countries: 台灣 德國

people: 吳玉琴 邱顯智 江永昌

title: 立委籲訂可負擔計算基準 保護租屋者

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時代力量立委邱顯智（左起）、民進黨立委吳玉琴與社 會住宅推動聯盟等團體，27日在立法院舉行記者會，呼 籲落實住宅法規定，儘速訂定可負擔計算基準。（中央社）
【記者吳旻洲／台北報導】《住宅法》修法至今逾3年，攸關租金補貼與社會住宅租金制定的「可負擔計算基準」卻未依法在2年期限內訂定。跨黨派立委與社會住宅推動聯盟等民團27日舉行記者會，批評內政部行政怠惰，要求盡速完成相關計算基準，才能保護弱勢租屋族；營建署則允諾，會逐步採取精確計算方式。

據《住宅法》規定，中央主管機關內政部須於修法2年後（2019年1月11日前）完成「相關租金資料或價格蒐集、負擔基準及補貼金額計算方式之建立」。不過至今已逾期1年多，內政部仍未完成「可負擔計算基準」。

民進黨立委吳玉琴、江永昌、時代力量立委邱顯智27日偕同社會住宅推動聯盟召集人彭揚凱、崔媽媽基金會執行長呂秉怡、台灣社會福利總盟祕書長孫一信、芒草心慈善協會祕書長李盈姿等人召開記者會，呼籲盡速訂定「可負擔計算基準」。

吳玉琴表示，「可負擔計算基準」應盡速訂定，讓各縣市有所依據，若沒有依據弱勢狀況分級補助，就會喪失租屋補助美意；江永昌則說，未規範基準下，租金補貼、各縣市社會住宅補貼機制混亂，形成多頭馬車。

邱顯智說，補貼沒有基準，會發生補助參差不齊問題，「這方面台灣落後歐洲100年以上」，德國到處都是社會住宅、青年也不會因為房子問題絞盡腦汁，希望內政部能盡速訂定準則，時力也會努力督促，讓大家有居住權利。

民團則認為，由於中央遲遲未公布「可負擔計算基準」，影響補貼資源使用分配，將衍生「混亂補貼制度造成不公」、「不需要的給補貼、需要的卻補不夠」、「租補不夠力，弱勢寧住違法租屋」等問題，如單身租補、一般租補、包租代管的所得限制、財產限制都不同，欠缺標準，不同縣市的補貼金額也不一。

對此，內政部營建署表示，現行租金補貼、社會住宅、包租代管均有納入分級補貼精神，也認同應逐步採取更精確的計算方式，讓不同所得家庭都更能合理負擔。現行的居住協助措施，均有考量家庭社經情況及地區租金水準，採取分級租金折扣或補貼，每年並都依據實務執行情形檢討精進。

不過營建署也強調，對於分級補貼政策，確實應逐步採取更精確的計算方式。後續將會諮詢更多專業人士及民間意見，研議可行的部分逐步納入。◇


countries: 美國 中國 義大利 韓國

things: 防疫 經濟

title: 提升防疫層級 川普命彭斯領導新冠專案小組

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美國總統川普）週三（2月26日）宣布對抗武漢肺炎的專案小組，由副總統彭斯領軍。（Eric BARADAT / AFP）
【記者吳英、夏雨／綜合報導】美國總統川普週三（2月26日）宣布對抗武漢肺炎的專案小組，由副總統彭斯領軍。

週三下午，川普在白宮記者會上表示，由於先前所採取的抗疫措施奏效，目前美國人民面臨的武漢肺炎風險仍然「非常低」。對於未來可能發展，他的行政部門「已做好萬全準備」。

川普還宣布，彭斯將協調對抗武漢肺炎的工作，向其報告進展。他說，彭斯在擔任印第安納州州長期間累積十分豐富的醫療政策經驗，非常適合擔任這一職務，未來將協調醫療官員和其他專業人士，致力於在美國邊境阻擋病毒入侵。

川普還透露，目前在美國境內確診的15病例中，已有5人康復、8人出院返家自我隔離直到康復為止；1人情況還不錯，介於住院及返家之間的情況；1人在醫院，情況較嚴重，希望能好轉。

川普援引約翰霍普金斯大學（Johns Hopkins University）的報告說，美國是全球應對流行病最完備的國家，並表示儘管民主黨一再指責他對中國採取限制旅行的措施涉及種族主義，但是他相信這是正確的決定。

川普還說，現在不是對義大利及韓國等疫情嚴重的國家實施旅行限制的「適當時機」，但「這個時機未來可能會出現」。

對於中共官方近日公布的數據顯示中國病例數下降，川普說，如果這些數據具可信度，那麼這表示中國病例數真的在下降，這是好的現象。對於記者問，能否相信中共的數據，川普沒有正面回應，僅表示中方領導人「很有才華」及「非常堅強與聰明」。

當被問及武漢肺炎是否會在美國大流行時，川普表示他「不認為該病毒會無可避免地在美國大流行」。

「事情就是像現在這個樣子，我們已經準備好了」，川普繼續說，「我們已經做好了充分的準備。正如我所說的，我們擁有世界上最頂尖的人才。我們已經為此做好了準備。」

「我們希望它不會傳播，它也有可能不會傳播，有可能會傳播，只是會到什麼程度的問題」，他補充說，「我已要求訂購相當多的口罩，但我相信美國用不上這麼多口罩。」

對美國股市近日暴跌，川普說，不同於其它國家，美國經濟表現相當好，如果聯準會也像其它國家一樣採取降息措施，美國經濟會更好。他表示，美股下跌除了疫情因素，投資人可能也擔心民主黨總統候選人會勝選。

美CDC確診加州一新冠病例

週三（2月26日），美國疾病控制與預防中心（CDC）證實加州最新一例武漢肺炎病例，未知該患者如何感染武漢肺炎。CDC表示，這或許是美國首例社區傳播病例。

CDC說，該病例是由公共衛生系統臨床醫生發現的，使得美國新冠病例總數達到60例。美國確診病例的大部分是從鑽石公主號遊輪撤離的人員，達42例。美國本土確診15例，3例是武漢撤僑人員。◇


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（左起）王仁甫、許孟哲、孫協志於2019年10月28日在台北舉行售票記者會資料照。（記者黃宗茂／攝影）
【記者鄭宜芬／台北報導】亞洲不少演藝圈活動受到武漢肺炎影響取消，5566原訂於 3月7日在高雄巨蛋所舉行的《Since 5566》演唱會決定延期。主辦單位 華貴娛樂27日發聲明表示，因應政府對於「新冠肺炎」的防疫升級，與相關單位協商會議後，確定將演唱會延後舉行，向歌迷致上最大的歉意。

5566 成員 孫協志、王仁甫、許孟哲表示，這是17年來5566的第一場高雄演出，他們十分期待、也做了最棒的準備，但為了歌迷的健康與安全著想，不得已要做出這樣的決定，「在這非常時期，除了對歌迷感到深深的歉意之外，也期盼歌迷朋友能夠體諒，在這防疫嚴峻的非常時刻，5566必須與大家一起共體時艱」。

團員們也呼籲大家平時要多洗手、加強自身的免疫力，他們特別感謝媒體朋友與各界對於5566演唱會的關心，強調：「目前只期盼疫情趕快結束，未來的日子必定更加美好，後續的演出計畫如果有了最新的決定，會第一時間告訴大家的」。

對於已購票歌迷的權益，華貴娛樂表示，可保留原票券，待新的演出場次確定後，持原票券入場。若歌迷欲申請退票，將會予以全額退款，詳細的退票方式請參閱華貴娛樂Facebook 粉絲專頁公告，並提供相關洽詢。

華貴娛樂表示，為顧及所有現場觀眾、演出人員及工作人員之健康考量，並不增加中央政府的防疫困難，「早於2月初，我方就已主動針對《Since 5566》高雄演唱會提出了最高標準的嚴格防疫措施並於臉書粉絲專頁公告，維護歌迷最大權益。而近期各界對於大型活動的憂心，華貴娛樂也同等關切，在顧及社會大眾安全的最高原則下，決議延後舉行原訂3月7日的演出計畫，期盼獲得歌迷的諒解」。

title: 高雄巨蛋開唱延期 5566籲防疫共體時艱

references: 臉書 Facebook


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【記者張原彰／台北報導】兩岸航線在本月10日降至4個城市5個航點，但由於疫情在中國持續擴大，各界擔憂剩下的航線恐成防疫破口。有醫師表示，站在防疫角度，全面中斷兩岸航線會是最佳作法，「是台灣疫情爆發的經濟損失大，還是中斷兩岸航線的損失比較大，政府可以加以評估。」

武漢肺炎疫情升溫，兩岸直飛航班在2月10日起全面限縮，只保留北京、浦東、虹橋、廈門、成都等4個城市5個航點的航班。但隨著疫情在中國的全境擴散，許多城市相繼淪陷，傳北京也已爆發大規模群聚感染，各界擔憂，剩下的兩岸航線也可能成為防疫破口。

台灣兒童感染症醫學會理事長李秉穎表示，兩岸之間還有五個航線，這可能讓漏網之魚進來台灣，由於武漢肺炎有無症狀感染的患者，居家檢疫14天無法保證一定沒有病毒，因此站在防疫的角度，台灣最好全面中斷兩岸航線。

李秉穎表示，現在不中斷兩岸航線是因為有經濟考量，但政府還是得進一步思考，萬一疫情在台灣擴大，台灣遭到其他國家斷航的損失，勢必遠大於我方斷兩岸航線的損失，該怎麼做他沒有定見，由政府衡量決定。

「武漢肺炎真正可怕的，不是造成生命的危險，而是對經濟造成的衝擊。」李秉穎表示，中國在停工後還要勉強復工，背後是因為疫情已造成製造與供給間的失衡，連帶3C製造業都受到影響，美國股市近期也因為疫情大跌。

李秉穎說，「SARS大流行時重創全球經濟，而現在圍堵武漢肺炎就得先付出經濟損失，否則這個病毒傳染力類似於流感，不容易受到控制，且圍堵很困難，一旦大規模流行時又會衝擊經濟。」

李秉穎說，武漢肺炎的致死率遠高於流感，而流感每年造成上百人死亡，已對台灣造成很大的疾病負擔，可想像疫情若失控，對台灣造成的衝擊會有多大。

李秉穎表示，面對這樣的病毒，各國都要很積極地做防疫，台灣就做得很積極，但即使如此，仍不能保證不會有漏網之魚，只能讓進入台灣社區感染的機會變低，但不會讓變成零。

title: 修補防疫破口 醫師：兩岸須斷航

countries: 台灣 中國 美國

events: 死亡 武漢肺炎


title: 武漢解封3小時 多少人逃出？

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2月24日武漢封城解禁3小時，有網民稱1,735人進入長沙。圖為封城下的武漢街道。（Getty Images）
【記者洪寧、凌雲、蕭律生／綜合報導】2月24日武漢封城解禁3小時，有網民稱1,735人進入長沙，另有律師在實名微博上披露，有約30萬人離開武漢。截至目前，雖然長沙當局稱1,735人進入長沙的消息並非事實，卻引來民眾質疑：那事實上到底有多少人？

近日，中國網路流傳「2月24日湖北解封3小時，有1,735人進入長沙」「其中，237人進入開福區」等消息。湖南長沙當局25日在官方微博「長沙發布」上表示，上述一事為不實消息；但卻含糊其詞，並未點名「不實之處」。沒說明是數字不準確，還是根本沒有，引發網民關注。

2月25日，微博上一位名為「王誓華律師」的用戶稱：「3個小時，估計30萬人流出武漢。」文中並標記武漢發布（武漢官方微博）、國家衛健委，詢問：「去哪了？有多少有傳染力的？這個隱患排查得如何？」

據北京典謨律師事務所官網介紹，王誓華是該律所主任律師，這就意味著王誓華律師是以實名揭露此消息。截至目前，武漢官方及中共國家衛健委均未回應。

對於長沙官方的「闢謠」，網民並不買帳，反質問：「那你告訴我到底有多少人？」「那到底有沒有出城了？有多少人出來了？去往何處？」

還有網民披露已得知的消息：「坐標萬科城37棟一家四口，昨天回來的，已經被控制在家隔離。」「我覺得1,735（人）的確是不實，應該不止。就那天有個湖北的同事跑了回來，說要回來上班了，只要3月他敢來上班，我們其他人就一起請假。」「好多湖北的出來了。」

湖北黃石網民：「我知道我同學一家人昨天（24日）出發回長沙了。」江西網民說：「我這也收到通知還是Excel表格形式發的，累計85輛車從武漢過來，搞得又是加強交通管制和各部緊急開會！造謠？這種事情有必要造謠？」湖南網民：「同事老婆湖北籍主管回來了，現在隔離。坐標湖南益陽。」

被封城的武漢 24日確實有人遷出

而根據百度遷徙（百度地圖透過用戶定位數據製成，可呈現人口遷徙趨勢）的數據，武漢24日確實有人遷出，其中遷出目的地前15位均為湖北省內城市；省外城市中，排名第一位的為湖南長沙、第二位為湖南岳陽、第三位為湖南株州。

有來自湖南長沙的知情人楊浩對本報透露，他從湖南省衛生系統某官員處得知，從武漢跑出來的分散到中國各地，各地基層組織都發了緊急通告。其中有1,700多人進入長沙了，具體的還在統計查詢中。截至25日晚間，只查到200多人，還有人下落不明。

之前陸媒紅星新聞也曾報導，2月25日，與湖北省相鄰的部分省市陸續發布緊急通知，稱境內已有從疫區湖北出來的一批人抵達，請有關人員盡快與當地疫情防控指揮部聯繫備案。

其中在一份落款為「新化縣（註：湖南省婁底市屬縣）新型冠狀病毒感染的肺炎疫情防控指揮部」的緊急通知上，新化縣稱因2月24日上午武漢地區放行車輛通行達3小時，相鄰地區懷化市鶴城區已有涉鄂人員抵達，為澈底穩控風險，將在全縣展開地毯式清查。◇


things: 人權 經濟

people: 習近平 李新

title: 北京催復工 陸業者：人不夠！

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有深圳企業主表示，復工最大的問題是「人不夠！」中小企業倒閉潮一定會發生。圖為示意圖。（STR/AFP via Getty Images）
【記者李新如／綜合報導】新冠疫情衝擊下，中共在延後召開「兩會」的同時大力推動企業復工，還高調宣揚企業「復工率」。但有深圳企業主表示，復工最大的問題是人不夠，中小企業倒閉潮一定會發生。

疑為全面復工舖路，21日至24日中國共6省下調疫情警報等級，分別為甘肅、遼寧、貴州、雲南、廣東、山西。

截至26日，中國再增4省下調疫情警報等級，四川、新疆從最危急的1級（特別重大事故）調降成2級響應（重大事故）；海南、內蒙古從最危急的1級（特別重大事故）調降成3級（較大事故）。

近期，中共頻繁動員催促復工復產。習近平指示，疫情低風險地區要「全面恢復生產生活秩序」。他稱，中國約有一半的縣沒有冠狀病毒病例。

中共在大力推動企業復工復產的同時卻延後召開「兩會」。官媒央視24日稱，中共十三屆全國人大常委會第十六次會議週一通過決定，明確適當延後召開第十三屆全國人民代表大會第三次會議，具體開會時間由全國人大常委會另行決定。

對此，原大陸人權律師陳建剛對新唐人表示：「為什麼中共延後會議，怕感染、怕得病，但讓老百姓趕快幹活，在經濟指標上能夠好看一些？這說明中國有嚴格的階級的劃分。人民也就是韭菜罷了，而中共的官員，他們的命要比普通百姓的命重要。」

官方稱廣東等多省復工率逾70%，那實際情況怎麼樣呢？在深圳擁有兩家鞋材工廠的不願透露真實身分的企業主李先生對自由亞洲電台表示，復工最大的問題是這個，「人不夠！」

復工難 工人返工不到一半

李先生說：「昨天（2月24日）才開工。開工的情況是兩個廠（每個廠約60人左右）實際到的員工人數都不到一半，平常是可以跑兩到三條生產線，現在是一條都很勉強。」

對於工人少的問題，李先生表示：有一部分原因是有規定來自一省16市的人到深圳要先被隔離14天。另外，有些人是村子根本不讓出去、公共交通也停了，過年回家的就出不來。

問及公司的損失，李先生說：「目前估算就是薪水跟房租而已，其他的成本都還沒算。」

對於「疫情到現在遇到的最大困難是什麼？」李先生回答：「人不夠啊！中小企業很多本來就是在人力極限去運作，現在像是莫名其妙少了好多人。招工很困難，因為大家都缺工。而且現在（業主）責任更重了，每個員工你都要負責他從哪裡來？他會不會感染？你招了一個不認識的人進來，可能反而增加負擔。」

問及「中小企業的倒閉潮、失業潮」時，李先生說：「我是覺得一定會發生。因為現在線上能做的人不到一半，根本沒辦法出貨。可是企業主要負擔的是全部人的薪水，我有看到規定說不能在這個時候解僱人。」

為完成用電量指標 疑被逼機器空轉

此外，獨立財經學者冷眼26日在推特爆料，浙江省溫州市政府強迫企業開工，以完成3000度用電量為完成開工的硬指標。在沒有員工、沒有原材料的情況下，企業老闆被逼無奈，只好開機器空轉。◇


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【記者徐翠玲／台北報導】武漢肺炎（COVID-19）疫情延燒，台商回台投資持續增溫。經濟部統計處27日指出，台商回台投資最夯地點在桃園市，投資金額達1,687億元居全台首位；次夯投資地點則是高雄市，投資金額達1,499億元。

統計處表示，截至2月6日止，響應台商回台投資行動方案廠商計170家，核准投資總額逾7,160億元。投資業者以電子零組件業、電腦電子產品及光學製品業、電力設備及配備業最多，各占49.6%、16.5%、9.4%。投資於新建廠房及購置機械設備占七成、購地投資金額占4.3%。

台商回台投資地點，統計處指出，34家位於桃園市，投資金額達1,687億元居全台之首，以投資電子零組件業、電力設備及配備業為主。18家進駐高雄市，投資金額達1,499億元次之，以投資電子零組件業、電腦電子及光學業為主。台中市及台南市則分別以1,456億元及1,333億元分居第3、第4。

統計處亦提及，2019年工業區土地面積（不含南港軟體工業園區）中，可供租售面積為1萬1,973公頃，占總面積65.4%。進駐營運廠商1萬209家，從業員工50萬人，設廠面積1萬854公頃。

2019年已開發完成工業區（不含南港軟體工業園區）有55處，可租售設廠面積7,302公頃，已租售7,205公頃，租售率98.7%；開發中工業區有6處，租售率92.1%，除東部工業區（51.4%）與南部工業區(88.0%)外，餘租售率亦逾九成。

進駐工業區廠商以金屬製品業家數（1,806家）及員工人數（7.5萬人）均最多，設廠面積669公頃，排名第4；電子零組件業集中在北部，廠商家數雖少，但員工人數達7.2萬人，排名第2；基本金屬業、化學材料業、石油及煤製品業則使用面積最大（三者合占61.8%）。◇

taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 南港 高雄市

title: 台商回流桃園最夯 投資1687億冠全台


title: 旅遊業紓困 觀光局：已開放申請

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【記者張原彰／台北報導】武漢肺炎疫情影響旅遊業，觀光局公布紓困方案，已完成出入境團取消補助等五項補助要點，觀光局局長周永暉27日表示，27日完成公告程序，即日起受理業者申請。

中華民國旅行商業同業公會全國聯合會（全聯會）理事長蕭博仁，以及旅行業品保協會、全台六都一省旅行公協會理事長在25日與交通部觀光局周永暉局長，商討相關紓困及振興措施。

觀光局表示，依照補助要點的優先順序，初步完成五項要點的頒布，包括：配合防疫提早離境陸團損失丶出入境團取消補助、入境旅行社的觀光團修學旅行及郵輪補貼，以及擴大觀光產業融資與交通部核頒觀光旅遊業人才培訓方案等。

周永暉表示，目前紓困方案法制作業已完成，將於2月27日完成公告程序並受理業者申請，也呼籲業者備妥相關文件辦理。

周永暉表示，過年前的1月22日開始，即能有效執行入境等管制措施，與保障消費者旅遊安全，因此，對於業者部分，政府對他們的紓困、復甦及振興都是十分重視，也允諾提供必要協助。


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美媒認為，新冠病毒的爆發給中共的宣傳機器帶來了挑戰。（ HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images）
【記者張婷／綜合報導】在抗擊武漢肺炎疫情期間，中共加大宣傳機器，塑造英雄形象，甚至一些報導明顯出現漏洞。《紐約時報》2月26日發文稱，很多中國年輕人對共產黨的宣傳表示公開質疑。

報導稱，隨著抗擊武漢肺炎危機的鬥爭在持續，北京正在拿出其宣傳劇本。手機上到處都是中共官媒的宣傳圖片以及團結與犧牲故事。目的是將人民團結在北京的統治下。共青團中央為拉攏年輕人甚至推出了「江山嬌」和「紅旗漫」的卡通虛擬偶像，旨在在危機時期煽動年輕人的愛國情緒。

但《紐時》稱，對於中共領導人來說，這一次，中共大宣傳效果並不太好。

在網上，人們公開譴責中共官媒。當前線醫務人員仍缺乏口罩等基本防護用品時，倡導「個人犧牲」故事引發網民嚴厲譴責。

一個微博用戶說：「我們應該確保悲劇不會再次發生，而不是強調『犧牲是光榮的』。」

「江山嬌」和「紅旗漫」一上線就立即遭到網友大規模撻伐，結果不到五個小時被迫下架。

《紐時》認為，這是中共宣傳機器所遭到的最大挫折。這套宣傳機器數十年來一直幫助共產黨保住權力，目前正面臨著一個最大的挑戰。

報導稱，這場危機讓很多人，尤其是年輕人看到威權政府統治下令人不安的生活。迫使像李文亮醫生這樣的人噤聲，讓人們看到了中共打壓自由表達所帶來的危險。

官媒大量刊登捐款人扔下捐款轉身就走的宣傳，在一個「丟下捐贈現金轉身就跑」的新聞匯總中，列出了40多例此類事件。

中共宣傳內容令民眾質疑和憤怒

《紐時》稱，一些報導的宣傳內容簡直令人難以相信。

2月16日，華商報頭條號「華商漢中」刊登一篇文章，講述多名抗疫一線工作人員的故事。其中包括西京醫院的「王慧」在雙胞胎兒子出生不到20天就自願趕赴一線。文章一個細節讓讀者看出了破綻。文章說，兩個孩子起床不久就問爸爸「媽媽幹嘛去了？」

出生不到20天會說話，引發網友強烈質疑報導的真實性。華商報最後不得不就此文章道歉。

2月17日，甘肅省發布的《剪去秀髮，她們整裝出征》影片，被網友罵翻。視頻顯示了甘肅省婦幼保健院派出的支援湖北的女醫護人員被剃光頭髮的過程。有網友質疑：女性醫護人員被集體剃光頭是不是遭到強迫？她們流眼淚是不是因為被剃光頭？用女護士剃光頭做宣傳，合適嗎？

鄧學平律師在微博上發表的一篇題為「喪事變喜事，不是疫情報道該有的姿勢」的文章說，日前一段小視頻在網上熱傳。畫面中，一名剛剛從武漢漢江方艙醫院治癒出院的姑娘，對著電視鏡頭說：「住進來之後住得還不想走了」。欣喜激動之情，溢於言表。這段對話在網路上引發不少爭議和猜測。

「官媒已經失去了很多信譽」

文章認為，總是報導好消息，可能會有礙公眾更全面、更真實的了解疫情訊息、評估疫情形勢。

23歲的黛西‧趙（Daisy Zhao）是北京居民。她說，自己曾經信任官方媒體。但現在，她對那些曾將8名試圖警告新冠病毒威脅的醫務人員說成謠言散布者的報導感到憤怒。趙女士說：「官媒已經失去了很多信譽。」

《紐時》認為，對中共宣傳的質疑，表明了年輕一代對中共政府的新態度。

「在過去一個月中，許多年輕人一直在互聯網上閱讀有關這個流行病的許多第一手信息和深入的媒體報導，」 住在上海的斯蒂芬妮‧夏（Stephanie Xia）說。 26歲的夏說，這些年輕人對了解的事情感到憤怒和困惑。

北京在過去幾週加強了對互聯網的審查。一些社交媒體帳戶已被刪除或暫停。夏女士因為張貼病毒相關的帖子，其微博賬戶被暫停30天，她說，無論審查制度變得多麼嚴格，她都決心繼續發聲，以便下一代能夠記住。

她說：「使出你們的勇氣發聲。最後總比什麼都不說好。」◇

title: 新冠病毒讓中共宣傳機器遭到最大挫折

events: 新冠病毒 武漢肺炎

references: 網友 網民


countries: 中國 越南 泰國

title: 加速撤離中國 谷歌、微軟轉戰東南亞

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谷歌（Google）和微軟（Microsoft）正在加速將其智慧手機或電腦產品的生產線移出大陸。（TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images）
【記者張玉潔／綜合報導】因應大陸武漢肺炎疫情對全球電子行業的衝擊，谷歌（Google）和微軟（Microsoft）正在加速將其智慧手機或電腦產品的生產線移出中國，這也是依賴大陸供應鏈的所有國際電子製造商當下正在考慮的問題。

《日經亞洲評論》2月26日報導，谷歌將於4月份開始在越南生產智慧手機；微軟計畫最早於今年第二季度開始在越南生產筆記型電腦和桌上型電腦。

報導援引消息人士的話表示，谷歌已要求供應商評估將閒置設備從大陸運到越南的可能性，還計畫於2020年下半年開始在越南生產其最新型的Pixel手機產品。

除了越南，泰國也將成為谷歌的另一個主要生產基地，谷歌目前已經在泰國開始生產Nest Mini智慧音箱，預計今年上半年將完成首批泰國製造的智慧產品。

另據微軟的一位供應鏈高管表示，微軟在越南的初期產量會很低，但未來會增加，這是微軟的發展方向。

消息人士透露，谷歌和微軟在美中貿易戰期間就一直有計畫將生產線移出大陸，武漢肺炎疫情更堅定了他們退出中國製造的決心。

微軟的另一位供應鏈主管表示，面對疫情，電子製造商肯定會在中國以外的地區謀求生產能力，而且一定會考慮供應鏈管理的連續性，疫情爆發後，沒有人能忽略大陸供應鏈中斷的風險。

微軟不僅面臨供應鏈危機，其主要業務之一的Windows商用電腦授權銷售也受到衝擊，其原因是所有依賴大陸供應商的國際個人電腦（PC）品牌幾乎都生產停擺，企業升級Windows的時間將延後。

在這種負面影響之下，微軟已經預計上半年業績將受到影響。微軟有15%的營收來自Windows，而Windows有大約40%的營收來自商用電腦授權銷售。◇


countries: 俄羅斯 美國

title: 「再見了，網球」 5大滿貫得主 莎拉波娃退休

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【記者喬奕／綜合報導】網球前世界球后莎拉波娃（Maria Sharapova）26日晚間在IG拋出震撼彈，宣布高掛球拍，結束她28年的職業網球生涯。她生涯拿過5座大滿貫冠軍，曾登上世界球后寶座達17週。

莎拉波娃在IG貼文中附上自己小時候打網球的照片，「網球讓我認識這個世界，也讓我認識我自己；不論下一步會面對什麼樣的高山險境，我都會持續成長、持續攀爬。」「網球，我得和你說再見了。」

出生於俄羅斯的莎拉波娃，4歲就開始打網球，8歲移居美國接受專業訓練，17歲拿下溫布頓網球女單冠軍，生涯總計拿過5座大滿貫賽事冠軍，在四大賽事皆有奪冠紀錄，位居女單世界排名第一連續17週，並有一面奧運銀牌（2012年倫敦奧運）在手，並且是首位登上世界第一的俄羅斯網球選手。但她的職業生涯飽受傷痛困擾，2016年甚至被禁藥問題纏身遭到禁賽。

喬科維奇：莎娃值得所有人掌聲

對於莎拉波娃無預警宣布退休，男子網壇好手、莎娃多年好友喬科維奇（Novak Djokovic）表示自己得知這消息時十分驚訝，但他希望大家給莎娃最熱烈的掌聲，「她的職業生涯足夠精彩，她值得這樣的榮耀，她也該為自己感到驕傲！」

喬科維奇也惋惜地表示，莎娃在過去的5、6年中經歷傷病和手術，仍努力回到賽場，十分鼓舞人心，「可惜她最終還是因傷病而離開。」◇


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兩岸政策協會研究員兼副祕書長張宇韶表示，台灣社會歷經反送中省思與王立強共諜案等事件，使很多台灣人改變對中共的認知，並相信中共隱匿疫情的狀況，讓台灣的政府有充分民意基礎可果斷防疫，「否則台灣的處境可能跟現在的韓國一樣。」圖為張宇韶資料照。（記者陳柏州／攝影）
【記者張原彰／台北報導】韓國、義大利的武漢肺炎病例暴增，學者分析，這些國家跟中共的往來過於密切，無法割捨中共提供的利益，致使防疫慢半拍。在去年，台灣社會歷經反送中省思與王立強共諜案等事件，使很多台灣人改變對中共的認知，並相信中共隱匿疫情的狀況，讓台灣的政府有充分民意基礎可果斷防疫，「否則台灣的處境可能跟現在的韓國一樣。」

截至27日下午4時，韓國的武漢肺炎確診病例累計1261例，確診病例在一天內新增284例，創單日新高，死亡人數達12人；截至27日清晨，義大利確診人數破400例，12人死亡。

兩岸政策協會研究員兼副秘書長張宇韶表示，韓國過度倚賴中國遊客，在去年，有620萬名中客到韓國，而濟州島給予中客免簽。中客到韓國消費帶來的年產值估150億~200百億美元，占韓國GDP成長的1.6%~1.8%，「中客為韓國帶來相當大的觀光經濟產值，這是讓韓國總統文在寅無法讓疫情阻絕境外的最大原因。」

張宇韶表示，直至26日，韓國政府才通過防疫三法，授權CDC可對來自疫區的外國人採取防疫措施，但得經過向法院的申請，這顯得不夠積極。

張宇韶表示，反觀台灣的狀況，我們在大年初二即禁止中客來台，在2月10日暫停小三通，同時要求有中、港、澳旅遊史得國民得居家檢疫，兩岸往來的人數由每日3萬5千人，降低至現在的每日5百人，「這是台灣疫情沒有像韓國般大規模爆發的關鍵。」

義大利的疫情持續延燒，已是歐洲最大疫區。張宇韶表示，義大利的狀況跟韓國類似，義國是得到中國最大訂單的歐盟國家之一，同時他們相當支持「一帶一路」；中共可掌握國內遊客旅行的動向，並讓大批遊客到義大利；義大利也有很多溫州商人，而溫州是中國疫情最嚴重的地區之一，這些因素都使得義大利防疫不利。

張宇韶表示，韓國是真心換絕情，為了經濟觀光財讓疫情蔓延，但現在中共對韓國觀光客採取方長嚴格的入境控管，甚至得檢疫14天；而義大利在爆發疫情後，才發現中國把他們10年的口罩庫存買完。

張宇韶表示，台灣有密切的兩岸經貿關係，原先被認為是武漢肺炎的重災區，可能會是全球僅次於中國的第二大疫區，而在疫情擴散下，台灣選擇切斷兩岸的依賴跟互賴，否則處境可能跟韓國相當。

張宇韶表示，近年中共銳實力不斷侵犯台灣社會，企圖影響台灣政治，以及滲透民間社會，而在去年，台灣人經過反送中事件的省思、王立強共諜案等因素的堆疊，使得多數人台灣人，包括：藍營的支持者們，都發現過去對中共的認知是錯的，而從總統的大選結果，已顯示台灣人不再把中國（中共）當作中心。

title: 學者：認清中共 為我防疫有成關鍵

countries: 台灣 韓國 歐盟 義大利 中國

events: 武漢肺炎 反送中 死亡


countries: 中國 台灣 臺灣

title: 武漢肺炎影響外銷　農委會辦活動展業績

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農委會27日號召台灣44家電商平臺共同舉辦「臺灣農產嘉年華-滿500送50」網購活動。（記者陳柏州／攝影）
【記者賴玟茹／台北報導】武漢肺炎持續延燒，連帶影響農產品產銷，為此，農委會號召，國內44家電商平台共同舉辦「臺灣農產嘉年華-滿500送50」網購活動，即日起，至6月30日，只要購買指定具溯源國產農產品超過500元以上，就能拿到農委會回饋給消費者的50元，回饋金額無上限。

農委會副主委黃金城表示，武漢肺炎疫情延燒，現在還看不到疫情高峰點在哪裡，受到疫情影響，許多外銷農產品的銷售受阻，也改變了國內民眾消費習慣，讓電商平台業績平均成長三成，消費者喜歡上網採購，這次共有44家業者、超過6000項農產品，這些都是有認證過的農產品，這個買500送50活動，消費者可以用現金折價、紅利點數，或換等值商品，這次預估能讓整體業績達到3億元。

「鳳梨釋迦」過去高達九成都外銷中國，武漢肺炎疫情也連帶影響外銷作業。農委會表示，其實從2月4日開始，電商平台就已經銷售鳳梨釋迦超過1,500萬元、約100公噸，另外趁網購在疫情期間的逆勢成長，農委會與電商平台將持續共同辦理網購促銷活動，藉以拉高國產農產品在網路銷售的比率，讓消費者能買到具溯源的優質國產農產品。


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【記者佟亦加／綜合報導】武漢肺炎疫情持續蔓延，中國當局陷入防疫與復工的雙重困境。雖然為保經濟，當局要求各行業陸續復工，但影視圈仍無奈處於停擺狀態。面對停工，多位製片人表示，他們每天一睜眼就計算損失。

一場突如其來的疫情，讓原本就在寒冬中的中國影視圈完全停擺。據中共官媒《中國青年報》26日報導，參演《危機先生》的北京演員武笑羽表示，該劇戲份原本2月11日就能結束。她在家過完年，1月27日回到成都剛拍了1天，1月28日劇組停工。為了能隨時復工，連同主演黃曉明在內的300多名演職人員，都在酒店原地待命。

報導指，在橫店，如果沒有這場突如其來的疫情，新劇《清落》會在3月25日前殺青。可如今，拍攝進行到1/3時不得不停工。製片人陳益韜說：「整個劇組有260至300人，停工後離開了100多人，留下來的人我要管吃、管住。」他還曾透露，要保障劇組人員近200人的餐飲、住宿等日常支出，「1天虧50萬元（人民幣），不知道多久能重新拍攝。」

在廣西桂林，《謝謝讓我遇見你》去年12月16日開機，拍了1個多月，1月28日主動停工。製片人劉一說：「從來沒發生過這麼長時間的停工。2月是沒有希望了，最樂觀的是3月。」

疫情之下，製片人每天睜眼就要計算停工損失，而無戲可演的演員也一樣焦慮。90後（指1990年後出生者）演員洪浚嘉說：「演員也分頭部、腰部、腿部，我可能算腰部，還有點存款，還可以活下去，那腿部演員怎麼辦？橫店說要復工，有人不理解，覺得不是國計民生必需品，著什麼急？其實演員是最不急的，一時半會餓不死。但劇組停工，幕後工作人員就是零收入。復工都是為了養家餬口。」

「去年經歷影視業寒冬，行業大洗牌，現在漣漪好不容易平靜下來，咚，投進去一塊大石頭，又要洗掉一批。沒簽約的演員沒著落，簽了的演員也害怕——在不可抗力的條款下，解約隨時可能發生。」儘管著急，但對復工，洪浚嘉既期待又害怕：「疫情還不明朗，現在讓我復工，我是不敢的。工作人員可以戴口罩，演員拍戲又不能戴。」◇

title: 陸製片人：每天睜眼就開始損失


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【記者徐翠玲／台北報導】針對武漢肺炎（COVID-19）疫情衝擊藝文產業，文化部27日表示，為減少疫情衝擊、復甦藝文產業，已研提藝文紓困補助、紓困貸款利息補貼、行政調控、振興措施四大面向，預計將投入約15億元，包括短期紓困方案11億元、後續振興措施4億元，協助藝文產業及藝文工作者度過難關。

文化部指出，紓困及振興15億元經費來源，其中8億元編列於行政院27日依《嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎防治及紓困振興特別條例》於行政院會所通過的特別預算，包括紓困經費4億元、振興經費4億元；另在不排擠原有年度補助經費前提下，從文化部公共建設計畫中移出可延後進行之工程經費，報請行政院核定轉為「移緩濟急」預算共7億元，亦作為紓困補助。特別預算加移緩濟急預算共15億元，其中作為短期藝文紓困達11億元。

文化部表示，立法院已於日前三讀通過《嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎防治及紓困振興特別條例》，依據第9條第3項規定，文化部已研擬「藝文紓困及振興辦法（草案）」，近期將提報行政院審查核定後，即可展開申請作業。

草案內容，紓困方面，包括減輕文化藝術事業、團體及個人的營運負擔、提供紓困貸款利息補貼、文化部所屬公有文化場館租金或規費減免等相關措施；振興方面，除行政院已將藝文產業納入經濟部振興抵用券的適用範圍外，文化部也將另推動提振文化藝術活絡、促進文化藝術消費及其他有助於文化藝術產業發展的措施。

短期紓困部分，文化部預計將投入11億元，其中包含10億8,000萬元的「藝文紓困補助」，文化部將補助藝文事業、團體及個人的營運成本，項目可包括人員薪資、展演映活動取消、延期或退票的製作成本、場地租金等，以減輕營運負擔；受理補助計畫，亦可包括推動因應疫情的相關計畫，例如：研發創新、人才培育、製作排練、技術提升、數位行銷等。以上所述兩類藝文紓困補助，藝文工作者個人遭受衝擊，亦可依據「藝文紓困及振興辦法（草案）」相關項目提出申請。

在紓困貸款利息補貼方面，文化部已和經濟部達成共識，藝文產業將可納入經濟部中小企業貸款補貼方案，提供紓困貸款、利息補貼及展延還款期限，而無法納入中小企業優惠貸款的藝文業者，則將由文策院另提供紓困優惠貸款及利息補貼，其經費由文化部於特別預算編列2,000萬元的利息補貼經費委由文策院支應。

後續振興措施部分，文化部預計投入4億元，其中3億元為藝文產業納入經濟部振興抵用券適用範圍所增加的經費，將可用於藝文展演場館及音樂展演空間、藝文展演預購票券、書店、唱片行、電影院等藝文消費，其抵用券的執行方式則配合經濟部統一規劃。文化部也另將再策辦其他藝文產業振興措施，以擴大支持藝文產業，預計投入1億元。

文化部指出，同步展開行政調控機制，包括文化部既有的經常性補助計畫提早進行撥款作業，並調高第一期撥款比率，將於近期公告適用的要點清單；文化部已請各業務單位簡化評量、評鑑及結案作業等，如遇特殊困難情況，則以專案協助辦理，以利協助藝文事業、團體及個人減緩本次疫情衝擊；文化部也將協調文化部所屬公有文化場館提供租金或規費減免等相關措施。

title: 武肺衝擊藝文產業 文化部15億紓困振興


title: 國際自由車環台賽正常舉辦 17隊參戰

taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 高雄市 屏東縣

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未受武漢肺炎疫情影響，國際自由車環台賽即將在3月1日登場，中華民國自由車協會秘書長李開志27日舉辦賽前記者會，坦言敲定比賽後讓他壓力少了一半。
2020國際自由車環台公路大賽分為台北市站、桃園市站、浪漫台3線站、屏東縣站、高雄市站，本屆共有17隊參賽，我國好手方面則有馮俊凱、彭源堂、盧紹軒、蘇宇銘和吳之皓等人參戰。

李開志表示，武漢肺炎疫情對國際賽事是很大的考驗，他一直猶豫是否如期舉辦，最後總算順利召開賽前記者會。◇


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【記者李世勳／台聯報導】鑑於韓國軍方許多人感染武漢肺炎，影響韓國戰力。中華民國國防部長嚴德發下令三軍部隊，除了地面部隊須設置發燒官兵的「隔離營舍」外，海軍艦艇則設置「隔離碼頭」，一旦有軍艦官兵確診，不僅艦上官兵要隔離，連軍艦都要靠泊隔離專用碼頭。

嚴德發連日巡視三軍，了解各部隊防疫的準備工作，分別前往陸軍21砲指部、陸軍專校、空軍官校及海軍艦指部等單位，聽取防疫簡報及執行做法。

由於海軍艦艇艙間為密閉空間，嚴德發也特別在左營登上康定級承德艦，了解防疫整備實況，對於艦上落實包括消毒、每日全艦換氣等，並對規劃「隔離碼頭」因應突發狀況的防疫措施表示肯定。

國防部也下令，海軍艦艇必須每日全艦換氣、設置隔離專用碼頭，一旦有軍艦官兵感染確診，不僅是艦上官兵要隔離，連該艘軍艦都要靠泊在隔離專用碼頭，減少官兵相互感染的可能性。

在防疫物資部分，嚴德發提醒，各軍司令部應主動掌握基層部隊口罩、酒精的消耗與申請需求，秉持後勤「主動撥補服務」精神，給予基層部隊必要支援；物資源頭補充，則由軍醫局負責，以「了解部隊需求、滿足安全存量」為重點，確保國軍整體防疫物資充足。

針對隔離營舍規劃，嚴德發日前表示，「連」通常為部隊最小群聚生活體，各單位設置隔離營舍時，應以「連」為基準能量，滿足「一人一間」隔離需求，而浴廁等生活所需也須納入整體考量。◇

countries: 中華民國 韓國

title: 海軍防疫 官兵若確診人艦都要隔離


title: 陸醫護投書曝武漢慘況 遭中共全面封殺

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【記者吳旻洲／綜合報導】中國武漢肺炎疫情嚴峻，有支援武漢的廣東醫護人員，2月24日向國際知名醫學期刊《柳葉刀》發文請求援助，並透露當地防護設備嚴重短缺的慘況，但這篇文章的已遭中共全面封殺，《柳葉刀》也撤銷該篇文章。

《柳葉刀》2月24日發表廣東護理師曾迎春（Yingchun Zeng，音譯）和甄燕（Yan Zhen，音譯）的文章表示，她們是1月24日就從廣東第一批支援武漢的醫療隊隊員，發現武漢的條件和環境比想像的要困難和惡劣，包括N95醫用口罩、面罩、護目鏡、防護服、手套等防護物資都嚴重短缺。

文章提到，由於護目鏡是塑膠製品，在病房裡使用必須反覆清潔消毒，已磨損到影響視線，且醫護人員還需要經常洗手，有同事的雙手已布滿皮疹、痛苦難忍。

由於需要長時間佩戴N95呼吸器以及穿戴多層防護設備，一些護士的耳朵和額頭都長了壓瘡。且因為戴著口罩的緣故，與患者溝通時必須大聲喊對方才能聽得到。佩戴4層防護手套，讓操作變得十分笨拙、不聽使喚，甚至連醫療設備的包裝袋都打不開，更不用說給患者打針這種巨大挑戰。

投書還提到，為了節省體力和穿脫防護服的時間，他們在進入隔離病房之前，都會避免進食和飲水2個小時。經常看到有的護士嘴邊長滿水泡，還有一些護士因血糖過低和缺氧而暈倒。

醫護人員不僅身體疲憊，也遭受心理層面的痛苦。「我們雖然是專業護理人員，但我們也是人啊，我們和其他人一樣會感到無助、焦慮和恐懼。經驗豐富的護理人員有時會抽空安慰我們，試著緩解我們的焦慮，但即使是經驗再豐富的護理人員也還是會哭泣。我們之所以哭泣，可能是因為我們不知道必須在這裡待多久，而且我們知道自己參為醫護人員，是感染COVID-19風險最高的一群人。」

投書還提到，由於武漢市醫護人員極度短缺，有來自中國各地1.4萬名護士來到武漢，但還需要更多幫助。呼籲世界各國的護士和醫護人員前往中國，幫助他們抗疫。

該篇文章發表後，被中國醫學知識分享網站「丁香園」轉載，並隨即被微信中國各大網路平台分享，但很快這篇文章被刪除，目前文章已經被中共封殺。

對此，有中國網民表示，中共不希望它的問題曝光，哪怕因此犧牲更多人跟它陪葬，也在所不惜；也有網民諷刺說，文章發表的時候，兩人是救護隊的成員，但現在不是了，所以柳葉刀必須道歉……因作者並非救護隊成員。


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國發會表示，目前武漢肺炎疫情持續蔓延，對全球經濟都有影響，推測各數據都會下滑，對2月景氣燈號比較不樂觀。圖為示意照。（記者陳柏州／攝影）
【記者莊麗存／台北報導】國發會公布1月景氣對策信號綜合判斷分數為25分，較上月減少2分，燈號續呈綠燈；景氣同時指標雖續呈上升，但領先指標連續2個月緩跌，顯示景氣回溫暫時受不確定因素干擾，須密切關注後續發展。國發會表示，目前武漢肺炎疫情持續蔓延，對全球經濟都有影響，推測各數據都會下滑，對2月景氣燈號比較不樂觀。國發會經濟發展處處長吳明蕙表示，目前國際最大的不確性是武漢肺炎疫情，中國封城、人口流動限制、產線無法順利生產，不只造成生產線、供應鏈中斷，加上物流也受到影響，投資、消費信心也會受到一定打擊，對國內的批發、零售及餐飲業衝擊是難免的，因此，目前對2月景氣燈號沒那麼樂觀。

吳明蕙認為，由於疫情會將波及全球經濟下滑，國內需求緊縮，不過，台灣也有些正面的因素支撐，例如國外的轉單效應，加上美中貿易戰緩和，由於台灣防疫方面做得比較好，網購、電商平台等會緩和國內需求面的衝擊，反而疫情會讓廠商思考，重新布局供應鏈，避免集中生產線的風險。

展望未來，國發會認為，政府即將施行防疫特別條例，推動防疫、紓困及振興相關措施，以降低企業損失、協助產業復甦。此外，半導體廠商持續投資先進製程，疫情亦可望加速台商回台及外商對台投資，有助民間投資穩健擴增；加以政府加速公共建設執行率、優化投資環境，將推升國內整體投資動能。

在外需方面，國發會說，美中正式簽署首階段貿易協議，5G通訊、人工智慧等商機蓄勢待發，廠商持續調升在台產能配置，以及疫情轉單商機，可望帶動出口成長。但近期IMF等國際機構因肺炎疫情下修中國大陸與全球經濟預測，加以疫情延燒影響中國大陸復工，進而衝擊全球供應鏈，對我國影響須密切關注。

things: 經濟 防疫

countries: 台灣 中國

title: 疫情衝擊消費 國發會：2月燈號不樂觀


title: 計程車汰舊換新 逾9千名駕駛獲補助

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【記者張原彰／台北報導】交通部為減輕計程車駕駛人汰換老舊車輛負擔，在108年起推動老舊計程車汰舊換新補助，交通部公路總局27日表示，截止2月10日止，共9,678名駕駛人符合補助申請資格，補助總金額高達20億元。

公總表示，計程車是重要公共運輸，目前約5成計程車的車齡在7年以上，造成油耗高、排污差等現象，也使消費者出現選車行為，以致於駕駛的收入降低，形成惡性循環。

公總表示，自108年6、7、11月公告辦理三階段補助計畫，補助車種分為燃油、油電混和、電動車，分別補助每輛15萬、25萬、35萬元，並分別接受車齡7年以上個人持有計程車，車齡12年以上之計程車公司（行號）自有車輛申請，三階段共9,678名駕駛人，經受理機關審核符合補助申請資格，補助總金額高達20億元。

公總表示，前兩階段4,080名計程車駕駛人已完成車輛購置並上路營運，第三階段的5,598位駕駛人已陸續收到通知，完成購車後，可依規定申請補助款。


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教育部長潘文忠27日表示，國三學生會涉及到升學問題，教育部已提前開始規劃國中會考，也啟動數位學習、視訊課程。（記者陳柏州／攝影）
【記者袁世鋼、吳美蓮／綜合報導】滯留中國武漢台人返台包機因中方不願配合而無法成行，導致近日有一批滯湖北台人連署向中國國台辦、湖北省台辦請願，希望讓他們到有開放兩岸航班的機場，以「散客」方式回台，但未獲我方同意。對此，移民署表示，滯湖北台人約1,600餘人，已全數「註記」。

血友病童母子於24日深夜返台，滯留湖北的台人也於同日聯合簽署一份「請願書」，並已遞交給國台辦、湖北省台辦。請願書指出，希望中國台辦及相關部門能協助滯中台人前往北京、上海、成都、廈門等有開放兩岸航線航班的機場，再讓他們以「散客」方式自行搭機返台，並強調，他們願意配合各地的檢疫措施，回台後也會按台灣要求進行防疫隔離。

不過，外界質疑，若滯留武漢台人以「散客」方式自行返台，依照規定，入境後僅需居家檢疫14天，將不會經過如首架返台包機般嚴密的檢疫、消毒措施，也不用被送至集中隔離所，恐成台灣防疫破口。

對此，中央流行疫情指揮中心已於25日發函相關單位，要求滯中台人須以包機模式返台，返台後須集中檢疫隔離。移民署也表示，若非經允許自行搭機者不得入境，且仍須配合集中檢疫等措施；同時，也要求民航局發函各航空公司，除「專案包機」及經「核准」者，不得自行搭載管制名單人員返台，如入境查獲管制名單人員，需立刻通知檢疫單位。

滯留中港澳高中以下學生 教部啟動安心就學措施

高中以下學校25日開學，但有部分學生滯留在中、港、澳地區，無法返抵台灣開學，教育部27日表示，統計這樣的學生有630人左右，將採取安心就學措施，包括：以視訊方式協助學習等，等到疫情紓緩後，才考量是否入境。

教育部部長潘文忠27日表示，其中有不同年級，例如像國三學生會涉及到升學問題，教育部已提前開始規劃國中會考，也啟動數位學習、視訊課程，透過學校跟學生聯繫，提供學習上的協助。

潘文忠表示，請要升學的學生放心，未來一定可以在中國報考國中會考，教育部跟心測中心及台商學校都有縝密規劃，不會影響到國內考生的權益，甚至也決定中國考場會採取B卷，將風險降到最低。◇

title: 防武漢台人自行返台 移民署：已註記


title: 76人再傷恩比德 客場不敵騎士

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【記者魏文彬／綜合報導】禍不單行的費城76人，繼西蒙斯（Ben Simmons）背傷休戰後，這場又傷了當家中鋒安比德（Joel Embiid），戰力大幅受損；反觀近期擺脫6連敗、拿下3勝1負的克里夫蘭騎士把握機會，在塞克斯頓（Collin Sexton）攻下全場最高28分帶領下，以108：94打退客場來訪的76人。

塞克斯頓和加蘭（Darius Garland）等騎士好手多點開花，開賽就一路領先，身兼得分重任的安比德，第一節剩下40.7秒時左肩不適，下場休息，由霍福德（Al Horford）頂替，日日奇（Ante Zizic）和南斯（Larry Nance Jr.）逮到機會，再拿4分，騎士28：17主場開出紅盤。

一路落後的76人，展現不錯的韌性，第四節米爾頓（Shake Milton）轉身跳投外加兩記三分遠射，76人打出9：6的開節，霍福德隨後也在三分外線補槍，76人由雙位數落後，追到5分差，但是騎士馬上驚醒過來，戴拉維多法（Matthew Dellavedova）與湯普森（Tristan Thompson）合作灌籃，塞克斯頓急停跳投，騎士再度掌握進攻節奏，最後讓76人踢館失利。


title: 台經中心：2月消費者信心指數微降

countries: 中國 台灣

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【記者莊麗存／台北報導】中央大學台經中心公布2月消費者信心指數(CCI)調查的總數為83.93點，較上月下降1.37點，終結連2月上揚，在這次調查六項分項指標，六項指標下降，其中，下降幅度最多的指標為「未來半年投資股票時機」，較上月下降2.6點，來到近3個月來低點，反映近期股市受武漢肺炎疫情的干擾。

根據台經中心調查，下降幅度最多的為「未來半年投資股票時機」，2月調查為65.50點，較上個月調查結果下降2.6點。下降幅度次多的的指標是「未來半年國內物價水準」，2月調查結果為51.25點，與上個月調查結果相較下降2.15點

中央大學台經中心執行長吳大任表示，這次CCI調查時間約在2月19～21日，但美股、歐股等全球股市直到近幾日才反映疫情衝擊，亞股也跟進走弱，後續指標走勢仍得密切觀察，因此民眾雖因疫情影響，心態稍微保守，但信心仍在。

下降幅度第三為「未來半年家庭經濟狀況」，調查結果96.25點，較上月減少1.25點；下降幅度最少的指標是「未來半年國內就業機會」，2月調查結果為86.65點，與上個月調查結果相較下降0.05點。

吳大任指出，服務業、觀光、交通運輸等產業受到嚴重衝擊，中國延後開工，導致部分製造業將訂單移轉台灣生產，若因疫情衝擊，導致勞動市場無薪假、失業人數攀升，就可能進一步衝擊信心，後續須密切關注相關指標變化，政府也應多關切勞動市場的反應。◇


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衛福部27日宣布，限制出國對象從醫院醫事人員，擴及醫院社工人員，另就損失補償部分，則是不限制旅遊疫情警示地區都能獲得補償。（中央社）
【記者賴玟茹／台北報導】武漢肺炎持續延燒，中央流行疫情指揮中心也在日前宣布國內醫護人員暫緩出國，引發醫事人員熱烈議論，對此，衛福部醫事司長石崇良表示，27日與相關公會團體進行討論後決定，限制出國對象從醫院醫事人員，擴及醫院社工人員，另就損失補償部分，則是不限制旅遊疫情警示地區都能獲得補償。

石崇良表示，在討論的過程中，醫事人員代表都能夠體認到疫情的重要性，「也都很配合」。日前考量到感染風險、人員複雜度，另就一旦發生需要隔離及出現院內感染情形的部分進行認定，宣布醫院的醫事人員暫緩出國。在會議上，社工人員代表主動提出納入暫緩出國對象，並表示雖然不是醫事人員但感染風險相同。

目前已將中國大陸（含港澳）、韓國、義大利的旅遊疫情建議列為第三級警告；日本、新加坡、伊朗列第二級警示；泰國列第一級注意。石崇良表示，另對補償細節做出調整，政府限制前往9個國家地區，而相關人員在防疫期間主動取消到各個國家地區，都將會予以補償。

相關醫事人員、醫院等工會27日上午參與研商會議，討論醫事人員禁止出國的相關事項。但稍晚在疾管署前喊出「出國禁令法源殘缺、權益侵害疑慮難消」，稱會上討論的出國禁令及出國費用損失補償缺乏法源依據，但衛福部都避談，甚至還擴增適用對象，新增限制至社工人員，恐加劇醫院內的勞資衝突。

台北市醫師職業工會祕書長廖育雯表示，政府限縮醫師在內的所有醫事、社工人員出國的法源依據，衛福部在研商會議中一再迴避。而現行辦法賦予醫院，對於員工出國「所有的管制權力」，就算是去「非旅遊警示國家」，醫院也可對員工懲罰。

石崇良回應，相關適用內容有多條法律，因此才沒有在會議上討論法源依據，對於這項補償是用哪個辦法，後續仍在研議中，最後公告也將會選擇最適當的法律依據。◇

title: 醫事人員出國禁令擴及社工     擴大補償不限旅遊國家

countries: 中國 義大利 新加坡 韓國 伊朗 泰國 日本


events: 武漢肺炎 死亡

countries: 中國 日本

title: 日防疫物資現亂象  最嚴重疫區為北海道

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日本首相安倍晉三27日宣布，將要求全國所有高中以下學校自3月2日起暫時停課，直到4月春假為止。（Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images）
【記者賴意晴／綜合編譯】日本武漢肺炎疫情延燒，截至週四（2月27日）上午，已有896人確診，7人死亡。原先的生活步調紛紛被疫情擾亂，像是防疫物資口罩出現了「強迫搭售」的情況、酒精消毒液也供不應求；疫情最嚴重的區域「北海道」已有41例確診，週三便宣布公立中小學停課一週，議會也將從週五起停會12天。

《讀賣新聞》報導，一家在日本各地擁有192家分店的連鎖藥局，本月開始有16家分店，對上門購買口罩的消費者，強迫搭配營養飲品等商品。通常一盒口罩大約500日圓（約新台幣130元），但被強迫搭售後最高要花約9000日圓才能買到口罩。此舉讓總公司認為不恰當，要求立即中止這種「強迫搭售」行為。

另外，除了口罩，被視為另一項防疫利器的「酒精消毒液」需求也激增，日本各地持續缺貨，甚至出現疑似囤積轉賣加速缺貨情況，讓市場供不應求。專門製造酒精消毒液的一間公司接到相當於平常10倍訂單，已讓位於三重縣的工廠24小時生產，每天可生產約10萬瓶。

根據日本放送協會（NHK）自行統計，截至週四下午16時，日本武漢肺炎確診人數已來到896例，其中有177人為境內感染，705人為鑽石公主號乘客，另有14人是搭乘中國包機返日的。另外，總計7人死亡，4人為郵輪乘客，3人為境內感染。

被稱為「海上武漢」的鑽石公主號郵輪，雖然郵輪上的乘客在本月19日已經全部下船，但剩餘的約240名外國船員則是到週四總算能分批下船，日本當局預計分3天讓全體人員登陸，無症狀的船員會在隔離所隔離14天。

北海道公立中小學停課一週 議會停會12天

截至週四下午，北海道總計已有41例確診，是日本47個都道府縣疫情最嚴重的區域。北海道當局週三已決定讓總數約1600所公立中小學等校臨時停課約一週，由於事出突然，讓不少家長措手不及，忙著向公司請假。

而北海道議會為了防疫，減少人群聚集的機會，北海道知事鈴木直道宣布從週五起到3月10日停會12天。


people: 張其祿 邱臣遠 賴香伶

title: 紓困預算600億 民眾黨籲資訊即時公開

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行政院會通過紓困預算600億，台灣民眾黨團認為，產業界仍面臨困境，且勞工的聲音需要被重視，因此由總召賴香伶、副總召張其祿、立委邱臣遠召開記者會共同說明。（記者袁世鋼／攝影）
【記者袁世鋼／台北報導】行政院院會27日通過「中央政府嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎防治及紓困振興特別預算案」，上限600億元。台灣民眾黨團於同日下午再提出五大建言，包含紓困資訊應及時公布、申請程序簡化便民、堅守財政紀律、具體鎖定紓困對象、除了產業外也要兼顧勞工權益。

民眾黨團指出，若武漢肺炎帶來的衝擊持續時間拉長、疫情無法在短期內有效控制，後續要申請紓困的案件將隨之增加。但政府目前接收資訊的管道零散，無法系統性彙整資訊，應加強與相關業者的溝通管道，建立公開透明的單一窗口；且對於各項紓困申請、審核結果等相關作業應公開透明化，以維持公平性與公信力。

有關財政紀律方面，民眾黨團提醒，2003年在SARS紓困條例通過後，曾發生疫情在補貼辦法規定期限內已經穩定下來，但相關部會因為期限未到，仍持續對相關產業補貼稅費，造成政府多餘的支出，因此相關補貼辦法一定要嚴謹，讓錢花在刀口上。

至於紓困對象，民眾黨認為，「救急」應優先於「振興」，且「營運困難」的產業範圍應有明確界定，讓紓困可以對症下藥。目前特別預算編列404億元用於紓困與振興，占所有預算的67.3
％，為減少政府舉債額度、避免紓困淪為變相補貼，紓困對象應限縮為「直接受疫情影響導致停業、歇業或營收與去年同期相較大幅減少者」。

此外，民眾黨團表示，希望紓困特別預算於下周送立院審議時，能就相關訴求提出資料和完成建置，尤其是紓困、補助、補償和振興的基準、金額、辦法應盡快提出，讓有需要的企業和勞工了解。對紓困的產業來講，預算內容是否能和實際狀況吻合、解決問題，政府應設立單一諮詢窗口，讓補助效果即時且有效。◇


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【記者盧莉之／綜合報導】近日新型冠狀病毒（武漢肺炎／COVID-19）疫情延燒全球，日韓演藝圈受到嚴重影響，許多演唱會延期或取消，但眾星也紛紛慷慨解囊共度國難。

韓國近日成為疫情嚴重地區，孔劉、秀智、金宇彬、鄭雨盛、金鍾國、宋康昊、金惠秀、姜鎬童（姜虎東）、惠利、劉在錫、李炳憲、朴敘俊、申敏兒（新慜娥）、金高銀等韓星都各自捐出1億韓圜（約251萬台幣）協助抗疫。李英愛、朱智勛、朴寶英、車銀優、金烔完、宣美、金所泫等韓星也都以捐款方式協助抗疫。

洪真英、前iKON隊長B.I（金韓彬）、T-ara孝敏（朴宣映）等韓星也透過捐贈口罩協助韓國抗疫，宋佳人及朴海鎮則選擇將自己近日推出的作品的收益捐出，以幫助韓國防疫。

至於演出取消部分，韓國人氣女團TWICE於26日透過官網及SNS宣布，原訂於3月3日及4日在東京巨蛋舉行的「TWICE WORLD TOUR 2019‘TWICELIGHTS’IN JAPAN」演唱會延期至4月15日及16日舉行。

日本人氣樂團WANIMA本月8日的演唱會有一名觀眾於21日確診感染新冠肺炎，該團也取消了原訂於本月29日至3月8日舉辦的四場演唱會。

日本唱跳男團EXILE原訂26日於大阪京瓷巨蛋舉行演唱會，人氣女團Perfume也預訂在26日於東京巨蛋開唱，同樣為配合日本政府宣布的政策方針，臨時取消演出。

傑尼斯事務所宣佈將延期或中止在2月27日至3月9日期間的各類活動，包括SixTones靜岡3場公演延期至4月，NEWS宮城3場公演延期至5月，ARASHI展覽會2月27日至3月9日休館，舞臺劇《○○人的末路》2月28日至3月8日休演 。

title: 日韓演唱會喊停或延期 眾星慷慨解囊

events: 冠狀病毒 武漢肺炎 COVID-19

countries: 韓國 日本


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【記者吳旻洲、徐乃義／連線報導】為肯定國軍對武漢肺炎防疫的努力，總統蔡英文27日視導曾執行武漢返國包機等消毒作業的陸軍第六軍33化學兵群相關防疫裝備整備。蔡英文表示，國軍是一支平時能救災、戰時能作戰鋼鐵勁旅，有信心能替民眾築起一道最強健防疫堡壘。

陸軍33化學兵群日前即配合中央流行疫情指揮中心，執行武漢返國包機、寶瓶星號、鑽石公主號郵輪返國民眾及檢疫等消毒作業。

蔡英文致詞表示，今天來到這裡是要代表國人同胞，感謝國軍在防疫工作的努力，替大家加油打氣。她表示，33化學兵群在這次防疫當中擔很重要的角色，從第一次的武漢台商返台班機消毒、寶瓶星號下船者接駁車輛消毒、各營區預防性消毒，到最近鑽石公主號旅客包機返台等任務，都是由各位來執行。

她說，對於官兵在深夜裡穿著防護衣、忍受悶熱、背著沉重的消毒器，戮力完成任務的身影，印象非常深刻，大家辛苦了。她相信各位在勤務中的專業表現，一定能夠加深國人的信賴。中華民國國軍是一支「平時能救災、戰時能作戰」的鋼鐵勁旅。

蔡英文也提醒，雖然目前在各單位防疫人員的努力下，相關疫情變化都有確實掌握，但是「防疫視同作戰」，大家要保持警戒，務必將防疫工作做到「滴水不漏」。她有信心，33化學兵群的官兵，絕對能夠完成任務，替國人同胞，築起一道最強健的防疫堡壘。

她表示，由於國際疫情日漸嚴峻，台灣也必須強化對病毒的防禦。政府決定超前部署，行政院長蘇貞昌已經宣布，防疫指揮中心將提升為一級開設。政府會用全面整合政府資源，來迎戰新型冠狀病毒的威脅，保護好國民的健康。

events: 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒

countries: 台灣 中華民國

people: 蔡英文 蘇貞昌

title: 防疫超前部署 蔡英文：整合資源迎戰病毒威脅


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北京出現一例診病例，為武漢監獄刑滿釋放人員，引起網路議論「到底如何在封城情況下從武漢前往北京」。圖為北京一居民小區的入口處。（Getty Images）
【記者李心茹／綜合報導】北京日前出現一例武漢肺炎確診病例，卻意外揭開中共體制漏洞。該患者是武漢監獄刑滿釋放人員，已在當地確診，2月22日回到北京。此消息在網上引起軒然大波，質問患者是什麼背景，能讓北京、湖北最嚴的防控令失靈。

確診女子從武漢一路綠燈進北京

北京東城區崇外街道新怡家園社區居委會26日在微信公眾號稱，該小區出現一名武漢肺炎確診病例，稱H女士2月22日從武漢來京，入住小區7號樓3單元；已進行隔離檢查，密切接觸的3名親屬已進行隔離觀察，請居民不必過度擔心。

2月26日下午，北京市疾控中心回應稱，該名女子姓黃，她在2月18日開始間斷性發燒5天，伴有咽部不適，當時居住地為武漢。黃女士2月22日凌晨2時由其北京家屬開車到武漢接送回北京。

值得注意的是，武漢上月23日已關閉離漢通道，而武漢市3小時的「短暫性」解除交通封鎖是24日，黃女士22日如何離開武漢、又如何抵達北京，引來質疑。

陸媒《第一財經》引述知情人士表示，黃女士是監獄刑滿釋放人員，曾在武漢女子監獄服刑。至於「全封閉」的武漢女子監獄犯人為何會被感染？中共司法部副部長熊選國24日在記者會上稱，武漢女子監獄距離肺科醫院不到100公尺，獄警上下班和肺科醫院的病人是同一個公共汽車站，個別獄警未如實報告接觸史。

武漢和北京一直是當局疫情防控的重點城市，中國國家主席習近平23日召開會議，第一要求湖北與武漢進行疫情防控，第二個就下令「全力做好北京疫情防控工作」。

網民紛紛質問，能讓中央和湖北的最嚴防控令基本失靈，這一家人到底是什麼背景？「請問：一、黃女士的家屬如何在武漢封城期間進去北京的？二、黃女士和家屬是如何在武漢封城期間離開武漢的？三、何種交通工具離漢去京？四、去京途中路徑以及接觸人員？五、在武漢期間已發燒，武漢可知？六、抵京之時，京是否知離漢人員？七、京漢兩頭如何處理相關人員？」

「那麼多外地打工的都出不了武漢、流浪街頭。一個刑滿釋放人員可以一路暢通無阻？真當大家是白痴嗎？」「就問武漢為什麼能放人、北京為什麼能接收？」「難道持有『特別通行證』？」◇

title: 武漢確診女入京 網民怒批防控失靈


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【記者鄭宜芬／台北報導】演員連俞涵、石知田合作演出奇幻劇《妖怪人間》， 27日出席媒體記者會，兩人都是射手座，再加上愛看書的個性，一拍即合，在片場對到眼彷彿像被看穿「感覺很赤裸」，因此對戲時經常笑場，連俞涵笑說：「我從來沒在拍戲的時候笑場，他是唯一讓我笑場的男人。」

連俞涵分享說，她先前客串《遺憾拼圖》時，注意到石知田有空就會拿著書閱讀，讓她直呼：「覺得很安心！」接著便坐在旁邊也看起自己的書，笑說：「彼此進入書中的世界誰也不打擾，若值得分享就說兩句。」還會交換推薦書籍。兩人演員朋友都不太多，笑稱都是「對人類不感興趣」的性格。

石知田在劇裡飾演「特殊住民協調處」（特民處）文書記錄員，記錄和掌握與妖怪的溝通技巧，連俞涵則是地表最正的妖怪醫生。有一次石知田熱到有點頭暈，連俞涵還拿出藥膏給他擦，讓石知田直呼她戲裡戲外都有療癒感

該劇運用大量動畫特效，拍攝時需要在綠幕前用想像力表演，連俞涵笑說自己是慢半拍的人，因此拍完覺得很沮喪，在殺青酒時，還對導演道歉，導演喝茫時誇口，「我會用特效把妳每一個鏡頭救回來！」

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由於失智症是英國近年來的主要死因，英國的失智症研究機構日前宣布將進行一項研究計畫，將使用穿戴裝置收集數百萬筆資料，訓練AI辨認症狀，提早治療並降低發病的可能性。

頭上戴著智慧穿戴裝置，偵測多種生理數據。現年56歲的英國婦女藍妮克絲，是英國失智症研究機構最新計畫的參加者之一。目標透過智慧穿戴裝置，收集全球5百萬人的資訊，建立大數據資料庫，經過AI分析後歸納成演算公式，建立失智症模型。希望能在症狀出現前及時治療，早一步預防延緩疾病。英國認知障礙研究中心總監勞特利奇說：「現階段我們嘗試的是收集這些數據，包括睡眠型態、步態與言語分析，也就是日常生活行為。」

藍妮克絲在美國麻省理工學院MIT拿到化學工程和MBA學位，看似人生一帆風順，雙親卻罹患失智症，她決定放棄事業，全心照護父母。然而，罹患血管型失智症的爸爸在2017年過世，而媽媽2002年就出現一些症狀：像是暴躁易怒、情緒失控，甚至有攻擊性行為，看了好多次醫生都找不出原因。藍妮克絲說：「她（媽媽）會請我幫忙處理一些日常生活瑣事，像是查看銀行帳戶，她也變得有攻擊性，她個性改變了，非常難和她相處，所以我有好幾年感到非常憂鬱。」

藍妮克斯的媽媽直到2011年才確診罹患罕見的額顳葉失智症，只有5%失智患者會得到。主要影響個性、行為改變和記憶消失，知道媽媽行為改變的原因後，藍妮克絲鬆了一口氣。藍妮克絲表示，「所以當我知道診斷結果時，我鬆了一口氣，我終於知道媽媽發生了什麼事。」

藍妮克絲繼續照顧媽媽，並受邀到多個機構演講和分享自己與父母的故事。她參加研究計畫，希望幫助更多失智患者和家屬。英國失智症研究機構統計，目前英國有85萬名失智患者，失智症也是目前英國人主要死因之一。而2018年全球的失智患者有5千萬人，在2050 年將達1.52 億人。幾十年來，超過1百種對抗失智的新藥都研發失敗，或是有副作用。倫敦大學醫學院神經科教授碩特說：「這將是我們想要建立未來藍圖的一部分，收集多種類型資料，然後將這些用於實驗，所以我們利用最新電腦科技，機器學習來取得重要成果，幫助早期診斷。」

醫學專家表示，失智症是漸進式形成的，患者可能在病發前，大腦已經病變長達20年。而失智症種類多、病情複雜，而且早期症狀和憂鬱症老化類似，因此不容易確診。等到出現症狀後開始治療，大腦已經被類澱粉蛋白破壞，這時候藥物介入治療已經太晚。希望這項結合AI和大數據計畫，未來能預測罹患失智症風險，提早展開治療，減少失智症發生。

title: 英國失智症研究 穿戴裝置收集百萬筆資料

countries: 英國 美國


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瑞典北部有一座完全由冰塊打造的「冰旅館」，晶瑩剔透有如童話世界，夠幸運的話還可以看到極光。

來到瑞典北部這處冰旅館，彷彿走入童話世界，從拱形門進入旅館大廳，高掛的水晶燈和冰雕藝術相得益彰。而每一間冰屋都有它的特色，其中這間創意來自北極光，裏頭的燈光顏色會隨著音樂變化，搭配麋鹿造型裝飾冰雕，引人搭乘雪橇看極光的遐想。冰床上舖有獸皮，加上號稱可以抵抗零下20度C的超保暖睡袋，吸引不少人住一晚體驗看看。丹麥遊客比爾嘉德說：「不幸地，夜晚我必須起來。當然很冷，不過當你回到睡袋感覺就很棒，我睡得很好，因為溫度的關係，實際上我覺得比我在哥本哈根更舒適。」

這間冰旅館創立於1989年，工作人員說，館內溫度維持在攝氏零下五度左右，他們每年都得等鄰近的河川結冰後，再取冰塊打造冰屋。等到春天冰雪融化，一切就將歸零。不過由於全球暖化的關係，他們開始作業的時間越拖越晚，冰屋導遊翰瑟絲解釋，「我們需要秋天就變得很冷，這樣10月底就可以開始打造冰屋。如果那時不夠冷，我們就會時間不夠，因為我們想在12月中開幕，如果10月不夠冷，就要等更久才能開始蓋。這樣離開幕，作業時間就越來越短。」

這處離北極圈不遠的冰旅館，每年短短幾個月的營運期間，吸引五萬人造訪。其中有兩萬人會住一晚，體驗極凍的滋味，幸運的話，還可以看見夢寐以求的極光。

title: 全冰塊打造 瑞典冰旅館如童話世界

countries: 瑞典 丹麥


content_text: 中華職棒27日召開臨時領隊會議，討論武漢肺炎因應措 施，中職會長吳志揚表示，由於6搶1資格賽有可能延期 ，各球團達成共識若6搶1延期，中職開幕戰就移回3月 28日開打。 中央社記者張新偉攝　109年2月27日...

title: 若6搶1延期　中職開幕戰擬改3/28開打


title: 武漢肺炎疫情衝擊  桃機旅運量約去年2成多

countries: 韓國 台灣

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（中央社記者邱俊欽桃園機場27日電）受到武漢肺炎疫 情衝擊航空業，移民署國境事務大隊今天晚間統計，桃 園國際機場昨天入出境旅客為2萬5000人次，僅為去年 同期11萬人次的2成多。

移民署國境事務大隊統計，今天入出境旅客量約為 3萬5000多人次，而昨天的旅客為2萬5000人次，比起去 年同期11萬多人次，大幅度縮小，約為去年的2成多。

由於旅客量嚴重縮減，衝擊桃園機場美食街、免稅 商店、交通客運等行業，業者私下統計，業績僅為平常 的2到3成；桃機入出境大廳旅客稀疏。

桃園國際機場公司也發布訊息指出，受到武漢肺炎 疫情影響，航班也大幅度限縮，今天凌晨0時起，已規 定從韓國返台的旅客需居家檢疫14天，原訂今天台灣與 韓國原有往返航班應為47次，但受疫情等原因影響，取 消37架次。

為加強防疫，國境疾管單位也指出，旅客抵達桃園 國際機場，在下飛機後都會依序排隊，測量體溫，填寫 「旅客入境健康聲明書」，同時也會要求在家居家檢疫 14天，同時也要求要明確填寫在台居家資料，以利防疫 追蹤。（編輯：方沛清）1090227


title: 大暴殺後…空手散戶能撿？網反應一面倒

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受到新冠肺炎疫情衝擊，台股昨（27日）終場大跌141點（或1.2%），單周累計重挫394點，指數失守11300點關卡。有空手的網友請教批踢踢版上「股神」該布局什麼股票？多數網友反應一面倒，建議「空手！」是最好的策略，因為主跌段才剛開始，

台股昨以小紅盤開出，盤中美國爆出無感染源首例，道瓊期指一度崩跌逾400點，加上尾盤MSCI季度權重調整，大盤一路殺低，終場狂殺141點，收在11292點。

蘋概股三王表現疲弱，台積電遭外資連9賣，終場下跌2.5元，收在316元；鴻海雖獲美系外資相挺，但不敵賣壓，尾盤小跌0.8元，收在80.3元；股王大立光暴跌3.28%，收在4430元。

三大法人同步賣超301.6億元，其中外資持續在台股大撤退，昨賣超232.25億元，本周累計賣超逾900億。

國泰證期協理簡伯儀指出，從近4天的台股走勢來看，大盤持續向下探低，且量能不斷擴大，27日收盤雖未跌破前波2月3日11138低點，但目前指數已續創回檔以來新低，整體量價結構不利多方。

2月營收即將公布，預期不少公司將受疫情衝擊，整體營收衰退幅度將大於預期，因此，短線在跌破半年線後，恐回測年線支撐，震盪幅度可能加遽，操作上應保守為宜。

面對昨天大跌盤勢，有空手的批踢踢鄉民求問股版老司機，要佈局什麼股票？拋出議題後，引發網友熱議，不少人紛紛吐槽「沒有到大跌吧？」、「權值股一半以上根本沒跌」、「主跌段才剛開始」、「剛開始你就要接啦，菜籃族嗎」。

但多數人給建議是「空手吧！根本不曉得疫情會怎麼走」、「空手等看到多殺多後再進場很難嗎?」、「空手 到 五月 抄心經 讓心靜」、「空手吧！」、「早就該空手抱現金了」、「陸股沒崩我都不敢進場」。

另有網友推薦可布局的股票「0050」、「這時候就想起中華電了」、「找相關龍頭 買就對了」、「7%殖利率就慢慢接」、「買低基期的ㄚ」。

※小編提醒：本文非任何投資建議與參考，請自行審慎判斷評估風險。


title: 台郡高雄擴廠 砸7億買地

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 大寮區 高雄市

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軟板大廠台郡（6269）昨（27）日公告，取得高雄市大寮區大寮段土地，交易總金額約7.74億元，主要用於興建廠房。台郡表示，將持續擴大在高雄的投資，在台灣高階產能投資布局能分散風險。

依據台郡規畫，台郡高雄廠區是新材料研發重心，大陸昆山廠定位在天線組裝。不過，先前在美中貿易就有更彈性調整，高雄廠隨時可配合客戶指示提供後段產能，伴隨自動化投資，也能在2020年上半年疫情變化之際，加速應對市況。

台郡高雄廠在2019年就安排擴產與自動化布局。台郡認為，在兩岸產能調度將能在產業恢復元氣後，快速脫穎而出爭取更多成長機會。

台郡昨日公告也提到，新購土地坐落高雄市大寮區大寮段二小段。台郡原本估計，今年來自LCP天線與MPI天線軟板都將貢獻業績，規劃營收占比約二至三成，惟仍需要觀察大陸疫情後續變化。

台郡規劃，按照客戶指示出貨優先順序，加上高雄廠產能彈性生產，是公司很好的運作籌碼，能持續優化高雄產品結構，一旦需求回復，即可滿足客戶需求。


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神基（3005）昨（27）日公告，去年歸屬於母公司業主淨利21.29億元，年減3.8%，每股純益3.67元，擬配發每股現金股利2.8元，現金殖利率為5.7%。

神基去年合併營收為269.53億元，年增9.15%；合併營業利益為29.76億元，年增12.2%；歸屬於母公司業主淨利21.29億元，每股純益3.67元，低於前一年的3.83元。

神基去年第4季營收為70.27億元，季減2.5%、年增8.5%；營業利益7.91億元，季減9.2%、年增6.1%；歸屬母公司業主淨利7.01億元，季增119%，為近三年來單季新高，每股純益1.21元，優於去年第3季的1.02元與前一年同期的1.05元。

神基董事會通過108年度股利分派案，擬配發每股現金股利2.8元，將提交5月29日舉行的股東常會報告。

title: 神基 將發2.8元現金股利


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警政署今午傳出一起墜樓意外，保六總隊一名37歲的陳姓警員因不明原因自警政署辦公大樓「忠誠樓」5樓墜下，導致頭部受明顯外傷、意識不清，救護人員目前已將其送往台大醫院救治，警方正釐清事發原因。

據了解，墜樓的是保安警察第六總隊第一大隊第三中隊的陳姓警員，今天下午3時許獨自從忠誠樓頂墜下，導致其頭部受傷，當場失去意識，但有生命跡象，救護人員獲報後已將其送往台大醫院救治。

title: 警政署保六警大樓頂降旗 因不明原因墜樓送醫


title: 保六警今在警政署大樓降旗時墜樓 警表不捨遺憾

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警政署今午發生一起墜樓意外，一名保六總隊陳姓警員在大樓頂降旗時，因不明原因墜落大樓外側地面，導致其頭部受傷出血、失去意識，救護人員獲報後已將其送醫救治；警方目前介入釐清事發原因，對於發生墜樓事件，也表示不捨及遺憾。

據了解，墜樓受傷的是保安警察第六總隊第一大隊第三中隊的37歲陳姓警員，因下午陰雨綿綿，警政署決定提前降旗，今天下午3時陳員獨自到警政署「忠誠樓」樓頂（5樓）執行降旗勤務時，因不明原因墜至大樓外側地面，導致其頭部受明顯外傷，當場失去意識，但有生命跡象，救護人員獲報後將其送往台大醫院搶救，目前仍在救治當中。

警方表示，陳員畢業後就分派保六總隊，至今已17年，平時個性沉默木訥，但情緒起伏較大。今天發生意外，警方深表不捨及遺憾；經查旗桿距樓頂女兒牆約1.5公尺，警方初步不排除陳員不慎失足或情緒不穩等可能，確切事發經過及原因仍有待進一步釐清。

今天下午3時陳員獨自到警政署「忠誠樓」樓頂（5樓）執行降旗勤務時，因不明原因墜至大樓外側地面。記者李隆揆／攝影今天下午3時陳員獨自到警政署「忠誠樓」樓頂（5樓）執行降旗勤務時，因不明原因墜至大樓外側地面。記者李隆揆／攝影今天下午3時陳員獨自到警政署「忠誠樓」樓頂（5樓）執行降旗勤務時，因不明原因墜至大樓外側地面。記者李隆揆／攝影


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沉迷手機導致資訊超載，會讓人產生焦慮感。有人選擇主動關掉社群圖示的小紅點提醒，又或者透過螢幕時間控制上網長短；有的人乾脆選擇物理療法，用斷網來擺脫智慧手機的束縛。

最近來自美國紐約的天文儀器工程師賈絲汀‧哈普特（Justine Haupt），便使用 3D 列印的外殼和微控制器，還有老式電話的撥號轉盤，自製出「戒網手機」（Rotary Cellphone）。

哈普特還在網站詳細介紹開發過程。最開始，哈普特想做還能 2G 上網的手機，但首版電池只能撐 2 小時，加上當地 2G 網路逐漸關閉，所以之後又換成 3G 晶片模組，重新設計了一版。

圖中這款手機，算是基於 Arduino 開發板的裝置，體積非常小巧，隨身攜帶一定沒問題，只是設計有不少另類之處。

最顯眼的莫過於正面的機械轉盤。這很容易讓人想起老式轉盤電話，需將手指伸進小洞，一遍又一遍把撥盤轉到對應數字，才能成功打出電話，這也讓整台手機極具復古氣息。

不過哈普特補充，手機有專門安裝了幾個物理按鈕，對應父母、先生等常用聯絡人的電話，減少轉盤次數。

機身側面有實體天線，可收起來方便攜帶，也可以調整角度讓手機獲得更好訊號，至於 10 顆 LED 燈，是用來確認訊號和剩餘電量。

另一有意思的是手機背部的曲面電子墨水螢幕，哈普特說這是她最喜歡的部分，除了顯示通訊錄，還能看到未接來電紀錄，關鍵是非常省電。

對習慣行動支付、享受技術便利性的人來說，這支手機顯然有些反科技，只不過和報導過的 LightPhone 等極簡手機很相似，目的都不是為了增加更多功能，而是想讓人們擺脫智慧手機的束縛，所以只保留通話簡訊等基礎功能，再無其他。

哈普特接受《Wired》採訪時也說，她一直對老式轉盤電話情有獨鐘，加上自己一直有使用翻蓋手機的習慣，不喜歡發簡訊和別人聯繫，更傾向打電話，所以使用這類手機並沒有太多困擾。

另一方面，觸控螢幕手機的互動邏輯也讓哈普特不自在，物理按鍵則能帶給她實際觸感回饋和滿足感。

「物理開關和按鈕還有很多有價值的部分，即使是一些簡單的東西，比如說有旋鈕和刻度盤的調頻收音機，現在也逐漸被數位按鍵取代，這似乎沒有人在乎，但我很在乎。」

哈普特已把手機的技術檔案於網站開源分享，有興趣的朋友可以試著自己做一支。

（本文由 愛范兒 授權轉載；圖片來源：賈絲汀‧哈普特）

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title: 為了戒網路，高手自製復古風轉盤式手機


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這不是做夢。Sony PS4 讓筆者目睹真實又瘋狂的一幕：瑪利歐、林克、星之卡比、皮卡丘、銀河戰士……任天堂一系列明星遊戲角色，突然有一天在頭號競品平台齊聚，且不是虛有其表，還有和角色密切相關的遊戲內容。

別懷疑，下列神似《超級瑪利歐 64》和《薩爾達傳說：時之笛》的作品，均來自 Sony 地盤。固有認知裡，覺得不可能出現於此的，還包括《精靈寶可夢 GO》、《任天堂全明星大亂鬥》等；但它們正以某種方式呈現在 Sony 玩家面前。

這些不可思議的場面又確實來自「夢境」。

Sony PS4 用戶正經由名叫《Dreams》的遊戲，創造了所有的意想不到。

打磨了 8 年的「製夢機」
今年情人節，Sony 將《Dreams》送到用戶眼前。這份「禮物」醞釀了 8 年，並經歷多次跳票，2012 年祕密啟動，前後發行動態間隔長遠，但其實並不讓人完全陌生。早在 2015 年 E3，開發商 Media Molecule 攜作品初次亮相，並用一段展示影片定下遊戲基調：創造工具。

《Dreams》本質上是主機遊戲，但同時也是可創作遊戲的工具，又或者，我們不妨像開發商，定義為基於 PS4 平台的遊戲引擎。

讓玩家以遊戲方式來創作遊戲，注定這款創意輸出媒介不會有過高入門門檻。事實上，《Dreams》已替玩家完成大部分工作，你不需要寫代碼，甚至也不需要繪圖建模。在遊戲內建的社群，你可以下載、使用其他人建好的模型素材，甚至直接參與別人做了一半的計畫，成為共同開發者。

所以某種程度，玩家在《Dreams》做遊戲的過程，可簡化到只要將現成的素材、零件排列組合好就行了。

▲ 遊戲編輯狀態。

但其實，遊戲包含大量邏輯模組、工具組件和調控面板。如果初入遊戲就急於創作，新手或許會無從下手。有趣的是，本作一開始，並非接二連三關於工具的展示和講解。這些複雜的核心內容反而藏起來，包裝成解鎖要素，等待玩家透過關卡挑戰才逐一認識。

▲ 創意空間。

而遊戲引導內容，也時常提醒你：別被眼花繚亂的工具組件和囉嗦的說明困擾，自行探索才最重要。

對操作稍有些領悟後，玩家的身分就要轉為開發者了。以手把為指針，體驗者可在《Dreams》的世界裡，使用各式功能創建模型、錄製動畫、音樂採樣、搭建場景、編寫 AI、製作腳本、設計關卡等，一切所見即所得，如同我們使用 Photoshop 作畫。

事實上，還真有人把它當成 PS4 版 Photoshop。打造遊戲之餘，YouTube 有位帳號為 DirtyHarolds 的玩家，時常在《Dreams》裡繪畫，而他本人也在一支影片表示這款遊戲對他而言是簡單的繪圖工具。

▲ 玩家分享繪製《夏日海灘》的過程。

同時也不乏有人將《Dreams》當成 AU 這類音樂編輯器。美國論壇 Reddit 用戶 Techno_Wagon，之前發文分享使用《Dreams》製作《Final Fantasy VIII》BOSS 戰音樂的影片。這段透過遊戲還原的音樂驚豔了很多人。

如果認知還停留在傳統意義的遊戲，那麼由《Dreams》製作的動畫電影、音樂 MV 及遊戲，或許更會令人稱奇。

遊戲有句旁白，大概是說：在夢中，只有你想不到，沒有你做不到。

主機平台的遊戲引擎
《Dreams》讓部分觀望者聯想任天堂的《超級瑪利歐創作家》，因為兩者理念異曲同工，都是將「便捷的遊戲創作」視為玩法核心。還有人提到《蓋瑞模組》（Garry’s Mod），這款作品在 2006 年登陸 Steam，自製模組的核心玩法至今為人津津樂道。

不過有差別的是，《Dreams》更貼近「遊戲引擎」概念，值得強調的是，是「主機平台的遊戲引擎」。在此之前，我們沒見過這樣的產品。

做個比較，《超級瑪利歐創作家》允許玩家創作的內容，大抵還是平台跳躍式遊戲；《蓋瑞模組》支援自建素材卻突破不了 mod 玩法的限制；《Dreams》不只能做單個關卡，同時具有完整流程意義的作品，在類型上，可涵蓋彈幕射擊、動作、平台跳躍、賽車、格鬥、音樂、解謎、文字冒險等。

▲《Dreams》宣傳影片。

換句話來說，《Dreams》給玩家充分的創意發揮空間，不只局限於某類遊戲的框架，把素材和玩法定死。

《Dreams》有一款由開發商 Media Molecule 親自打造的示範作品，名為《亞特的夢境》，由 3 段場景構成，各個場景分別對應不同畫風與類型，有射擊、文字解謎、平台跳躍。這部作品置於遊戲模式裡的顯著位置，向玩家展示這套引擎具備的可能性。

▲《亞特的夢境》。

事實上，主機平台從未有過如此自由的創意工坊，而打破陣營限制的同人作品，也由此而生。

身為《Dreams》玩家，你可以玩到他人自製分享的瑪利歐、薩爾達傳說等遊戲。部分用戶會將自製內容上傳至 YouTube ，筆者時常能在留言區看到驚呼：「我有生之年竟然在 Sony 平台玩到 ×××！」

▲ 其實此作還原的程度還比較淺。

從去年下半年開放測試至今，《Dreams》充斥不少名作還原。玩家「臨摹」的對像很廣泛，除任天堂一系列作品外，還雲集其他大作的同人作，如《異塵餘生 4》、《潛龍諜影》、《隻狼》、《最後的生還者》、《七龍珠鬥士 Z》等。

▲ 有模有樣還原《隻狼》「打鐵」。

《Dreams》玩家甚至瞄準了尚未發表的《對馬戰鬼》。他們透過遊戲提供的工具，重現這款武士題材遊戲在 2018 年 E3 的展示內容。

▲ 玩家還原的《對馬戰鬼》。

當然，你在《Dreams》能見到的，不只流於表面的「大製作」。這個創作平台從去年下半年營運至今，已累積一定數量的 UGC 作品，類型不一、規模短小。就個人觀察，這些作品的大多數還停在較低完成度，部分可執行完整流程的作品，也未必稱得上「好玩」和「優質」。

如果你只是抱著玩家心態來審視本作，或許過一過「開發者」的癮，就已經失去興致了。畢竟，就算是在降低創作門檻的《Dreams》，玩家想正經開發一款遊戲，也需要極高的學習成本，業餘用戶能做到的遊戲創意和內容，目前還無法支持其他人持續玩下去。

▲ 光是搞懂所有參數面板，就得花不少時間。

這情況引出一個問題，業餘用戶創作遊戲，是否有形成成熟內容生態的潛力呢？

夢想的種子終將會發芽
筆者想，答案應該是肯定的。

各方廠商都在往這個方向努力，有些甚至已經取得不小的成果。而支援開發商 Media Molecule 八年磨一劍的，本就是經過驗證的創意。他們以往代表作有《小小大星球》系列，全球銷量超過 850 萬套，最深入人心的地方，就在於內建的「遊玩＋創作＋分享」模式。

官方 2012 年時還曾透露一個數據，《小小大星球》系列全部自製關卡超過 700 萬個。

工作室創始人 Mark Healey 接受外媒採訪時曾表示，玩家過去可以利用 Commodore 64 這類有鍵盤的主機創作想要的遊戲，後來隨著次世代到來，這名主創就身陷「我怎樣才能在 PS 主機做遊戲」的想法。

早在《Dreams》面世以前，微軟就曾於 2014 年推出理念相同的《星火計劃》PC 遊戲，但這較超時代的遊戲計畫最終在 2016 年遭砍，由於營運不當，沒能存活下來。騰訊去年引入中國《機器磚塊》（Roblox），已做到將「遊戲創作平台」概念成功打入市場。

根據行動數據研究機構 SensorTower 預估，截至去年，《Roblox》每月活躍用戶超過 1 億，創作者數量就達 500 萬，累計創作 4,000 萬款遊戲，數量何其龐大。

值得留意的還在於，《Roblox》除了有成熟的內容創作生態，也跑通商業化體系。據了解，這個平台支援創作者透過內購變現，一線創作者最高可達年收入超過 300 萬美元。

《Dreams》開發商也在期待這款作品商業化。近期採訪時，Media Molecule 聯合創始人 Mark Healey 就表示：「我們的最終目標是讓人們以某種方式將他們的作品貨幣化。」但這個目標正面臨挑戰，有來自法律層面的障礙，也有來自平台合作的考量。Healey 說：「金錢可以很容易讓事情轉向另一個方向。」

《Dreams》的生態還談不上成熟，所以一切可能需要時間證明。不過，誰也無法輕易否定前景：在一個自由的創作環境，來自民間的想法種子，終有一天成長為蒼天大樹。

（本文由 遊戲葡萄 授權轉載；首圖來源：影片截圖）

taiwan-subdivisions: 大樹 成功

countries: 美國 中國

title: 我在 Sony 的地盤，玩到任天堂的遊戲


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還沒宣布上市日期的《微軟模擬飛行 2020》，又為全世界航空迷帶來大驚喜，就是遊戲將包含全世界 3.7 萬座大小規模不等的機場，且開發團隊為強調細節正確性，更是由人力全手工製作。

模擬飛行遊戲除了強調操作手感與機身建模，最讓死忠粉絲斤斤計較的，大概就數機場數量與細節還原度，當然已帶給玩家高達 2.7PB 地圖資料的《微軟模擬飛行 2020》，自然不會忽略這塊起飛與降落的必經之地。

遊戲新一集《Feature Discovery Series》介紹，微軟開發人員介紹機場設計面的巨大躍進。

首先，《微軟模擬飛行 2020》遊戲上市後，將包含全世界 3.7 萬座規模不等的機場，相較於前代作品 2.4 萬個，數量再度提升。無論一片曠野中的小型飛行場，或每日承載大量旅客的巨型國際機場，在《微軟模擬飛行 2020》玩家統統可以任意體驗。

其次，由於全世界機場設計有許多區別和差異，微軟也特別投入人力，一一手動開發 3.7 萬座環繞全世界的飛行場，不只是利用軟體生成同樣模版，讓每個機場看起來都長得一個樣。

為了加速機場建模，微軟特地開發一套設計工具，導入 Bing 地圖、機場資料庫與航拍照片等多項資源，協助工程師創造《微軟模擬飛行 2020》的機場樣貌。

從微軟公開影片可發現，機場環境的細節度非常驚人，無論地勤單位或跑道標記、標線，甚至掛在一旁真的會隨風向、風力轉變的風向袋都完整重現。

即便是與飛機無關的外部細節，如地面服務車輛在機場到處行駛，旅客停車場充滿車輛，以及地勤人員在不同地點間移動等，開發商 Asobo Studio 用近乎「狂熱」的態度，想讓遊戲的機場與現實版並無二致。

截至目前，《微軟模擬飛行 2020》已帶來許多超乎玩家期待的內容，但究竟何時才能讓玩家真正體驗，微軟應該很快就會給我們答案！

Microsoft Flight Simulator contains every airport in the world

（本文由 T客邦 授權轉載；圖片來源：影片截圖）

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title: 《微軟模擬飛行 2020》將包含全世界 3.7 萬座機場，全部由開發人員手動製作


people: 韓國瑜 鄭照新

taiwan-subdivisions: 大甲 鳳山區 高雄市 北門 高雄 鳳山

title: 大甲媽、五甲媽「雙媽」遶境 韓國瑜下週擬親背媽祖祈福

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2020-02-28 00:28:31

〔記者陳文嬋／高雄報導〕武漢肺炎疫情延燒，台中大甲鎮瀾宮遶境今宣布延期，不過大甲媽首度百年南巡，與高雄五甲媽攜手遶境鳳山，主辦單位五甲龍成宮認為是戶外活動，也有消毒洗手等防疫措施，活動將照常繼續辦；高雄市長韓國瑜3月2日也預定到港口慈濟宮接駕，親背大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖，祈求世界無災難。

對此，高雄市新聞局長鄭照新27日強調，因應疫情變化，行程會有所調整，將再與廟方聯繫，但市長接駕並背媽祖遶境的可能性不高；不過，五甲龍成宮與鳳山區忠義里長李朝清均強調確有此規劃，李朝清也已印製宣傳單通知里民。

大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖2月15日起首度百年南巡，與五甲龍成宮媽祖攜手「雙媽」祈福遶境鳳山區1個月，13天來已吸引10多萬人潮接駕，今遶境北門里一整天，在地廟宇鎮南宮仙公廟、紫威宮、瑞安宮也加入行列，由鎮南宮仙公廟出動國樂團打頭陣，沿途演奏聖樂，引領「雙媽」向前行，炒熱現場氣氛。

許多民眾門前擺香案，迎接「雙媽」入內祈福，場面熱鬧滾滾，完全不受影響；鎮南宮仙公廟50多名工作人員全部戴口罩，廟方認為防疫非常時期，戴口罩防護因應。

五甲龍成宮主委鄭振成今表示，昨接到市府轉述市長韓國瑜想法，認為媽祖是大家的，不分男女，大家都可以背，想背大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖，要為百姓祈福，3月2日「雙媽」將遶境忠義里，正是鳳山行政中心所轄，韓國瑜將於當天下午1時在市府旁的港口慈濟宮接駕，親自背著大甲鎮瀾宮媽祖，祈求世界無災難。

忠義里長李朝清今近午也接獲市府通知市長韓國瑜要背媽祖，他建議市府選在港口慈濟宮，剛好就在鳳山行政中心旁邊，是最適合市長接駕與背媽祖的地方，經過他再三確認，雙方敲定好行程。

鄭振成表示，「雙媽」遶境活動規模比大甲鎮瀾宮遶境活動小，並與鳳山區里長聯誼會合作，繞行鳳山區76里街道，活動也配合政府防疫，鼓勵民眾戴口罩，最受歡迎的鑽轎底儀式，將過去雙人並排方式，改為單人排成一列，避免民眾搶卡位，造成近距離接觸，將持續進行到3月15日。

鳳山區里長聯誼會會長蘇志明表示，透過里長向民眾宣導，交談保持1公尺距離，民眾也可以戴口罩；里長謝秀霞則準備一大桶消毒水，提供工作人員在出發前，先以消毒水洗手。

活動協辦單位是鳳山區公所，民政局局長曹桓榮表示，市府尊重主辦單位決定，活動屬於各里的戶外遶境，參加人數、規模比大甲媽祖遶境小，對於參加民眾也很注意安全，宣導以雙手合十祈福取代握手、摸神轎等，已做到基本防疫措施，僅建議避免大型群聚餐會。

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title: 男獨自到馬陵溫泉泡湯摔傷 消防人員馳援

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2020-02-27 23:53:49

〔記者歐素美／台中報導〕33歲男子獨自至台中市和平區馬陵溫泉泡湯，回程路上不慎摔倒，全身擦傷、左腳扭傷，趕緊打119報案。消防人員趕上山，為他包紮固定傷口後，以籃式擔架將他運至登山口，再由谷關消防分隊救護車送醫。

消防局說，男子今天上午獨自從中橫便道進入登山口，到馬陵溫泉泡湯，中午回程時不小心在崎嶇山路摔倒，全身有多處擦傷、左腳扭傷，無法行走，趕緊打119求救。

消防局和平分隊中午12點多獲報後，出動救護車及人員9名，由谷關分隊分隊長曾伯皓帶隊入山，走了1小時半多，終於發現男子，包紮、固定傷口後，用籃式擔架將他運送下山，傍晚5點交由谷關消防分隊送醫，完成任務。


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Jenn Lann Temple chairman Yen Ching-biao, front center, offers incense to Matsu in Taichung on Wednesday.Photo: Chang Hsuan-che, Taipei Times

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The annual Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage has been postponed to comply with government measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, Jenn Lann Temple (鎮瀾宮) chairman Yen Ching-biao (顏清標) said yesterday, after sparking criticism on Wednesday for his insistence on holding the event.

Approximately 1 million people participate in the pilgrimage each year, with believers and visitors embarking on a 340km journey through central Taiwan and visiting more than 100 temples dedicated to the goddess Matsu along the route.

Yen had previously said that people should not be afraid to participate, because they would be protected by Matsu and other deities, while temple vice chairman Cheng Ming-kuen (鄭銘坤) said that the event would be canceled if Taichung was locked down because of the disease.

Yen yesterday apologized in a Facebook video to all followers of Matsu for having to postpone the event.

“Even President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has suspended all preparatory work for her inauguration ceremony on May 20 and made disease prevention the nation’s top priority. The pilgrimage can be held any time before the ninth day of the ninth month on the lunar calendar [Oct. 25 this year], which was said to be the day when the goddess ascended to the heavens,” Yen said.

“We will hold another meeting after the disease is under control to decide when the pilgrimage will be held. Matsu is merciful and she will bless everyone,” he said.

Yen said that he could not unilaterally decide to cancel the pilgrimage, as other people, including performing troupes for the parades and volunteers who cook meals, have been preparing for the event for months.

The temple on Wednesday night and yesterday morning held board meetings before deciding to postpone the event, he said.

Yen at a news conference yesterday morning denied that it was he who insisted that the event be held as scheduled and that the temple decided to postpone it because of pressure from Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center.

He consulted Chen by telephone because Chen is an expert in disease prevention, Yen said, adding that both would have had to work hard to contain the spread of the disease.

Yen said that he and the temple’s board of directors visited other temples in Changhua, Yunlin and Chiayi counties that are involved in the pilgrimage and explained the situation, adding that the reactions were mixed.

“You have to understand that they have to pay all the expenses themselves. We cannot settle this matter simply by making an announcement at a news conference or reimbursing them. You have to be more humane and considerate, and be more patient in explaining it to them,” Yen said.

The temple has donated NT$30 million (US$989,120) to help the government combat the spread of the disease, as it had pledged to do, he said.

Two other Matsu temples — Beigang Chaotian Temple (北港朝天宮) in Yunlin County and Baishatun Gongtian Temple (白沙屯拱天宮) in Miaoli County — have postponed their pilgrimages, which were scheduled for this weekend and next month respectively.

Tsai thanked Baishatun Gongtian Temple, Dajia Jenn Lann Temple and other temples nationwide for complying with the center’s advice to postpone or cancel religious activities.

The president wrote on Facebook that she fully felt the devotion, friendliness and warmth of Taiwanese when she joined Baishatun Gongtian Temple’s pilgrimage last year.

title: Virus Outbreak: Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage is postponed

taiwan-subdivisions: 白沙 北港

people: 顏清標 蔡英文 陳時中


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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday told US telephone companies to report details on their use of equipment from Huawei Technologies Co (華為) and ZTE Corp (中興), Chinese equipment makers accused by US President Donald Trump’s administration of posing a risk of espionage.

The action is the next step in the FCC’s response to warnings about the Chinese companies, which make parts vital to operating communications networks.

The data could help inform further “potential actions” and design a reimbursement program for service providers that might need to remove and replace the gear, the FCC said in a news release.

Huawei equipment is cheaper than competitors’ and is popular with smaller, rural US telecommunications providers, which often rely on government subsidies.

The FCC in November last year barred subsidy recipients from buying equipment made by carriers such as Huawei and ZTE.

The most recent action would help “to protect our networks and protect the American people,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in the release.

Carriers receiving subsidies must report to the FCC by April 22, the agency said.

The agency is considering making final its initial designation that Shenzhen-based Huawei and ZTE pose a national security threat. The agency also has proposed requiring the removal of existing equipment from providers deemed to pose a threat.

US officials, diplomats and lawmakers have said that Huawei and ZTE pose an espionage threat, especially as networks are transformed into faster 5G systems that can share masses of information quickly.

The campaign has stumbled, with Britain and the EU recently rebuffing pleas from top aides to Trump, and deciding that Huawei could play a role in their 5G networks.

Huawei and ZTE have denied they pose a risk.

Huawei in a Feb. 3 filing said that the FCC’s actions were designed to implement a campaign “by certain government officials” that want to “single out Huawei for burdensome and stigmatizing restrictions, put it out of business in the United States, and impugn its reputation.”

The Rural Wireless Association in a filing made the same day told the FCC that small carriers might be forced to shut service in some markets if they cannot spend subsidy funding on networks that include the equipment.

The trade group said that some older, slower networks should be allowed to operate until they wear out.

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title: FCC orders Huawei and ZTE gear use be reported


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Virus Outbreak: Taipei officials slammed over ‘quarantine loophole’

Taipei City Councilor Hsu Li-hsin, right, holds a news conference in Taipei yesterday criticizing the city government over what he said was a loophole in its quarantine policy.Photo: Yang Hsin-hui, Taipei Times
The Taipei City Government yesterday afternoon upgraded the Taipei Emergency Response Center to “level 1” — the highest level — to comply with the Central Epidemic Command Center’s COVID-19 containment efforts, but is facing criticism for a “quarantine loophole” said to have resulted in the death of a woman with a fever.

The city government has started holding daily virus briefings, city deputy spokesman Tai Yu-wen (戴于文) said.

However, the city government’s lack of action constituted a loophole in disease-prevention efforts, said Taipei City Councilor Hsu Li-hsin (徐立信) and the family of the woman, a 30-year-old who died on Sunday.

The Taipei Department of Health should have tested the woman’s body to see whether she died from COVID-19, Hsu said, adding that the city government remained idle for five days.

The woman had not recently traveled outside Taiwan, the family said.

She had felt “uncomfortable” after work and had a fever, but chose to take medicine instead of seeing a doctor, the family said, adding that her husband found her dead the following day.

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that the prosecutor on the case contacted the department about whether the woman should have been under quarantine, but the department said that she was not on any quarantine lists.

The prosecutor is investigating all avenues, including looking into the woman’s colleagues and work environment, while the husband and family of the deceased were invited to submit affidavits, the office said.

The family said that they failed to understand the city’s delay and wished the process could be expedited so that they could handle the woman’s funeral arrangements.

The woman’s body is being preserved at a funeral parlor, Hsu said, questioning whether the virus could be detected after a body had been frozen for five days.

The department’s Disease Control Division head Yu Tsan-hua (余燦華) said it had been confirmed that the woman was not on any of quarantine lists.

The department was not aware of whether the prosecutor wanted the body to be tested for the virus, Yu added.

The department would collect samples and conduct the virus test, Yu said, adding that the results would be forwarded to the prosecutor.

Additional reporting by Tsai Ya-hua and Yang Hsin-hui

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What good can drones do? They can do a lot of things, and the possibilities reach far beyond the general public’s imagination.

When people think of them, they might think of accidents and injuries, and see them as dangerous devices. Even the authorities that regulate them are no exception, as the Regulations of Drone (遙控無人機管理規則) that went into effect on July 23 last year are full of restrictions and penalties.

The use of drones has indeed exceeded the public’s imagination.

First, they are the best tool for boosting tourism and promoting Taiwan. This is where the strength of camera drones lies. For little or no compensation, enthusiastic Taiwanese have recorded the beauty of Taiwan from a bird’s-eye view with drones. This kind of footage is excellent material for marketing Taiwan globally.

Next, drones flying in groups can be used for performances. At last year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival in Pingtung County, the drone light show was perhaps the greatest selling point for attracting tourists.

The spectacular show, which was performed by 300 drones from the US, made Pingtung residents proud. Some people might not know that locally developed drone light shows now employ as many as 400 units.

Drones are also the best “eyes” in rescue missions. When an elderly woman went missing near the banks of the Gaoping River (高屏溪) in Pingtung County two years ago, a search mission using seven or eight drones was quickly launched after people put out a call for help on Facebook.

Although the woman was eventually found dead, it was a successful mobilization and application of drones.

Furthermore, drones are an effective tool for environmental inspections. In Pingtung, air pollution is often caused by people burning garbage. The Pingtung Environmental Protection Bureau has been using drones to conduct inspections and collect evidence of burning, and the results have been fruitful.

Drones are useful for spraying pesticides, making them convenient and efficient farming equipment. Using precise GPS coordinates, they can accurately calculate an area to be sprayed at a farm, as well as the distance between each pesticide or fertilizer spray, precisely and efficiently.

Drones are also considered a secret firefighting weapon. When equipped with a “thermal imager,” a drone can help lock in on the origin of a fire from the sky and provide useful data when determining disaster response.

In terms of various other purposes, such as security maintenance, home delivery, air transport, topographic surveying and weather forecasting, drones have been actively applied or tested in many countries around the world, with the civil sector being the driving force.

Although the Taiwanese government has been turning a blind eye to drone development, other countries are making constant progress.

In particular, China’s drone-technology industry has far surpassed Taiwan’s. Drones have been used in COVID-19 prevention efforts, ranging from taking people’s temperature to delivering medical supplies.

If the Taiwanese government continues to restrain and suppress the development of drones, it would only widen the gap between Taiwan and China.

Whether drones are an opportunity or a threat, a resource or a burden, depends on the government’s frame of mind. It can choose to be the enemy of drone users by setting restrictions, or to be their strategic partner, as drones become an infinite resource. It is all a matter of choice.

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Virus Outbreak: Rights of students stuck overseas to be safeguarded

By Rachel Lin and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
Pupils at the Chienkung Elementary School in Hsinchu yesterday eat lunch separated by isolation panels fashioned by their teacher as part of disease-prevention measures.Photo: Hung Mei-hsiu, Taipei Times
The government is to adopt supplementary measures to ensure that the education rights of nearly 630 students below the high-school level who are unable to return to Taiwan from China, Hong Kong or Macau due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said yesterday.

“Students trapped overseas can take advantage of government assistance, such as digital learning programs and online video classes,” Pan told a news conference after a meeting of the Executive Yuan in Taipei.

These students could return once the outbreak in those areas is under control, he said.

Any ninth-graders who cannot return by May, when the national high-school entrance exam is held, would be allowed to take the exam in China, he added.

The Ministry of Education is working with National Taiwan Normal University’s Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing, which creates the exam questions, and the China-based schools attended by the children of Taiwanese businesspeople, Pan said, adding that a different set of questions at the same difficulty level would be prepared for students in China.

There are 289 students who study overseas, but cannot leave Taiwan and have been placed in local schools, he said, adding that they would be eligible to take the exam if they choose to do so.

A total of 578 students nationwide have been placed in quarantine after they were found to have a fever when elementary and junior-high schools began the new semester on Tuesday, ministry data showed.

The ministry has collaborated with local education bureaus to establish remote-teaching programs in case of suspensions due to infections, Pan said on Wednesday.

After sending 6.45 million masks to schools, the ministry is next month to begin distributing 94,000 liters of disinfectant alcohol per month to public and private schools nationwide, he said, adding that 25,000 forehead thermometers would be dispatched on Monday next week.

More disease-prevention supplies are to be allocated should any school report confirmed cases, Pan said, adding that the exterior of more than 4,100 schools were disinfected before the semester.

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Virus Outbreak: Q1 laptop shipments to fall 26 percent: analysts

Global laptop shipments are expected to fall 26 percent this quarter as the COVID-19 outbreak in China continues to wreak havoc across the supply chain, TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said in a report yesterday.

While laptop shipments last month were largely spared by the effects of the outbreak, shipments this month are expected to take the biggest hit of the quarter, assuming that the outbreak could soon be contained, the Taipei-based market researcher said.

The laptop supply chain faces significant disruptions in China — where essential parts, such as printed circuit boards, batteries, hinges, polarizers, and passive and metal components are made — as production is delayed by local governments’ efforts to stem the epidemic, it said.

While some laptop makers might resort to sourcing necessary materials elsewhere, TrendForce said that suppliers from manufacturing regions outside of China do not possess enough production capacity to close the gap.

Meanwhile, as provinces in China tighten their border controls and enforce stricter quarantine measures, production across the laptop industry is also confronted with a labor shortage, as well as logistics and transportation restrictions, it said.

Even the supply of metal ores situated upstream is starting to be cut off, TrendForce said, adding that it could heavily affect the supply chain and lead to a drop in component production, which would in turn upset shipment schedules of laptops.

It forecast this month’s shipments at 5.7 million units, which is sharply lower than the 10.8 million units predicted earlier.

As a result, laptop makers this quarter could ship 27.5 million units, compared with 36.97 million units in the same quarter last year, its data showed.

However, it said that first-quarter shipments might further decline if COVID-19 spreads further, affecting production next month.

Overall production capacity from laptop manufacturers would not return to normal levels before next quarter, with a gradual ramp-up in plant utilization expected to take place in April at the earliest, TrendForce said.

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Virus Outbreak: Bureau unveils rules for bailout of travel industry

The Tourism Bureau yesterday unveiled the rules for a plan to bail out the travel industry, which has reported significant financial losses due to COVID-19.

The cost of the bailout plan is expected to reach NT$2.9 billion (US$95.61 million), the bureau said, adding that travel business operators could immediately apply for funding.

The rules were formulated after officials and travel industry representatives discussed bailout options presented earlier this month by the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the bureau said.

Bureau Director-General Chou Yung-hui (周永暉) thanked business operators for enforcing government regulations from Jan. 22 and offering travelers information that would protect their interests.

“We have carefully drawn up a bailout plan, as well as strategies to help revive travel businesses after the virus is contained,” Chou said. “We promise that we will fight for their benefit and offer them any needed assistance.”

The government has allocated NT$1.2 billion to cover financial losses that travel business operators sustained when they were asked to cut short tours for Chinese travelers, drop plans for outbound tour groups and stop accepting inbound tourists, Chou said.

Part of the funds would also be used to bail out travel agencies that are having financial difficulties due to a drop in inbound tourists, he said.

Travel agents applying for the funds need to prepare documents that can prove their losses, Chou said, adding that the Travel Agent Association would hold information sessions nationwide to inform members about the bailout plan.

The rest of the funds would be used to assist the tourism industry in securing bank loans and training tour service personnel, the bureau said.

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Virus Outbreak: BOK stands pat despite virus hit to growth view

AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE:It downgraded growth this year to 2.1 percent, while the won has retreated against the US dollar, and the nation’s long-term outlook is unclear
The Bank of Korea (BOK) yesterday downgraded its growth forecast for the year amid mounting evidence of an economic hit from the COVID-19 outbreak, but left its key interest rate unchanged.

The decision to maintain the seven-day repurchase rate at 1.25 percent was forecast by 10 of 28 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The majority had projected a 25 basis point cut to a fresh record low.

The bank now sees the economy growing 2.1 percent this year, down from a 2.3 percent projection in November last year, reflecting uncertainty over the impact of the virus.

South Korea’s won, one of the region’s weakest currencies this year, initially strengthened against the US dollar after the surprise rate hold announcement, but has since retraced gains. The yield on 10-year government bonds also steadied after earlier rising.

The bank’s decision to stand pat contrasts with the more aggressive response to the outbreak taken by Asian central banks from Indonesia to Thailand, and its own past rate cut following a virus outbreak in 2015.

South Korea’s latest data show the economy under pressure, as trade with China shrinks, sentiment plunges and the tourism industry reels. The government is working on an extra budget to beef up record spending plans for the year.

The BOK said in a statement that it would judge whether to adjust the degree of monetary policy accommodation, while “thoroughly assessing” the severity of the outbreak and its impact on the domestic economy. The bank also said it would raise the cap for cheap loans available to companies affected.

“The BOK may cut rates after the government rolls out an extra budget in March, creating the impression that the two are working closely,” Meritz Securities Co. economist Stephen Lee said. “For now, providing support for small businesses while keeping the rate on hold is the optimal choice for the BOK.”

The decision shows that BOK Governor Lee Ju-yeol is more worried about the financial risks of low rates at the moment, and is waiting for clarity on data and the extent of fiscal stimulus before acting.

Economists who projected a rate hold pointed to concerns about an overheated property market and high household debt, alongside a weakening currency.

The BOK might have also wanted to preserve its limited policy room, having cut rates twice last year.

Lee Ju-yeol said after the decision that the board judged micro policy measures targeted at vulnerable sectors to be more effective than adjusting policy rates at this stage.

He said that high household debt, and the difficulty to stabilize housing prices were among the factors behind the stand pat decision, and the board assumed the coronavirus spread would peak next month.

The governor also said that the shock from the epidemic is likely to be concentrated in the first quarter.

“The BOK just can’t decide yet whether the virus has changed Korea’s economic trajectory,” Mirae Asset Daewoo economist Park Hee-chan said. “There’s little doubt first-quarter growth will suffer, but it will take some longer-term assessment of the economy before the BOK returns to an easing mode.”

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Authorities have accused Chinese Internet trolls of sowing panic over COVID-19, with much of the disinformation falsely implying that the nation has an out-of-control epidemic.

Police said that they are investigating a surge in stories spreading online and through social media claiming that President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration is trying to cover up an outbreak.

“We suspect that Chinese Internet trolls are making up and spreading the false messages based on the content and the phrases,” the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau said in a statement late on Wednesday.

“The intent is to cause misunderstanding among the public and to sow panic to seriously jeopardize our social stability,” it added.

Tsai took to Facebook to warn people against believing rumors.

While she did not mention China by name, she hinted at linguistic clues suggesting that much of the misinformation was being written outside of Taiwan.

“Some of the rumors even contain phrases not used in Taiwan,” she wrote.

The nation moved swiftly against the virus, quickly restricting and then banning arrivals from China, Hong Kong and Macau.

The outbreak in China has only added to tensions between Taiwan and China.

The nation has long been a target for Chinese nationalist Internet trolls seeking to undermine public faith in Tsai’s administration.

Analysts have said that trolls have gotten better over the past few years at deploying traditional Chinese and Taiwanese phrasing, but much of the misinformation on the virus appears to be more rudimentary.

One example given by the bureau was a false social media message claiming to be written by the child of a Democratic Progressive Party legislator, saying that Taipei “dares not disclose more than 500 infections and 200 deaths.”

Another false message claimed that the administration of “Governor Tsai” — a term used by people in China to refer to the president — is covering up the cremation of bodies, the bureau said.

The Taiwan FactCheck Center — an independent organization that debunks misinformation — said that there has been a surge in false posts deploying simplified Chinese characters or phrases commonly used in China.

“New variants of such disinformation keep coming out to spread falsehoods in an attempt to create panic,” the center wrote. “We urge readers not to forward these messages, but to verify and discredit them.”

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The High Court yesterday found fugitive South Korean academic Park Jae-kyung guilty of sexual harassment, upholding a ruling by the Taipei District Court, which came with a 14-month sentence.

Park fled Taiwan last year when his travel restrictions lapsed.

Hired as a contract assistant professor at National Chengchi University’s Department of Korean Language and Culture, Park began teaching at the school in February 2017, but was dismissed in July that year following accusations of sexual harassment by several female students.

The Taipei District Court in December 2018 found Park guilty and sentenced him to 14 months in prison, which can be commuted to a fine of NT$420,000 (US$13,848).

The court also imposed travel restrictions to prevent him from absconding.

Park and his lawyer filed an appeal with the High Court, which failed to extend the travel restrictions when the lower court’s order expired in April last year.

Park left on a flight to South Korea in July last year.

Yesterday’s High Court ruling was final, but critics said justice was not served, as Park has evaded punishment due to the judges’ oversight.

Several students alleged that Park took advantage of his position to grope and pinch them during private consultations.

A female student surnamed Yeh (葉) alleged that he touched and groped her several times when she visited his office.

“Park stroked me just below my clavicle. He blew into my palm, then slapped my buttocks twice. He also pinched my cheek and my waist several times, despite my protests,” she said.

Investigators said that several other students detailed similar claims, while others said they had witnessed Park putting his hands on students and hugging them in class.

The university’s gender equality committee investigated the complaints: nine female students accused Park of sexual harassment, while 102 students signed a petition calling for his dismissal, alleging that he had verbally abused and threatened students, and was not fully prepared for his lectures.

Two female students had also sued Park and asked for compensation of NT$1 million each. A Taipei court in December last year ordered Park to pay NT$500,000 and NT$300,000 respectively to the two plaintiffs.

As Taiwan and South Korea do not have a mutual legal assistance agreement, it will be difficult for the two students to obtain compensation.

Separately, the Taipei District Court yesterday announced that it would not proceed with the prosecution of former High Court judge Yang Ping-cheng (楊炳禎), who was accused of touching a nurse’s buttocks during a hospital stay last year.

As Yang had reached an out-of-court settlement with the woman, the case has been dropped, a court release said.

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Virus Outbreak: Su, eyeing ‘good offense,’ promotes CECC

President Tsai Ing-wen, front third right, poses for a group photograph with members of the army’s 33rd Chemical Corps during an inspection at the 6th Army Command in Taoyuan yesterday.Photo: CNA
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday promoted the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) from a “level 2” to a “level 1” government entity to streamline communication and better contain the spread of COVID-19, while Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) would continue to serve as head of the center.

Chen at the weekly Cabinet meeting suggested that Su promote the CECC to a “level 1” entity, Executive Yuan spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka said, adding that Su accepted the suggestion and reappointed Chen as head of center.

With the COVID-19 outbreak escalating around the world, “the best defense for Taiwan is a good offense, which is the front line of disease prevention to preempt a major outbreak,” Su said.

Despite its proximity to China, the nation has been able to restrict COVID-19 to “minor community outbreaks,” mostly contagion within families, which shows that Chen is the most fitting candidate to serve as CECC head, Kolas said in response to queries as to why the premier had chosen Chen instead of himself for the job.

The promotion to “level 1” would facilitate the distribution of resources and communication between relevant government agencies, whose deputy ministers would be required to be on standby at the CECC at all times to attend regular meetings, Kolas said.

Chen told a later news conference that he had made the suggestion after seeing other nations accumulate more than 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in less than five days.

Chen thanked Su for having faith in him and pledged to take preemptive measures to contain the coronavirus.

Hospitals are to set aside more wards to be used as isolation wards in the case of an emergency, Chen said, adding that this would likely increase the nation’s capacity to screen the disease to 2,450 people per day starting next week.

Earlier, with the Tomb Sweeping Holiday approaching, Su ordered government agencies to inform Taiwanese businesspeople and students returning from affected nations and regions to monitor their health at home for 14 days upon their arrival.

They should be informed upon boarding their flights of the penalties they would face if they leave home during the quarantine period, he said.

Su also approved a plan by Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) for the nation to set up an extra 30 mask production lines.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is carrying out a plan to add 60 production lines by March 10, which would bring the nation’s daily production to about 10 million masks, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration Director-General Ho Chin-tsang (何晉滄) said.

The 30 extra lines would further boost the nation’s mask production to between 12 million and 13 million per day, Ho said, without giving a time frame for when the additional lines would be completed.

Additional reporting by Lin Hui-chin

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Virus Outbreak: Italy travel alert raised to highest level, CECC says

UNSUITABLE:There are increasing reports about Asian people encountering racial prejudice in public spaces in Italy, posing a greater danger to tourists
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung gives an update on the COVID-19 outbreak at a news conference at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.Photo: CNA
Italy was yesterday listed in the highest warning level of the nation’s travel advisory, given the sharp hike in COVID-19 cases in that nation, and as of midnight tonight, all travelers arriving from Italy, regardless of nationality, are to undergo 14-day home quarantine, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

The measures were announced as the CECC raised its travel warning for Italy from level 2 to level 3, the highest on its three-tier scale, which urges people to avoid unnecessary travel to the destination.

As of yesterday, the number of people in Italy confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 rose by more than 100 to 528, while the Italian government announced the death toll had risen by two to 14.

Italian health authorities have been unable to trace the source of the infections in nearly 90 percent of the cases, which means there is widespread community transmission, Chen said.

Italy is unsuitable for tourists, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, as it expressed the government’s disappointment over Italy’s rejection of its request to remove Taiwan from the COVID-19 China disease area.

Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) on Wednesday said that the initial raising of the travel warning on Italy on Tuesday had been partly due to the government’s disappointment with Italy’s stance.

However, as the COVID outbreak in Italy has deteriorated, there are increasing reports about Asian people encountering racial prejudice in public spaces, posing a greater danger to Asian tourists, the ministry said in a statement yesterday.

Based on the WHO’s incorrect categorization of Taiwan, the Italian Ministry of Health listed Taiwan as part of China’s disease infection area, imposed a ban on Taiwanese flights from Jan. 31 and required Taiwanese tourists to undergo 14-day quarantine after entering Italy.

Additional reporting by CNA

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The Taoyuan District Court on Wednesday found Sun Yi-ming (孫一鳴), former head of the Aviation Police Bureau’s aviation security section, guilty of corruption.

Sun, who was arrested in 2016, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison for receiving kickbacks and engaging in other illicit activities relating to a NT$70 million (US$2.31 million at the current exchange rate) contract to procure X-ray scanners, which were supplied by Chinese company Nuctech.

The main contractor in the case, Han Yuan Co owner Tsai Yi-jen (蔡依仁), was also found guilty of colluding with Sun and received a five-year and eight-month sentence.

An investigation found that Nuctech had sent a 30-something female sales manager, Li Weilin (李委霖), to lure Sun into a honeytrap and obtain information about the procurement project.

Experts said the case reeked of a Chinese intelligence operation, with an eye to penetrating Taiwan’s airport and border security, as Nuctech is known to be one of China’s “princeling companies” with strong political and business connections in Beijing.

Media reports have said that Hu Haifong (胡海峰), son of former Chinese president Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), was a former chairman of Nuctech, and that the company enjoys a close relationship with the Chinese military establishment and government agencies.

It is reportedly one of the few manufacturers of X-ray machines to obtain approval and certification by China’s civil aviation authority for installation at airports.

When prosecutors launched an investigation into case, questions were raised that the X-ray scanners might have embedded programs that send data and scanned images to China, threatening national security.

Local media reports said that at least four Nuctech X-ray scanners installed in 2014 were still being used at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, and several more are in other airports in the nation.

After their initial installation, airport security officials took to calling them “blind X-ray scanners,” because they compared poorly in terms of standard and performance with international brands, were prone to breakdowns and frequently unable to detect restricted items, media reports said.

Reports said that the US Department of Homeland Security had officially informed Taiwan that goods checked by the Nuctech scanners would not be allowed on flights to the US.

The investigation found that Sun received NT$3.06 million from Nuctech to approve the procurement, and that despite being married, he met frequently with Li for sex since 2013.

Li accompanied Sun on holiday trips to Singapore, the UK and various Chinese cities over the years, and a search of Sun’s residence found USB memory sticks containing sex tapes they had made during their travels, investigators said.

Sun colluded with Nuctech by working to have parts shipped for assembly and repackaging in Japan to deceive Taiwanese regulators, who were led to believe the scanners were made in Japan, bypassing a ban on Chinese-made products in procurements of high-tech machines used for national security, investigators said.

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Autonomous buses are pictured in an undated photograph.Photo courtesy of the Taipei Department of Transportation
The Taipei Department of Transportation yesterday announced that it would start road tests for autonomous buses in May and allow city residents to take part in the trial services beginning in September.

The city government is looking to automated buses as a solution to the shortage of nighttime public vehicle drivers, officials from the transportation and information technology departments told a news conference.

Following the signing of a letter of intent between the city government and Turing Drive Co last year, the company submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs its “trial project for uncrewed vehicles with innovative technology.”

The ministry on Feb. 3 convened a meeting to review the project and approved it on Tuesday last week.

The transportation department said it is planning to conduct road tests for autonomous buses at night on Xinyi Road, which has dedicated bus lanes, for one year.

The first phase of the project would include creating high-definition maps, installing smart devices throughout the planned route and constructing charging stations for buses, it said.

The second phase, which is to start in May, would involve engineers to test the program’s reactions to all sorts of scenarios during trial operation, it said.

The planned route is to start at the intersection of Xinyi and Zhongshan South roads and end at the intersection of Xinyi and Keelung Road, said that Chung Hui-tsun (鍾惠存), head of the transportation department’s Information and Technology Division.

The buses would switch to manual drivers at the east and west terminals to drive the vehicles back to dedicated bus lanes, he said.

The initial speed for autonomous buses would not exceed 15kph, with the tests being conducted from midnight to 2:30am, he said.

The speed and time for road tests would be adjusted accordingly throughout the trial period, with trial services commencing in September, he said.

The city government is to make the final decision on whether the buses are ready for service based on data gathered during the road-test and trial-service period, Chung added.

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Trio set up online portal for stray animals

‘LANG LANG’:The free online platform can match potential pet owners with animals waiting for adoption, as well as help owners looking for their lost pets
By Lai Wen-hsiu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A group of animal rights advocates has created an online platform for tracking the health and whereabouts of stray animals.

The platform — called “Lang Lang” (浪浪甘巴爹), a reference to strays — was developed by three campaigners whose online handles are Derek, James and Yuna.

The trio — who have all adopted stray dogs and cats that they care for at home — said they founded the site to help people who hope to adopt pets, or have lost their pets and are hoping to find them.

As all three are computer engineers, they hope to capitalize on their skills to help the animals in the best way they can, they said, adding that the portal is a project they engage in during their free time.

“If you are looking for your pet, you can register and enter your pet’s information on the platform, and you will be able to download any information about your pet that is uploaded by other users,” the group said.

The platform’s servers also check information uploaded by animal shelters nationwide, with the information updated every few hours, they said.

This is all done automatically, and saves pet owners the trouble of having to constantly search various Web sites on their own, they added.

Another feature of the platform is that it matches potential pet owners with animals waiting for adoption by allowing them to enter details about their ideal pet, they said.

For example, potential owners can narrow their search by keying in information such as type of pet, color, breed and gender, they said.

Potential owners can choose to be notified when a match appears, or they can be contacted directly by owners who are hoping to give up their pets for adoption, they said.

The platform also allows users to submit reports on people suspected of abusing animals, to prevent these people from adopting animals through the system, they said, adding that such reports would have to be accompanied by proof.

The system also collects information on animal abuse reports made available online by authorities, including nationwide animal protection offices, they said.

Malicious animal-abuse reports submitted to harm or defame others would be deleted, and the poster would be blocked from the Web site, they said.

“We have accumulated files on about 12,000 animals in the system, as well as an additional 500 files on people looking to adopt pets or find lost pets,” they said, adding that they hoped those numbers would grow.

“The platform is free to use, and we will never take payment from users. We are doing this because we want to see these animals go to warm, loving homes,” they said.

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Virus Outbreak: China’s central bank to ensure ample liquidity through targeted RRR cuts

China’s central bank yesterday said that it would ensure ample liquidity through targeted reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cuts for banks at an appropriate time, and would keep monetary policy prudent and flexible to support the economy.

China has announced a flurry of steps in recent weeks to shore up investor confidence and help smaller businesses stay afloat as the COVID-19 outbreak severely disrupts economic activity.

Many analysts have said that more support measures are likely as disruptions look set to extend well into the second quarter.

Recent surveys showed a third of the country’s smaller companies have only enough cash to last for a month, with another third believing they can hold out for two months.

The central bank would as far as possible reduce the impact of the outbreak so that economic goals for this year could still be achieved, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Vice Governor Liu Guoqiang (劉國強) told a news conference in Beijing.

“We’ll further release the long-term liquidity via multiple open market operations,” Liu said. “And make targeted RRR cuts in appropriate time for banks that meet the requirement of releasing inclusive loans and serve the smaller firms.”

The central bank on Wednesday said that it was releasing another 500 billion yuan (US$71.3 billion) to banks to extend cheap loans to small and medium-sized enterprises, on top of 300 billion yuan announced earlier this month for loans to companies that make health supplies such as masks and protective suits.

The PBOC would increase the relending and rediscount quota again if needed, and help the country’s smaller banks replenish capital if they need more funds, Liu said, replying to questions about increasing borrowing needs.

Asked about whether the lending push could fuel credit risks, Liu said that China would keep the macro leverage ratio and prices stable.

Authorities would make sure there would be no systemic financial risks, which is a red line, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission chief risk officer Xiao Yuanqi (肖遠企) said.

“Support policies are mainly for smaller firms facing difficulties because of the virus outbreak, not those in difficult situations before,” Xiao said.

“We’ll prevent non-performing companies from getting a free ride from the push, and prevent related moral hazard,” Xiao added.

Data from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that only about 30 percent of China’s small and medium enterprises have resumed normal production, and officials are worried that many might have to start cutting jobs, putting additional pressure on the economy.

Small and mid-size firms account for more than 80 percent of nationwide employment and more than 60 percent of GDP.

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Virus Outbreak: Microsoft scraps outlook due to virus

CONFIRMING MARKET FEARS:Microsoft shares fell about 2 percent on the forecast, which one analyst said ‘fans the flames’ of virus worries, as shares of Intel also slipped
Microsoft Corp became the latest tech giant to reduce its quarterly outlook based on the COVID-19 outbreak that is slowing production of computers and crimping sales of an array of consumer services and electronics.

In a statement on Wednesday, the company said it does not expect to meet earlier guidance for fiscal third-quarter revenue in the Windows PC software and Surface device business, because the supply chain is returning to normal at a slower pace than expected.

Last month, Microsoft gave a wider-than-usual sales target — US$10.75 billion to US$11.15 billion — for that division, citing uncertainty related to the spread of the respiratory virus.

The world’s largest software maker joins iPhone maker Apple Inc and PC company HP Inc in cutting estimates because of supply-chain disruptions related to COVID-19.

Merchants who sell on Amazon.com Inc also are trimming ad spending on the e-commerce giant’s marketplace, seeking to moderate demand amid worries they might run out of inventory of Chinese-made goods.

Questions about the virus’ economic ripples had already sent the S&P 500 Index down by 6.6 percent this week; Microsoft’s acknowledgment that the PC market is being hit reinforces investor concerns about broader consequences, Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said.

“It fans the flames on Corona worries,” Ives said. “Apple and Microsoft now confirm the negative impact the Street had feared.”

In recent days, anxiety has mounted about the spread of the virus outside of China, where it originated.

For the first time, more cases were reported in countries other than China in the past 24 hours, the WHO said late on Wednesday, a significant development as new cases spread around the globe, with South Korea, Italy and Iran particularly hard hit.

As component makers and tech-gadget assembly companies in China continue to face production slowdowns due to quarantines and shuttered factories, US technology companies are reported to be scrambling for alternatives.

Microsoft and Alphabet Inc’s Google are looking at manufacturing facilities in Vietnam and Thailand, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday.

Microsoft shares declined about 2 percent in late trading following the announcement. The stock has fallen in four of the last five trading sessions, along with the broader market, on concerns that the spreading health crisis could hurt the global economy and the technology sector.

The shares had been trading at all-time highs earlier this month.

Shares of Intel Corp, the biggest PC chipmaker, and rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc also fell in extended trading, as did PC makers Dell Technologies Inc and HP.

For Microsoft, demand for Windows operating-system software is strong and has been in line with the company’s forecasts, the statement said. The rest of the company’s outlook for the current quarter remains unchanged.

On average, analysts were predicting total sales of US$34.6 billion for the period ending next month, estimates showed.

Microsoft’s More Personal Computing unit typically generates more than a third of its annual sales.

Microsoft would have to account for supply issues with its Surface devices and lost software sales from Windows on PCs made by other manufacturers who might be facing the same production and parts challenges in China.

It is also preparing to release a new Xbox game console in the fall, and would need to work through setting the final production lines and then building up inventory ahead of that release.

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Virus Outbreak: Business climate ‘green’ for now: NDC

OPPORTUNITY FROM CRISIS:A researcher said that the outbreaks in China and South Korea could shift orders to Taiwan, making it a good investment destination
The government’s business climate monitor last month remained “green” for the third straight month, but it might start to feel the effects of an outbreak of COVID-19 in China from this month, the National Development Council (NDC) said yesterday.

The barometer lost two points to 25, allowing the climate signal a third consecutive green light, which indicates steady expansion of the economy.

However, things could turn negative as the epidemic starts to weigh on economic gauges, the council said.

“The picture looks increasingly gloomy ahead,” NDC research director Wu Ming-huei (吳明蕙) told a media briefing in Taipei.

The disease has already weakened business confidence and pushed export orders into contraction, she said.

The council uses a five-tier system to portray the state of the nation’s economy, with “green” indicating steady growth, “red” suggesting overheating and “blue” signaling a recession. Dual colors indicate a transition.

As local companies depend heavily on producing intermediate goods bound for China, the US and other end markets, the ongoing supply chain disruptions in China have been wreaking havoc on their operations, Wu said.

Dozens of Chinese cities remain on lockdown, obstructing labor recruitment and the supply of materials used in electronic components, she said.

The supply chain disruptions would dampen Taiwan’s trade performance, she added.

On the domestic front, people have avoided going out due to fear of contracting the disease and the weak sentiment has subdued sales at restaurants, department stores, hotels and other facilities, Wu said.

Wholesale and retail sales might see a business decline of NT$71.1 billion (US$2.3 billion) this month alone, she said.

The ongoing epidemic poses a bigger threat for the global economy than the SARS pandemic in 2003, based on the number of confirmed cases, Wu said.

An index of leading indicators, which aims to predict the economic situation in six months, shrank 0.11 percent to 101.63 as export orders, net labor accession rate and money supply all had negative cyclical movements from one month earlier, the council said.

An index of coincident indicators, which reflects the economic situation, grew 0.28 percent to 101.27, aided by better industrial production, imports of electrical machinery and power consumption data, it said.

Hopefully, local firms such as flat-panel suppliers could benefit from order transfers if the disease situation intensifies in China and South Korea, Wu said.

The virus could prompt more Taiwanese firms to adjust their deployment strategy and diversify the locations of their manufacturing bases, Wu said, adding that Taiwan could emerge as a good investment destination.

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An Apple Inc shareholder proposal critical of the company’s app removals in China received a relatively high level of support at the iPhone maker’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, enough to push the company to respond, experts said.

The proposal, which called for Apple to report whether it has “publicly committed to respect freedom of expression as a human right,” was defeated, but 40.6 percent of votes cast supported the measure, company figures showed.

The proposal highlighted Apple’s 2017 removal of virtual private network apps from its App Store in China.

Such apps allow users to bypass China’s so-called Great Firewall aimed at restricting access to overseas sites, and Apple’s action was seen as a step to preserve access to the country’s vast market.

The vote stood in contrast to previous years when critics made little headway with big investors on the issue.

“A total this high is a striking warning — and it must have come from big institutional investors, not just retail shareholders — that Apple’s human rights policy in China has become a material risk for the company’s reputation,” said Stephen Davis, a senior fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program on Corporate Governance.

“Apple will be under great pressure to respond rather than ignore this vote,” Davis said.

An Apple spokesman declined to comment on the results.

Apple had opposed the proposal, saying it already provides extensive information about when it takes down apps at the request of governments around the world and that it follows the laws in countries where it operates.

SumOfUs, the group that put the measure on the ballot, celebrated the totals.

“Apple’s investors have sounded the alarm that [CEO] Tim Cook needs to listen to the concerns raised by frontline communities such as Tibetans and Uighurs who have long suffered under a tech dystopia,” SumOfUs campaign manager Sondhya Gupta said.

In the past, Apple shareholders have voted down human rights measures related to China by much larger margins.

A 2018 proposal that urged Apple to create a human rights panel to oversee issues such as workplace conditions and censorship in China was defeated, with 94.4 percent of votes cast against it.

Sentiment appears to have shifted, experts said.

“Given the high level of support received for the proposal, we expect to see the company engage with its shareholders on the issue and report to shareholders about what happened in the engagements, including any potential actions it intends to take as a result,” said Kern McPherson, vice president of research and engagement for proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co, which supported the measure.

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