title: 雞排妹低胸滑出兩粒球 自爆「摸一摸就滿足」

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雞排妹去年赴日發展，主持網路節目又成為性愛名嘴，收穫頗豐。（報社資料照）

〔記者曾德蓉／台北報導〕「雞排妹」鄭家純去年赴日發展，在台灣也主持網路節目，成為性愛名嘴，加上又回歸政治網紅身分，收穫頗豐。她常透過社群網站與粉絲互動，近日po出一張緊抱巨型小熊維尼娃娃照片，小熊維尼雖然體型巨大，仍遮不住她胸前兩粒球，火辣模樣引起熱議。

雞排妹抱著身形碩大的小熊維尼娃娃。（翻攝自臉書）

雖然娃娃可愛，但她最後沒有帶回家，雞排妹解釋，「不喜歡家裡放很多東西，玩偶娃娃都是在店裡摸一摸就滿足，反正回家有貓可以吸。」


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藝人黃安想要替正爆發武漢肺炎疫情的中國加油，在微博上發文聲稱，身為中國人是種難得的福份。（資料照，圖取自黃安微博）

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕長期旅居中國的藝人黃安過去曾因病回台使用健保住院治療，近期卻因中國武漢肺炎疫情，屢次替中國說話，他今（26）日再度公開感嘆「生為中國人是一種難得的福分」。

黃安時常透過微博抨擊台灣、香港政局，他今發文讚嘆中國文學，稱「只有中國才有這麼多經典巨著供我們享用，只有中國5000年來都是大國，公元前841年，西周共和元年開始，中國就有每一年的文字記載的信史，至今不斷」，要被生來做為中國人相當不容易。

黃安提到，「生為中國人是一種難得的福分，我們每個中國人都要有這樣的自豪感與感恩心情」，中國人克服「肉體、智慧的修練」，「這是我們的福氣。接下來，我們就要活出中國人應該有的樣子，別老是用美國人那一套衡量自己的民族」。他要以此替深陷疫情的中國加油。

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countries: 中國 香港 美國 台灣


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「我們現在應該補的要中程飛彈」，學者蘇紫雲認為台灣應補的是彈藥，而不是載具。圖為在中科院展示的雄風三型飛彈模型。圖／張家銘
「台灣的國防應該要用新思維來取代舊思維」，淡江大學整合戰略科技中心執行長、教授蘇紫雲今在一場演講中提到，國家的生存不能只靠外交、經濟，還要加上軍事，建構安全總合的戰略，「實力是最重要的，有實力才有外交」，這樣才能確保國家生存和民眾的安全。

蘇紫雲也點出國防預算不足及投資錯誤的問題。他說，台灣的國防必須如歐洲國家，不僅是談「國防工業」，更需以「國防經濟」的角度看待，要有正確的投資，並展現自我保護的決心。因此他也建議，軍售或武器發展應以「彈藥」優先，也就是採購、佈署飛彈，而非採購巡防艦，或先進戰機如F-35之類的「載具」，千枚中程飛彈造價約等於一艘成功級巡防艦，而6百枚「陸劍二」造價約等於20架F-35。

「光是佈署一千枚中程飛彈，就可以封鎖中國30多個機場，使其無法登陸台灣」，對台灣而言防衛力比巡防艦或戰機好，蘇紫雲表示。

現場有聽眾提問，若要炸掉三峽水壩需要幾顆？蘇紫雲則表示「應該2枚就夠了」。但他隨即解釋，佈署飛彈主要是防禦性質，且在戰爭法上水壩是民用目標，並不是軍事正當的目標。他也幽默援引民進黨已故主席黃信介的話，「有些事能做但不能說」，強調是被中國欺負才用，而不是窮兵黷武。

蘇紫雲也用「不沉的神盾艦」來形容台灣的地位。他說，現在有匿蹤的隱形戰機，物理上的期限是30公里，進入範圍就容易被偵測到，因此他也再強調應用彈藥來取代載台。再來就是精準武器，外科手術式的炸彈，「那極限大概50公里，還必須維持一定高度」。

因此，他認為，「我們現在應該補的要中程飛彈」，「愛國者和天弓飛彈是長程的，很貴，中程飛彈則相對便宜」，對台灣的生存機會也就提高。以過去而論，相當精銳的以色列海軍艦艇，也曾經被沙烏地阿拉伯的飛彈「打的不要不要的」，後來以色列的戰略也有所轉變。

台灣北社今（13）日下午舉行演講會，邀請曾為民進黨兩岸政策顧問的蘇紫雲以「安全的總合：台灣應善用戰略機遇－從m503談起」為題發表演講。提及目前M503航線及中國空軍繞台的情勢，蘇紫雲表示，中國的飛機現在亂飛，「想做葉問，一個打十個」，也飛到日本對馬海峽，就是要把台灣「包」起來。

蘇紫雲認為，台灣應抓住機運，現在是第2次機會。圖／唐詩

蘇紫雲也從二次大戰前的歐洲情勢談起，希特勒會當選就是1929年股市崩盤，包括給工人休假福利和動物保護法，納粹黨當年確實吸引不少人，且1936年舉辦奧運，奧地利那時也是有親德派，想跟德國統一，「因為德國經濟太好，希特勒又是奧地利出來的，希特勒又是個小文青」，因此奧國也想加入德國，加上波蘭說德語的蘇台德區及捷克，德國併吞它們之後二戰爆發，「跟現在的（中國）很像，因為它也是要擴張生存空間」，當年的德國鐵路戰略就如今天中國的「一帶一路」一樣。

「德國鐵路從北邊的不來梅，到義大利，再到北非，就是要突破英國封鎖」，蘇紫雲說，這跟現在中國很像，德國的戰機當時也是比較多，「但不是武器問題，而是人民能否展現信心和意志」。

蘇紫雲也提及邦交國迷思，「有人說要很多邦交國，但以色列一開始也是很少邦交國」，印證事實並非如此，外交必須要靠實力。另外，第一次美國小布希在2001年三月對台的保證，川普應該是算台灣第二次的戰略機遇期，台灣有些媒體和學者故意誤導，經濟上台灣都依賴中國，其實是「三角貿易」，中國70%的外匯順差、約GDP的3%都是來自美國。但政府未能正確認知，就會「該軟的不軟，該硬的不硬」。

蘇紫雲強調，台灣的戰略地位非常重要，「像三角窗一樣」，但大國鬥爭會影響台灣的國際地位與價值。他說明，冷戰時本來美國杜魯門政府要放棄KMT，後來韓戰才又拉回來，接著「布拉格之春」、越戰後台灣的經濟起飛，台灣地位抬升，中美建交後台灣的地位又下去，《台灣關係法》出現，美國軍售台灣，到了天安門事件，美國又開始對中軍售，到911之後又開始圍堵中國，「因為美國知道中國一定會走向海權」。

他說，中國海軍的新船下水跟下餃子一樣，過去數年每年都有10多艘數千噸級的作戰艦艇下水，但我們給國際間的感覺是沒有認真去思考，「從1996飛彈危機至今21年，國防預算實質增加卻只有3%，社福、教育預算都成長，但中國卻增加7倍」，反而讓國際間認為台灣是否真有自我防衛的決心？

蘇紫雲接著提到，美國也開始做一些「法律戰」，如美國的領務局對護照及在美台灣人登記問題，就認定台灣是一個國家，這2天的萬豪酒店等事件也是爭這件事，而台灣的民間社團發動「台灣正名」，很多人寫EMAIL強調台灣不是中國的一省，而台灣在2003年被小布希宣佈為「非北約的盟國」，在內湖的AIT新房舍也在建設，「反而是美國比台灣更愛台灣」。

他繼續提到，就是美國的法律辦公室（如同台灣外交部條約法律司），它和中華民國斷交ROC，所有權利義務都是台灣來繼承，也就是台灣要視為一個國家。扁政府時期小布希說要為台灣（獨立）出兵，台灣的外交官或軍官若在駐在國遇到困難，可向當地的美軍單位求助，因美國把台灣視為非北約盟國，而在歐巴馬政府時較「愛好和平」，到了蔡政府時期，美國國防部長馬蒂斯在香格里拉會議提及，美國國防部將依《台灣關係法》售台必要的防禦性武器，美國防授權法則讓台參與紅旗軍演，

「要有實力就會有外交」，他說，馬政府時期的P3-C也是扁政府時期購買，「唯一有做的只有F-16升級計畫」，蔡政府上台1年8個月，像HARM反輻射飛彈、空對地飛彈等成為售台武器指標，但台灣的挑戰是國防預算不同，優先性可能是價值的問題，但國防預算偏低，從1996年的2336億，到2016年的3090億，加上物價年增率之後七折八扣，其實增加的很少，約只有3%，「現在必須先輸血」。

「國防預算在西歐被視為公共投資的一部分，國防經濟必須回饋到就業等，但台灣則僅視為國防工業」，蘇紫雲說，另外，台灣的援外預算也只比外國多一點，「我們享受國際的公共投資，但援外只有0.047%」，現在執政也只是拿石頭砸自己腳，只是一般國家的1/6到1/5。「我們必須思考是否認真保護自己，或認真地回饋社會」。

談到國防工業，他也提到，法、德的軍背心都是台灣做的。台灣的資訊軟體也很強，「但也常自己搬石頭砸自己腳」，比如扁政府時期的趨勢科技，有做美國國防部的案子，在台卻無法上市，只能到美國去上市。另外，俄國的飛彈的觸控電腦，也是台灣的神碁做的。「合於軍規標準，可以自己做，甚至也得到美國認證。像是一支扳手500塊，卻去美國買回來，其實工廠就在台中」。

國防預算應增加 善用台灣優勢

「無人機也是」，接著他也提到，或許不像美、日先進，價格不像中國漂亮，但比中國貴一點產品品質就很低，這種東西台灣有啊」，另外一些仿生機器人，或軍用機器人，也可以解決我們一些問題，「但可惜，官員的思維還是舊的」。他也舉例說，中國的無人機都附送「後門」，許多國家卻步，這就是台灣的機會。

「現在政務官，民進黨籍也只有38%，改革很多人都說『對』但應用情況又很低。此外如美國也很努力在推生質燃料，去年2月就有說採用生質燃料，F-18預計2025年就要全面採用生質燃料」，蘇紫雲說。

談到徵兵或募兵，蘇紫雲則認為，有時民眾比政府更有勇氣，「八成民眾同意中國統一時願上戰場，7成民眾願為保衛台灣而戰 」。徵兵從羅馬時代起屬於「公民軍隊」，台灣從2020年開始，役男可能不到10萬人，用募兵制是不可行的。另外，解放軍的中士二級一個月7千人民幣，約台幣3萬5，募兵制又不提升國防預算，預算又不到位，「真的威脅不是台灣國家太小，而是投資錯誤」。

蘇紫雲細算投資不同武器發揮的效果，認為千枚巡弋飛彈防衛力可替代１艘巡防艦或20架F-35戰機。圖／唐詩

「另一個挑戰是，現在大家說要F-35，但要投資的是巡戈飛彈、防空飛彈，武器和載台哪個優先？這也是挑戰」，蘇紫雲繼續表示，若要買一架陽春巡防艦3百億，滿油滿彈滿人成本約5百億，大概可以買1千枚巡弋飛彈？「哪個比較容易發揮防衛效果？」，而1千枚飛彈大概就可封住30個機場，「它（中國解放軍）就沒有登陸部隊可以到台灣」。

「整個國防投資應重新思考，創造正向循環，讓它的效益可以外擴」，在替代兵力上，蘇紫雲也再度強調，一枚3千萬，數量一千枚的巡弋飛彈來替代造價300億的成功級巡防艦。飛彈直接用貨櫃車改裝的載具載著趴趴走就可以。此外，他也提到，「台灣若回歸中國，被中國佔領，日本戰時的生存線立刻被截斷，這是天賦有利的，也要去強調」。

蘇紫雲進一步表示，中國在初期（1950年代）時也是靠軍事和武器在「做外交」，「畢竟總統去哪訪問這類都維持不久，還是實力最重要」。

而在飛機方面，他也提到，另外F-35也可以考慮用600枚，單價4千萬的「陸劍二」，載具則以單價5千萬共250座，一共315億，這等於20架的F-35戰機價格，「歐洲也不再思考投資在新型的載具」，歐盟都是希望每一塊錢可回到居民身上，這才是「國防經濟」的思考。

蘇紫雲最後再強調，不能到哪裏去都是「愛與和平」，要先把戰略思考準備好，人家才會跟你做朋友。外交和經濟上雖無法跳過，但在戰略上要找出一個「安全的總和」。

countries: 台灣 奧地利 德國 美國 捷克 以色列 沙烏地阿拉伯 日本 中國 英國 義大利 波蘭 歐盟 中華民國

taiwan-subdivisions: 三峽 成功 內湖 和平

title: 「2枚就能炸掉三峽水壩」學者建議台灣投資千枚中程飛彈


title: 新北議會收恐嚇信威脅暴力攻擊 警方偵辦

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北 新北市

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新北市議會接獲恐嚇信，揚言要以炸彈及氰酸鉀毒藥攻擊政要及司法警憲等人員，新北警方受理報案已展開偵辦，初步懷疑有人藉此表達對社會的不滿。

市議會指出，市議會文書室收發人員昨天收到署名「新北市議會」的信件，打開後看到許多恐嚇字眼，包括因對社會不滿，將要用炸彈攻擊總統蔡英文與立法委員等多名政治人物。

信中還恐嚇要以過去「千面人」案例般，將以氰酸鉀注入賣場飲料來殺死警察、檢察官、法官、憲兵及海巡貪官等公務人員。

據了解，信末雖有署名，但內容完全未提及議會任何人名，顯然對方不是針對議會而來，議會初判似乎是亂槍打鳥方式投遞知名機關惡作劇或不滿社會的人士藉此表達訴求。

海山分局表示，接獲報案後已組專案小組展開偵辦，信中是用電腦打字，經查家住南部涉在文末署名的人士，此人否認涉案並懷疑是遭他人惡作劇作弄，且已就信中郵戳清查投遞郵筒位於台北市，警方將調閱郵筒周遭監視畫面擴大追查，有信心能在最快時間內破案。


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江西首趟復工復產包機航班從蘭州中川機場載著上百名返崗職工降落在南昌昌北機場，往返2800公里。（圖／中新社）

大陸各地自2月10日起，開始啟動春節後企業復工，但是還困在家鄉的員工卻因交通、封城等各種因素而難以返回工作地點。為盡快讓工人返回崗位，廣東、浙江、福建等地多地紛紛開啟搶人大戰，「土豪」操作頻頻上演。除加錢、發口罩之外，外加包車、包機、包高鐵，甚至派出醫護人員全程陪同，手筆之大令人咋舌。

據《中新社》報導，企業復工不只是中共中央的政策，也是停工一個月後的各企業不得不加速進行、攸關企業存亡的事情。但受疫情影響，如何讓外地員工盡快返崗是最大難題。大陸交通部上周統計，農民工返程約8000萬人次，到2月底將要返程約1.2億人次，3月以後返程約1億多人次。

報導說，為接外地員工盡快返崗復工，多地紛紛開啟搶人大戰，「土豪」操作頻頻上演。例如浙江嘉善縣政府和企業就共同包機，用一架包機到四川免費載回154名返崗員工。浙江湖州吳興區也採取政府臨時包機方式，從雲南昆明將180員工載至上海，再以7輛大巴士接駁至吳興。

福建省福州市亦大手筆協助企業復工，除針對雲南、貴州、甘肅等外省員工開通復工返崗的包機、包高鐵專列，凡是返回福州復工的企業員工一律免費。另外還有安全上崗升級版，安徽省阜陽市開通「送您上崗」阜陽至寧波免費高鐵專列，近600名務工人員通過綠色通道進站乘車，列車隨車配備來自寧波的4名醫護人員。

企業復工復產必須依照官方規定程序與防疫要求，圖中廣西貴港企業的工人在上班前進行例行體溫檢測。（圖／新華社）

除了上述方式，有些地區則直接發「復工紅包」。廣東省中山市對積極復工復產且落實好疫情防控措施企業，或是現階段政策重點企業，在月底前復工就每人發300元人民幣紅包。浙江省義烏市對復工復產員工提供補助與免費食宿，或補貼交通費用。此外，為企業介紹新人則提供多種補助與獎勵金。

由於企業掀起搶人大戰，員工的薪資自然水漲船高。調查報告指出，2020年春節後，企業支付平均月薪為6420元人民幣，同比增長5.79%。製造業普通工人崗位企業支付月薪為5197元，比去年同期增長9.78%，略高於2019年春節後7.28%的漲幅。

報導說，在新冠疫情期間，很多反應買不到口罩，或是要長時間等候。但是到企業復工時，這個問題自然解決，因為大陸中央政府規定企業一定要做好防疫措施才准復工。在此之前企業已預備大量口罩作為復工之用。許多網友在網上拿到自已復工時領到的新口罩，「讓你感覺瞬間變得富有」。更有網友「炫富」說，「開工第一天發3個口罩，第三天發了5個，第五天7個，到今天居然發了40個，這樣下去怕不是要發財？」

title: 包機包高鐵、加錢發口罩！陸企搶人土豪式復工

taiwan-subdivisions: 新社 中山


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義大利新冠肺炎疫情失控，引發當地人仇華情結，近日傳出多起華人遭攻擊、歧視案件。圖為米蘭女子戴口罩防疫 (圖／美聯社)

新冠肺炎疫情擴散，義大利國內也瀕臨失控，單日就增加近百確診，政府對北部12個城市封城後，引起了義國民眾仇華情節，甚至衍生為暴力行為，近日傳出多起亞洲人遭攻擊、歧視案例，米蘭台商會長賴天福也建議在義台僑們盡量減少出門。

根據《中央社》報導，義媒「今日薩勒諾」（Salerno Today）今天(26日)指出，一名大陸女子搭火車從薩勒諾（Salerno）到拿坡里（Napoli）的途中，遭到一名50歲當地男子大聲辱罵「有病毒」還動手攻擊，義籍男友為保護女友不幸掛彩，女子趕緊拿出防狼噴霧劑反擊才阻止對方。

另一家義媒「開放」（Open）也以「目前在義大利身為華人是惡夢」為題報導，指出一名陸籍商人24日在維成薩（Vicenza）走進咖啡店換錢時，竟被服務生大吼「你有病毒不能入內」，另一名乘客隨即拿起酒瓶砸向陸商頭部，造成陸商當場倒地，血流不止。陸商妻子得知後相當憤慨，報案後揚言不論花多少錢，都要告死對方。

義大利其他城市也發生了許多仇華暴力事件，例如2名義大利青少年圍毆一名大陸年長者；陸女在冰淇淋店遭義大利中年夫婦痛毆還嗆「帶著病毒滾出城」；陸籍女服務生遭外籍移工辱罵憤而反駁，竟被當場圍毆案件。

此外，還有台僑進餐廳就座後，隔桌的義大利人當場要求換座位、菲律賓人被誤認成大陸人而被毆打事件層出不窮。有台灣留學生不滿表示，目前大陸人與台灣人在義大利境內感染數為零，且當地人完全沒有戴口罩的習慣，「應該害怕的是我們」。

countries: 義大利 台灣 菲律賓

title: 疫情失控義國引爆仇華暴力 陸女遭痛毆嗆：帶著病毒滾出去


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▲湖北荊門血友病少年延遲返台，行政院長蘇貞昌表示，「中國插手、造成名單變化。」（圖／台商提供）

記者任以芳／綜合報導

日前行政院長蘇貞昌表示，第一批回台飛機以弱勢優先讓血友病少年回台，「但中國插手、造成名單變化。」對此，大陸官媒人民日報晚間（26日）發表最新社論回擊，強調蔡政府9日才給出121人優先名單，當時第一批包機早就飛了，「導致血友病少年多滯留十多天的罪魁禍首，其實是民進黨政府。」

社論指出，「所謂中國插手造成名單變化從何說起？」第一批滯湖北的台灣民眾搭乘東航加班機返鄉，當時很緊急，以武漢地區台灣民眾就近集結為主，當時白血病少年在荊門市，來不及辦理相關手續趕到武漢。」如果東航後續安排順利，白血病少年、還有800多名台灣民眾都能回家。

▲首批包機回台出現唯一「確診案例」的情況，陸方質疑我方為何沒有「真實說明」。（圖／記者張榮恩攝）

另外，針對東航首班加班機中「沒有檢疫」，造成一名「確診病例」。人民日報社論也強調，首批返台247名台胞登機前，健康狀況有書面承諾，並按規定接受檢疫，都沒有異常。針對包機回台出現的唯一確診案例，「民進黨政府至今未能回答武漢台辦提出的7點疑問，請蘇貞昌正面回答，如果這個『確診病例』的事實，不把具體情況公布，是不願、不能、還是不敢？」

關於大陸方面提出質疑，蘇貞昌日前也表示，滯留湖北的台灣民眾返台安排，持續和對岸溝通，並堅持蔡總統所說的「弱勢優先、防疫優先」，希望大陸不要有太多政治插手，我方照顧國人防疫·、健康為優先第一。

title: 回擊「中國插手、名單變化」  陸官媒：罪魁禍首是民進黨政府

countries: 中國 台灣


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▲iRent路邊租還服務將進軍桃園，提供限量100名前2小時租金免費優惠。（圖／和泰提供）

記者張慶輝／綜合報導

iRent共享租車版圖擴張到桃園市了！做為橫跨汽機車共享的業界龍頭，iRent路邊租還服務將在2/29（六）起進軍桃園市，為了讓「北北桃生活圈」有效串連，iRent也將在2/29至3/1期間推出「雙北路邊租、桃園路邊還」優惠，提供限量100名前2小時租金免費。

除了固定站點24小時無人自助租車服務外，iRent的路邊租還也在台北市、新北市、台中市與台南市提供服務，而即將加入的桃園市，更讓服務範圍進一步涵蓋到5都，且租用時間以小時計算（里程費、eTag等另計），能更有彈性的滿足用車需求。

▲只要在2/29至3/1期間，於雙北路邊租車並於桃園路邊還車，限量100名可獲得前2小時租金免費。（圖／和泰提供）

由於北北桃是緊密的共同生活圈，iRent路邊租還服務也特別開放台北市、新北市與桃園市可跨縣市租還，在2/29至3/1期間，只要在台北市與新北市取車，並於桃園市還車，即可獲得前2小時租金免費（限量100名，里程費與eTag費用另計），堪稱是連假出遊最佳神器。

▲共享電動機車不僅是業界最便宜，還提供換電優惠。（圖／和泰提供）

目前iRent是唯一同時提供汽車與電動機車的共享業者，不僅汽車租用價格親民，營運範圍涵蓋6都的電動機車更是業界最划算，目前為前6分鐘10元，第7分鐘起每分鐘1.5元，若使用者在還車前協助換電，只要與取車電量差大於40%，就送20分鐘iRent共享機車免費時數。

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taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 新北市

title: iRent共享租車進軍桃園「送2小時免費」！228連假出遊就靠它


title: 初聲／典藏孩子的豐富想像　母子合作創造紀念價值

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佈滿製作陶藝工具的桌面，陶藝上的麋鹿是兒童想像力的成果。母親顏亦慈將小朋友在計算紙上的塗鴉轉印在陶具上，透過母子共同合作，在現在忙碌的社會裡，連結起家長與孩子的情感。

母子共同創作

除了藝術家的身份以外，顏亦慈也扮演著母親的角色，「小孩畫畫媽媽制器」起源於一個自我提問：什麼樣的東西應該被畫在陶器上？顏亦慈說：「除了我的創作外，我找到的另一個答案是小朋友的創作。」看著計算紙上小孩子創作的圖案，他覺得小孩子繪畫的邏輯是沒有受到限制、沒有界線的。四隻腳的孔雀、像蝌蚪的豆腐鯊，或是長長彎彎的鴨子，這些圖像應該被留下來，而不是畫完後就被丟掉，顏亦慈將這些塗鴉看作是有意義、有價值的圖像。

包含媽媽顏亦慈與兒子賴盈熙兩人創作的陶器。 （製圖／許鍾云）
顏亦慈剛開始接觸陶藝是因為就讀台北教育大學時的課程，大學一二年級的她熱衷於陶土這項材料，也在當時花了很多時間研究這項材料，但大學三四年級接觸到表演藝術，開始選擇透過劇場等其他方式創作。直到自己懷孕以後，顏亦慈認為自己變成一種餵母乳的介質，小孩會因為自己的哺乳成長。這個過程讓顏亦慈覺得自己像是一種供給食物的容器，於是冒出一股做容器的衝動，選擇過去熟悉的陶藝來呈現自己的感受。

二〇一九年母子合作的第一個作品起源於兒子賴盈熙畫的一隻孔雀，顏亦慈看完這隻四隻腳的孔雀後不禁莞爾一笑，「天阿！大人畫得要死要活也畫不出這種東西。」認為兒子兒童時期的畫作不應該只是畫在計算紙上隨手丟棄，顏亦慈想透過轉印兒子塗鴉的方式紀錄生活，留下自己認為有價值的作品。配合兒子賴盈熙的塗鴉風格，顏亦慈不用能做出精緻陶器的拉胚手法製陶，而是以手捏的方式增加手作感。

兒子賴盈熙繪畫的「四腳孔雀」轉印到陶器上。（ 圖／許鍾云）
家人一起擺攤

「小孩畫畫媽媽制器」從二〇一九年七月因為朋友介紹的緣故開始市集擺攤，將自己一路累積的作品介紹給更多人。顏亦慈說她認為將小孩的畫作轉印到日常生活使用的陶器上，再拿去市集上販賣對他來說也是一件行為藝術，像是挑戰大眾對於美的定義。很醜的龍蝦、四隻腳的孔雀、像蝌蚪的豆腐鯊符不符合他們心中對美的定義？不論大眾心中的答案為何，透過這個過程，顏亦慈不只讓客人知道她認為這些圖像是有價值的東西，同時也讓兒子賴盈熙知道母親認同自己。

擺攤的過程中五歲的賴盈熙也會幫忙顏亦慈介紹商品，自信地介紹陶器的製作過程，陶器上的塗鴉又是哪些他在生活中看到的動物。顏亦慈也笑著模仿在市集中遇到的客人，大多看見陶器的第一眼都會是狐疑的，在了解是小孩子的塗鴉後會是驚訝的表情，最後再掛上和當初自己第一次看到四隻腳的孔雀一樣的笑容。

母子顏亦慈與賴盈熙一起到市集擺攤。 （圖／許鍾云攝）
從事影音製作行業的先生Isaac在比較空閒的假日也會到市集幫忙擺攤，在顏亦慈忙著與客人介紹時照顧鬧脾氣的孩子。顏亦慈從收入穩定的美術館行政人員改行到市集擺攤，固然會減少一份固定的收入，但Isaac認為夫妻之間有時需要互相妥協，在自己忙碌的時候顏亦慈也會多照顧孩子，在「小孩畫畫媽媽製器」中自己像是個從旁協助的角色，例如，能在擺攤時幫忙顧孩子。

顏亦慈認為透過小孩子的圖像做成作品再變成經濟活動的過程是有趣的，也明白「小孩畫畫媽媽制器」的定位可能是短暫的，因為等兒子賴盈熙再長大一點，作畫越來越寫實，會因為需要的做工較細緻，而不適合轉印在陶器上。

兒子賴盈熙現階段創作開始寫實化。（圖／許鍾云攝）
於是未來顏亦慈會嘗試推廣「小孩畫畫媽媽制器」的親子互動，在擺攤的過程中，有許多家長會詢問有沒有開班製作陶器的課程，希望也可以將自己小孩子的塗鴉轉印。顏亦慈認為這很有意義，可以做自己喜歡的事，同時也對孩子表達認同他的創作，預計二〇二〇年開班授課，讓家長們帶著孩子的塗鴉轉印到陶器上。

採訪側記

用製作陶器的方式寫日記，把自己與孩子的共同回憶轉印在陶器上。顏亦慈進行的不只是自己想做的事，同時也認同自己的孩子，在不知不覺中增進自己與孩子的互動。從「小孩畫畫媽媽制器」中，我看見的美是認同，在母親顏亦慈的認同下，兒子賴盈熙才能如此不受限制的創作。（生命力新聞 蔡雅竹、許鍾云）


taiwan-subdivisions: 新北 三峽 魚池 新北市 三峽區

title: 新北三峽男童魚池疑落水溺斃 警調查死因

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（中央社記者黃旭昇新北26日電）新北市三峽區1名4歲男童今天傍晚在水池中被發現，消防局據報前往搶救時，早已經沒有呼吸心跳，經送醫仍不治。警方將調查疑似落水原因，並通報市府兒少保護案件，予以協助。

警方初步調查，4歲小男童是在今天傍晚約5時許，被親人發現在三峽區紫微路的魚池，立即通報119。

消防局表示，據報立即趕往救援，到達時男童已經被拉上岸，但早已經沒有生命跡象。經送往三峽恩主公醫院急救仍不治。

三峽警方表示，案件已通報新北市府社會局兒少保護案，至於男童為何在親友家附近的魚池會落水並疑似溺斃，還要進一步報檢方相驗調查。

市府社會局深夜告訴中央社，接獲案件後將了解過往照顧狀況、事發經過及家中是否有其他同住的兒少，並協助確認家中需求並提供協助。（編輯：劉學源）1090226


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（中央社記者王鴻國､黃旭昇新北26日電）新北市議會接獲恐嚇信，揚言要以炸彈及氰酸鉀毒藥攻擊政要及司法警憲等人員，新北警方受理報案已展開偵辦，初步懷疑有人藉此表達對社會的不滿。

市議會指出，市議會文書室收發人員昨天收到署名「新北市議會」的信件，打開後看到許多恐嚇字眼，包括因對社會不滿，將要用炸彈攻擊總統蔡英文與立法委員等多名政治人物。

信中還恐嚇要以過去「千面人」案例般，將以氰酸鉀注入賣場飲料來殺死警察、檢察官、法官、憲兵及海巡貪官等公務人員。

據了解，信末雖有署名，但內容完全未提及議會任何人名，顯然對方不是針對議會而來，議會初判似乎是亂槍打鳥方式投遞知名機關惡作劇或不滿社會的人士藉此表達訴求。

海山分局表示，接獲報案後已組專案小組展開偵辦，信中是用電腦打字，經查家住南部涉在文末署名的人士，此人否認涉案並懷疑是遭他人惡作劇作弄，且已就信中郵戳清查投遞郵筒位於台北市，警方將調閱郵筒周遭監視畫面擴大追查，有信心能在最快時間內破案。（編輯：劉學源）1090226

title: 新北議會收恐嚇信威脅暴力攻擊 警方偵辦


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（中央社德黑蘭26日綜合外電報導）伊朗半官方新聞社「伊朗學生通訊社」（ISNA）今天報導，伊朗網路警察已逮捕24名涉嫌散布假消息的人士，他們被控在網路上散布武漢肺炎在伊朗擴散的謠言。

伊朗過去一週出現139例武漢肺炎確診，其中19人死亡。當局持續努力控制疫情蔓延。

伊朗警方網路部門負責人梅吉德（Vahid Majid）表示：「有24人被捕，並移交司法單位。另有118名網友遭到約談」，這些人經過警告後已飭回。

報導引述梅吉德說，伊朗成立特別小組，以「打擊『伊朗疫情擴散』的相關謠言散布」，因此有這批逮捕行動。他還表示，伊朗警方「持續監督在國內網路上發布的所有新聞」。（譯者：林沂鋒/核稿：張正芊）1090226

events: 死亡 武漢肺炎

title: 伊朗打擊網路散布疫情擴散謠言 逮捕24人


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韓國醫療神劇《浪漫醫生金師傅2》昨晚播出大結局，徐宇震（安孝燮 飾）與車恩彩（李聖經 飾）終於「越線」開親47秒，完結篇打破前15集紀錄，開出27.1%的亮眼成績，「金師傅」韓石圭更說道「期待第三季」，讓劇迷瘋狂。

該劇延續第一季醫師秉持的道德救人，儘管過3年半，忠實觀眾仍準時收看。飾演靈魂人物的韓石圭，表示因為該劇、透過角色學習不少東西，是他人生中很有意義的一部作品，對於殺青感到不捨，如果有機會的話，希望有開拍第三季的可能，製作組對此回應「有可能」，有待討論。

男女主角李聖經跟安孝燮劇中也有完美結果，李聖經表示能遇到《金師傅》工作團隊令她幸福，感謝觀眾給予的肯定；安孝燮則說，能跟「徐宇震」一起成長，是他此生榮幸，希望大家藉由此劇找到自己的浪漫之旅。《浪漫醫生金師傅2》全16集可至愛奇藝台灣站、LINE TV收看。

▲《金師傅》有望開拍第三季。（圖／愛奇藝台灣站）

title: 《金師傅2》大結局好甜　李聖經「越線」熱吻安孝燮47秒

countries: 韓國 台灣


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貓咪穆休陪伴罹患阿茲海默症的把拔（圖／The Dodo、FB@Alzheimer's Society）

有的時候喵星人比我們想像的還要有情有義！英國一名退休老人自從罹患阿茲海默症之後，心情一直鬱鬱寡歡，生活品質也不斷下降，沒有任何事能讓他感到愉快，但是自從一隻貼心的貓咪加入之後，他不穩定的情緒開始得到了安慰！

退休的獸醫師鮑伯一直飽受阿茲海默症困擾（圖／The Dodo）
派翠西亞Patricia Wright的先生鮑伯Bob是一名退休獸醫師，自2009年被診斷出罹患阿茲海默症之後，他覺得人生已經沒有意義，生活中不再有任何事讓他感到快樂，與家人的摩擦也越益嚴重，直到2013年家人領養一隻名叫「穆休Mooshu」的貓咪後，一切開始有了變化！喜歡社交又親人的穆休似乎一開始就發現把拔有「特殊需要」，派翠西亞表示：「鮑伯一直要求我把貓咪抱給他，所以我將穆休放在他腿上，從此牠就一直待在那裡，晚上也睡在鮑伯的懷裡！」雖然家裡還有另一隻貓咪，但只有穆休跟把拔特別親密，暖心的牠似乎理解把拔正為失智症所苦，因此無論他走到哪裡，穆休都隨時陪在身邊關注他，連他洗完澡穆休也會立即上前磨蹭，確認他平安無事。

自從養了貓咪穆休，鮑伯非常倚賴牠，連睡覺都要跟牠在一起（圖／The Dodo）
知道把拔有特殊疾病，貼心的穆休總是主動地窩在他的懷裡給他安慰，穩定他的情緒（圖／FB@Alzheimer’s Society）
即使穆休偶爾想獨處，派翠西亞也買了一隻機器貓玩偶暫時代替穆休（圖／The Dodo）
穆休：把拔不要憂鬱，偶會在這裡陪你喔！（圖／FB@Alzheimer’s Society）
穆休通常會盡可能地待在把拔身邊，但是偶爾也需要獨處，不過鮑伯一旦發現愛貓不在就會開始焦慮，因此派翠西亞買了一隻機器貓玩偶當作替代品，有趣的是一開始穆休還會對玩偶吃醋，後來也漸漸接受它，因為牠瞭解只要把拔身邊有貓在情緒就會穩定！派翠西亞感激地表示：「跟阿茲海默症患者一起生活真的很不容易，幸好有穆休陪伴，就算他忘記很多事，但畢竟他當了一輩子獸醫，即使腦子忘了，身體也不會忘記跟毛孩接觸的感覺！」希望有穆休的貼心守候，能讓把拔憂鬱的心得到更多的舒緩，現在一起來看看穆休向鮑伯撒嬌的模樣吧！（編輯：陳珮瑜）

title: 暖心貓咪貼身守護失智爸　窩懷裡安慰他：我陪你！


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唐代詩人王翰《涼州詞》名句「葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲飲琵琶馬上催」，其中在黑夜中泛著光澤的「夜光杯」，最令人好奇；十三行博物館正展出「飲酒Bar—亞洲酒文化特展」，被稱為夜光杯的《玻璃高足杯》十分吸睛，歡迎民眾於酒文化中倘佯。

文化局局長龔雅雯表示，十三行博物館與國立歷史博物館共同推出「飲酒Bar─亞洲酒文化特展」，精選展出臺灣、中國、日本、韓國、越南等國的特色酒器及文物近70件；帶領民眾認識東亞飲酒文化與中西交流的歷史脈絡，品味酒器細緻的工藝與巧思，及臺灣在亞洲文化交流中扮演的關鍵地位。

十三行博物館館長陳春蘭指出，「飲酒Bar—亞洲酒文化特展」自開展以來深受民眾喜愛，其中被稱為夜光杯的《玻璃高足杯》更是吸睛亮點之一；《玻璃高足杯》器身透明中略帶淺黃色，造型優美，在燈光下透著光澤，可由其一探唐人的飲酒美學。

陳春蘭說，為了讓觀眾用五感感受亞洲酒文化的魅力，「飲酒Bar—亞洲酒文化特展」運用多項多媒體的互動裝置設計，打造大型投影酒桶、酒池、酒瀑等，呈現古今融合的酒吧氛圍；此外，期間限定的「古早人啤酒」所剩不多，請把握最後機會品嚐，更多資訊請上十三行的官網或粉絲專頁查詢。

※【 NOWnews 今日新聞 】提醒您 酒後不開車，飲酒過量有礙健康！

countries: 日本 臺灣 韓國 中國 越南

title: 十三行首度展出夜光杯　帶領民眾認識東亞飲酒文化


title: 萬金石馬拉松確定停辦！新北市：保留選手2021參賽資格

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武漢肺炎疫情延燒，新北市國際運動賽事萬金石馬拉松，先前依市長侯友宜表示，是否如期舉辦仍在評估，如今考量防疫措施在技術上很難周全，市府今（26）宣布賽事確定停辦。體育處會保留所有報名選手2021年參賽資格，不需再行繳費。

新北市政府表示，萬金石馬拉松是國際級賽事，每年都吸引上萬名國內外的選手參加；市政府發言人蔣志薇表示，考量武漢肺炎疫情還在持續中，新北市教育局體育處經過整體評估，為了保障國內外選手的安全，今年的萬金石馬拉松決定停辦。


title: 經常弄丟AirPods？可參考一下這個設計

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如果你常常找不到AirPods，眾籌平台Kickstarter的一項集資計畫可能有解方：將AirPods掛在Apple Watch的表帶上。

科技網站The Verge報導，「AirBand」是用矽膠做成的Apple Watch表帶，還可用來掛AirPods，兩個懸掛的圓環位在Apple Watch螢幕的下方。AirPods和AirPods Pro都適用AirBand。

這個設計和概念聽起來有點蠢，原因是這樣使用會在眾目睽睽下無所遁形，卻無法充電。購買AirPods會附一個可以放進口袋的充電盒，AirPods用戶明明早已有個可以收納他們耳機的便攜性裝置。

然而，AirBand在某些時候還是能派得上用場，該計畫的創辦人Matt Youngblood說，當手邊沒有充電盒或是充電盒不是最佳選擇的時候，這個產品就能暫時寄放AirPods。他說：「很多時候用充電盒會不太方便。」Kickstarter的影片中指出幾個能用上這個表帶的時機，例如在店裡結帳、或工作時為了專心一致等狀況，便會拿掉耳機。

該集資計畫的達成目標是1萬美元。Youngblood說，這款產品現在其實已測試完成，並準備生產，集資的目的是確保取得生產所需材料的資金充足。如果你要資助這項計畫，就能以最低20美元的早鳥價入手這款表帶，預計2020年4月便能出貨給資助者。


title: 初聲／明日餐桌　翻轉醜蔬果成討喜佳餚

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菜市場每天賣剩下的蔬果非常的多，這些蔬果都到哪裡去了？原名為七喜廚房的明日餐桌創辦人楊七喜，開了一間剩食餐廳，將剩餘蔬果重新變成一道道美味的佳餚，呈現在餐桌上，供民眾享用。

創辦七喜廚房 後更名為明日餐桌

明日餐桌創辦人楊七喜，畢業於高職工業設計系。她曾換了二十幾份工作，工作時開始接觸社會議題。「我覺得自己應該要對這些社會議題有一些經營的想法。」楊七喜希望能藉由自己的能力去幫助別人，因此她在二十八歲時就製作一些和社會議題相關的紙膠帶販售，並將販賣的款項捐出。過程中，楊七喜曾想將紙膠帶發出去給街友販售，但心中一直存著疑惑：「街友真的需要這個企劃嗎？」若是不需要，那這項企畫根本沒有意義，因此決定去接觸街友。

「成立七喜廚房的過程真的是誤打誤撞。」在接觸街友的過程中，楊七喜透過志工介紹，認識了販售有機蔬果的攤販，她才發現每天市場內剩餘的醜蔬果數量非常多，於是決定將有機蔬菜烹煮成料理，並在粉絲專頁上發出了「共享剩食，自由定價」貼文，大批粉絲誤以為是「台灣第一家剩食餐廳」進而紛紛轉發。楊七喜認為現在是一個資訊媒體的時代，一個人也可以創造很大的影響力來改變世界，同時也覺得剩食餐廳帶來的效益遠大於街友送餐，就毅然決然地做下去了。

她在二十九歲時，創辦了「憨人＋社會企劃實驗所」，實驗所第一個項目是七喜廚房，楊七喜將利用剩食烹飪成的料理，提供給顧客享用，告訴大家「續食是所有人的事情，續食並沒有這麼可怕，大家一起來吃續食吧。」她不希望大家將續食認為是弱勢的事情，雖然會提供剩食給需要被救助的人，但並不認為續食這件事情和弱勢是可以相提並論、畫上等號的，而是可以增加人和人之間的連結。

「七喜廚房就是楊七喜一個人的廚房。」許多人覺得七喜廚房這個名字朗朗上口，但是楊七喜覺得，大家聽到七喜廚房只會想到楊七喜一個人，她認為推廣剩食這件事情需要更多人參與，因此更名為「明日餐桌」，希望大家看到品牌名稱時會想到「明天的餐桌」，了解到每個人的每一餐都會影響到他人。

楊七喜創立明日餐桌環境廚房，希望減少剩食與廢棄物的浪費。 （圖／林芷妡攝）
剩食從何而來

對楊七喜來說，和菜販溝通收取剩食一點都不困難，因為她曾做過非常多的職業，也在菜市場賣過菜，如果視被菜販拒絕為困難或阻礙，就沒辦法達成解決剩食的目標。明日餐桌員工張嘉哲說，明日餐桌收取的剩食以台中向上市場為主，會到菜市場收取沒販售完，或是外觀較醜的蔬果，一天所收取的剩食約有三十公斤。

在收取剩食前，明日餐桌都會和菜販說明剩食的用途，有些菜販會很樂意將剩食給明日餐桌，甚至會呼朋引伴一起來做好事。他也表示，「雖然一開始在開拓收取剩食時會給予費用，但現在全部都是穩定的菜販免費給予明日餐桌每日的剩食。」明日餐桌義工麗文姐說：「收取剩食後，我會先清點剩食的數量，看看餐廳需要什麼食材先預留起來，剩下的蔬果就會上傳臉書，有需要的民眾就可領取。」

明日餐桌員工每天至市場收取剩餘的蔬果。 （圖／林芷妡攝）
針對剩食問題 提出解決對策

楊七喜說，她背後並沒有任何的家世背景、政府資源或財團可以支撐她去做這件事情。若要將剩食餐廳推廣出去，勢必要做到人人都可做的狀態，因此楊七喜開始做階段性有佈局的安排。先是如何從菜市場拿菜、食材烹煮、推廣宣傳，再到透過APP、網路實體的經營，使明日餐桌邁入成熟化，利用網路散播「只要有心，每一個地區的人都可以做到」的理念，讓更多人接觸並了解剩食。

她表示，明年APP上線後，除了能使用APP將客戶串聯、將環保局與各攤菜販的資料收集並資訊化外，還能和菜販合作，將剩食成為菜販的促銷方案進而推廣。再者，透過菜販和個人消耗剩食的數量，能近一步解決因季節性問題而導致的剩食問題。「剩食本身就帶動了水源、空氣、土地甚至是經濟上的損失，除了汙染以外，剩食產生的碳排放量非常可怕。」因此如何從尾端剩食回溯到產地剩食，必須要集結大家的力量。

「我們每天都在創新。」明日餐桌創造品牌貨幣，透過品牌貨幣可以做技能交換，在明日餐桌打工換宿時，只要有勞動就會給予餐卷，這些餐卷就代表著明日餐桌的貨幣，僅限明日餐桌內使用。勞動一個小時就可以換取三點，一點等於現金五十塊，每天工作四個小時就可以換取吃、住，也可以換取商品，甚至還可以購買清潔用品。將這些服務集結起來，再利用APP、多方面實體活動經營推廣讓更多人加入，成為在都市的「人與廢棄物共生的系統」。

明日餐桌提供生活用品無包裝商店，販售清潔用品。（圖／林芷妡攝）
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除了剩食問題，環境問題也是楊七喜關注的議題之一，因此發起「明日餐桌計畫」。明日餐桌計畫分為四個階段：一、剩食餐廳的穩定營運；二、二手衣交換所；三、免廢教室及免廢物品產出；四、街賣者的串聯。

明日餐桌計畫服務項目 （製圖／林芷妡）
楊七喜說：「在環保的路上，可以發現這個世界是非常複雜的。海洋的源頭問題在哪裡？就是在都市。」她認為雖然有許多工廠的汙染排放至海洋，但是民間的汙染源頭就是在都市，越繁華的地方，汙染越嚴重。楊七喜表示，在她去年經歷卵巢癌第二次化療時，就提出免廢市集的概念，想透過解決剩食、剩衣、一次性廢棄物的問題，構成人跟廢棄物共生的概念，希望透過明日餐桌計畫傳達，有些被救助的人，只要把他們放對位置了，他們一樣可以成為對社會有用的人，並不是一昧地被同情的對象。

明日餐桌也打造「廢物再生教室」，舉辦一系列的廢棄禮物製作課程，參與者可以自己帶廢棄物去實施創意再生，或是協助處理對外回收的廢棄物，重新加工製作成藝術創作品。例如，明日餐桌的天花板上掛著許多捕夢網，捕夢網上面的蕾絲裝飾，是利用蕾絲工廠製作婚禮裝飾剩下來的編料製成的。而餐桌上的聖誕蠟燭，則是利用剩餘的蛋殼製作而成。

社員可以自己帶廢棄物去實施創意再生，也可以協助處理對外回收的廢棄物，轉化後的手作藝品或生活用品，可以選擇帶回家或捐出，捐出的成品可以讓社員換成點數，或是作為街賣的商品，交由街賣者或是想要創業的年輕人販售，讓他們成為環境議題的推廣者共同回饋社會，不再是被人看輕的對象。雖然這些商品並不是很特別，但楊七喜認為這就是實體生活的呈現。

在訪談前一天，楊七喜參加了一個名叫「Vegan」的餐演，Vegan就是一種不傷害地球的生活方式。在餐演中，楊七喜利用蔬果的果肉做成料理，以果皮作為裝盛食物的容器，完全沒有產出任何一次性的東西，達到無塑、零廢棄的呈現。

明日餐桌正以無菜單料理營運當中，採預訂制，每星期一公休，一人大約是２００－２５０元的費用，何時營業會看每天收取的剩食數量來決定是否開業烹煮料理。此外，收取剩食的攤販也逐漸增加，希望有更多的菜販一起響應。楊七喜認為「人與蔬果都沒有所謂剩餘」，希望藉由這樣的簡單想法，打造一個零廢棄生活空間，一起做環保。

採訪側記

這是我們第二次到台中採訪，雖然訪問的一樣是有關於剩食問題的社會企業，但是兩者關注的方向不太一樣，所提供的服務也大不相同。在這次的採訪當中，除了看到了如何將剩食收集而來的過程，也看到了明日餐桌一直以來所追求的人廢共生的理念，將老屋和自己的理想結合在一起。明日餐桌還會將收集的剩食，除卻自己餐廳所需的食材，其餘提供給需要的民眾拿取，也是一種回饋社會的方式。（生命力新聞 徐菁、林芷妡）


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曾執導過電影「鋒迴路轉」、「STAR WARS：最後的絕地武士」的雷恩強森表示，蘋果公司不讓電影中的反派角色使用iPhone。

導演雷恩強森接受浮華世界（Vanity Fair）雜誌的影音專訪時說：「蘋果......允許iPhone出現大銀幕上，但『壞人』不能在鏡頭前拿iPhone。但如此一來看的若是懸疑片，很快就會『洩漏天機』。」

他笑稱，自己道破這個玄機，可能會壞了影迷以後觀賞懸疑片的樂趣，原因是大家可以透過這個資訊，推理出誰是好人、誰又是壞人。他開玩笑說：「每一個電影人的電影中本該是秘密的反派角色，現在都想殺了我。」這對像是「鋒迴路轉」這樣的電影尤為重要，因為電影中每個人都有嫌疑，都可能謀殺富有的犯罪小說家Harlan Thrombey。

坊間早已盛傳蘋果會干涉其產品在電視節目或電影中的形象。根據國外科技網站MacRumors，蘋果說該公司旗下產品只能用在「最好的照明，以某種方式或脈絡，反映出蘋果產品或蘋果公司的良好形象」。去年紐約時報也曾報導，蘋果會關心自家產品在其串流影音服務平台中是如何呈現。

蘋果對此未立即回應。

早在2002年就有一篇文章指出，美國電視劇「24反恐任務」（24）中好人都使用Mac電腦，壞人則使用作業系統為Windows的電腦。

title: 「鋒迴路轉」導演：蘋果不讓反派拿iPhone


title: 武漢肺炎》哈佛教授：一年內全球恐7成人口染疫

events: 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒 COVID-19

countries: 美國 匈牙利 哥倫比亞

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美國哈佛大學教授利普西奇預測，在接下來一年內，全球恐有70%人口感染武漢肺炎。圖為匈牙利機場人員檢測旅客體溫。（歐新社檔案照）

2020-02-27 00:15:39

〔編譯黃靖媗／綜合報導〕武漢肺炎疫情持續延燒，全球已逾八萬人確診。美國哈佛大學流行病學教授利普西奇（Marc Lipsitch）日前受美國媒體訪問時，預測在接下來一年內，全球恐有70%人口感染武漢肺炎（COVID-19）。

根據「大西洋月刊」（The Atlantic）報導，利普西奇預測，在接下來的一年內，全球會有40%至70%人口感染武漢肺炎，但不代表所有人都會有嚴重症狀，很可能大部分患者為輕症，甚至無症狀，致死程度則與流感相似，僅慢性病患者與年長者較容易有生命危險。據統計，大約有14%的流感患者沒有症狀。

報導指出，目前所有已知能感染人類的冠狀病毒中，有四種對人體影響不大，感染者僅會有普通感冒症狀。這四種冠狀病毒由於症狀輕微，也更容易傳播至全球各地。

利普西奇指出，武漢肺炎很可能變成第五種能廣泛傳播的人類冠狀病毒，如果疫情一直未轉好，未來「感冒與流感的季節」，也許會變成「感冒、流感、武漢肺炎的季節」。

利普西奇不是唯一一位認為武漢肺炎會持續傳播的科學家，紐約哥倫比亞大學梅爾曼公共衛生學院流行病學家摩斯（Stephen Morse）也曾於本月初提出類似的見解。

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title: 武漢肺炎》湖北大學宿舍被徵用 學生個人物品被當垃圾清掉

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中國湖北大學3棟學生宿舍被緊急徵用，改為武漢肺炎患者出院後的隔離點，卻有該校學生在微博上爆料，校方私自將學生的個人物品當成「垃圾」清理掉，沒有做到「盡量完整的轉移學生物品」。（圖擷取自微博）

2020-02-26 23:48:48

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕隨著武漢肺炎疫情延燒，中國湖北大學3棟學生宿舍遭到緊急徵用，做為武漢肺炎患者出院後的隔離點，卻有該校學生在微博上爆料，校方私自將學生的個人物品當成「垃圾」清掉，沒有做到「盡量完整的轉移學生物品」，事後還用與事實不符的「擺拍照片」做為政令宣傳，讓原先毫無怨言的學生非常失望。

中國「武漢市疫情防控指揮部」25日宣布徵用湖北大學一期、二期以及忠誠學生宿舍，做為武漢肺炎患者出院後的隔離點，且最先被徵用的二期學生宿舍必須在今（26）日前完成整理。

有湖北大學知行學院的學生爆料，校方向學生聲稱，「會將學生的個人物品打包封存」，但實際上卻私自將學生的個人物品當成「垃圾」清理掉，宿舍外堆滿被稱為「垃圾」的個人物品，PO出「擺拍照片」做為政令宣傳後，還用「現場工作量大，也不可能面面俱到」、「為國家貢獻一份力量」搪塞學生，讓原本對徵用宿舍毫無怨言的學生非常失望。

許多中國網友看完後無奈又氣憤，「徵用宿舍跟保護個人物品並不衝突」、「徵用不等於霸占」、「為維護國家、社會利益不在乎個人利益根本是強盜」、「互相尊重很難嗎？」，更有網友表示，跟當初武漢軟體工程職業學院被徵用時根本一樣，事後也不了了之。

而就讀湖北大學的學生則紛紛留言，「到時候再讓我證明有什麼被丟了...」、「老師說我7、8千（超過3萬台幣）的球鞋不算貴重物品，無言」，更有許多女學生崩潰表示，1罐保養品就要500元（約2100台幣）、桌上整盒口紅就要上千元（約4300台幣），但校方卻以「每個女生都有化妝品」為由，不能做為「貴重物品」列入個人行李。

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▲今年的動員召集預告書已經寄發。（示意圖／國防部發言人粉絲專頁）

記者林彥臣／綜合報導

後備指揮部近日針對退伍8年內的後備軍人陸續寄發「動員召集預告書」，預告收信者今年將被納編為109年度「戰時動員召集」對象，「當國家發生戰爭或緊急危難時」，作好「共同防衛家園」的準備，或準備參與年度「同心演習」操演。

根據《聯合報》報導，後備指揮部上午表示，這是例行預告程序，而退伍4年內者，今年仍將有機會接獲動員的正式召集令。

國防部於106年起，依召集規則第六條「對於納入年度動員召集名冊之應召員，應以『動員召集預告書』郵遞送達通知其預為應召之準備」，目的為預告戰時應報到單位及地點，於每年年初，採郵遞方式寄交後備軍人收執，以縮短動員時程，加速部隊動員編成。今年已於2月份寄發。

▲「動員召集預告書」跟「教育召集令」不同。（圖／記者林彥臣攝）

不過「動員召集預告書」上已明示「此預告書非教育召集令」，與「教育召集令」必須於指定時間及地點報到，並接受軍事訓練的性質並不相同。收到該預告書不用恐慌，也不用報到，只需檢視內容，確認自己戰時動員相關訊息後妥善保留即可。

由於今年首到新冠肺炎（COVID-19）疫情影響，國防部通令各部隊，暫停3、4月的後備軍人教育（教召）及勤務召集（勤召）訓練，預估這波影響百梯的後備軍人，至少2萬人受到影響。

據悉，3、4月停止的陸、海、空及後備部隊，梯次涵蓋上百梯，影響人數至少2萬人以上；此外，後備指揮部指出，停召的單位包括7天的後備幹部、5天的後備士兵及1天的勤務召集。

►酒精乾洗手下殺3折！～爆搶防疫神水來囉～

title: 國軍寄發「動員召集預告書」　收信者將編為「戰時動員」對象


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Virus Outbreak: CECC raises advisory for Iran, reports 32nd case

CLOSE CONTACT:The latest person in Taiwan confirmed to have COVID-19 is a foreign caregiver who had been looking after the 27th case while he was in hospital
An instructor yesterday uses a studded inflatable massage ball that looks like a coronavirus to teach children at Taipei Municipal Dajia Elementary School about disease prevention.Photo: CNA

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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday raised its travel advisory for Iran to a level 2 “alert” due to increased risk of COVID-19 infection, and confirmed a new case in Taiwan — a foreign caregiver who had been taking care of a previously confirmed case.

“The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Iran has been continuously growing, although the number of confirmed cases it reported was not so high, so we think the epidemic situation is relatively serious,” said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.

The level 2 “alert” means people are advised to take increased precautions when visiting Iran, he said.

The number of COVID-19 cases outside China was still serious as of yesterday, with South Korea, Italy, Japan, Iran, Singapore and Hong Kong having confirmed more cases, Chen said, adding that the CECC and other agencies would continue to closely monitor the situations in those countries.

Meanwhile, Chen said the nation’s 32nd case of COVID-19 was confirmed yesterday.

She is a 31-year-old foreign caregiver, who was taking care of the nation’s 27th confirmed case — a man in his 80s who is living in northern Taiwan — when he was hospitalized for pneumonia.

Four of the octogenarian’s family members — his wife, two sons and a grandson — have tested positive for the virus.

A contact investigation for the foreign caregiver is being carried out and a health department is investigating her movements from Feb. 16 to Monday, Chen said, adding that the places she went to might be publicized if the center considers it necessary.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said that the woman looked after the octogenarian from Feb. 11 to Feb. 16 while he was in hospital, and after he tested positive for the virus, the department started looking for her.

As the woman was working illegally, the department had to ask police to help search for her, he said, adding that they found her on Monday night and she had a mild sore throat.

CDC Director-General Chou Jih-haw (周志浩) said that all medical professionals who had close contact with the caregiver tested negative for COVID-19, so the contact investigation is mainly to find people she had close interaction with outside the hospital.

Meanwhile, Department of Medical Affairs Director-General Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said that the 134 hospitals designated to handle infectious diseases would within a week expand their number of isolation wards and would specialize only in handling people with suspected respiratory disease or severe pneumonia with novel pathogens.

Strict access control would be required for the specialized wards and healthcare personnel working in the wards would not perform duties in other departments to avoid cross infection, he said.

Previously, only four to six isolation wards were allowed per 100 hospital beds, but the restriction would be temporarily lifted at these hospitals, Shih said, adding that patients without pneumonia-like symptoms would be admitted to other hospitals.

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Iger steps aside as CEO

PASSING THE TORCH:Iger is to remain at Disney until the end of next year, focusing on creative content and coaching his successor Bob Chapek on his new role
Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Products chairman Bob Chapek, left, pictured on Aug. 28 last year, took over as CEO from Bob Iger, right pictured on Dec. 16 last year, on Tuesday.Photos: AFP
Walt Disney Co on Tuesday said that chief executive officer Bob Iger was handing off the top executive post after building the media-entertainment powerhouse into the undisputed Hollywood leader.

Disney’s board named Bob Chapek, a 27-year Disney veteran, the new CEO, effective immediately.

Iger, who has been CEO for 15 years, is to assume the role of executive chairman and “will direct the company’s creative endeavors,” a Disney statement said.

Iger, 69, said on a call with analysts that his top priority now is the creative content on which Disney’s streaming services and box office revenue depend.

The idea behind handing off the CEO position two years early is to let Iger focus on the creation of winning Disney content while Chapek handles day-to-day operations of the Magic Kingdom’s complex entertainment operation.

“It was really that simple,” Iger said while explaining the decision to surrender the CEO chair to Chapek.

“With everything else falling in place, the time seemed right,” he added.

The move also allows two years for Iger to coach Chapek on aspects of Disney that he is less familiar with. Iger’s contract ends at the end of next year.

Iger engineered a massive deal to take over much of the television and film assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox Inc to become the Hollywood box office leader, and then launched a new direct-to-consumer streaming television service which aims to position Disney against rivals such as Netflix Inc in the new media landscape featuring on-demand platforms.

Iger oversaw deals for Pixar Animation Studios Inc in 2006 for US$7.4 billion, Marvel Entertainment Inc in 2009 for US$4 billion, Lucasfilm Ltd in 2012 for US$4 billion and 21st Century Fox last year for US$71 billion.

“With the successful launch of Disney’s direct-to-consumer businesses and the integration of 21st Century Fox well underway, I believe this is the optimal time to transition to a new CEO,” Iger said.

Disney, which is the leading force in Hollywood and also has major theme parks and television operations, has been betting heavily on its move to streaming as it takes on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

Disney is intent on bulking up its original streaming content, taking advantage of beloved franchises such as Star Wars and the Marvel superhero movies.

Chapek takes the top spot after heading Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.

“Bob Iger has built Disney into the most admired and successful media and entertainment company, and I have been lucky to enjoy a front-row seat as a member of his leadership team,” Chapek said.

“I share his commitment to creative excellence, technological innovation and international expansion, and I will continue to embrace these same strategic pillars going forward,” he said.

In Disney’s latest quarterly update, the company announced it had signed up more than 28 million customers for its Disney+ streaming service.

It also reported strong results from its latest Star Wars and Frozen films.

The company’s total global theater box office topped US$11 billion dollars, “shattering” a film industry record set by Disney four years ago.

“We will continue to pursue bold innovation, thoughtful risk-taking and the creative storytelling that is the lifeblood of our company,” Chapek said on the call with analysts.

“Our achievements to date will serve as the foundation for the future,” he added.

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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members are to choose a new party chair on Saturday next week in a contest between former Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) and KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang (江啟臣).

In light of the party’s defeats in last month’s presidential and legislative elections, which led to calls for reform from younger members, both candidates need to make clear how they plan to steer the party in a new direction.

Hau has said that reform must include a generational transition, an alignment of ideas with prevailing public opinion and changes in the international situation. It is difficult to argue with those aspirations.

The 67-year-old Hau very much represents the KMT old guard, and has served two stints as vice chair since 2014. He comes from a well-connected family: His father, Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村), served as premier from 1990 to 1993, after serving as chief of the general staff for eight years.

His age does not matter, but his seniority and experience ought to be a real advantage. Generational transition and reform do not, and should not, necessitate throwing away the past and starting anew: It requires a thread linking the desirable aspects of the party, while jettisoning — and acknowledging — the less desirable. It requires reassessing the party’s long-held stance on many issues and having the courage to embark on a new course.

Not a task for the weak or faint-hearted, the KMT chair taking up this challenge had better come prepared for a fight.

Unfortunately, Hau comes to the task weighed down by the party’s traditional hierarchical structure and two influential groups within it: the Huang Fu-hsing chapter — which includes KMT Legislator Wu Sz-huai, a retired lieutenant general — and supporters of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜).

These groups consist largely of older members who tend to be “deep blue,” uncritical of the Chinese Communist Party, anti-pension reform and pro-nuclear power, and resistant to emerging social trends, such as same-sex marriage.

It is the influence of these groups over the KMT that cost the party the elections in the first place — which is exactly what younger members are looking to change — and that is counter to the expectations of the electorate.

Yet Hau has been pandering to both groups. He has insisted that the Huang Fu-hsing chapter is “absolutely not resistant to reform” — which is difficult to believe — and promised that if elected, he would not try to get rid of it.

He has also praised Han and his achievements, calling him a treasure for the party, and has even taken credit for employing Han as general manager of the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co when he was Taipei mayor.

Hau’s problem is that the KMT chair is to be chosen by eligible party voters, many of whom are older and long-standing members due to the peculiarities of the membership system.

Han fans would be strongly represented among this group, while members of the chapter alone are expected to make up 20 percent of the voters.

If Hau is to have a chance to win, he must pander to these groups with long-standing vested interests and influence networks. This is hardly conducive to bringing in news ideas and launching meaningful reform.

Even more problematic is that Hau has risen through the ranks of this rigid, extremely hierarchical party structure. The same structure that is the main obstacle to reform is part of him.

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Virus Outbreak: North Korea implements measures against virus

Loudspeakers blaring hygiene messages, foreign ambassadors locked in their compounds and state media demanding “absolute obedience” to health authorities — North Korea is taking what diplomats call “unprecedented” measures as it seeks to prevent a crippling COVID-19 outbreak.

The authoritarian state, led by the ruling Kim family since its foundation in 1948, maintains extensive control over the lives of its citizens and is pulling out all the stops to try to protect itself from the virus that first emerged in China, long its key diplomatic ally and trade partner.

After the virus emerged, North Korea quickly closed its borders, cutting itself off from the outside world in a move diplomats and analysts have said is its best method of self-protection given the weakness of its health infrastructure.

Arrivals are subject to 30 days’ isolation and the government has stepped up its efforts internally, with the official Korean Central News Agency describing an intensifying “anti-virus campaign,” including door-to-door health checkups and loudspeaker vans instructing citizens on hygiene practices.

Foreigners are facing tough restrictions: All of those resident in the country have been subjected to quarantine at their premises since the beginning of this month.

Pyongyang said that it remains the only one of China’s neighbors not to have had a single case.

Observers doubt that, but the Rodong Sinmun, the official mouthpiece of the Workers’ Party, urged citizens to show “absolute obedience” to instructions from health authorities and the state.

“We should bear in mind that any moment of complacency could result in irreversible catastrophic consequences and should maintain a high state of alert,” it said.

Earlier this week, it warned of “devastating consequences” if the country suffers even one case of COVID-19, recommending people avoid gathering in public places — even restaurants.

“Sitting down and dining together and talking with each other can itself become the main spreading ground of the infectious disease,” it said.

However, state duties do not appear to be subject to such restrictions: Yesterday it carried pictures of scores of Supreme People’s Assembly officials lining up to visit the supposed birthplace of Kim Jong-il, the father and predecessor of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Mount Paektu. All of them wore masks.

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BASEBALL

Liu Chih-jung quarantined

The Boston Red Sox last week quarantined prospect Liu Chih-jung in his Florida hotel room as soon as he arrived from Taiwan due to concerns about COVID-19, the Boston Globe reported on Tuesday. The 20-year-old right-handed pitcher, who was signed by the Red Sox in October last year and had arrived to begin spring training with the team, was quarantined out of “an overabundance of caution,” the newspaper quoted the Red Sox as saying in a statement. He is expected to join up with the Major League Baseball team this weekend. A representative for the team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

GOLF

Volvo Golf Open postponed

The China Golf Association has postponed the yearly Volvo Golf Open, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The event, scheduled to be held from April 20 to April 26 in Shenzhen, would not take place due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Xinhua said. The report did not provide details on to when the event would be rescheduled.

SOCCER

Brescia fined for virus chant

Italian club Brescia have been fined 10,000 euros (US$10,881) after fans chanted “Napoli coronavirus” at supporters of their league rivals, Serie A announced on Tuesday. The Italian league’s disciplinary commission fined the northerners for “vulgar, insulting and repeated chants from its supporters against those of the opposing team” in a match on Friday last week, which SSC Napoli won 2-1. Brescia’s hardcore “ultra” fans apologized in a statement. “We realize that we have made a mistake since our country is facing the possible development of this disease and we apologize to the Italian families involved,” it read.

MOTORSPORT

Alonso to race at Indy 500

Fernando Alonso is to race for Arrow McLaren SP at this year’s Indianapolis 500, where the Spaniard will try to complete motor sport’s “Triple Crown,” the team announced on Tuesday. Alonso is hoping to become only the second driver after Britain’s Graham Hill to complete the so-called “Triple Crown of Motorsport,” having already secured wins at the Monaco Grand Prix and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. “I am a racer and the Indy 500 is the greatest race in the world. I love the incredible fans who make it so special for all of us drivers and make me want to come back,” 38-year-old Alonso said in a news release. “I have maximum respect for this race and everyone who competes in it, and all I want to do is race against them and give my best, as always.” Alonso made his debut at the famous oval circuit in 2017 when he led for 27 laps, but finished a frustrating 24th after suffering a blown engine with 21 laps to go. The two-time Formula One champion did not return for the 2018 edition and last year failed to qualify. At Indianapolis, he is to guide his new team’s two young full-time drivers, American Oliver Askew and Mexico’s Pato O’Ward. “It was important for me to explore my options for this race, but Arrow McLaren SP has always been at the top,” Alonso said. “I have a special relationship with McLaren; we’ve been through a lot together and that creates a bond, a loyalty that is strong.”

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First-year premiums (FYPs) of foreign-currency insurance policies last year declined 16 percent year-on-year to NT$518.85 billion (US$17.08 billion) due to lower investment returns and interest rates, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said on Tuesday.

Sales of investment-linked policies plunged 30 percent annually to NT$166.86 billion, while those of traditional insurance products dipped 7 percent to NT$351.99 billion, commission data showed.

FYPs of yuan-denominated policies fell by 43 percent from a year earlier to 5.82 billion yuan, the biggest drop among the three major foreign-currency products, followed by US dollar-denominated policies with a decline of 14 percent and those denominated in Australian dollars with a decline of 3 percent, the data showed.

Foreign-currency insurance policies last year fell out of favor, as the nation’s major life insurers continued to trim the products’ declared rates, which decide how big a bonus policyholders gain each month.

Due to high economic uncertainty in overseas markets — such as those caused by US-China trade tensions and Brexit’s aftermath — local investors became more conservative, turning from foreign-currency investment-type products to New Taiwan dollar-denominated policies, the commission said at a news conference.

However, Shin Kong Life Insurance Co (新光人壽) bucked the trend with a 12.6 percent increase year-on-year in the sales of foreign-currency policies to NT$80.53 billion, which accounted for 69 percent of all its FYPs, the company said in a statement.

The insurer plans to continue enhancing its marketing of foreign-currency products, as they are helpful in reducing the cost of currency hedging, it said.

In related news, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co (南山人壽) general manager Hsu Miao-chiu (許妙靜) applied for retirement on Tuesday.

The insurer did not explain why Hsu wants to retire, but said that its board of directors would discuss the application soon, it said in a regulatory filing.

The announcement followed FSC Chairman Wellington Koo’s (顧立雄) call on Thursday last week that the company’s general manager uphold its corporate governance by fighting improper orders from major shareholders, after learning that a recent punishment of senior management was based on a request from Ruentex Group (潤泰集團) chairman Samuel Yin (尹衍樑), a major shareholder.

“[Nan Shan’s] general manager should stand up and say ‘no’ to the major shareholders if they have improper demands or suggestions,” Koo said.

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Taipei prosecutors yesterday decided not to prosecute six people who claimed that the Ministry of National Defense was paying too much for the procurement of F-16V planes, as their comments were deemed a reasonable discussion on issues of public interest.

After messages by the six people were last year posted and circulated on social media, ministry officials issued clarifications, saying that some of the figures quoted were misleading or factually incorrect, and filed a judicial complaint alleging that the six were disseminating misinformation.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau tracked down and identified the six, and filed charges for breaches of the Social Order Maintenance Act (社會秩序維護法), but the Taipei District Court decided not to impose punishment.

Ministry officials then filed a case alleging that the people insulted a public office with the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, which yesterday announced that it would not proceed with the prosecution.

The comments by the six people were a reasonable discussion of an issue of public interest, the office said.

To bolster the nation’s air defenses, the ministry in February last year requested an arms package from the US that included 66 F-16Vs, associated munitions, pilot training, and two years of logistics and parts supplies.

Local media reported that the package would cost US$13 billion.

Following adjustments and scrutiny by opposition parties, the Legislative Yuan in October last year passed special legislation authorizing up to NT$250 billion (US$8.2 billion at the current exchange rate) for the procurement.

“Taiwan is being fleeced... The UK is buying 138 of the latest F-35 stealth fighters for only NT$361.9 billion. We are buying the F-16V, which is not as good as the F-35, and paying NT$390 billion for 66 of them,” wrote one of the six, a man surnamed Huang (黃).

“This is three times more expensive for us. My god, it is too costly. Are we paying a protection fee to the US? It is totally unreasonable,” Huang added.

At the time, the ministry issued a clarification, saying that the UK was buying 48 F-35s, not 138; that the reported NT$390 billion price tag for the F-16Vs was not final, as negotiations were ongoing; and that the F-16V is the newest version of the fighter, not a jet that was “already outdated by 20 years,” as some had claimed online.

Another of the six, a man surnamed Ho (何), wrote: “So this is how the US gives support to Taiwan, by always ripping us off on these military purchases?”

“Who is cheating who, and who is getting ripped off?” Ho added. “Taiwanese must really think about it.”

The other four expressed similar criticisms and condemnations.

The ministry yesterday said that it respected the prosecutors’ decision, but some military officials remained adamant that the six people should be prosecuted, saying that they misled the public with misinformation, damaged the image of the armed forces and undermined efforts to safeguard the nation by denigrating the military.

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TAMC wins New Taipei City bid

’CONVENIENT’:The company said it plans to renovate the apartments that are in a complex integrated with MRT Cailiao Station before putting them back on the market
State-run Taiwan Asset Management Corp (TAMC, 台灣金聯) yesterday said that it has won an auction for 44 apartments in New Taipei City that it plans to renovate and then rent out.

The nation’s largest bad-loan operator said that it acquired all the apartments in a complex integrated with MRT Cailiao Station that is owned by the Taipei City Government’s Department of Rapid Transit Systems, despite being in New Taipei City’s Sanchong District (三重).

The purchase cost an average of NT$500,000 (US$16,457) per ping (3.3m2), slightly less than market rates for nearby apartments, the Taipei-based company said.

TAMC said that it plans to renovate the apartments before putting them back on the market.

“The apartments would prove good investments in light of their convenient location, only one MRT stop away from Taipei,” TAMC acting chairman Kuo Wen-jin (郭文進) said, referring to the metropolitan rail network.

There are 20 bus routes linking the complex with Taipei and it would take only 10 minutes by car to arrive at the Ximending (西門町) shopping area, Kuo said.

While an outbreak of COVID-19 in China is cooling the property market, Kuo said that it is wise to invest in times of crisis, which would make things cheaper and more profitable once the disease is contained.

TAMC is targeting young tenants who cannot afford to buy their own homes, he said.

The purchase is also in line with the company’s efforts to diversify its sources of income, which used to rely solely on reselling bad assets, a business model that is in dire need of change as the nation’s pool of nonperforming loans dwindles.

TAMC, created by state-run and private lenders to help digest toxic assets, has expanded into property management and real-estate development to pursue stable earnings. Rents account for 30 percent of its revenue.

TAMC has also teamed with Evergreen Resort Hotel Jiaosi (長榮鳳凰酒店) to turn an idle building in Taichung into an upscale hotel that could start operations later this year.

The hotel would have 280 guestrooms in a building with 10 above-ground floors and one basement, the company said.

TAMC is also developing a residential complex near National Chengchi University that could generate NT$200 million in sales if all units are sold.

The company is also mulling developing industrial complexes to take advantage of companies shifting production bases away from China.

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Virus Outbreak: Child home alone with dead grandpa

LOCKDOWN MEASURES:Asked by community workers why he did not seek help, the child was quoted as saying: ‘Grandpa said not to leave. There is a virus outside’
A young boy in Hubei Province witnessed his grandfather die and remained at home alone afterward because of COVID-19 restrictions, local media reported.

The news of the child’s ordeal prompted an outpouring of anger online in China.

In Shiyan’s Zhangwan District, which has implemented “wartime control” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, local community workers on Monday afternoon found an elderly man surnamed Tan (譚) who had died at home.

His five or six-year-old grandson was also at home, Zhangwan District Department of Public Affairs vice deputy director Guo Ruibing (郭瑞兵) told local media.

The official did not confirm details posted online that the man had died several days earlier and that the grandson had survived on cookies.

Asked by community workers why he did not seek help, the child reportedly said: “Grandpa said not to leave. There is a virus outside.”

It is not possible that Tan died days earlier, Guo told Hongxing News, a government-affiliated media platform.

Under lockdown measures in which residents cannot to leave their homes, community workers had been making daily visits to check on residents, asking for their temperatures and if they needed any food supplies.

The time and cause of Tan’s death was still being investigated, Guo said, adding that the grandson was being taken into care “according to procedure” by the district.

The child’s father is in Guangxi Province and cannot return because of the lockdown measures on the area.

Asked whether Tan’s temperature was normal before his death, Guo said: “Certainly, it was normal.”

The news caused a flood of criticism online, underlining public frustration and mistrust.

“Why do they always do such a crappy job of ‘dispelling rumors’?” one user on Weibo wrote, adding that the official could have used community records to back up his statement. “The government always says: ‘impossible’ or ‘absolutely,’ but who can believe you?”

Another blamed misinformation from the government, adding: “The reason why rumors are so common among people is because they are so en vogue among the government.”

“The lesson from Wuhan is that you cannot trust them. You can only trust your own,” one commenter posted.

Earlier this month, Zhangwan District was the first to implement official “wartime” quarantine measures in response to COVID-19, which emerged in nearby Wuhan.

Commercial and residential buildings in Zhangwan were sealed and no unapproved outside vehicles could enter.

Only healthcare workers and those providing essential supplies were able to be out on the streets, policed by public security. Local committee districts were to arrange food and medicine for residents.

Those who broke the rules would be detained, an official notice said.

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Wage hikes not enough

On Wednesday last week, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics released year-end salaries data for last year.

Basic salaries — that is net of bonuses and overtime pay — on average rose by 2.26 percent to NT$41,883.

It was also the first time in 18 years that salaries have grown by more than 2 percent for two consecutive years.

Increases in orders, investment and production levels have resulted in higher profits, and businesses are sharing the proceeds of this economic growth with their workforces.

More importantly, the government’s policy of raising the minimum wage has compelled companies to raise monthly salaries.

However, average salary levels are still only a fraction of neighboring regional economies: 40 percent lower than in South Korea, and 50 percent lower than in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Although the monthly minimum wage has finally broken through the NT$22,000 level — it is set at NT$150 per hour or NT$23,100 per month — Taiwan still languishes in the bottom half of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for average yearly salary increases.

Taiwan ranks eighth from the bottom out of 29 countries, with average annual growth at 2.22 percent, compared with the OECD average of 4.2 percent.

This shows that average salaries in Taiwan are still too low.

As more Taiwanese manufacturers relocate their production lines from China, it would not be unreasonable to expect average salaries to increase by between 10 and 15 percent.

As salaries grow, this will have the knock-on affect of boosting consumer spending and helping to stimulate demand for domestic tourism.

As such, there is no need to view slightly higher salaries and higher levels of consumption with concern: In fact, it is a positive sign.

Wei Shih-chang

Yilan

Ban the cans

I haven’t seen this issue mentioned anywhere, so I would like to take this opportunity to bring it to light.

According to several US analysts, there is a high probability that COVID-19 might be fecally transferred.

As in Taiwan, many people are still in the habit of putting toilet paper in garbage cans instead of flushing.

I think now would be a good time for the government to start a campaign to ban these cans.

Most likely they are already working on it, but just in case I hope this short message will alert others.

Marc Plumb

Taipei

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GlobalWafers Co (環球晶圓) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with US-based contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries Inc to expand cooperation in wafer development.

The two sides are to develop a long-term agreement for the Taiwanese firm to supply 12-inch silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers to GlobalFoundries, GlobalWafers said on Tuesday.

GlobalWafers, the No. 3 silicon wafer manufacturer in the world, has a long and ongoing cooperative relationship with GlobalFoundries for the supply of 8-inch SOI wafers.

SOI wafer refers to a semiconductor structure consisting of a layer of single crystalline silicon separated from the bulk substrate by a thin layer of insulator.

GlobalWafers said that the MOU aims to take advantage of the company’s 12-inch SOI capability and GlobalFoundries’ strength in radio frequency technology to provide a low-power, high-performance and easy-to-integrate solution to be used by next-generation mobile devices and 5G applications.

Ties with GlobalFoundries in 12-inch SOI wafer supply are expected to help GlobalWafers widen its product portfolio, boost global competitiveness and strengthen its bottom line, the Taiwanese firm said.

GlobalWafers, which in December last year announced plans to repatriate US$350 million to Taiwan for investments, said that it would use the funds to upgrade high-end processes, while speeding up the pace at which it develops silicon wafers for 5G devices, power electronics and electric vehicles.

The company also aims to expand a research and development center in Taiwan, and assign more funds to green energy development, which is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power consumption in silicon wafer manufacturing, it said.

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Shin Kong Financial Holding Co (新光金控) plans to raise more than NT$10 billion (US$329.13 million) to strengthen its insurance and banking subsidiaries.

The company’s board of directors yesterday approved plans to issue 420 million common shares and 222 million special shares to raise the funds, its filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange showed.

Shin Kong said that it would price the new common shares based on the company’s share price, while the price for special shares would likely be between NT$40 and NT$60 per share.

The company plans to inject NT$3 billion from the funds raised to Shin Kong Commercial Bank (新光銀行) and the rest into Shin Kong Life Insurance Co (新光人壽), Shin Kong Financial senior vice president Sunny Hsu (徐順鋆) told the Taipei Times by telephone.

The injection would bolster the bank’s common equity Tier 1 ratio, which stood at 10.42 percent as of the third quarter last year, compared with the industry’s average of 11.12 percent, Hsu said.

It would also help expand the bank’s asset size, which totaled NT$935 billion as of Sept. 30, he said.

“Our banking subsidiary is a medium-sized bank. We expect its asset value to surpass NT$1 trillion over the next two years so it can conduct more new business,” Hsu said.

The funds would also increase the insurance unit’s risk-based capital (RBC) ratio by between 13 percentage points and 20 percentage points, as a way to address the implementation of new International Financial Reporting Standards, Hsu said.

The insurer’s RBC ratio declined from 244 percent in June last year to 221 percent at the end of the year after the regulator lifted the risk factor for bond exchange-traded funds.

The insurer’s internal goal is to remain above 250 percent, it said.

Shin Kong is the first among the nation’s 15 financial holding firms that announced plans to raise new capital.

The new common shares would dilute the company’s earnings per share (EPS) by 3 percent, “which should be acceptable to shareholders,” Hsu said.

The firm’s board of directors on Tuesday approved a proposal to distribute a cash dividend of NT$0.4 per common share, up from the NT$0.2 it paid last year and the highest over the past decade, company data showed.

The proposed dividend, if approved by shareholders later this year, would be equivalent to a payout ratio of 29.85 percent based on last year’s EPS of NT$1.34.

With the company’s shares closing at NT$9.74 in Taipei trading on Tuesday, that proposal suggests a dividend yield of 4.19 percent.

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Air New Zealand unveils bed pods

BUDGET BUNKS:Under the program, passengers could book a session to use the bed during long flights, but they would still have their own seat
Air New Zealand Ltd yesterday announced it could have flat beds in economy for some of its long-haul flights, but it would be more than a year before customers have the chance to sleep in one of the new pod beds.

The airline said it had filed patent and trademark applications for what it is calling the Economy Skynest.

The Skynest would contain six full-length sleep pods at 200cm long and 58cm wide each. There would be three levels of beds and two beds on each level.

Accompanying each bed, which resembles a pod hotel design, would be a full-size pillow, sheets and blankets, earplugs and a privacy curtain.

Air New Zealand was still assessing whether it could include other features like a USB outlet and a reading light.

Chief marketing and customer officer Mike Tod said that the product would be aimed at some of Air New Zealand’s longest haul flights, including the Auckland to New York service launching next year — the flight would take 17 hours and 40 minutes.

Tod said that when that route launches Air New Zealand would decide on whether to go ahead with the Skynest.

The cost of the Skynest for customers has yet to be determined, but it would be separate to the cost of booking a seat on the flight, an Air New Zealand spokeswoman said.

“The concept is designed as a pod you go to during the flight,” she said. “You will still have your economy seat separately for the other portion of the flight.”

Customers could book a session in the bed during the flight, rather than the whole flight, and the cabin crew would change and freshen up the pods with new bedding for each session, the spokeswoman said.

The airline would require certification from regulators before passengers could expect to climb into the in-air beds.

“But it was a prize worth chasing and one that we think has the potential to be a game changer for economy class travelers on all airlines around the world,” Air New Zealand head of airline programs Kerry Reeves said.

If the product takes off, Air New Zealand said it is open to licensing the Skynest to other airlines.

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Facing climate change, Colombia’s farmers befriend nature

Forced to leave his small farm a decade ago to escape the worst floods in Colombia’s recent history, Manuel Jimenez knows the destruction torrential rains can inflict only too well.

“The floods left behind a desert, a cemetery of dead trees and poisonous snakes. Everything was destroyed. We lost our home, crops and animals,” said the 43-year-old farmer in Pasifueres, a remote village in the northern province of Sucre.

“We lived through a cruel tragedy,” he told reporters.

Ten years on, as climate change bites, local farmers are learning to adapt to the effects of wilder weather by working with nature, from restoring wetlands to planting trees and growing hardy rice varieties, backed by international funding.

The 2010 flooding, triggered by heavy downpours, killed about 300 people and displaced 2.2 million more, causing billions of US dollars in damages across 1 million hectares.

Hardest-hit were poor farming communities in La Mojana, a region stretching across four northern provinces.

Aid officials have said that extreme weather, from torrential rains to drought, would strike again and likely become the new normal.

Some parts of La Mojana are prone to drought, while others are experiencing more intense rains, said Jimena Puyana, who heads work on sustainable development in Colombia for the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

However, rural communities are fighting back.

With nearly US$8 million of UN funding since 2013, about 6,000 farming and fishing families in three municipalities of La Mojana have introduced a series of measures to adapt to climate shifts and cope better with extreme weather.

The approach focuses on so-called “nature-based solutions” — which involves improving ecosystems, including forests, wetlands and watersheds — led by village farmer associations, rather than building infrastructure like dikes and levees to contain floods.

One of the main methods is to restore the wetlands and waterways that regulate the local water supply so that they can act as natural drainage systems and buffers against storms.

Prolonged flooding and sediment build-up from illegal gold mining have damaged the wetlands around farming villages, disrupting the water’s natural flow and channels.

“What we are seeking to do is to recover the capacity of the region’s water systems,” said Francisco Charry, head of climate change at the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, which is leading the project in partnership with the UNDP.

Climate change is worsening the conditions faced by vulnerable communities that are prone to flooding, he added.

“[They] need to find a way to adapt to this new reality,” he said.

At Pasifueres village, about 9km of streams and creeks running alongside homes have so far been mapped using drones, and then deepened and widened by hand and dredgers.

For the past four years, Yenifer Jimenez, not related to Manuel, has led a group of farmers who clear garbage and weeds to unblock the streams each month.

“We clean the streams constantly so that the water can run its natural course. This gives us protection,” she said.

Along the bank, farmers have also planted trees that act as a natural flood barrier.

“The life of this community has been reborn with the rehabilitation of the streams. The waters don’t reach the houses anymore,” Yenifer Jimenez said.

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taiwan-subdivisions: 烏來 高雄

title: Hotels cut room rates as virus chills business

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More Taiwanese hotels and restaurants have begun to offer cutthroat discounts to attract customers as COVID-19 concerns are chilling business.

Hotel Cham Cham Tainan (台南趣淘漫旅), a lifestyle brand of Caesar Park Hotels and Resorts (凱撒飯店), lowered its daily room rates from more than NT$3,000 (US$98.74) to NT$1,738 through May in a bid to boost occupancy in the 228 Peace Memorial Day holiday this week and International Women’s Day on March 8.

Guests who stay for a second night would be offered a room rate of NT$999, it said.

Some recreational facilities would be closed on weekdays during the promotion period, its Web site said.

Hotel Day Plus (承億文旅), which operates a total of six hotels in Chaiyi, New Taipei City, Taichung and Hualien County, has cut daily room rates from NT$4,500 to NT$1,999 through April.

It would also issue vouchers with face value of NT$1,000 for the first 5,000 guests, it said.

The vouchers can be used in repeat visits and would be valid until the end of June, it added.

The Landis Inn Chuhu (竹湖暐順麗緻文旅) in Hsinchu, an affiliate of Landis Hospitality Group (麗緻餐旅集團), is seeking to boost occupancy by cutting daily room rates by 70 percent to NT$2,199 through April 15.

The hotel said it would offer an additional discount of NT$800 for dining at its restaurants or to be used in repeat visits.

The discounts are aimed at making domestic trips more affordable amid the outbreak, it said.

Affiliated Pause Landis (璞石麗緻溫泉會館) in New Taipei City’s Wulai District (烏來) has halted operations from Feb. 14 to March 15, as tourists from Hong Kong and Macau accounted for a large part of the clientele at the hot spring resort.

The Howard Plaza Hotel Kaohsiung (高雄福華飯店) is lowering daily room rates to NT$3,600 through May, equivalent to 74 percent discount off regular prices, with guests to be given another NT$3,600 worth of dining vouchers, it said.

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people: 楊翠 陳俊宏

title: White Terror database released

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White Terror database released

MORE WORK TO DO:The database only includes information on cases taken to court and does not include details of other victims who were executed without trial
Transitional Justice Commission Chairwoman Yang Tsui uses a notebook computer to browse the Taiwan Transitional Justice Database at its official launch in Taipei yesterday.Photo: CNA
Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) presided over 3,195 military court cases during the White Terror era, the most on record, the Transitional Justice Commission said yesterday as the Taiwan Transitional Justice Database went online.

The database has records and photographs of victims of political persecution during the White Terror era, as well as the names and ranks of perpetrators, in the hope of enlightening the public about how such trials were conducted, the commission said.

It allows analysis using certain subsets of data, such as ethnicity, gender, place of residence and charge, it said.

Then-chief of general staff Chou Chih-jou (周至柔) presided over 2,506 cases, while then-navy commander Kuei Yung-ching (桂永清) was in charge of 1,241 cases, the database shows.

As head of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government, Chiang had the ultimate say on the rulings and he repealed them in 266 cases, the commission said, adding that the other presiding officers ultimately bowed to Chiang’s will.

The database shows that both Taiwanese and Mainlanders — those who fled to Taiwan from China with the KMT in 1949 — were victims during the White Terror era, with Taiwanese accounting for 55 percent of cases and Mainlanders 44 percent.

The main priority of the commission was to identify victims, how the victims were oppressed and who the oppressors were, commission spokeswoman Yeh Hung-ling (葉虹靈) said.

The database would allow the public to have a better understanding of the cases and help further academic study, as well as providing names of individuals and their actions during the trials, Yeh said.

Due to time and funding constraints, the database does not include information on the arrest and interrogation of victims, or how the ruling was carried out, commission Chairwoman Yang Tsui (楊翠) said.

Such information — such as whether torture was used during interrogation and victims were harassed after their release — would form the basis of further investigation and research, Yang said.

The database would allow the public to learn about what happened during the trials, National Human Rights Museum director Chen Chun-hung (陳俊宏) said, adding that it could help provide the answer to the saying: “There are tens of thousands of political victims, yet there are no oppressors.”

“The establishment of the database is only the first step, and we hope that data on agents of the state and efforts to monitor the movements of the public will also be made public to catalogue historical facts,” Chen said.

The database only includes information on cases taken to court and does not include details of other victims, such as artist Chen Cheng-po (陳澄波) and lawyer Tang Te-chang (湯德章), who were executed without trial, the commission said.

The 228 Incident refers to an uprising that began on Feb. 27, 1947, and was violently suppressed by the KMT government starting the next day.

Estimates of the number of deaths vary between 10,000 and 30,000 or more.

It marked the beginning of the White Terror era.

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MINING

Rio eyes carbon neutral

Rio Tinto PLC yesterday said that it wanted to be carbon neutral by 2050, as it booked a profit of US$10.4 billion last year, up 18 percent from 2018. The company said that it aims for a 15 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 from 2018 levels and “net-zero emissions from our operations by 2050.” The target would cover its own operations, but not emissions from upstream or downstream activities. The firm said that it would spend approximately US$1 billion on “climate-related” projects over the next five years.

BEVERAGES

Diageo warns of profit loss

Diageo PLC yesterday said that the spread of COVID-19 in China and the Asia-Pacific region could knock up to US$260 million off its profit this year as bars and restaurants remain closed. The London-based company, whose brands include Johnnie Walker, said that the virus could affect its organic net sales and organic operating profit by between ￡225 million and ￡325 million (US$291.7 million and 421.4 million) and ￡140 million to ￡200 million respectively. It said that these ranges exclude any impact of the virus on any other markets.

MANUFACTURING

Firms look outside China

More than one-quarter of businesses grappling with COVID-19 in Asia say that they are setting up or using supply chains that reduce their reliance on China, a survey released yesterday by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore showed. About 28 percent said that they were making such adjustments, and 14 percent said that they were shifting some or all of their supply chains outside of China, the poll conducted from Feb. 12 to Tuesday last week found. About two-thirds of members are US-based companies.

AIRLINES

Cathay staff take leave

More than 25,000 Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (國泰航空) staff are taking unpaid leave amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Chief executive officer Augustus Tang (鄧健榮) said in an internal memo that challenges “remain acute,” and he thanked employees for their support. The Hong Kong-based airline this month asked its 33,000 workers to take three weeks off between Sunday and June 30. Most staff have taken the offer, but the acceptance rate is lower for pilots and cabin crew, a person familiar with the plan said.

INTERNET

Samsung site reveals info

Samsung Electronics Co on Tuesday said that a “technical error” caused its UK Web site to display other customers’ personal information. The company said that the error affected fewer than 150 customers on the site. People who logged on were able to see someone else’s name, phone number, address, e-mail address and previous orders. Samsung said that it did not leak card details.

TECHNOLOGY

Facebook buys game studio

Facebook Inc on Tuesday said that it has acquired development studio Sanzaru Games to join its Oculus gaming group. Sanzaru has produced a number of games, including Sonic the Hedgehog and Marvel Studios franchises, its Web site shows. The “vast majority” of Sanzaru’s nearly 100 employees would join Oculus, including the company’s founders, but would operate independently out of its existing offices, Facebook said. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Yageo profit dives on FX, merger costs

SLOW TO RESTART:Yageo resumed factory operations on Feb. 10, eyeing 60 to 65 percent utilization by the end of next month, but it adjusted that target to 50 percent
Yageo Corp (國巨) yesterday reported that net profit last quarter plunged to NT$893 million (US$29.39 million) from NT$2.04 billion in the previous quarter, due to unrealized foreign-exchange losses of NT$920 million and one-time merger expenses of NT$330 million.

Non-operating expenses reduced profit by NT$3 per share, causing earnings per share (EPS) to fall from NT$4.81 to NT$3.1, the world’s third-largest supplier of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) said.

However, gross margin improved to 33.5 percent, up from 31 percent in the prior quarter, it said.

Net profit last year plunged 79.46 percent to NT$6.95 billion, compared with NT$33.84 billion in 2018, with EPS falling from NT$80.3 to NT$16.35.

Yageo’s board of directors proposed distributing a cash dividend of NT$15 per share, representing a 92 percent payout ratio.

The company, based in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店), said that its inventory has declined to the lowest level in about 10 years as labor shortages linked to the COVID-19 outbreak in China curbed production expansion, adding to constraints since last quarter.

“The company’s inventories of finished goods for its two major products, MLCCs and chip resistors, are rapidly declining to below 30 days,” Yageo chairman Pierre Chen (陳泰銘) told reporters on the sidelines of an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting yesterday.

“Market demand has greatly exceeded the company’s production,” Chen said.

The company’s book-to-bill ratio is predicted to surpass 2, although the outbreak has cut overall demand by about 20 percent, he said.

Yageo resumed factory operations in China on Feb. 10 as planned, but it is grappling with a staff shortage amid snail-paced recruitment and fewer employees returning to work due to the outbreak, he said.

The company originally aimed to boost factory utilization to 60 to 65 percent by the end of next month.

As transportation restrictions remain in place in China, it now aims to lift factory usage to 50 percent from between 35 and 38 percent.

Yageo’s Chinese operations account for 70 percent of its total factory capacity, while its Taiwanese operations make up the remainder.

Chen declined to comment on whether the tight supply has prompted the company to hike prices.

He said that the company would pass the rising costs on to customers, as labor and transportation costs spiked due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Shareholders approved the offering of 80 million new common shares in the form of depositary receipts to facilitate the acquisition of Kemet Corp, which focuses on making MLCCs for automotive devices.

Yageo said that the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year as planned, subject to the approval of competition watchdogs in Taiwan, China and Mexico.

The company has won approvals from the US, Germany and Austria, it said.

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title: Yageo profit dives on FX, merger costs


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Lite-On Technology Corp (光寶科技) yesterday provided a hazy outlook for the first half of this year, citing COVID-19 concerns, as it seeks to resume production in China.

“At the moment, we have quite low visibility in orders stretching to the next quarter, as the COVID-19 outbreak has spoiled shipment schedules,” Lite-On chief operating officer Warren Chen (陳廣中) told an investors’ conference in Taipei.

Commenting on the company’s efforts in resuming production in China, Chen said Lite-On should be able to see about 85 to 90 percent of production lines resuming work by the end of next month.

“We have provided incentives, such as indemnities and bonuses, for workers returning to work,” he said.

First-quarter sales are expected to decline by 20 to 30 percent year-on-year as the electronics industry faces a slump in production, Chen said, citing delayed product launches by several clients.

“We are not alone in this, we have to depend on our upstream suppliers to come up with materials, while our downstream clients are facing a market demand dampened by China’s current economic stall,” Chen said.

Lite-On’s sales would be further weighed down by clients having stocked up inventory prior to the Lunar New Year holiday, he added.

Although the outbreak continues to threaten production, Chen said he has no intentions of accelerating the company’s relocation plans from China.

“This is the first time we’ve encountered such a situation in over 30 years since we’ve started investing in China... I find it hard to justify any relocation decisions made on the sole basis of a virus outbreak,” Chen said.

The electronics industry would recover in the second half of the year as the current crisis blows over, he said.

The company last year relocated a small part of its production to Taiwan and Vietnam, with shipments due to start this year, amid a trade dispute between the US and China.

Lite-On’s net profit last quarter declined 4.52 percent annually to NT$2.41 billion (US$79.32 million), or earnings per share of NT$1.03.

While revenue last quarter tumbled 13 percent due to lackluster performance by the company’s storage segment, gross margin improved by 2.8 percentage points to 16.2 percent thanks to a better product mix and higher operational efficiency, the company said.

Overall revenue last year fell 14.08 percent to NT$177.95 billion, while gross margin increased from 13.1 percent to 15.4 percent.

As a result, net profit surged 17.82 percent year-on-year to NT$9.38 billion, which translated into earnings per share of NT$4.03, the highest in three years.

The company’s board of directors yesterday approved a plan to distribute a cash dividend of NT$3.2 per share, representing a payout ratio of 79 percent.

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title: Lite-On forecasts uncertain first half of year due to virus


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Virus Outbreak: Med personnel travel ban until June 30

TIGHTER CONTROLS:Hospitals are required to control the flow of people in their facilities, including patients, visitors and outside contractors, a health official said
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung briefs reporters at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday on the COVID-19 outbreak situation.Photo courtesy of the Central Epidemic Command Center
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that a ban on medical personnel traveling abroad is to last until June 30 and that tightened access controls would be implemented at hospitals to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak at healthcare facilities.

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, on Sunday said that medical personnel would be banned from traveling abroad, but the CECC on Monday clarified that there are different levels to the ban, and that the details and complementary measures would be discussed in a meeting on Tuesday.

“The subject of the ban is all medical personnel, of any department and any position, working in hospitals, but those working in clinics are not included,” Ministry of Health and Welfare Department of Medical Affairs Director-General Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) told a news conference at the CECC yesterday.

Medical personnel are strictly prohibited from visiting countries or areas where the center has issued a level 3 “warning” travel advisory for COVID-19 — China, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea — and they must apply to and gain approval from the ministry if they need to make a visit, he said.

Medical personnel are asked to temporarily avoid travel to countries where a level 2 “alert” or a level 1 “watch” travel advisories have been issued — such as Japan, Singapore, Iran, Italy and Thailand, Shih said, adding that they would have to apply in advance and gain approval from their hospitals before leaving.

The ban went into effect on Sunday and is to last until “June 30, but it might be shortened or extended depending on the COVID-19 epidemic situation,” Shih said. “The prohibition includes layovers in any of these countries or areas.”

Medical personnel who have gained special approval to visit the affected areas must comply with quarantine rules for such areas and would not be allowed to take part in frontline healthcare work for 14 days after returning to Taiwan, he said.

People who have traveled to areas with a level 3 travel advisory in the 14 days prior to their arrival in Taiwan face a 14-day mandatory home quarantine and those arriving from areas with a level 2 or a level 1 travel notice must perform self-health management for 14 days.

Medical personnel who are affected by the travel ban can apply for full compensation for financial losses, such as from canceling flights, under 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) passed on Tuesday, Shih said.

The meeting on Tuesday with hospital management also concluded that hospitals must step up access controls to prevent COVID-19 transmission, Shih said, adding that the measures are aimed at three types of visitors.

Hospitals are required to make plans to separate the flow of “patients” moving within hospitals, he said.

They should limit visiting hours and the number of visitors — each inpatient can have only two visitors at one time and only one companion, including caretakers — who must register their personal information and travel and contact history with the hospital, he added.

The ministry also set up management guidelines for dispatch workers, including janitors; waste management personnel; security guards; medical gown, bedding rental and laundry service workers; caretakers; and shop employees, Shih said.


title: Sanders roughed up, but hits back in lively debate

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US Senator Bernie Sanders, left, speaks as former US vice president Joe Biden reacts during the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, on Tuesday.Photo: AFP
Democratic White House hopefuls on Tuesday rounded on the party’s leftist frontrunner, US Senator Bernie Sanders, during a feisty debate, attacking him as too extreme for US voters and a flawed challenger to US President Donald Trump.

Former US vice president Joe Biden, who needs a victory in South Carolina’s crucial primary on Saturday to keep his campaign alive, hit Sanders as soft on gun control, while billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg claimed Russia was working to help Sanders win the nomination — betting he would be defeated in November.

Sanders’ rivals joined forces in savaging the self-described democratic socialist as too radical to appeal to a broad swathe of Americans.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg and US Senator Amy Klobuchar, all desperate to halt Sanders’ momentum before it is too late, laid into his ability to deliver on costly programs such as universal health care and tuition-free college.

Buttigieg, a 38-year-old military veteran presenting himself as a unifier, warned a Sanders fight against Trump would spell “chaos” and divide the nation.

“I tell you what it adds up to. It ends up as four more years of Donald Trump,” Buttigieg said.

Sanders is in pole position in South Carolina, the last step before Super Tuesday next week when 14 states vote and a whopping one-third of all delegates — the representatives who pick the nominee at the Democratic Party’s July convention — are up for grabs.

The 78-year-old hit back at the charge his policies were too “radical,” insisting such ideas “exist in countries all over the world,” including the notion that health care is a human right.

“The way we beat Trump, which is what everybody up here wants, is we need a campaign of energy and excitement,” Sanders said. “We need to bring working people back into the Democratic Party.”

Talking over one another in often contentious exchanges, the seven candidates aggressively vied for attention, locking horns on everything from housing to China policy, and whether to move the US embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv.

Seeking to prove he is still in the fight, Biden put in a spirited performance and snapped back at moderators who tried to cut him off, telling them: “I’m not going to be quiet anymore, OK?”

He aimed a sharp attack at Sanders over gun control, an issue largely absent from previous debates, and a significant weakness for the Vermont senator who voted against legislation that would have allowed lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

Bloomberg sought to cast a Sanders nomination as a sure path to losing.

“[Russian President] Vladimir Putin thinks that Donald Trump should be president of the United States, and that’s why Russia is helping you get elected so you’ll lose to him,” he told Sanders in a heated opening exchange.

Sanders had emerged largely unscathed from the previous debate, but he acknowledged he was in the firing line, with rivals seeking to derail his push for the nomination following two straight victories, in New Hampshire and then Nevada.

“I’m hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight,” he said to laughter. “I wonder why.”

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title: Taipower vows to cut coal use during air pollution season

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Taipower Power Co (Taipower, 台電) yesterday vowed to reduce coal use during “air pollution season” after the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) late on Tuesday rescinded the Taichung City Government’s sanctions on the state-run utility.

Citing Article 117 of the Administrative Procedure Act (行政程序法), the EPA overruled the city government’s decision last month to revoke Taipower’s operating licenses for two of its coal-fired generators at Taichung Power Plant (台中電廠) to reduce the city’s air pollution.

The city government basing the sanctions on a volatile set of rules was unlawful, the EPA said, adding that Taipower has not breached the city government’s coal use limit over the past year, contrary to Taichung’s claim.

As a result, Taipower can temporarily resume the use of its No. 2 and No. 3 generators at the facility until the Taichung Legal Affairs Bureau reaches a final decision.

“While we have not reactivated the two generators yet, as they need to undergo routine repairs … the EPA has given us the legroom that we desperately need,” Taipower chief engineer and spokesman Hsu Tsao-hua (徐造華) said by telephone, adding that the company can now better maintain its power reserve margin at more than 10 percent.

Taipower has yet to set a definitive timeline to restart the generators, which “would depend on other factors, including the current level of energy consumption, as well as the air quality,” Hsu said.

Taipower aims to lower coal use to 12.6 million tonnes this year, he said.

The utility plans to shut down three of 10 generators at the plant at the start of October, when air quality deteriorates as seasonal winds carrying pollutants from China sweep over Taiwan, he added.

“Moreover, the remaining seven generators would only function at the same level as six generators running at full capacity … translating into a 40 percent reduction in coal use,” Hsu said.

The company is also increasing its use of natural gas for energy generation, he said, pointing to a new gas-fired unit installed at the Tunghsiao Power Plant (通霄電廠) in Miaoli County.

“An additional 109 million kilowatts would be integrated into our power grid by May … just before the summer,” Hsu said.

Electricity from Taipower’s gas-fired generators last year surpassed that of coal-fired generators, company data showed.

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people: 陳椒華 張景森 蔡壁如 洪申翰 林淑芬

taiwan-subdivisions: 竹南 大埔 鳳林

title: Cabinet urged to scrap amendments

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Cabinet urged to scrap amendments

PLANNING RUCKUS:The bill would allow political considerations to override environmental protection concerns, former KMT legislator Chiau Wen-yan said
Proposed amendments to the Spatial Planning Act (國土計畫法) might cause more environmental injustice under the pretext of “major construction projects,” environmentalists and lawmakers said yesterday, urging the Cabinet to withdraw the “retrogressive” bill.

The act, passed by the legislature in 2015, was hailed as a milestone in environmental protection for classifying land rezoning into national reserve areas, marine resource areas, agriculture development areas and urban development areas.

It is expected to take effect in 2022 when central and local government regulations are completed.

However, the Cabinet on Thursday last week proposed amendments that have unnerved many environmentalists.

National spatial plans could be revised if the Cabinet approves major construction projects, one of the amendments says.

While local governments were to be required to announce regional spatial plans within two years of the central government implementing a national spatial plan, another amendment seeks to replace the two-year time frame with “a certain period.”

Under the pretext of so-called major construction projects, the government has pushed through many projects that have proved useless, are not conducive to furthering the public interest and have caused residents much pain, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬) told a news conference in Taipei arranged by Citizens of the Earth, Taiwan, citing as an example land expropriation in Dapu Borough (大埔) in Miaoli County’s Jhunan Township (竹南) to accommodate an expansion of the Hsinchu Science Park.

The county government forcibly expropriated private properties for the expansion. Two suicides in the borough in 2010 and 2013 were linked to the expropriations.

A technology park in Hualien County’s Fonglin Township (鳳林) built more than a decade ago has become a “mosquito house,” showing that many so-called major construction projects lack careful evaluation, Lin said.

Many local governments might have difficulty introducing regional spatial plans within two years, but that does not mean they should be given an indefinite period, she said.

The act aimed to promote more sustainable use of land and efforts to promote the legislation could be traced back more than 20 years, former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Chiau Wen-yan (邱文彥) said.

However, the amendments would allow political considerations to override environmental protection concerns, he said.

DPP Legislator Hung Shen-han (洪申翰), New Power Party Legislator Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) and Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Tsai Pi-ju (蔡壁如) also urged the Cabinet to review the amendments.

The act is too rigid, imposing a time limit and lacking flexibility, and it would be a disaster if it is not amended, Minister Without Portfolio Chang Ching-sen (張景森) wrote on Facebook on Monday after the proposed amendments sparked criticism.

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Virus Outbreak: Two Taiwanese discharged from hospital in Japan

Two Taiwanese who contracted COVID-19 while onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship were yesterday released from a Tokyo hospital after testing negative for the disease.

The man and woman were brought to the Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital on the evening of Feb. 15, the man said, adding that the two of them were released after two successive tests turned up negative.

The 85-year-old father of the male passenger, who was also aboard the Diamond Princess, is being treated in another hospital in the Kansai region after he coughed up blood while still in quarantine on the ship.

After being released from the hospital yesterday, the man said that he would travel by train to Kansai to wait there for his father to be released from the hospital.

He has spoken frequently with his father by telephone while they were both hospitalized, he added.

“The hospital has taken great care of my father. He’s in a room by himself and has a nurse assigned to him only,” the man said.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan has also provided assistance and sent vitamins to the hospital for his father, he said.

His father was recovering well and has been taken off medication for his cough, but would need to undergo more tests before being discharged, he said.

Speaking about his own experience of being hospitalized in Tokyo, the man said that he was in a regular hospital ward and did not need to be in a negative-pressure isolation room.

The hospital staff were very friendly and left him an encouraging note at his bedside, he said, adding that the Taiwanese representative office sent him books and a notepad.

“The hospital was different from what I imagined after seeing the news and it was not easy being in quarantine — for example, breakfast often consisted of little more than toast and showers had to be scheduled,” he said. “It was a humbling experience.”

Friends sent him a network card to get online, as well as coffee and snacks, making the 11 days in quarantine more bearable, he said.

A total of five Taiwanese passengers from the cruise ship were hospitalized with infections and three remain in hospital, officials said.

A Hong Konger, a Canadian, a Briton and two Americans were also discharged after testing negative for the virus, officials said.

Although some details remain unclear, such as how the five Taiwanese are to be transported back to Taiwan and whether they would be placed under quarantine on their return — the man said that he would fully cooperate with whatever measures are necessary.

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