片，被大批網友「出征」罵翻後，25日發出3點聲明，取消26日鹿港接駕行程，也表態「呼籲桃園各大宮廟進香遶境活動暫緩」。對此，桃園市議員王浩宇在臉書直指「看到柯粉一直攻擊鄭文燦參加龍德宮遶境就可笑」。

王浩宇還PO出一張照片發出一連串問題：「柯粉你知道你們家柯P市長跟著龍德宮走更久嗎？而且還不是像鄭市長在桃園禮貌出席起走就離開，而是特別從台北跑到新竹去跟著走一大段？」文後他建議，政府能有個態度禁止或要求延後 因為這種群聚活動真的不恰當。

就在鄭文燦臉書發出3點聲明，取消26日原定至鹿港的接駕行程，也表態「呼籲桃園各大宮廟進香遶境活動暫緩」，並建議大型群眾活動都要依中央防疫指揮中心專業評估後的建議執行後，王浩宇在臉書PO文表示，政治人物，不是神、都會犯錯，「今天鄭文燦確實犯錯了，但是他立刻認錯，且接受外界建議開始進行對宮廟的溝通，彌補沒做好的地方。雖然被罵剛好而已，但至少還聽得見民眾的聲音。」

王浩宇也預告，明天早上，桃園市各宗教團體將跟鄭文燦一起開記者會，宣布取消遶境活動及大型廟會慶典活動，會中多數宮廟將響應停辦、延後的號召。他並酸「民眾黨主席」參加龍德宮遶境、又號召民眾參與鎮瀾宮繞境，支持者卻到現在還繼續批評別縣市的首長，而國民黨台中市長盧秀燕對顏清標還不敢有態度。他最後請問，鎮瀾宮要不要停止遶境？

相關新聞請見︰武漢肺炎懶人包》傳染途徑、預防措施看這裡
「武漢肺炎專區」請點此，更多相關訊息，帶您第一手掌握。

看到柯粉一直攻擊鄭文燦參加龍德宮遶境就可笑，你知道你們家柯Ｐ市長跟著龍德宮走更久嗎？而且還不是像鄭市長在桃園禮貌出席起走就離開，而是特別從台北跑到新竹去跟著走一大段？

重點是，現階段市府無法源禁止相關活動。＃希望政府能有個態度禁止或要求延後 因為這種群聚活動真的不恰當。

由王浩宇發佈於 2020年2月24日 星期一

title: 武漢肺炎》柯粉猛攻鄭文燦 王浩宇：柯P跟龍德宮遶境更久

people: 王浩宇 鄭文燦 顏清標 盧秀燕

references: 網友 臉書

taiwan-subdivisions: 鹿港 新竹 大甲 蘆竹 桃園


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2020-02-25 23:46:09

〔記者蔡彰盛／新竹報導〕陳姓婦人在老公手機內赫然發現老公與小三的同框裸照，一狀怒告2人通姦，檢方受理發現陳女說不清人事時地物，甚至無法證明照片內的裸身男女就是老公和小三，遲遲拿不出證據，檢方將全案不起訴結案。

陳女指控，先生與小三在去年6月下旬在某不詳地點發生性交行為，怒控妨害家庭。2人堅詞否認犯行，聲稱沒有發生性行為陳女提出告訴時，未指出2人發生性行為次數、時間、地點，庭訊時，檢方多次諭知陳女補陳述，仍無具體指述。

陳女雖提出老公手機內照片，但被告2人均否認就照片中人，而且照片中只能看到1名男子及女子裸露身體，並無性行為畫面，難以僅憑照片就認定被告2人有性行為。

檢方庭訊時諭知告訴人補陳述相關錄影光碟等證據，具體表明告訴範圍，卻苦等不到，本案除告訴人單一指述，並無其他積極證據，足以認定被告2人確曾發生性行為，在罪嫌不足情況下，全案不起訴。

title: 老公手機內有赤裸床照 正宮告通姦踢鐵板


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2020-02-26 00:17:59

〔記者張軒哲／台中報導〕正值武漢肺炎防疫時期，信眾憂心媽祖遶境活動成為防疫缺口，各界希望鎮瀾宮廟方審慎思考，取消遶境活動。顏清標與副董事長鄭銘坤昨日（25日）南下與沿途各宮廟開會協商對策。據傳媽祖遶境百年未曾中斷，為讓落實防疫，今年在大甲席開1300桌「起駕宴」取消，而預計於起駕前一晚的「媽祖之光晚會」另擇日舉辦，相關文武陣頭與參與人數會精簡，盼大家共體時艱。

顏清標今日上午9時將在鎮瀾宮開記者會說明與沿線4縣市參與宮廟商討的結果，盼消彌外界質疑聲浪。

據傳，活動從未中斷，當年SRAS疫情大甲媽遶境也排除萬難完成。

據了解，大甲體育場舉辦的「起駕宴」取消，起駕前一晚在大甲體育場舉辦的「媽祖之光晚會」延期，等疫情穩定再擇日舉辦，廟方會全力精簡相關參與人數，盼大家共體時艱。

title: 傳大甲媽精簡規模如期遶境  取消起駕宴


taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 金門

title: 武漢肺炎》憂心疫情盼古都馬停辦 網友湧入黃偉哲臉書留言


countries: 中國 台灣

events: 武漢肺炎 死亡 冠狀病毒

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2020-02-25 23:40:58

〔記者蔡淑媛／台中報導〕中小學延後到今天開學，中央流行疫情指揮中心正好也公布國內新增一例武漢肺炎病例（第31例），為北部80歲多男性（第27例）的11歲孫子，也是目前國內年紀最小個案；中區防疫指揮官、中國附醫兒童感染科主任黃高彬表示，中國近期發表的資料中，目前7萬名確診個案，1到9歲、10到19歲都只各占1%，但中國的臨床診斷容易高估，實際上兒童發生率應低於1%，他認為，只要做好校園和居家防疫，不用恐慌。

黃高彬表示，兒童及青少年免疫力較成人差，也因此感染後免疫反應不會過於強烈，造成重症或死亡，反而要注意60歲以上及慢性病患者，如果小朋友有咳嗽症狀，應避免與長輩及慢性病患者接觸，一般病毒性的咳嗽，約5至7天復原，而冠狀病毒引起的咳嗽較長，因此咳超過7天未癒，就要警覺。

黃高彬說，目前中國官方公佈境內有7萬人確診，但7萬人個案實際上經PCR核酸檢驗確診為4萬人，許多個案皆以斷層掃描檢查等的臨床確診，而中國北京大學第一醫院胸腔呼吸科主任王廣發已打臉，利用斷層掃描檢查確診容易誤判非瀰漫性毛玻璃狀病變的病毒肺炎，包括黴漿菌、PE菌、退伍軍人菌等肺炎。

因此，中國研究7萬人確診個案所分析出1到9歲、10到19歲都各占1%，以及18歲以下罹患比例1%，黃高彬認為，都是高估兒童罹患武漢肺炎的比例，實際上兒童罹病率應低於1%，也就是高中以下的兒童、青少年染病機會低。

而且北部這名兒童確診病例是家庭群聚感染，是家人間的密切接觸，才感染罹患，中央已經撥發兒童600萬片口罩防疫，開學後做好正確戴口罩及勤洗手等防疫工作，因此國人對兒童青少感染不應過於恐慌。

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title: 武漢肺炎》中國高估兒童罹患率１％ 黃高彬：台灣首例兒童病例不用恐慌


title: 高雄機車族注意！ 左營高架橋3/7起禁行機慢車

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2020-02-25 23:34:45

〔記者黃良傑／高雄報導〕為解決汽、機車併行左營高架橋所的危險性，高雄市交通局於左營地下道填平後，宣布自3月7日起，機、慢車禁行左營高架橋，往來中華一路與翠華路的機車族必須改行駛平面道路，避免高架橋混合車流造成搶道意外，以及行駛曲度大路段所產生的危險。

交通局指出，左營地下道尚未填平前，汽、機車往來於中華一路與翠華路，都需利用左營高架橋，路型近90度大轉彎，加上汽機車混流，危險性大，車禍時有所聞，警方統計左營高架橋年事故率，每年平均件數約6、7件，評估未來汽、機車分流，可有效降低事故風險。

交通局長鄭永祥勘查發現，左營地下道已於去年5月填平，如期通車，恢復翠華路與中華一路平面道路，但左營高架橋路型設計包含近90度轉彎曲度段，不利機車行駛，民眾也反映陸橋汽機車爭道問題，交通局評估後決定，3月7日起實施汽、機慢車分流措施。

交通局表示，規劃翠華路往南左轉中華一路，將開放機車直接左轉，配合前後路口號誌時制調整，並不影響機車族行車效率，提醒用路人行經遵循現場標誌、標線及號誌。

taiwan-subdivisions: 左營 高雄 高雄市


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環保署認定台中市府針對台中火力發電廠（見圖）的處分違法予以撤銷，台中市法制局明列五大理由反對。（資料照，台中市政府提供）

2020-02-26 00:01:04

〔記者黃鐘山／台中報導〕台中市政府廢止台中火力發電廠2號及3號發電機組許可證，但環保署認定是違法行政處分今撤銷。對此，台電表示尊重；台中市政府法制局則提出5點說明打臉。

台中市政府法制局說明如下：

一、依地方制度法第75條第2項及行政院環境保護署組織條例第3條規定，縱使環保署想越過台中市政府，直接撤銷台中市政府環保局的行政處分，也要報請行政院撤銷，環保署直接跳下來做業者的第一線打手，作法嚴重侵害台中市政府的地方自治權限。

二、環保署新聞稿表示，其依行政程序法第117條規定做撤銷，惟該條明文規定是在法定救濟期間經過後，才能作撤銷，然而，本次台中市政府環保局對中火所作的相關行政處分，經中火提起訴願後，目前都在市府訴願委員會審議中，接下來也由行政法院進行審理，也就是相關法定救濟程序還在進行中，環保署卻執意為業者出頭，不等司法調查程序，直接判業者勝訴，難道環保署是已發覺中火違法事實明確，擔心法院將來對中火作不利的認定，所以搶先表態。

三、依行政程序法第117條規定，若撤銷對公益有重大危害者，不得撤銷。環保署撤銷環保局的處分後，讓中火10部機組火力全開，明顯是對公益有重大危害，依法不得撤銷，環保署所為不合法律之撤銷，應屬無效處分。

四、依據行政訴訟法第189條，法院審判也要斟酌雙方辯論意旨及調查證據之結果，並兼顧原告及被告之權利，才能下判斷，今環保署對於本案相關爭議，完全未向臺中市政府環保局調閱有關行政處分的資料或作任何查證，只聽台電公司陳情之一面之詞，就直接撤銷環保局的相關行政處分，令人不敢苟同。

五、對於環保署這種破壞司法救濟途徑的蠻橫做法，深表譴責。以後人民對於行政機關的行政處分不服氣，都不用打官司，直接找中央的陳情就好。

title: 環保署撤銷中火處分案 台中市府法制局5點打臉


taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 大甲 蘆竹 鹿港 新竹

people: 王浩宇 鄭文燦 顏清標 盧秀燕

title: 武漢肺炎》柯粉猛攻鄭文燦 王浩宇：柯P跟龍德宮遶境更久


people: 顏清標 陳時中

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鎮瀾宮媽祖遶境進香活動每年都吸引大批民眾參加，但因應新冠肺炎疫情，外界關注原訂3月19日起駕的媽祖遶境活動是否如期舉辦，鎮瀾宮董事長顏清標將與南部各宮廟協商，明天（26日）舉行記者會說明。對此，淡江大學蘭陽校園全球發展學院院長包正豪說，媽祖不是顏清標的，顏清標也不等於媽祖。在已經有市長帶頭遶境的前提下，為什麼超級屌的中央疫情指揮官陳時中不下令禁止，就像以前禁止包機返國／醫師人員入境一樣？

包正豪在臉書表示，因為防疫，可以禁止台商包機返國。因為防疫，可以禁止醫事人員出國。那為什麼不可以「因為防疫，禁止媽祖遶境活動」？這個時候就開始「泛道德勸說」，不需要「順時鐘」了，然後矛頭指向顏清標，影射顏清標為個人私利，所以不取消遶境，然後顏清標被形容成「媽祖代言人」。

「這個我不太懂，媽祖不是顏清標的，顏清標也不等於媽祖。」包正豪指出，在已經有市長帶頭遶境的前提下，為什麼超級屌的中央疫情指揮官不下令禁止，就像他以前禁止包機返國/醫師人員入境一樣。以防疫為由，陳時中應該是此刻台灣島的掌權人。

title: 媽祖不是顏清標的！學者：這時就不需要「順時鐘」了？


countries: 伊朗 巴林 科威特 伊拉克 中國 義大利 阿富汗 以色列

events: 死亡 武漢肺炎

title: 伊朗疫情嚴峻 議員報料官方掩蓋疫情

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人來人往的伊朗首都德黑蘭街頭，民眾開始戴起口罩。武漢肺炎疫情入侵中東，伊朗在當地時間19號出現確診病患後，疫情就急速升溫。到24號，確診病患已達61例，死亡人數攀升到12人，是中國以外死亡人數最多的國家。 疫情最嚴重的什葉派穆斯林聖城科姆市更有議員爆料，政府掩蓋疫情，過去半個月，當地至少死了50人，但衛生部門否認。朗衛生部發言拉哈里吉說：「完全沒這回事，要是科姆市死亡人數達到這數字（50）的一半或四分之一，我就請辭。」
 儘管確診人數過去一星期迅速攀升，但伊朗衛生部門仍表示，不建議採取隔離措施。不過鄰近國家已繃緊神經，為防止疫情擴散，陸續關閉連接伊朗的邊界。只是疫情還是傳了出去，伊拉克24號出現第一個確診病例。
 伊拉克納加夫健康局長吉瓦魯表示，患者是一名在納加夫的伊朗神學生，他在19號入境，即政府決定關閉邊界、禁止來自伊朗的非伊拉客人入境之前。

除了伊拉克，巴林、阿富汗也各有一例確診，科威特則有3例，以色列則是2例。阿富汗已宣布出現確診病患的地區，進入緊急狀態。儘管近來疫情擴散超過30國，世界衛生組織ＷＨＯ仍表示，現階段疫情還沒達到全球性傳播的「大流行」。
 世界衛生組織秘書長譚德賽說：「這病毒是否具有大流行的潛力？絕對有。已到這狀況了嗎，根據我們的評估，還沒。」WHO表示，「大流行」不符合事實，也引發恐懼，他們會密切關注伊朗、南韓、義大利等國疫情。WHO團隊也會在25號抵達伊朗了解狀況。


countries: 香港 日本

title: 香港北角「福慧精舍」已有7信眾確診

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香港北角的有佛堂有7位信眾感染武漢肺炎，其中一位婦人曾在1月26號到31號去日本大阪。而目前香港確診個案，至少攀升到81例。

香港北角「福慧精舍」佛堂出現武漢肺炎群聚感染，原先確診有4人，24號再增加3位信眾感染。香港衞生防護中心指出，其中一人是68歲婦人，2月1號到6號期間每天都前往佛堂報到。另一人是57歲的家庭主婦，潛伏期間，1月26號到31號曾到訪日本大阪。衛生防護中心傳染病處主任張竹君表示，「第76宗和77宗個案的患者均曾前往北角一間名為福慧精舍的佛堂，第76宗個案患者是一名57歲女子，她是家庭主婦，患者在潛伏期內，曾於1月26號到1月31號前往日本大阪遊玩。」

衛生防護中心表示，佛堂信眾在年初一、十五曾一起用膳，吃飯期間沒有戴口罩，可能因此傳播病毒。不過佛堂沒有登記造冊，比較難追縱出入的信眾。至於鑽石公主號返港的乘客，24號也再新增四例確診。張竹君解釋，「第79宗個案的58歲女患者，2月4號在郵輪上曾經覺得喉嚨有些不舒服，但目前沒有不適，正在瑪麗醫院接受治療。」

疫情延燒，香港人心惶惶。面對南韓也爆發宗教場所的群聚感染，香港提高戒備，已經對南韓發布紅色旅遊警示，不允許從南韓飛香港的外籍人士入境。


title: 受疫情拖累 中國人大.政協頭擺緩期

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往過攏安排佇三月初的人民大會佮政治協商會議，煞因為武漢肺炎，宣佈延期。另外武漢肺炎疫情hőng認定，病毒來源是對食野味來的，另一方面，人大常委會也決議，若是亂賣野生動物，就共重罰、而且也禁止民眾食野生動物。

中國最高立法機關----全國人民代表大會的常委會24號在北京開會後宣布，考量目前新冠肺炎疫情延燒，決定延後召開第13屆全國人大第3次會議。這項為期十天的例行會議，往年都定在3月5號舉行，來自中國各地有多達三千名代表參加。今年是自1995年以來，首次打破慣例。至於確切的會議日期目前尚未敲定。

另一方面，由於這一波新冠肺炎疫情的病毒來源、被懷疑是武漢一家海鮮市場販賣的野生動物，人大常委會通過決議、未來將全面禁止非法野生動物交易，革除民眾食用野生動物的陋習，並且加強打擊相關不法行為，即日起開始生效。即便不是以食用為目的，包括科學研究、動物醫藥實驗和展示等活動在內，只要有涉及野生動物，都會受到嚴格審查。

除了人大之外，原本預定在3月3號開幕的中國人民政治協商會議，現在也確定推遲。有專家認為，中國這項做法是在向外界傳達以防疫為最優先的決心。同時在疫情尚未受控的當下，中國當局也不適宜透過兩會展現過去一年來的進步與發展。

記者 謝濟真 報導


countries: 韓國 以色列

events: 武漢肺炎 死亡

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南韓佇2/25閣增加144名、武漢肺炎感染者，全國已經有977人致病，11个人死亡。往生者內面，有一位是外籍人士。南韓政府也宣佈，大邱市佮慶尚北道列做疫情重災區，也會用強硬手段共封鎖起來，而且要求新天地大邱教會愛提供完整的信徒名單。

武漢肺炎肆虐南韓，大邱E-Mart賣場門口，數百位民眾排隊買口罩，隊伍綿延幾百公尺，景象壯觀。根據地方報紙「慶北每日新聞」，韓國保健局與 E-Mart賣場合作，在大邱地區出售141萬副口罩。但仍然有排隊久等的民眾撲了空。

==大邱民眾 李太金==
 一人應該限買更少數量
 或確保每個人都買得到一些
 我們很焦急 連一副都不剩了
 政府應該想想辦法
 不然基本上就是
 讓倒楣的人等死

南韓武漢肺炎的確診人數不斷飆升，其中大邱市和慶尚北道屬於疫情重災區。南韓政府宣布這兩地劃為「特別管控區」，要採取強硬封鎖措施，阻斷病毒在社區擴散。而被懷疑是群聚感染源之一的新天地大邱教會，也被要求提供完整的教徒名單。將對超過21萬的教徒進行病毒檢測。

==南韓衛生福利部副部長 金剛立==
 新天地教會昨晚已同意
 配合中央疾病安全中心
 提供完整教徒名單
 以及教徒的接觸史等資訊

南韓國會則是因為一名確診者曾出席公聽會，24號宣布暫時關閉，並取消25號的全體會議，全面進行消毒，預計26號重新開放。另外，日前以色列以防疫為由，禁止南韓班機入境，韓聯社報導，以色列政府已安排兩架包機，將被拒絕入境的南韓民眾載回韓國，並由以色列承擔相關費用。

==南韓偶像團體BTS成員 朴智旻==
 希望大家都不要生病
 尤其現在是特別危險的時期
 希望大家好好照顧身體

面對武漢肺炎情勢日益嚴峻，南韓偶像團體防彈少年團BTS也配合防疫方針，將原定24號舉行的回歸記者會，改由線上直播的方式進行，並呼籲粉絲注意身體健康。

記者 林孝儒 報導

title: 南韓病例破977例 封鎖大邱市.慶尚北道


countries: 中國 韓國 日本

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The travel advisory has been raised to Level 3, meaning that travelers should avoid all nonessential travel to South Korea.

Many airlines at the Taoyuan International Airport have canceled flights destined for South Korea. There is a sharp decrease in tourists going to South Korea due to the COVID-19 outbreak, except for the ones who need to go for work or for school. About 80% of group travelers have canceled their trip as the travel advisory for South Korea has been raised to Level 3.

On the 24th, we began to assist customers to cancel their trip to South Korea in mid-March. When the travel advisory for South Korea was raised to Level 3 on the afternoon of Feb. 24, we continued to inform those who plan to travel at the end of March.

According to statistics done by the Tourism Bureau, there are about 17 tour groups, a total of 266 people currently in South Korea. The Bureau has asked the travel agency to inform the tourists that they need to monitor their own health if they come back after Feb. 25, and that home quarantine is required if they come back after Feb. 27.
 Therefore most of the agencies are assisting their customers to come back before the 27th. The Travel Quality Assurance Association called on the government to assist with disputes resulted from the canceled trips.

The airlines and hotels aboard don't always change their refund policy as the COVID-19 epidemic soars. Therefore payment disputes will surpass at least NT$10 billion.

As the COVID-19 surges continue in Japan, China and South Korea, the Travel Quality Assurance Association's statistics have suggested that the travel industry could face more than tens of billion dollars in refund costs in the future.

配合南韓旅遊疫情建議提升到第三級警告，外交部的旅遊燈號也調整至"橙色"，僅次於禁止出團的紅色，目前旅行業者陸續接到退團電話，一路取消到三月中下旬。品保協會統計，由於國人到中日韓旅遊的人數眾多，未來因退團衍生的爭議款項恐怕將破百億。

桃園機場上午有部分航空公司取消飛韓國班機，目前台韓沒有斷航，但旅客量因疫情已經非常少，只剩零星乘客因為就學或是工作還是得飛。而受到南韓旅遊疫情建議提升到第三級警告的影響，到三月下旬，大約有八成團客都已經退團。

旅行社經理 廖宇宸
 24號上班的時候其實我們
 就已經協助三月中旬以前的消費者
 前往韓國的都有做取消了
 所以到24號下午的時候
 警示升級的狀況之下
 我們其實陸陸續續還是通知
 三月底以前出發的旅客

觀光局統計，目前國內在韓國團客約17團266人，已請旅行社告知旅客，25號後從韓國返台必須自主健康管理，27號後返台需要居家檢疫，因此業者多半努力協助旅客能在27號前返台。品保協會呼籲，政府應該介入協調，若因此更改行程或班機，衍生出的爭議款項，應該如何處理?

品保協會發言人 李奇嶽
 機票或者是國外旅館
 這些他們並沒有因為說
 有疫情的升級
 他的退改票 退訂的規定有改變
 款項的一些爭議上面
 金額至少超過新台幣一百億以上

隨著中國禁止出團，韓國升級三級警示，日本疫情也不斷擴大，旅行社退團潮一波接一波，品保協會統計，因過去國人赴中日韓旅遊占所有出國比例的七成，現在受疫情衝擊，接下來退團轉團衍生的爭議款項恐怕破百億。

title: Travel Warnings Raised for South Korea|南韓旅遊三級警告 到3月下旬已退團8成


countries: 中華民國 中國

title: 滯武漢血友病少年、母親 與44人搭機返台

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封城的中國武漢昨天突然宣布半解禁，包括滯留武漢的外地人、特殊疾病需要治療者，還有非隔離人員，都可以分批出城，滯留中國湖北的血友病少年和他的媽媽，昨天晚間和其他44名旅客一同搭機回台，並由救護車送到醫院採檢兩次，如果都確認陰性，母子兩個人、將到隔離所觀察14天。

從成都返台的長榮航空飛機，在24號晚間10點46分抵達桃園機場，疾管單位人員在停機坪對下機旅客進行嚴密檢疫消毒，包機上的返台旅客，包含滯留中國湖北的血友病少年和他的母親。返台旅客表示：「我們沒有看到他媽媽，應該是被隔離起來了，沒有跟我們安排在一起。」
 遊覽車載著44名旅客到定點下車，由於規定不能搭乘大眾交通工具，因此旅客各自由家人接走，回到家必須自主檢疫14天。被問及中國大陸目前的情況，有旅客表示已經比之前好轉。
 而救護車則將血友病少年及母親載到衛福部立桃園醫院，母子兩人都穿著隔離衣、面罩及口罩進到醫院，如果兩次採檢都呈陰性，將前往隔離所觀察十四天。對於未來滯留武漢的台人如果要返國，衛福部長陳時中表示，原則上仍採「包機」模式。

陳時中表示：「沒有辦法掌握這段時間，從武漢出來到底有多少人，將來這些人都需要用包機型態處理，不論是直接從武漢出來，或者在武漢這段時間居住過，而現在跑到別的地方再回來，都是用一樣的規格、用包機的方式來處理。」

由於血友病少年滯留湖北曾經面臨缺藥，引起外界關注並獲得台商幫助千里送藥，前外交官劉仕傑23號在臉書貼文，說目前人在武漢的血友病童是中國國籍，是徹頭徹尾的中國人，劉仕傑隨後在臉書公開道歉陸委會也強調，血友病童和父母都具中華民國籍。


events: 冠狀病毒 武漢肺炎

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香港煞是宣佈、開學閣再延後，是延到4/20以後去。另外佇香港北角的福慧精舍佛堂，上無有7位信眾、感染著武漢肺炎，其中一位確診的婦人人，佇1/26到31，去過日本的大阪。

香港北角「福慧精舍」佛堂出現武漢肺炎群聚感染，確診人數已經七位信眾感染。香港衞生防護中心指出，其中一人是68歲婦人，2月1號到6號，天天前往佛堂報到；另一人是57歲的家庭主婦，潛伏期間，1月26號到31號，曾到訪日本大阪。

==衛生防護中心傳染病處主任 張竹君==
 在佛堂裡面的兩個樣本
 病毒呈現陽性反應
 一個就是在經書上面
 另外一個樣本就是
 在佛堂洗手間裡面的水龍頭

在佛堂所在的大樓、附近街道消毒。衛生防護中心表示，佛堂信眾在年初一、十五，曾一起用膳，吃飯期間沒有戴口罩，可能因此傳播病毒，但佛堂沒有登記造冊，比較難追縱出入的信眾。
 病毒在社區傳播，香港確診人數超過80例，25號香港教育局宣布，全港必須再更延後開學。

==香港教育局局長 楊潤雄==
 由於新型冠狀病毒的疫情
 仍然沒有明顯減退的跡象
 教育局今天決定
 全港的學校會進一步延長停課
 直至學校的復活節假期結束
 最早會在4/20復課

疫情延燒，香港人心惶惶，面對南韓也爆發宗教場所的群聚感染，香港提高戒備，也對南韓發布紅色旅遊警示，不允許從南韓飛香港的外籍人士入境。

記者 黃怡菁 郭俊麟 綜合報導

title: 香港宣佈開學閣緩期 上緊愛到4/20以後


title: 來自韓國大邱慶尚北道旅客 越南暫時禁止入境

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為防範武漢肺炎疫情，越南政府今天宣布，來自韓國大邱市和慶尚北道或從兩地過境的國際旅客暫時禁止入境，以公務為由的入境者必須接受 14 天隔離檢疫。

韓國武漢肺炎疫情持續延燒，越南政府昨天表示，韓國大邱市和慶尚北道被視為疫區，來自疫區或過境人員入境越南時，都要依照規定強制隔離 14 天，同時也不鼓勵兩地過境乘客入境，今天又進一步宣布採取更嚴苛防疫措施。

「青年報」新聞網站報導，越南總理阮春福今天表示，越南近期在 2019 年冠狀病毒疾病（COVID- 19 ，武漢肺炎）防疫工作取得重要成果，但是各國疫情演變仍然複雜且難以預料，尤其是韓國、日本、義大利和伊朗。

報導指出，阮春福要求相關部門持續以「與敵人打仗的精神」，嚴格實施各項防疫措施，加強管控口岸入境人員。

報導說，阮春福要求外交部知會韓國將採取有關入境越南的防疫措施，越方將暫時禁止來自各國疫區或在疫區過境的國際旅客入境，以公務為由者必須依照規定接受 14 天隔離檢疫。

阮春福也要求宣導越南國民不要前往各國疫區，國民若從疫區返國後也必須接受 14 天隔離檢疫，同時勸告旅居韓國的越南人勿前往高風險地區。

另外，一架載有 58 名越南籍、 20 名韓國籍和 2 名泰國籍乘客的班機，昨天從韓國大邱市抵達峴港市（Da Nang），當地衛生單位立即針對機上人員進行隔離，惟這批韓國旅客不配合隔離，越方已今天安排飛機運載返韓。

越南衛生部今天表示，全國 16 起冠狀病毒疾病確診已全數康復，而且 13 日之後未再出現確診病例。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

countries: 越南 韓國 泰國 義大利 日本 伊朗


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香港民意研究計劃最新調查顯示，特首林鄭月娥的評分為 18.2 分，再創上任以來最差紀錄；而香港市民對台灣政府的信任淨值，則創下 1996 年以來新高。

根據香港民意研究所官網發布的新聞稿，以及香港電台報導，最新調查結果顯示，林鄭月娥的評分為 18.2 分，支持率為 9 %，反對率為 83 %，民望淨值為負 74 個百分點，較兩星期前顯著下跌 6 個百分點，全部民望數字再創其上任以來最差紀錄。

香港市民對港府的滿意率淨值同為負 74 個百分點，創 1997 年有紀錄以來最低點。市民對當前經濟、民生及政治狀況的滿意淨值分別為負 64 、負 69 及負 83 個百分點，經濟方面創 2003 年以來新低，民生方面則創 1992 年有紀錄以來新低。

市民對香港特區政府、北京中央政府及台灣政府的信任淨值，分別為負 62 、負 43 及正 10 個百分點，前兩者是有紀錄以來新低，台灣政府的信任淨值則較半年前大幅上升，並創 1996 年以來新高。

信心指標方面，對中國前途的信心淨值為負 13 個百分點，創 1997 年有紀錄以來新低。另一方面，對香港前途和「一國兩制」的信心淨值較半年前大幅下跌至負 44 和負 41 個百分點，分別創 1994 和 1993 年有紀錄以來新低。

香港去年 6 月開始大規模的「反送中」抗爭，相關行動持續超過半年，近期則又有武漢肺炎防疫等社會治理挑戰。

這份調查在 2 月中進行，以隨機抽樣電話訪問方式，成功訪問 1008 名香港居民。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

title: 林鄭月娥聲望再跌  港人對台政府信任創新高

things: 經濟 防疫

events: 武漢肺炎 反送中

countries: 中國 台灣 香港


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副總統當選人賴清德今天晚間在臉書上表示，媽祖繞境是年度宗教盛事，但正逢防疫非常時期，呼籲廟方審慎評估，或許可以考量分兩階段進行，祈福儀式照常舉行，而易造成群聚感染的繞境活動，待疫情結束後，請示媽祖再擇期舉辦。

武漢肺炎疫情升溫，外界關注全台各地宮廟繞境是否如期舉行，大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖繞境活動，廟方將在明天說明。

醫師出身的賴清德晚間在臉書上表示，媽祖繞境是年度宗教盛事，但此刻正逢防疫非常時期，為避免在繞境期間，人潮擁擠及共餐共宿所產生群聚感染風險，呼籲廟方審慎評估。

他建議，或許可以考量分兩階段進行，原定祈福儀式照常舉行，而易造成群聚感染的繞境活動，則待疫情結束後，由廟方請示媽祖，再擇期舉辦。

賴清德說，亞洲、歐洲部分國家，都已接連傳出群聚感染事件，致使疫情難以掌控，有前車之鑑，台灣更須審慎行事，才不會讓防疫出現破口，前功盡棄，徒增變數。

他指出，尤其此時全國醫護人員正站在第一線努力，更為了顧全台灣防疫能量，而犧牲出國權益的關鍵時刻，若因繞境活動引發疫情快速傳播，著實對不起在防疫前線奮鬥的醫護人員。

賴清德說，媽祖護佑眾生慈悲為懷，信徒心誠則靈，相信在防疫特殊時期，配合中央防疫指揮中心作為及建議，以安全的方式敬天酬神，也能達到敬神及撫慰人心的效果。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

title: 媽祖繞境  賴清德：疫情結束後再擇期舉辦


taiwan-subdivisions: 佳里 成功 佳里區 將軍區

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台南市將軍區 21 日發生槍擊案，造成 53 歲姚姓男子身亡、 43 歲郭姓女子重傷。警方鎖定死者與郭姓女子舊識金姓男子涉嫌重大，連日追緝後今天在佳里區逮捕歸案，由檢警進一步偵訊。

警方初步調查，金姓男子、姚姓男子及郭姓女子是舊識，疑曾因細故爭執結怨。金姓男子日前曾砸毀郭姓女子在佳里經營的檳榔攤，遭檢警傳喚。

姚姓男子友人 21 日下午到姚姓男子住處訪友時，發現屋內 2 人中槍，立刻報警送醫。姚姓男子頭部、胸部中彈，送醫院後宣告不治；郭姓女子肩部有槍傷、頭部有撕裂傷，送醫治療後沒生命危險。

警方鎖定金姓男子涉嫌重大，曾鎖定行蹤前往拘捕但沒成功，晚間在佳里逮捕後初步偵訊，預定明天上午對外說明。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

title: 男子涉槍擊舊識致死 台南佳里遭逮捕


title: 暴跌隔日 美股開盤反彈上揚

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繼昨天暴跌後，紐約華爾街股市今天開盤反彈上揚，市場持續關注新型冠狀病毒肺炎（武漢肺炎）疫情擴散情勢。

紐約股市開盤交易後不久，績優股為主的道瓊工業指數上揚 0.6 %，報 28115.36 點。

由於市場擔心新型冠狀病毒肺炎恐會導致全球經濟成長脫軌，道瓊工業指數昨天暴跌 1031.61 點，跌幅 3.56 %，收 27960.8 點，創逾兩年來最糟表現。

標準普爾 500 指數今天開盤後上漲 0.5 %，報 3243.09 點。科技股為主的那斯達克綜合指數則勁揚 0.9 %，報 9301.55 點。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

events: 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒


title: 2021年棒球經典賽預賽  將於台灣洲際棒球場舉辦

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2021 年第五屆世界棒球經典賽，確定其中一組預賽將會在台灣洲際棒球場舉行，此次經典賽擴大舉行，總計 20 隊參賽，台灣隊不用打資格賽，直接從 16 強賽打起。

世界棒壘球總會（WBSC）將公布經典賽主辦城市，中華民國棒球協會證實， 2021 年經典賽其中一組預賽將於台中洲際棒球場舉行，總計會有 5 隊在台灣參賽，也是繼 2013 年後，經典賽預賽再度於台灣舉辦。

經典賽由美國職棒大聯盟主導，先前中華民國棒球協會和台灣職棒都曾表明沒有爭辦意願，但國內運動經紀行銷公司出面爭取，獲得大聯盟同意，取得分組預賽承辦權，根據規定，經典賽的國際窗口還是棒協。

台灣隊在 2017 年經典賽分組排名墊底，原本下屆賽事需要從資格賽開始打，但由於 2021 年經典賽規模擴大，從 16 隊擴編到 20 隊，台灣隊無需打資格賽，直接從 16 強賽（會內賽）打起。

目前已確定打會內賽球隊分別有台灣隊、日本、韓國、美國、澳洲、加拿大、中國、哥倫比亞、古巴、多明尼加、以色列、義大利、荷蘭、墨西哥、波多黎各、委內瑞拉。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

countries: 台灣 古巴 哥倫比亞 美國 澳洲 中國 荷蘭 加拿大 韓國 委內瑞拉 中華民國 波多黎各 以色列 日本 多明尼加 墨西哥 義大利


countries: 印度 美國

title: 川普提印度宗教自由問題 莫迪說正在努力

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在氣氛良好下，美國總統川普印度行並未就印度總理莫迪領導政府的宗教自由問題提出強烈批判。他說，曾私下向莫迪主動提起宗教自由問題，莫迪表示正在努力。

川普是傍晚在美國大使館召開的記者會上答覆媒體有關宗教問題時說，他在與莫迪私下談話時主動提起宗教自由問題，但莫迪真的妙極了（incredible）。

川普指出，莫迪告訴他，「在印度，我們為獲得宗教自由而努力工作」。莫迪希望人民享有宗教自由。

在川普抵達前幾個小時，德里東北部發生反對公民法修正案（CAA）示威，抗議此法排除穆斯林，示威民眾、學生和警方發生暴力衝突，導致至少 7 人死亡、 100 多人受傷。川普說，他有聽聞，但這件事必須取決於印度如何處理。

支持印度教至上和民族主義至上的莫迪政府執政以後，經常發生印度教激進分子暴力對待異教徒，甚至強迫異教徒轉信仰印度教，因而受到侵犯人權與宗教自由的批評，包括一些國際人權組織。

莫迪政府最近更推動公民法修正案，排除鄰國流亡穆斯林取得公民身分，以及在阿薩姆省（Assam）國家公民登記程式（NRC）等問題，遭反對黨和自由派人士批評是違反憲法的世俗化與各宗教平等，因而引發印度多地示威遊行，迄今仍未停歇。

面對美國與印度的貿易問題，川普直接表明，印度對美國產品施加高關稅「不公平」，「我們正在努力解決這個問題」。美國與印度有巨大的貿易逆差，美國不應該擁有 240 億美元的赤字，但「我們同意就一項大型貿易協定進行談判」，並對最終達成協定感到樂觀。

川普先前批評印度是「關稅之王」，且取消印度享有的關稅優惠；印度則對美國 28 種商品徵收報復性關稅，讓雙方的貿易戰一觸即發。

美國和印度雖致力達成貿易協定，但在開放披薩、起司和乳清蛋白進入印度市場及數位金流等多項問題上仍無法達成共識，導致雙方無法在川普訪問印度期間簽署任何貿易協定。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


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武漢肺炎疫情蔓延，無國界記者組織今天發布新聞稿，呼籲中國政府停止阻撓記者報導疫情，只有完全透明公開資訊，才能避免謠言傳播，讓危機不再惡化。

中國武漢市公元 2019 年 12 月起爆發肺炎疫情，擴散中國各省及各國，世界衛生組織（WHO） 11 日將武漢肺炎定名為 COVID- 19 （ 2019 年冠狀病毒疾病）。

無國界記者組織（Reporters Without Borders, RSF）表示，目前已感染近 8 萬人（主要在中國）並造成 2600 多人身亡。病毒仍在持續傳播，但中國當局仍繼續審查和疫情相關特定資訊， 2 月初逮捕記者陳秋實和方斌、政治評論家郭泉和許志永，並軟禁政治評論家許章潤。

RSF 說，近幾週北京下指令要求媒體報導疫情中的英雄事蹟，而非受苦百姓或政府採取措施的不足；中國當局同時大幅加強管控社群媒體和討論群組，但有些記者和部落客勇敢發布獨立報導，許多網路用戶也不再猶豫，表達憤怒並要求政府終止審查制度。

RSF 強烈呼籲中國當局釋放關押中的記者和評論家，允許媒體在不受阻礙情況下報導新聞。

RSF 東亞辦事處執行長艾瑋昂（Cedric Alviani）表示，審查制度顯然在對抗疫情方面適得其反，使疫情惡化，甚至助長疫情發展成大流行。唯有完全透明公開資訊，才能讓不實謠言在中國傳播程度降到最低，說服人民遵守控制疫情的相關健康安全指示。

RSF 說，中國政府因疫情資訊不透明和官僚處理方式在國內、外飽受批評。 1 月下旬中國最高人民法院在社群網站微博聲明提到， 1 月 1 日以散布謠言為罪名逮捕 8 名醫生，可能削弱對抗疫情力道； 8 名吹哨人中，包括 2 月初染病離世的醫師李文亮。中國在出現首例確診病例 3 週後才通報世界衛生組織（WHO）， 6 週後才在農曆除夕開始動員對抗疫情；中華人民共和國主席習近平為此遭批評。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

title: 無國界記者組織籲中國公開資訊  勿阻撓報導疫情

countries: 中國 中華人民共和國


events: 新冠病毒 死亡 冠狀病毒

countries: 義大利 新加坡 伊朗 阿曼 日本 西班牙 巴林 中國 加拿大 美國

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新型冠狀病毒，在全球確診病例數已突破8萬例，最新統計數字 :  中國不含港澳、確診病例已達77660例、死亡2663例，日本新增至160例，南韓893例，新加坡90例。 阿拉伯國家阿曼，首度出現兩起確診，巴林2例，伊朗61例。歐洲國家，義大利增加到229例、西班牙新增至3例。另外加拿大新增至11例，美國53例。

（圖／美聯社） ...

title: 新冠病毒全球確診病例數 目前已突破8萬例


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馬來西亞政局動盪，首相馬哈迪24號向國王遞出了辭呈，而他所領導的土著團結黨，和部分人民公正黨的國會議員、也都聯手退出執政聯盟，導致執政聯盟喪失國會多數，現任政府面臨瓦解。馬哈迪有意籌組新聯合政府，自己繼續做滿5年任期，但這也代表，將會違背做滿兩年就交棒給前副首相「安華」的承諾，兩人關係再度陷入緊張。

馬來西亞政局出現戲劇性變化，首相馬哈迪向國王請辭後，遭到排擠的前副首相，星期一會見馬哈迪，返回公正黨總部後，並未透露商談內容。大馬前副首相安華表示：「我對他的立場很滿意，也就是我們必須堅守原則，改革必須繼續。」
 現年94歲，兩年前回鍋擔任首相的馬哈迪，和72歲的安華明爭暗鬥數十年，兩年前兩人聯手贏得大選，共組執政聯盟，當時馬哈迪曾承諾今年5月將交棒給安華，但兩人關係依舊緊張。消息人士指出，目前馬哈迪有意切割安華籌組新政府，周末已經開始策動相關事宜，星期一他向最高元首請辭，接著他所領導的土著團結黨26名國會議員退出執政聯盟，安華主導的人民公正黨也有11名國會議員出走，導致執政聯盟失去國會多數，現任政府瀕臨瓦解，如此一來就可為交棒安華解套。
 根據媒體報導，馬哈迪有意結合之前執政的巫統黨，籌組新政府，他只要在222名國會議員席次中，擁有112名議員支持，就能擔任首相組閣，目前已經有支持者醞釀發表聲明，挺他繼續做滿五年任期。最高元首24號下午已批准他的辭呈，但在任命新首相前，馬哈迪會擔任臨時首相。

title: 馬國首相馬哈迪請辭 執政聯盟瀕瓦解


countries: 阿富汗 科威特 義大利 英國 伊拉克 中國 台灣 美國

title: 科威特.阿富汗攏出現病例 意大利7人死

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武漢肺炎的疫情，佇中東的科威特、佮中亞的阿富汗，攏出現頭一例病例。另外佇意大利，感染人數已經超過220人，閣有七个人死亡。患者內面，閣有一位出現症頭前，閣去參加兩場馬拉松，上無影響五萬人。

這個月21號開始，歐洲國家「義大利」爆發國內感染，確診病患人數，在短短幾天之內，迅速增加，還有多人死亡，外媒分析報導，義大利防疫政策不當，才讓疫情快速擴大。先是當局只禁止中國航班入境，卻沒有實施機場檢疫、疫區入境隔離，讓許多曾在疫區待過的遊客，能透過其他國家航班、或轉機方式入境。

==義國護理師 卡蜜拉皮達拉==
 (他們應該做的是)在機場做檢查
 並考慮所有沒想到的轉機(乘客)
 我們能以很小的方式
 去執行安全和衛生規則
 那才是永遠最有效的

因為「禁止航班、不禁遊客」的做法，讓一位確診感染的38歲男性病患，在發病前，曾經跟從中國回來的義大利朋友聚餐，並且在這之後，參加2場馬拉松比賽，還到處聚餐，不只因此讓懷孕8個月的妻子、也感染病毒，還影響到至少5萬人，成了病毒的「超級傳播者」。

另外，義大利人的熱情，以及文化背景，讓朋友之間的近距離接觸，也成了病毒迅速傳染的推手。

==義大利民防部門首長 波瑞里==
 也許在我們國家
 我們過著非常豐富
 和廣泛的社交生活
 所以我們會與人有很多接觸
 我們會碰觸人們
 會握手 親吻 擁抱

而到25號傍晚台灣時間6點為止，除了義大利，疫情也蔓延到了中東中亞。「科威特」、「阿富汗」跟「伊拉克」等國家，過去2天也陸續出現、第一位武漢肺炎的確診病患。至於美國，目前境內確診感染的53人中，有36位是從英國籍郵輪「鑽石公主號」，撤回的公民，另外有3位，則是從中國武漢市回國的公民。

而原本的「鑽石公主號」郵輪中、確診送醫的病患，25號又有一位80多歲男姓患者，病重不治，成了郵輪患者中、第4位死亡的乘客。

記者 陳詩童 報導。


title: 歐洲疫情最嚴重 義大利逾229確診、7死

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武漢肺炎在歐洲蔓延，目前義大利的確診人數超過229人，還有7人死亡，也成為歐洲疫情最嚴重的國家，引起民眾恐慌。除了出現口罩荒之外，還開始搶買物資，就連威尼斯嘉年華還有足球比賽，都宣布中止舉行。至於「米蘭時裝秀」也改為直播、沒有對外開放。
 疫情引發民眾恐慌，除了出現口罩荒，還開始搶買物資。為了民眾安全，原本預定25號結束的「威尼斯嘉年華」提前在23號喊停。

義大利國內疫情擴散，讓當局在22號，下令封鎖十幾座城市，包括倫巴底大區跟威尼托大區，而在倫巴底大區舉行的義大利足球甲級聯賽，就有4場比賽因此延期。還有米蘭的時裝秀，則是換成以直播方式舉行。

時尚評論家艾娃德希德里歐表示：「我很高興喬治亞曼尼，跟比亞戈蒂系列的勞拉比亞戈蒂，今天決定不用一般對外開放方式舉行服裝秀，而是通過直播媒體閉門舉行，這是對所有人的尊重。」

另外，23號一列從威尼斯出發的火車，經過「布倫納山口」時，因為傳出車上300位乘客中，有2名乘客疑似有發燒症狀，還被奧地利要求停車、檢驗，直到4小時候，排除乘客感染肺炎的可能，才讓列車進入奧地利境內、前往德國慕尼黑。

countries: 義大利 奧地利 喬治亞 德國


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Schools Take Strict Precaution As New Semester Starts|徹底執行防疫工作 學生校門排隊量體溫

As K-12 schools reopen today after a two-week delay due to the outbreak, many schools in Taipei now require students to measure their own body temperature prior coming to school and some even established check up points at school entrances.

Students are lining up at the front gate of the Taipei Minghu Junior High School, waiting for their body temperature to be measured just shortly after 7 a.m.

I feel a bit sad because the vacation is over.

The area in front of the gate is enough for the school to set up 4 entrances. Many students have taken their own body temperature at home and brought the self-health checklist with them go through the express lane. Across the street, the Minghu elementary school has a large student body of 1800 people with checkpoints at the front gate and the two side entrances. Students are required to measure their body temperature again even if they have already done so at home.

The school has looked into their travel history, but today is the first day of the new semester so we want to be extra cautious. We think we will exercise these measures for two weeks.

Before class convenes, students clean the desks while the teacher measures their forehead temperature once again. The same procedures will be repeated at noon.

We need to sanitize and wash our hands.

Minghu Junior High even decided to switch to boxed lunch for 3 days before the 228 long weekend.

The school will provide boxed lunch for each student. It is to decrease the risk of infection during the start of a new semester.

In order to maintain normal school activities, schools are taking proper disease-prevention measures. However, school activities such as oversea visits and overnight camping trips have already been canceled.

全國高國中小今天開學，各校嚴陣以待，第一關就是在校門口幫學生量體溫，台北市不少大型國中，學生若在家量過體溫，繳交自主健康檢核表，就能入校，但也有大型國小，還是採取入校一個一個量，此外，部分學校擔心開學初期較混亂，暫時把中午的桶餐改為盒餐。

不過7點出頭，北市明湖國中校門口，已有一堆學生等著量額溫。

北市明湖國中學生
 就是有點沮喪
 因為要假期結束了

學校正門前的腹地還算大，校方採四線分流，不在少數的學生，在家量過體溫，帶上自主健康檢核表，快速通關。對面的明湖國小，也是1千8 百人的大校，正門和兩個側門都有檢測站，即便孩子在家量過了，入校前都要再量一次。

北市明湖國小校長 郭添財
 雖然在事前我們已經有去調查
 他們的旅遊史
 但是今天第一天
 我們為了慎重起見
 我們認為在前
 在這個開學的前兩週
 我們會這樣子做

正式上課前，學生們再次擦拭桌椅，班導又量一次額溫，到了中午，還要再量一次。

北市明湖國中學生
 在校就是要消毒然後洗手之類的

希望做到防疫無破口，明湖國中還決定228連假前，三天的營養午餐，從桶餐改為盒餐。

北市明湖國中校長 莊志明
 請孩子們就是一人一份這樣子
 不然的話先避開初期進校園的
 可怕的一個可能性 風險

依學生年齡，人數與學校資源，各校採取適宜防疫措施，維持校內教學活動的正常，但這學期，不只國外參訪，不少國八學生的隔宿露營也取消，有學生直呼，好可惜。


countries: 台灣 中國

taiwan-subdivisions: 成功 桃園

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滯留中國湖北武漢的血友病少年和他的母親，從成都搭乘長榮航空，順利抵達桃園機場，防疫人員不敢大意，但也解除了少年的斷藥危機，不過這樣的返台模式，是否成為下一波滯留武漢，想要返台的民眾的新選擇，藍綠立委各有不同解讀。

民進黨立委王定宇表示：「可以把它解釋成，發生在成都的類包機行為，這個規格其實就是我們一直在講的，包機著重的是防疫，是科學，不是政治。」
 國民黨立委洪孟楷則認為：「不要有這種用例外，或是說用這種，好像沒有辦法是一個很正常的方式能夠回來，這樣子反而可能會變成是一個防疫的漏洞。」

目前兩岸直航航班，只剩下北京、上海、廈門及成都等4個地點5條航線，而武漢持續封城，第二波武漢包機，遲遲沒有下文。基於醫療及人道救援，再加上24號武漢短暫的有限度解除封城，在台商的協助下，母子兩人一路武漢直奔成都、特例回台。學者認為，中國把壓力轉嫁給台灣。

東華亞太菁英交流協會秘書長王智盛說：「把這種所謂台灣民眾回來的壓力，透過這種個案可以突破，然後轉嫁給台灣政府，我覺得這個(後續)是必須要觀察的。」

少年與母親成功返台，有人私底下強調這是特例安排，但也意味著，兩岸有溝通協調的事實，只是各有堅持。因為特殊案例，開啟了返台新模式，也讓不少滯留武漢的台灣人有了新希望，但能否常態化，不只在於中國要不要放行，我方更要謹慎面對，避免成了防疫破口。

title: 血友病少年返台模式 提供包機新方案？


countries: 韓國 英國 衣索比亞 巴林 香港 澳門 美國 義大利 伊朗 約旦 汶萊 以色列

title: 南韓武漢肺炎疫情 累計確診893例、9死

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南韓的武漢肺炎疫情今天通報新增60個確診病例，累計確診893例，並且出現第9起死亡案例。由於大多數確診病患都跟新天地教會有關，因此政府也將對該教會信徒進行病毒檢測。此外，南韓這波疫情，恐怕也將連帶影響下個月的美韓軍演。

針對南韓的武漢肺炎確診病例數持續攀升，全國17個行政區，包括首都首爾在內也都淪陷。世衛組織24號坦承對這種情況感到憂心。世衛組織祕書長譚德塞表示，「義大利、伊朗以及南韓的病例數突然增加，讓人感到相當憂心。」

南韓目前的確診病患，大約60%跟新天地耶穌教會的大邱市教會有關，15%則是跟慶尚北道的大南醫院有關，出現群聚感染現象。南韓當局決定將對該教會信徒進行病毒檢測，估計恐怕將達到21萬5千人。政府將要求該教會提供信徒的具體個資，也要提供1到2月前往大邱教會，與造訪其他分會的高風險者名單。大邱市也開始出現民眾排隊買口罩的長長人龍，疫情也對當地經濟造成衝擊，當地的東大邱火車站外，計程車司機完全載不到客人。南韓計程車司機說：「這裡通常消費者都很多，計程車大概5到10分鐘就能載到客人，但現在我們要等40到50分鐘，甚至一小時，大家都不在大邱站下車了。」

此外，由於一名確診患者19號曾到南韓國會參加研討會，南韓最大在野黨「未來統合黨」黨鞭，前國會副議長沈在哲當時也曾和此人有過接觸，因此國會決定取消原定24號召開的全體委員會，國會主樓與議員會館也暫關閉消毒。南韓總統文在寅24號也表示將追加防疫預算，全力控制疫情持續蔓延。由於南韓陸海空三軍已有10多名士兵染疫，因此美國國防部長艾斯培24號跟南韓國防部長鄭景斗在華府討論，將考慮縮減3月的聯合軍演規模。

另一方面，全球對南韓實施入境管制的國家也愈來愈多：包括以色列、巴林、約旦、香港等地都禁止14天內到過南韓的外國人入境汶萊、英國、澳門、衣索比亞等地，則要求從南韓來的旅客自主隔離，或在指定設施隔離14天並接受病毒檢測。而南韓人氣男團BTS防彈少年團，24號的新歌記者會也改為線上直播。


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香港北角這搭所在，一間佛堂號作「福慧ui7精舍」，遮是已經有7个信眾，診斷出，去致著「武漢肺炎」。尤其昨昏閣新增加三个，嘛攏是有佇咧這間佛堂出入的病例，抑其中一个婦人人，佇咧新曆正月26到31，身體寢帶病的期間，閣捌去到日本「大阪」行踏過。目前，香港診斷確實的患者，上無是已經有81个囉。

in
 香港北角「福慧精舍」佛堂出現武漢肺炎群聚感染，原先確診有4人，24號再增加3位信眾感染。香港衞生防護中心指出，其中一人是68歲婦人，2月1號到6號，天天前往佛堂報到；另一人是57歲的家庭主婦，潛伏期間，1月26號到31號，曾到訪日本大阪。

==畫面來源 政府新聞網]]衛生防護中心傳染病處主任 張竹君(2020.2.24)==
 第76宗和77宗個案的患者
 均曾前往北角一間
 名為福慧精舍的佛堂
 第76宗個案患者是一名57歲女子
 她是家庭主婦
 患者在潛伏期內
 曾於1月26號到1月31號
 前往日本大阪遊玩

in
 在佛堂所在的大樓、附近街道消毒。衛生防護中心表示，佛堂信眾在年初一、十五，曾一起用膳，吃飯期間沒有戴口罩，可能因此傳播病毒，但佛堂沒有登記造冊，比較難追縱出入的信眾。至於鑽石公主號返港的乘客，24號也再新增四例確診。

==畫面來源 政府新聞網]]衛生防護中心傳染病處主任 張竹君(2020.2.24)==
 第79宗個案的58歲女患者
 2月4號在郵輪上
 曾經覺得喉嚨有些不舒服
 但目前沒有不適
 正在瑪麗醫院接受治療

疫情延燒，香港人心惶惶，面對南韓也爆發宗教場所的群聚感染，香港提高戒備，已經對南韓發布紅色旅遊警示，不允許從南韓飛香港的外籍人士入境。

記者 黃怡菁 郭俊麟 綜合報導

title: 香港北角"福慧精舍"佛堂 有7名信眾確診


references: Facebook 臉書

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Hemophiliac Stranded in Hubei Returns to Taiwan|滯武漢血友病少年.母親 與44人搭機返台

This EVA Air flight from Chengdu to Taipei arrived at 10:46 p.m. on Feb. 24. Centers for Disease Control personnel tested and disinfected the passengers on the tarmac. Among the 46 passengers on the flight were a hemophiliac youth and his mother, who had been stranded in Hubei.

We didn't see his mother. She was probably in isolation. She wasn't sitting with us.

A tour bus carried 44 passengers to a determined location, where they got off the bus. Under disease prevention regulations, they may not take public transportation and must undergo self-quarantine at home for the next 14 days. The passengers were therefore picked up by family members.
 The situation is slowly improving in China. It's not like it was before.

Meanwhile, an ambulance ferried the youth and his mother to Taoyuan Hospital. Both were wearing protective clothing, including face masks and visors, as they entered the hospital. If they test negative twice, they will be remain under observation in isolation for 14 days. Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung said chartered flights will be used in principle to bring back stranded Taiwan nationals from Wuhan.

It's impossible to know how many people are coming out of Wuhan at this present stage. We will need to use chartered flights to handle these people, regardless of if they come directly out of Wuhan or they lived in Wuhan during this time and went to other places and now want to return. We will use the same standards and chartered flights to handle this situation.

The youth had previously run out of medicine during the time he was stranded in Hubei. Taiwan businesspersons worked together to get him medicine. Former diplomat Jerry Liu posted on Facebook on Feb. 23 that the youth in question was a Chinese national and emphasized that he was 100 percent Chinese. Liu subsequently posted an apology also via Facebook. The Mainland Affairs Council said the youth and his parents are all Republic of China nationals.

封城的中國武漢昨天突然宣布半解禁，滯留武漢的外地人、特殊疾病需要治療者，以及非隔離人員，可以分批出城，留中國湖北的血友病少年和他的媽媽，昨天晚間和其他44名旅客一同搭機回台。

從成都返台的長榮航空飛機，在24號晚間10點46分抵達桃園機場，疾管單位人員在停機坪對下機旅客進行嚴密檢疫消毒，包機上的返台旅客，包含滯留中國湖北的血友病少年和他的母親。

返台旅客
 我們沒有看到他媽媽 應該是被隔離起來了 沒有跟我們安排在一起

遊覽車載著44名旅客到定點下車，由於規定不能搭乘大眾交通工具，因此旅客各自由家人接走，回到家必須自主檢疫14天。

返台旅客
 大陸那邊狀況慢慢比較好一點了 沒有之前那樣子了

而救護車則將血友病少年及母親載到衛福部桃園醫院，母子兩人都穿著隔離衣、面罩及口罩進到醫院，如果兩次採檢都呈陰性，將前往隔離所觀察十四天。對於未來滯留武漢的台人如果要返國，衛福部長陳時中表示，原則上仍採''包機''模式。

中央流行疫情指揮中心指揮官 陳時中
 沒有辦法掌握這段時間 從武漢出來到底有多少人 我們將來這些人
 都需要用包機型態處理 不論是直接從武漢出來 或者武漢這段時間居住過 而現在跑到別的地方再回來 都是用一樣的規格 用包機的方式來處理

由於血友病少年滯留湖北曾經面臨缺藥，引起外界關注並獲得台商幫助千里送藥，前外交官劉仕傑23號在臉書貼文，說目前人在武漢的血友病童，是中國國籍，是徹頭徹尾的中國人，劉仕傑隨後在臉書公開道歉。陸委會也強調，血友病童和父母，都具中華民國籍。


countries: 加拿大 英國

title: 加拿大原民癱瘓鐵路抗爭 警強勢驅離

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不滿天然氣管線的興建工程，加拿大有群眾長達幾個星期阻斷鐵路來表達抗議。不過就在當地時間24號，警方展開強勢驅離，將各重要路線搭建的帳篷拆除，抗爭人士也被警方逮捕。而幾個星期來鐵路停擺，產業供應鍊中斷，經濟遭到重創，大約有1500人因此失業。

在安大略附近鐵路沿線紮營抗爭的民眾，在警方強勢介入下被帶離現場，帳篷與其他障礙物也被一併拆除。加拿大總理杜魯道曾說：「加拿大人民很有耐性，我們政府也很有耐性。但僵持了兩個星期，這些路障得拆掉了。」

這波抗爭的起因，是所謂的「海岸線天然氣管線計畫」，路線跨越卑詩省北部，終點則為基蒂瑪特，並在當地建立天然氣液化廠區，以及可供船舶停靠的港口。這條路線跨越了卑詩省境內的原住民區域，因此在規劃階段，就持續和各有關部落溝通，並獲得沿線20個部落的民選議會或公民投票通過，工程也在2019年展開。

但世襲的部落首領站出來反對，並發動部份族人、串聯加拿大綠黨等環保與政治團體，進行反對管線工程的抗爭。這個月初，警方因為奉法院命令逮捕數十名示威者，引發更大的抗議，導致全國鐵路運輸幾乎停擺。日前在加拿大國會的辯論中，在野的保守黨指控杜魯道總理過於軟弱，任由與原住民沒有淵源的激進團體，非法阻撓國家的重大建設。

加拿大保守黨黨魁安德魯希爾表示：「我國要成為法治國家，還是任由暴民橫行？難道我們要眼看著整個經濟，被一小搓激進份子綁架？任由他們踐踏150年來的法治基礎？」

加拿大政府強調，會在經濟發展與環境和原住民權益上，取得平衡點。不過英國廣播公司BBC的報導說，原住民部落內部也是意見分歧。業者和民選的原住民議會達成的協議中，包括職業訓練、優先雇用與投資社區發展等條件。但最後一刻站出來反對、世襲而非民選的部落首領們，宣稱他們掌權的範圍遠大於法定的傳統領域。而加拿大政府面對在野黨質疑不夠強硬，開發案又有相當民意支持之下，終於派出警員強力排除。


title: 貓鬍鬚招好運？她PO「鬍子山」竟釣出更多奇景　有些很驚悚…

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▲貓咪鬍鬚被認為可以帶來幸運。（圖／翻攝自推特／@kedamafarm）

記者詹筠怡／綜合報導

許多貓奴都聽過這樣的傳說，據說只要撿到貓咪的鬍鬚，保存起來就會帶來好運，而這個神祕的都市傳說不只在台灣或日本流傳，歐洲人也深信，貓咪的鬍子能帶來戀愛運，有網友就分享自己為了保存運氣，而製作的特殊裝置。

►這個毛孩超愛！加入寵物雲商城LINE好友週週拿好康

推特網友「@kedamafarm」分享奇想，既然很多人都會蒐集貓咪的鬍子，她乾脆將一般縫紉插針用的「針山」，改裝為「鬍子山」，把幸運撿到的貓咪鬍子插上，看起來就像某種可愛的小小裝置藝術，吸引許多貓奴敲碗表示「可惡想要。」

▲可愛的鬍子山，可以用來專門收藏貓鬍鬚。

不過這篇推文也讓其他貓奴們有機會曬出自己的收藏，有人使用專用擺飾，有人用在豆豆龍的玩偶上，有人則是插在布娃娃上，日積月累下來使得娃娃看起來有點可怕，還有網友笑說「我就是撿起來還給牠。」

►ETtoday寵物雲有IG了，來追蹤我吧！

▲網友分享各式各樣收藏貓咪鬍子的方法，有些滿驚悚的。

▲直接還給貓咪本人也是個不錯的做法。

countries: 台灣 日本


countries: 台灣 美國

title: 搜影評驚見「無毛版音速小子」真相　他秒認出：根本是羅漢果本人

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▲沒有毛的刺蝟，讓人非常驚奇！（圖／嵌入自IG／anatomika.science）

記者詹筠怡／綜合報導

《音速小子》上個月在美國上映，創下首週末5700萬美元紀錄，各方影迷、動畫迷觀影後莫不讚聲連連，其中最令人矚目的主角「音速小子」（Sonic the hedgehog）原型是一隻刺蝟，有網友在搜尋影評時，意外找到了奇怪的畫面。

►這個毛孩超愛！加入寵物雲商城LINE好友週週拿好康

外國網友「Kairo Kairo」表示，自己原本是想找找看《音速小子》的影評，卻沒想到掉入了一個兔子洞，原來有一隻野生動物中心收容的刺蝟，在野外被發現時就呈現無毛狀態，任憑飼育員每天為牠按摩、抹潤膚乳，沒有毛就是沒有毛，而牠的名字叫做「Nelson」。

收容所認為Nelson的無毛狀態應該是壓力造成，但Kairo Kairo表示，壓力造成的無毛，會因為壓力消失而重新長回，因此他判斷Nelson應該天生如此，「不過我很意外，竟然沒有人像繁殖無毛貓那樣繁殖這種無毛刺蝟。」

台灣動物界網紅「阿鏘的動物日常」也轉分享，他補充，刺蝟的刺其實是特化的毛髮，而這顆光溜溜的刺蝟因為沒有毛髮，「就變成了像羅漢果一樣了。」

►有IG了，來追蹤我吧！


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▲東北季風增強，26日起變天轉雨。（圖／中央氣象局）

記者許力方／綜合報導

連假回暖溫差大，中央氣象局表示，26日之後東北季風增強，大台北、宜蘭地區降雨機率增加，再度轉涼有局部雨，尤其宜蘭將有局部較大雨勢，上午暖熱高溫26度，入夜後各地低溫又降回17度左右，日夜溫差大。濕涼2天後，228連假開始，東北季風減弱，天氣回到舒適溫暖的天氣，降雨減少。

氣象局預報，26日午前各地多雲到晴，僅花東地區有局部短暫雨，午後東北季風逐漸增強，大台北、宜蘭地區降雨機率增加，宜蘭並有局部較大雨勢發生機率，西半部山區偶有零星短暫雨。溫度方面，上午仍暖熱，北部、宜花高溫約26度，中南部、台東27至30度，清晨夜裡全低溫下探17度，中南部日夜溫差仍大。

▲26℃→17℃濕涼大變天！「降雨熱區」出爐。（圖／NCDR、中央氣象局）

預計這波東北季風將影響到27日（周四），東半部及大台北降雨機率提高，局部地區會有短暫下雨情形，西半部山區偶有零星降雨，其他地區維持多雲到晴。新竹以北及宜花天氣轉涼，白天感受較明顯，高溫降至22度左右，其他地區高溫仍有25至28度。

氣象局指烏，28日至3月1日（周五至日）連假開始後東北季風減弱，回到舒適、溫暖的天氣，降雨減少，剩下東半部地區及北部山區有局部短暫雨，其他地區多雲到晴。三天天氣差異都不大，西部半天氣穩定 東半部偶有局部短暫雨。

▼氣象局一張圖看連假天氣。

►酒精乾洗手下殺3折！～爆搶防疫神水來囉～

title: 26℃→17℃濕涼大變天！東北季風雨彈襲「降雨熱區」出爐　一張圖看連假天氣

taiwan-subdivisions: 宜蘭 新竹


taiwan-subdivisions: 東區 桃園 復興 龍潭

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圖文／鏡週刊

受疫情衝擊，影響民眾外出消費與用餐意願，位於台北市東區，經營23年的老牌朝桂餐廳，今（25）日登報開價13億元出售房產。朝桂餐廳總經理洪勇偉受訪時低調表示，「餐廳已經經營20幾年了，宣布結束營業，大家的心情都很痛苦。」

朝桂餐廳今日在《中國時報》頭版，以「朝桂餐廳 房產出售」8字高調出售。朝桂餐廳位於台北市敦化南路一段，鄰近忠孝敦化捷運站，為兄弟飯店關係企業，主打台菜、港式飲茶與婚宴料理。13億出售資訊包括1樓78坪店面，以及地下樓約330坪。

「之前SARS好像也沒有這麼嚴重過。」洪勇偉苦笑：「現在餐廳真的很難做，你看看台北市的餐廳，所以我現在真的很煩、很煩。」

洪勇偉表示，過去朝桂餐廳主打婚宴廣場，但受少子化與晚婚衝擊，近幾年朝桂都維持慘澹經營，往年都靠第3、4季旺季維持全年獲利，「可是今年碰上疫情，連尾牙、春酒退掉，結婚的也都取消，餐廳真的是沒辦法賺錢。」

洪勇偉透露，由於今日才剛刊登出售訊息，目前還沒有收到買家訊息。未來是否考慮以「出售回租」的模式繼續經營？他僅表示「這一切都還要討論。」

不過，兄弟大飯店向來以餐廳維持穩定獲利，位於捷運南京復興站旁的兄弟大飯店內有自助餐、日式料理與鐵板燒等餐廳，還開枝散葉成立朝桂、養心茶樓等台菜、港式飲茶餐廳。去年11月底，兄弟飯店在桃園龍潭打造結合表彰對棒球有貢獻者的棒球名人堂與名人堂花園大飯店，企圖再戰台灣觀光市場，但據了解，受疫情影響，餐廳業績表現未如預期。

至於，兄弟大飯店是否以出售朝桂餐廳、「一家救全部」的模式，換取母公司現金流動？洪勇偉則不願正面回應，僅表示未來朝桂出售後，將妥善安排員工去處。

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►酒精乾洗手下殺3折！～爆搶防疫神水來囉～

title: 台北東區「朝桂餐廳」登報求售13億！兄弟集團賣店換現金　老闆痛苦：SARS也沒這麼慘


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大陸電子業廠商復工率傳佳音，緯創傳出旗下昆山廠周遭600多家供應商，八成以上的核心供應商，已經恢復生產；研華昆山廠的產能，也提升到原產能的四成。廣達、仁寶與英業達等組裝廠，以及面板廠友達，在華東地區的復工率也較之前提升，預期3月能持續提高。

圖／經濟日報提供
中國大陸官媒央視報導，引述緯創華東廠區總經理周泓任說法，供應商都希望儘快讓產能完全恢復，但整個產業鏈複雜度相當高，需要（大陸）政府的協助，加速復產復工速度。

昆山市政府統計，在當地緯創有41家一級產業供應商，310家二級供應商，還包含昆山市外六家供應商，及生活服務等配套商家。

廣達則表示，華東地區復工狀況優於西部，廣達華東廠區位在上海與常熟，不提供單一廠區復工率。據了解，廣達上海廠作為官方宣傳的樣板，復工率優於預期。

仁寶指出，目前大陸工廠復工率每周都提高，因大陸政府有經濟成長壓力，目前仁寶在昆山與南京都有廠房。英業達則說，無法揭露復工率、但持續復工，英業達華東廠區位在上海與南京。

工業電腦龍頭研華大陸區員工近3,400位，除製造中心位於昆山外，其餘辦公室分布在北京、上海、深圳、廣州、西安、成都等40多個城市。當中北、上、廣、深，成都與西安均已陸續復工。研華指出，研華昆山廠於2月17日復工，到昨（25）日產能已經恢復到先前的40%，出貨狀態「暫時正常」。

研華原先預計到2月下旬，昆山製造中心小幅復工三成，目前復工進度超出原先目標。

友達在蘇州、昆山與廈門都有生產據點，春節期間維持生產運作，因為沒有停工，沒有復工問題。友達目前仍有庫存供應市場，但因部份供應商、客戶還沒有復工，大陸各地政府對運輸嚴格管制等三大挑戰，新冠肺炎疫情影響是正面或負面，仍無法判定。

友達大陸三個廠區春節前採取嚴格的防範措施，目前沒有員工染疫。

title: 昆山電子廠 復工腳步加快


title: 廣西採取包機和專列等多種方式送務工人員復工

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原標題：廣西採取包機和專列等多種方式送務工人員復工

中新網南寧2月25日電 （陳凝）2月25日下午，海南航空HU7064航班再度搭載廣東格蘭仕集團120餘名員工由南寧飛往廣州復工。這是該企業第二次選擇海南航空復工包機專項產品運送員工返粵復工。

格蘭仕集團自2月21日首次選擇海南航空復工包機產品護送員工返粵后，再次發出包機需求。雙方在首次合作經驗的基礎上，短時間內便迅速完成了二次包機各項流程的報批及保障信息的確認工作。

較早前的2月18日，柳州市融安縣用兩輛大巴將57位貧困務工人員送往廣東復工。第二天，廣西首趟定製復工專列D4508/5次列車從百色站開往廣州南站，百色革命老區700多名務工人員乘專列赴粵返崗。此後類似的專列又開行了多趟。

據介紹，為了有效緩解國內各企業單位大批量返崗人員交通出行困難的局面，海南航空於2月19日推出返崗包機專項產品，目前已接到500多單包機需求。

針對此次包機，海南航空協調南寧機場，為包機旅客開闢專屬值機櫃檯、協調專用安檢通道、提供引導服務。清潔人員對客艙進行全面消毒，並進行防疫物資檢查和客艙布置；旅客在乘機前及抵達后均需測量體溫，飛行途中乘務組還對旅客健康開展巡查；執行完航班任務后，飛機還將進行徹底預防性消毒及定期全機消殺等。

隨著企業復工復產的推進，除了推出包機專項產品以外，海南航空還將根據市場情況逐漸恢復航班運力。預計到2月底，海南航空將陸續恢復從北京、上海、廣州、深圳、杭州、海口、三亞、成都、重慶、貴陽等地始發的450餘個航班。（完）


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title: 瑞士衛生部：瑞士確診的第一例新冠肺炎感染病例是位於提契諾的一名70歲老人。


title: 埃里安呼籲別急著抄底：「這次情況不一樣」

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日期:2月25日消息，安聯首席經濟顧問家穆罕默德-埃里安（Mohamed El-Erian）周二表示，投資者應推遲買入因疫情而受到嚴重打擊的股票。

「我強調，這次情況不一樣，」埃里安表示。道瓊斯工業平均指數周一暴跌逾1000點或3.5%，創兩年多以來最差單日表現。

他表示，僅僅因為過去逢低買入並不意味著這次就行了。 「我將繼續竭盡全力抵制目前的逢低買入。」

埃里安稱，諸如疫情之類的「休克」事件對企業收益和經濟增長的破壞往往比根本性的衰退持續時間更長。

「經濟參與者將面臨很多風險規避。這將需要時間，」他說， 「經濟突然停止很難重啟。」

2月3日，埃里安首先警告投資者，不要像過去那樣逢低買入。他當時稱，疫情將「在整個全球經濟中蔓延」。

疫情引發了人們對全球經濟增長放緩的擔憂，周一全球股市市值蒸發了1.7萬億美元。


countries: 日本 中國

title: 廣達攜英特爾 推雲方案

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廣達（2382）旗下雲端伺服器供應商雲達科技昨（25）日宣布，攜手英特爾推出第二代電信機房虛擬化解決方案（NGCO），協助電信營運商由傳統電信機房轉型為NGCO 5G資料中心，加速實現新服務。並與Altiostar、Baicells、Radisys、ASTRI、Altran等合作夥伴，共同實現網路功能虛擬化架構。

雖然新冠肺炎疫情持續延燒，但法人預估，今年伺服器受到雲端產業持續成長的激勵，受到疫情的衝擊不大，廣達已經拿下全球雲端四大咖的資料中心伺服器商機，目前持續擴張版圖至電信營運商，預期今年在伺服器方面將以兩位數成長。

雲達表示，面對5G浪潮，雲達已提前到位，並與合作夥伴及客戶共同執行多項專案，以應對未來複雜挑戰。

成果包含去年發表日本樂天雲端原生行動網路，提出ORAN 中央單元／分散單元（Open RAN DU/CU）解藕式架構，以及與中國移動合作一項基於ONAP（Open Network Automation Platform）機器學習的資料湖泊計畫。