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An anonymous Facebook post earlier this month, made by someone claiming to be a student at National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Department of Atmospheric Sciences, predicted that Taipei would announce school and work closures for Typhoon Fung-wong for at least two days from Wednesday to Friday last week.

The person promised to give away 100 fried chicken cutlets and cups of bubble milk tea if only one day of closures was announced, or 300 cutlets and cups of tea if their prediction was completely incorrect.

The post got hundreds of people to gather in front of NTU’s Fu Bell on Sunday for nothing. This revealed the fragility of Taiwanese society’s information literacy and culture of trust. This vulnerability is linked to the nation’s status as a scam hotspot.

People believed the post not because Taiwanese are especially easy to fool, but because the message aligned perfectly with their expectations. The collective desire for a typhoon day off made many willing to trust anything that appeared even vaguely professional.

The same is often true for scams. Whether it is the desire to pay off debts, make money, win prizes or find romance, when a message aligns with a person’s hopes, they tend to overlook its red flags. This confirmation bias is a universal psychological tendency shared by all humans.

The virality of the fried chicken incident and the success of scams rely on a false sense of authority. The anonymous poster claimed to be an NTU student from a professional department, which boosted their credibility. Similarly, scam groups tend to impersonate prosecutors, police officers, banks or official accounts, so sometimes, one phone call is enough to frighten people into believing them without question.

Taiwanese society has long placed strong trust in the authorities, which in turn makes it easy for authority impersonators to succeed. This is a sign that public education has neglected risk literacy for too long.

Furthermore, the more that people like and comment on a post, or line up for something, the more real those things appear to be. Herd mentality turns “everyone believes it” into “it must be true.”

Scammers exploit this tendency. A fake investment group with 5,000 members or posts filled with interactions from fake accounts creates the illusion of a real and safe community.

Information literacy has long been lacking in Taiwan. From elementary school to university, there are very few programs that teach media literacy, verification skills or online safety. In an environment overwhelmed by information, people are often left to rely on their intuition.

The cost of the fried chicken incident was merely a wasted trip to NTU. However, in cases of fraud, the cost could be someone’s life savings, torn families or even threats to personal safety.

Taiwanese are not “easily fooled.” Rather, Taiwan is an environment where it is too easy for scams to succeed. Until comprehensive media literacy education, reliable channels for fact-checking and effective oversight of social media platforms are established, scam groups and anonymous rumors would continue to flourish.

The NTU fried chicken incident might be funny and unbelievable, but it reveals a deeper vulnerability in Taiwan’s information environment.

Without adequate media literacy education, verification mechanisms and platform oversight, similar situations would continue to occur, gradually eroding the trust and safety that Taiwanese society has worked so hard to build.

In the age of information chaos, fact-checking is a skill essential for protecting ourselves.

Ken is the pen name of a social worker.

Translated by Kyra Gustavsen

title: Improving information literacy of Taiwanese


content_text: Chinese agents often target Taiwanese officials who are motivated by financial gain rather than ideology, while people who are found guilty of spying face lenient punishments in Taiwan, a researcher said on Tuesday.While the law says that foreign agents can be sentenced to death, people who are convicted of spying for Beijing often serve less than nine months in prison because Taiwan does not formally recognize China as a foreign nation, Institute for National Defense and Security Research fellow Su Tzu-yun (蘇紫雲) said.Many officials and military personnel sell information to China believing it to be of little value, unaware that

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Investing in women and children is not charity, it is strategy. It builds human capital, strengthens economies and stabilizes societies

As many of the world’s leaders convene in South Africa for the G20, we face a sobering truth: Progress for women, children and adolescents — the foundation of human development — is faltering. Decades of hard-won gains in survival, education and equality are at risk. In too many countries, maternal and child deaths are rising, conflicts are eroding health systems, and climate and economic shocks are widening inequalities.

This is not acceptable. Women and children’s well-being is not a secondary issue to be revisited once geopolitical crises subside. It is central to peace, stability and prosperity. No nation can achieve sustainable development, nor ensure its own security, while half its population is denied health, safety and opportunity.

Healthy women and children are a key measure of national welfare. Yet more than 5 million women and children die every year during pregnancy, childbirth or shortly thereafter, most from preventable causes. Nearly 250 million children younger than 5 (one in three) are at risk of not reaching their full potential because of malnutrition, disease and lack of early learning opportunities.

These statistics hide painful human realities. Even now a woman somewhere in the world still bleeds to death while giving birth, often because a clinic lacks basic supplies or skilled care. Meanwhile, we witness unprecedented advances in wealth and technology, yet the benefits remain unevenly shared. These contrasts reveal a profound moral failure in our priorities.

When health systems fail women and children, societies suffer long after the immediate crisis fades. Studies show that every US$1 invested in maternal, newborn and child health yields up to US$20 in economic and social returns. By contrast, neglecting these investments undermines labor markets, productivity and social cohesion.

We cannot speak of progress for women and children without addressing their sexual and reproductive well-being. Each year about 21 million adolescent girls become pregnant and 12 million give birth. This is often due to early marriage or lack of access to essential health information and services. Many still face barriers to voluntary family planning and basic maternal care, putting their health and futures at risk. Supporting adolescent girls with education, information and access to quality healthcare is one of the smartest investments any society can make.

Women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health is not only a development issue, it is a moral and strategic imperative. It is rooted in the universal right to health and dignity, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reaffirmed in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but human rights commitments mean little without resources, accountability and political will. The rate of reduction in mortality has decreased since 2015, and in some countries maternal deaths are rising. Importantly, 64 percent of preventable maternal and child deaths occur in conflict and fragile settings. Each loss is both a personal tragedy and a sign of collective failure.

The link between peace and women’s welfare has been well established. Countries with greater gender equality are less likely to go to war, more resilient to conflict and more stable. When women participate meaningfully in peace processes, the probability of an agreement lasting at least two years increases by 20 percent, and the prospect of lasting 15 years by 35 percent.

The G20 is meeting at a time of deep geopolitical tension, amid wars, climate catastrophes and economic uncertainty. Global solidarity is under strain and development assistance is facing renewed pressures. Yet this is precisely when leadership matters most. Investing in women and children is not charity, it is strategy. It builds human capital, strengthens economies and stabilizes societies. A strong global economy depends on strong families, and strong families depend on healthy women and children.

Consider the demographic reality: A majority of the world’s population lives in low and middle-income countries, where most maternal and child deaths occur. If these nations cannot protect and educate their young people, the consequences would be global. This manifests itself as lost productivity, migration pressures and insecurity.

The G20, which represents 80 percent of the global economy, holds the power to reverse this dangerous drift. We urge G20 leaders to make women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health a central pillar of global recovery and security. This requires three urgent steps:

RECOMMIT TO GLOBAL TARGETS

The world is on track to miss the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. G20 nations must reaffirm their commitment to reducing maternal and child mortality, ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health, and protecting adolescent health and rights.

PROTECT AND EXPAND FINANCING

Despite economic pressures, investment in primary healthcare and community health workers remains one of the highest-return interventions available. Diversified financing mechanisms can help sustain progress.

INTEGRATE WOMEN’S, CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENTS’ HEALTH INTO PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDAS

Humanitarian aid, efforts to build peace and global security strategies must explicitly prioritize women and children, not as passive victims, but as agents of recovery and resilience.

On the margins of the 80th UN General Assembly, the Global Leaders’ Network for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health reaffirmed the urgency of placing women, children and young people at the center of global health and development agendas. As global citizens, we must lead by example, championing investment, accountability and action.

The faltering progress is not inevitable. It is the result of choices. We can choose to turn away, distracted by crises and competition, or we can choose to lead, placing human well-being at the center of decisionmaking. As the G20 deliberates on growth, finance and security, it must remember a simple truth: Nations cannot succeed when mothers die of preventable causes giving birth and children go hungry.

The test of leadership today is in action, not rhetoric. Let this G20 be remembered as the moment the world renewed its commitment to those who make life possible and to the future they represent.

Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of South Africa and chair of the Global Leaders Network. Helen Clark is a former prime minister of New Zealand and chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. This column reflects the personal views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.

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The resolution dictates that a ‘board of peace’ is to supervise an International Stabilization Force, whose membership is as yet unknown

The resolution passed by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday, aimed at turning the precarious Gaza ceasefire into a real peace plan, is one of the oddest in UN history.

It puts US President Donald Trump in supreme control of Gaza, perhaps with former British prime minister Tony Blair as his immediate subordinate in a “board of peace,” which is to oversee multinational peacekeeping troops, a committee of Palestinian technocrats and a local police force for two years.

No one knows who else would be on the “board of peace” — only that it would, as Trump declared on social media, “be chaired by me, and include the most powerful and respected” leaders throughout the world.

The board is to report to the UN Security Council, but would not be subordinate to the UN, or subject to past UN resolutions. It is to supervise an International Stabilization Force (ISF), whose membership is also undetermined, but which the US wants to deploy by January next year. The countries the US has approached — including Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates — are tentative. The resolution says the ISF would ensure the process of demilitarizing Gaza — suggesting that it would have to take weapons away from Hamas, which insisted immediately after the UN vote that it would not disarm.

There is little appetite among the would-be troop contributors for a direct confrontation with its battle-hardened fighters.

The ISF would take over security in territory now occupied by Israeli forces, but that could also be a recipe for clashes, especially if the Israelis are reluctant to leave.

There is no greater clarity over the Palestinian committee of technocrats who are to be tasked with the day-to-day running of the Gaza Strip, under the guidance of Trump and his fellow leaders. It would be hard, to say the least, to find any such technocrats, prepared to work for Trump, who would hold any sway with the 2.2 million surviving Palestinians in Gaza. The same goes for the putative police force.

Despite the miasma of vagueness, UN Security Council Resolution 2803 invested all these aspirational bodies with the force of international law, in an effort to turn Trump’s 20-point peace proposal into some sort of plan and solidify last month’s shaky US-brokered ceasefire into an enduring peace.

That the resolution passed 13-0 with Russia and China abstaining is testament to its calculated haziness, as well as the global exhaustion and desperation over Gaza after two years of Israeli bombardment, which has left more than 70,000 dead, some 70 percent of the buildings in the coastal territory razed to the ground, and a finding by a UN commission that Israel has committed genocide.

After the vote, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz described the resolution as transformative — “a new course in the Middle East, for Israelis and Palestinians, and all the people of the region alike.”

When it was the turn for the other UN Security Council members to speak, they were altogether more cautious, framing their support or acquiescence more in terms of what might follow from the resolution, rather than what was actually in the text.

This was especially true when it came to Palestinian statehood. On the insistence of the Arab and Islamic states, the resolution had been revised to at least mention a future Palestine, but it did so not by referring to the fundamental right of Palestinians to self-determination and the international commitment to a two-state commitment, but in the language of a distant, conditional and elusive offer. If the Palestinian Authority reformed itself satisfactorily and Gaza’s rebuilding advances, it said “conditions may be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”

Mealymouthed as it sounds, European diplomats saw a significant victory in getting a Trump administration envoy to say the words “Palestinian self-determination and statehood” out loud, whatever the caveats.

The veteran US negotiator and Middle East expert, Aaron David Miller, also saw the resolution as a step toward a future Palestine.

“Whether the UNSC resolution can be implemented is unclear, but it reflects two new realities — Trump has internationalized the Gaza component of Palestinian issue and supported a two state solution as an end state,” Miller wrote on social media.

The wording of Resolution 2803 was certainly too much for the extreme right end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, who reacted with fury, forcing the prime minister to restate his own visceral objections to any suggestion of Palestinian sovereignty.

Those governments who held their noses and supported the resolution have drawn some solace from the discomfort of the Israeli far-right. In the view of the European and the Islamic states the passage of the resolution would keep Trump engaged, hopefully increasing the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza, while holding a door wedged ajar to the prospects of lasting peace and Palestinian statehood.

The more the international community is represented on the “board of peace,” and the more Arab and Islamic nations take part in the ISF, so the optimists in these capitals argue, the harder it would be for Israel to maintain its exclusive, US-approved control over the occupied territory.

In going along with the “Trump plan,” they hope to emulate and ultimately outdo Israel at its own game, riding the tiger of the US president’s ego in the hope of eventually steering him in their desired direction.

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US President Donald Trump’s trade wars and Chinese competition constitute formidable headwinds, but old economic orthodoxies are not the answer

In March, following angst-ridden months as Europe came to terms with US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, financial markets in Paris, Milan and Berlin were gripped by a surge of optimism. The cause was a historic deal brokered by then-German chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz, which loosened constitutional spending constraints in the EU’s powerhouse nation. Here at last, it was hoped, was the fiscal kick-start required to end a prolonged period of economic stagnation, and mitigate geopolitical headwinds blowing from the US and China.

Six months into Merz’s chancellorship, the angst is back and there are the first murmurings of rebellion. The chancellor’s plan included “whatever it takes” levels of defense spending, designed to prepare Germany for a changed era in which the US was no longer a dependable ally, and a huge 500 billion euros (US$581 billion) investment in infrastructure and the green transition, but last week, the chancellor’s team of economic advisers downgraded growth forecasts for next year to below 1 percent. Ahead of what would constitute a fourth year of near-flatlining, business confidence has slumped.

Lifting Germany’s “debt brake” was never going to be an instant panacea for longstanding problems. Patience is required, for example, before the full impact of spending on the country’s ailing transport systems is felt, but across Europe, patience is a virtue that is in short supply among voters, who feel that their living standards have been stagnating — or worse — since the crash of 2008. According to one survey, fewer than one in five Germans wish to see Merz standing again at the next federal election.

As the far-right Alternative for Germany party tops the polls, such disillusionment is a problem not just for the chancellor and his center-right-led coalition government, but for mainstream politics as a whole. Germany has found itself at the sharp end of a wider geopolitical storm: Russia’s war in Ukraine, aggressive Chinese competition and Trump’s trade wars have all combined to undermine an export-led model that underpinned European prosperity.

Merz was right to recognize that the exceptional times required a bold and imaginative fiscal response, but as discontent grows, he is already under pressure from critics to rein in social spending in the hope of increasing the nation’s competitiveness.

For a chancellor who once served on the supervisory board of Black Rock and forged a political reputation as a fiscal hawk, that would be a kind of reversion to type. Merz’s Social Democratic coalition partners would attempt to see off a threatened revolt by Christian Democrat lawmakers over a proposed pensions package, but the siren calls from familiar quarters on the right should be resisted more generally.

For Germany — and for Europe as a whole — the imperatives of the age are to revive a battered and bruised social model, and to turbocharge investment as the global economy is shaped to suit a multipolar world. Falling back on the failed economic orthodoxies of a previous era would only further empower the far-right, which began its gradual ascent during the austerity years that followed the crash.

Merz has had a difficult first six months in office, but as the scale of the challenges facing Europe’s most important economy becomes ever clearer, Germany cannot afford to go back to the future.

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Alperen Sengun on Wednesday scored 28 points and Kevin Durant added 20 to lead the Houston Rockets over the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-104, while reigning NBA champions the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 113-99.

Turkish center Sengun added 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Rockets (10-3), who stretched their win streak to five games, while reserve Aaron Holiday scored 14 of his 18 in the fourth quarter to silence a Cavaliers rally.

De’Andre Hunter led Cleveland with 25 points, while Donovan Mitchell scored 19 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for the Cavs (10-6), who got 18 points from Evan Mobley, the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year who could not contain Sengun.

The Houston Rockets’ Alperen Sengun, left, looks for an option as EvanMobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers defends during their NBA game at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday. Photo: David Dermer / Imagn Images

“I never back down from anybody,” Sengun said. “Doesn’t matter best defender in the league, anybody. At clutch time, I’m just going to go through him. I’m just going to get my shot and just finish the game.”

Cleveland ended the third quarter on a 23-5 run to pull within 74-70 and Mitchell revived in the final 12 minutes, but the Rockets would not be denied.

Oklahoma City improved to a league-best 15-1 and 7-0 at home as reigning NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Thunder win streak reached seven games.

The Houston Rockets’ Alperen Sengun, left, and Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers vie for the ball during their NBA game at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Chet Holmgren added 21 points and seven rebounds for the Thunder, who inflicted a seventh consecutive loss upon Sacramento (3-12).

Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had a triple-double to power the Denver Nuggets to a 125-118 victory against the New Orleans Pelicans.

The 30-year-old Serbian center had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for the Nuggets, who were led by Peyton Watson’s 32 points and 12 rebounds.

From left, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Sacramento Kings’ Maxime Raynaud and Isaiah Hartenstein of the Thunder vie for the ball their NBA game at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Photo: Alonzo Adams / Imagn Images

The Indiana Pacers (2-13) snapped an eight-game losing streak as Bennedict Mathurin had 24 points and 12 rebounds, while Pascal Siakam added 22 points and seven assists for the Pacers in a 127-118 home victory over the Charlotte Hornets.

In Philadelphia, Brandon Ingram and R.J. Barrett each scored 22 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 121-112 victory over the 76ers. Tyrese Maxey scored 24 points for the hosts in a losing cause.

With Stephen Curry sidelined for the Golden State Warriors due to a sore right ankle, the Miami Heat beat the Warriors 110-96 behind 25 points from Norman Powell and 20 from Bam Adebayo.

In Minneapolis, Julius Randle scored 32 points and Naz Reid added 28 off the bench to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves over the visiting Washington Wizards 120-109.

Kyshawn George scored 23 points to lead the Wizards, whose losing streak stretched to 12 games and record sank to 1-13.

Nikola Vucevic drained a three-pointer as time expired to cap a 27-point effort and give the Chicago Bulls a 122-121 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Chicago blew a 21-point fourth-quarter lead and trailed in the final seconds as Coby White drove into the lane.

He spotted the wide-open Vucevic on the wing and the 15-year veteran swished the shot to give the Bulls their second consecutive victory.

White contributed 25 points and seven assists off the bench as Chicago defeated the Trail Blazers for the seventh time in their past eight meetings.

Jalen Brunson scored 28 points in his return to the lineup and Landry Shamet hit a pair of three-pointers in the final 1 minute, 3 seconds as the New York Knicks beat the Dallas Mavericks 113-111.

Additional reporting by Reuters


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Three Taiwanese women on Wednesday advanced to the finals of the World Boxing Cup in India, including Olympic bronze medalists Wu Shih-yi and Chen Nien-chin.

Competing in the 65kg division against Neeraj Phogat of India, the 28-year-old Chen fell behind in the first two rounds of the semi-finals, but came out firing in the third round to pull off a comeback victory and secure a place in the finals, which were to begin at about press time last night.

Chen lost the first round, but wore down her opponent in the second. Although she ended the second round still slightly behind on points, she appeared confident going into the final round, as she launched an aggressive offensive, earning 10 points from all five judges to win the match.

Boxer Guo Yi-xuan, center, of Taiwan and coach Ko Wen-ming pose for a photograph at the Boxing World Cup in Greater Noida, India, on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Ko Wen-ming

After the bout, she told reporters that although she got off to a slow start, she knew she had the skills to win and just needed to adjust her approach.

“I just had to win,” Chen said, who won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games last year.

She was to fight Dione Burman of England in the finals, which Chen said would give her a chance to end the season “on a perfect note” and propel her to next year’s Asian Games, which are to be based in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.

Taiwanese boxers Wu Shih-yi, left, and Chen Nien-chin spar ahead of the Boxing World Cup in Greater Noida, India. Photo courtesy of the CTBA

Twenty-year-old Guo Yi-xuan of Taiwan also advanced to the finals of the World Cup tournament in Greater Noida, notching a 4-1 win over Zhansaya Rakhymberdi of Kazakhstan in the women’s 51kg semi-finals.

Guo came out strong in the first round, exchanging close-range punches to earn a slight lead. She maintained her strategy in the second round, countering effectively.

Despite a warning and a point deduction in the third round, she attacked fearlessly to secure victory.

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The top-seeded teams for the FIFA World Cup tournament draw on Dec. 5 — including Germany, but not Croatia — were set on Wednesday when FIFA published new rankings the day after four continents completed qualifying.

Cohosts the US, Canada and Mexico are to be joined in the pot of No. 1 seeds by top-ranked Spain, defending champions Argentina, as well as France, England, Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Croatia, semi-finalists in 2022 and beaten finalist by France in 2018, were edged down into pot 2 for the draw ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

A giant soccer ball is pictured outside FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Photo: Reuters yesterday.

The updated FIFA rankings also decided seeding for the draw for playoff brackets in March that are to decide the final six entries in the expanded 48-nation lineup. The draw was to be conducted after press time last night.

The 22 playoffs teams include 16 in Europe playing for four World Cup places and six from the other regions chasing two spots in the intercontinental brackets.

Italy is the headliner in the European brackets as the four-time world champions aim to avoid a humiliating third straight exit in the playoffs.

Twelfth-ranked Italy were pushed into the playoffs after finishing runners-up in a qualifying group won by Norway. Erling Haaland’s Norway team are shaping up as a dangerous option from pot 3 in two weeks’ time.

Italy were to be drawn yesterday at home against a fourth-seeded team. It could again be North Macedonia, who shockingly eliminated Italy in 2022.

The winners on March 26 advance to a playoff final five days later against the team who emerge from the No. 2 seed versus No. 3 seed pairing in their knockout bracket.

Home advantage in the single-game playoff finals were to be decided by yesterday’s draw and not FIFA ranking.

The teams who emerge from the four separate European playoff brackets are expected to be placeholders from low-ranked pot 4 in the Dec. 5 draw.

Top-seeded Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo await the winners of playoff semi-finals that involve Bolivia, Jamaica, New Caledonia and Suriname in the intercontinental brackets.


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Captain Ben Stokes tells England to ‘write its own history’ ahead of Ashes

England captain Ben Stokes yesterday said that beating “a seriously good” Australia would be tough, but his team was up for the challenge and had a golden opportunity to rewrite Ashes history.

The tourists have not won a series in Australia for 15 years and have crashed to defeat in 13 of 15 Tests against the home side since, with two more drawn.

However, with Australia missing influential pace spearheads Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood for the first Test, which is to start in Perth today, Stokes was upbeat about England’s chances.

England captain Ben Stokes attends a practice session at Perth Stadium in in Australia yesterday. Photo: AFP

“Coming to Australia, playing against Australia, they’re a seriously good team,” he said. “Everyone, including myself, knows the record of England over the history of Ashes in Australia isn’t the best, but you know, we’ve got an opportunity here over the next two-and-a-half months to write our own history.”

“We’ve obviously come here with a goal and that goal is to get on that plane mid-January, returning to England being Ashes winners,” he said. “We know it’s going to be very, very tough. It’s going to be hard because beating Australia is not an easy thing.”

England named a 12-man squad for the opening Test, but are set to leave the final decision on who to omit until the toss.

England captain Ben Stokes, left, speaks with coach Brendon McCullum during a practice session at Perth Stadium in Australia yesterday ahead of the first Ashes Test today. Photo: AFP

Much will depend on how veteran paceman Mark Wood is feeling after an injury scare last week, along with a final look at the wicket, which is expected to be lively.

If Wood is good to go, they will potentially field an all-speed attack also boasting Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse, although the option of including off-spinner Shoaib Bashir remains on the table.

Wood only sent down eight overs in a game last week before heading for scans on a hamstring niggle. He was cleared, but has barely played since knee surgery earlier this year.


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A Singaporean minister said that he “should have been more respectful” after calling Hong Kong soccer players and fans “idiots” following a decisive qualifier for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.

David Neo’s remarks sparked criticism and overshadowed Singapore’s 2-1 win in Hong Kong, which took them to the continent’s top competition for the first time since 1984.

Neo congratulated the Singapore team in the changing room after Tuesday’s game, calling the result “fantastic,” according to a video clip posted on Instagram by one of the players.

Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo addressing Singapore’s national football team following their 2-1 away win over Hong Kong on Nov 18. Photo grab from David Neo/ Instagram

“You [were] pressured by them, all the fans were bloody idiots, end up players ... they also played like idiots, but you all played like lions,” Neo said.

Neo, the acting minister for culture, community and youth, later said he regretted the remarks.

“Indeed, I probably should have been more respectful,” he wrote on Instagram in response to a comment on there condemning his remarks. “I take back what I said. The Hong Kong team was really tough and their fans were fully behind them. That’s something we should respect, and let’s also get behind our Lions.”

Singapore’s nickname is the Lions.

Neo’s ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment yesterday.

Hong Kong’s soccer association also did not respond to a similar request.

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title: US must include Kyiv in peace talks: EU

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‘STOP THE BLOODSHED’: The French foreign minister said that peace should not mean ‘capitulation,’ while Zelenskiy repeated that US leadership is needed to end the war

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas yesterday said that Kyiv and Europe needed to be involved in any Ukraine peace plan, as the US pushes a new proposal that appears to repeat Russia’s demands.

“For any plan to work, it needs Ukrainians and Europeans on board,” Kallas told reporters ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. “We have to understand that in this war, there is one aggressor and one victim. So we haven’t heard of any concessions on the Russian side.”

The US has signaled to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a US-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Rescuers in Ternopil, Ukraine, yesterday clear debris at an apartment building that was hit by a Russian missile on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

The sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the proposals included cutting the size of Ukraine’s armed forces, among other things.

Such a plan would represent a major setback for Kyiv as it faces further Russian territorial gains in eastern Ukraine and with Zelenskiy tackling a corruption scandal, which on Wednesday saw parliament dismiss the nation’s energy and justice ministers.

Kallas said that as far as she knew there had been no input from Ukraine or its European backers on the deal.

“We welcome all meaningful efforts to end this war, but like we have said before it has to be just and lasting,” she said. “If Russia really wanted peace it could have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire already.”

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot insisted that peace in Ukraine could not mean “capitulation” for Kyiv.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that Washington “will continue to develop a list of potential ideas for ending this war based on input from both sides of this conflict.”

“Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions,” Rubio said.

A senior Ukrainian official earlier said that Kyiv had received “signals” about a set of US proposals to end the war that Washington has discussed with Russia.

Ukraine has had no role in preparing the peace proposals, the source said.

Zelenskiy, who on Wednesday held talks in Ankara with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, was yesterday due to meet US Army officials in Kyiv.

In comments on Telegram, Zelenskiy did not mention Washington’s framework, but called for effective US leadership to help bring the more than three-and-a-half-year-old war to an end.

“The main thing for stopping the bloodshed and achieving lasting peace is that we work in coordination with all our partners and that American leadership remains effective, strong,” Zelenskiy wrote after meeting Erdogan.

Separately, Zelenskiy yesterday that said 22 people were still missing in Ternopil, a day after a Russian strike there killed at least 26 people, including three children.

In one of the deadliest strikes on western Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022, a missile ripped off the top floors of a block of apartments in the city, with rescuers struggling to search for survivors amid the rubble.


title: China, US activity rises in Pacific: monitor

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SHOW OF FORCE: The US has held nine multilateral drills near Guam in the past four months, which Australia said was important to deter coercion in the region

Five Chinese research vessels, including ships used for space and missile tracking and underwater mapping, were active in the northwest Pacific last month, as the US stepped up military exercises, data compiled by a Guam-based group shows.

Rapid militarization in the northern Pacific gets insufficient attention, the Pacific Center for Island Security said, adding that it makes island populations a potential target in any great-power conflict.

“If you look at the number of US and bilateral and multilateral exercises, there is a lot of activity,” Leland Bettis, the director of the group that seeks to flag regional security risks, said in an interview.

The Tarawa atoll, the capital of the archipelago nation of Kiribati, is pictured on Sept. 11, 2001. Photo: AFP

“Is the fact that the Chinese are sending research vessels into this area to map what is effectively undersea battle space surprising? Probably not,” he said.

The center’s Micronesia Security Monitor, launched yesterday, showed three Chinese research vessels, including the space and missile tracking ship Yuanwang 7, near the tiny Pacific island of Kiribati over the last month.

A Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii with close ties to Beijing after switching recognition from Taiwan in 2019, Kiribati has a vast exclusive economic zone spanning 3.6 million square kilometers.

Last year it expressed concern at China’s test of an intercontinental missile that landed near its waters.

Two more Chinese research vessels traveled east of the US territory of Guam, near island states with US defense compacts, the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands, the monitor showed.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to a request for comment on the purpose of the Pacific research vessel activity. Kiribati did not respond to a request for comment.

Between August and this month, the US has held nine multilateral war drills near Guam with allies, the monitor showed.

Exercise Malabar — which saw Australia, India, Japan and the US drill anti-submarine warfare and air defenses — concluded yesterday with the Australian Defence Force saying the exercise was important to “deter coercion in the Indo-Pacific.”

The US has military bases in Guam and Marshall Islands, and overflight rights and maritime access to three freely associated states, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.

Palau and the Marshall Islands are diplomatic allies of Taiwan.

“Thirty years ago the US presence in these places would have been a deterrent; today that makes us a target, as a result of modern technology,” Bettis, who lives in Guam, said shortly before yesterday’s launch.

The monitor’s visuals also showed the spread of the US military footprint across Micronesia, including upgraded wharves and airfields.

The project is funded by commercial donors, the Carnegie Corp and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.


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The Korea Coast Guard yesterday launched an investigation into a ferry that ran aground overnight, arresting the first officer and an Indonesian crew member for suspected gross negligence, officers said.

The two were at the helm of the vessel and are suspected of waiting too long to override the autopilot, allowing the ship to run into an uninhabited island in a busy passage approaching the southwestern port of Mokpo, the coast guard officers said.

The 26,546-tonne ship, with a passenger capacity of 1,010 and multiple decks for cargo and passenger vehicles, ran aground as it approached Mokpo from the southern island of Jeju, but remained upright as all 267 people on board were rescued.

The Queen Jenuvia II ferry floats off the uninhabited islet of Jok off Sinan, South Korea, yesterday, after it ran aground on Wednesday. Photo: KOREA COAST GUARD via EPA

The incident rekindled memories in South Korea of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people, many of whom were children on a school trip. The Sewol sank in the same area, but further out to sea.

A coast guard investigator in Mokpo told a briefing that the crew members in the latest incident had given conflicting testimony.

“Whatever their testimonies so far, we’re looking at gross negligence,” Kim Hwang-gyun said.

In initial testimony, the first officer said he was watching news on his phone at the time of the incident.

The investigation would include a forensic examination of the crew members’ phones, the ferry’s navigation data and vessel traffic control in the area, Kim said.

Several people received medical attention, but no lives were in danger and the ferry sustained minor damage to the hull, other coast guard officials said.

The vessel did not veer off course and was sailing at 22 knots (41kph) within regulation when it failed to make a turn, Kim said.

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title: Londoners baffled by bizarre AI Christmas mural

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People in London were left baffled on Wednesday by what appeared to be a botched artificial intelligence (AI)-generated Christmas mural showing a Santa-like figure with a half-orange beard and revelers with disfigured faces.

The display in posh Kingston upon Thames in southwest London at first glance seems to depict a jolly crowd enjoying the festive season.

However, closer inspection reveals a disturbing array of figures including people with warped faces, a snowman with strange facial features and dogs with the heads of birds all bizarrely splashing through water.

Christmas lights are displayed on Regent Street in London on Wednesday. Photo: AP

A Father Christmas figure is pictured looking pained in the water at the foot of a rock. His eyes are shut, and his beard is half orange and half white.

The large-scale mural looms above several popular riverside restaurants in the upmarket town.

People who had seen it — and others keen to have their say — took to social media for a lively discussion.

“The entire thing is horrendous,” wrote one.

“I’m equal parts delighted and horrified,” another said.

“It beggars belief that if you’re going to use AI you wouldn’t even take a fraction of the time you’ve allegedly saved in producing whatever this is to at least check it a bit,” someone else added.

“This is magnificent,” chimed in another, prompting someone else to respond: “It’s worse every time you look.”

Kingston Upon Thames Council said in a statement it had had “no involvement in the planning or funding of the display.”

“The landowner has now confirmed to us that they will be removing the installation,” it added.


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On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that is guaranteed not to freeze to your fingers or face.

Natalie Paine is a French horn player in the Royal New Zealand Navy who since last month has been among 21 military members stationed in Antarctica. There, her melodies drift across the frozen Ross Sea from perhaps the most remote practice room on Earth.

“It’s beautiful and very inspiring,” Paine said. “I’ll sit there by the window and I will do my routine and play music in my time off, which is not very often.”

Natalie Paine plays a plastic French horn at Scott Base in Antarctica on Sunday. Photo: Anthony Powell, Antarctica New Zealand via AP

Paine grew up in the hot, dry climate of Adelaide, Australia, where she dreamed of visiting the frozen continent as a scientist.

She studied music instead, putting Antarctica out of her mind. Years later, as a musician in the New Zealand’s navy, she learned that military members were stationed in Antarctica to support the work of scientists.

When she asked, her instructor said any military member could win one of the coveted assignments.

“My eyes lit up and I was like: ‘What? Even a musician?’” Paine said. “He’s like: ‘Heck yeah, why not?’”

Her dream was revived, but enacting it was not simple. It took four years of unsuccessful applications before Paine landed a posting as a communications operator.

It is a consuming job, worked in six-day stretches that leave little time for music. Paine monitors radio, phone, e-mail and other communications traffic at Scott Base, sometimes speaking to people on the ice who have not heard other voices for weeks.

In whatever window she can find, Paine squeezes in scales and mouth exercises, going to great lengths not to disturb others on round-the-clock shifts. That means slipping out of the main base to a hut built in 1957 under the leadership of explorer Sir Edmund Hillary.

“There’s so much beauty and it’s not tame either, it’s this wild, untamed beauty of the land around you and the animals as well,” she said. “It’s just so overwhelming, spiritually, emotionally, physically sometimes as well.”

Her practical dilemmas included finding an instrument suitable for Antarctica — something hardy, lighter than a brass French horn and less likely to freeze to her hands.

The winner, called a jHorn, is not elegant.

“It was designed to be a beginner brass instrument for children,” Paine said. “So it was like, super compact, super light plastic, very durable, nowhere near as much maintenance required.”

New Zealand’s navy does not have records of another military musician being posted to Antarctica, so Paine, who will be there until March, could be the first.

Her presence has delighted Scott Base and she has provided live music for ceremonies, such as the changing of the flag, instead of the usual tunes from a speaker.

“I had to have ski gloves on with double layers and hand warmers on the inside to be able to hold the trumpet and still my fingers were freezing,” she said.

Paine is likely one of the few musicians to perform a solo antarctic concert in minus-21°C.

She said the collective effort between nations to work together on the frozen continent had a familiar theme. It reminded her of music.

“Music is the universal language and it’s something that reminds us that we’re all connected,” she said. “It brings that connection back to home, back to land and back to the people you’re with as well.”

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NASA releases images of comet, rejects alien rumors

NASA on Wednesday released fresh images of the interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a comet probably older than our solar system, as US space agency officials dismissed speculation that it is actually an alien spacecraft.

3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July by an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, and has been tracked by astronomers since then. Its unusual trajectory indicated that it was passing through the solar system from parts unknown.

“It’s natural to wonder what it is. We love that the world wondered along with us,” Nicola Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, told a news briefing in Greenbelt, Maryland, referring to the comet as “our friendly solar system visitor.”

“We were quick to be able to say: ‘Yup, it definitely behaves like a comet.’ We certainly haven’t seen any technosignatures or anything from it that would lead us to believe it was anything other than a comet,” Fox said.

3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever observed by astronomers traveling through the solar system. The others were 1I/’Oumuamua, detected in 2017, and 2I/Borisov, discovered in 2019.

Comets are small solid celestial bodies that are a combination of rocky and icy material that evaporates as they warm when getting close to a star like our sun.

3I/ATLAS has attracted particular attention because of one scientist’s suggestion that it is not a comet, but rather alien technology due to its trajectory, composition and other factors.

At the outset of Wednesday’s briefing, NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya said: “To start with, I’d like to address the rumors” about the nature of 3I/ATLAS.

“I think it’s important that we talk about that. This object is a comet,” Kshatriya said. “It looks and behaves like a comet, and all evidence points to it being a comet.”

Kshatriya said that NASA missions are searching for signs of possible life beyond Earth, pointing to research published in September showing that a sample obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover of rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake contains potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.

“We want very much to find signs of life in the universe,” he said.


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INDONESIA

Hundreds flee eruption

Hundreds of people yesterday were staying in temporary shelters after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted, with officials evacuating about 190 people from its slopes, authorities said. Mount Semeru in eastern Java erupted on Wednesday afternoon, throwing ash and gas more than 13km away and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level. Volcanic activity had largely calmed down, but was still fluctuating yesterday, the Geological Agency said. Nearly 900 people were moved to shelters set up in schools, mosques and village halls after the eruption, disaster agency official Sultan Syafaat said.

A man and a woman ride a motorbike as Mount Semeru volcano spews volcanic ash during an eruption in the background, in Supiturang, Indonesia, yestserday. Photo: Reuters

UNITED STATES

Trump signs Epstein bill

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ordering the Department of Justice to release documents from its long-running investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — files eagerly sought by both his political opponents and members of Trump’s own base who have pressed for greater transparency in the case. The material could shed more light on the activities of Epstein, who socialized with Trump and other notable figures before his 2008 conviction on charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution. Trump, who had originally urged Republican lawmakers to oppose the measure, celebrated the signing in a social media post, saying it would help expose “the truth about certain Democrats and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein.” Only 20 percent of Americans — including just 44 percent of Republicans — approve of how Trump has handled the Epstein case, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

GREECE

Giant spider web found

Scientists have discovered a giant spider web spanning about half the size of a tennis court and with 111,000 spiders in a cave on the border between Greece and Albania. The web in the “Sulfur Cave” in the Vromoner Gorge covers 106m2, a study published in Subterranean Biology showed. In it are about 69,000 domestic house spiders, in addition to more than 42,000 Prinerigone vagans dwarf weavers, the study said. The researchers from universities and natural history museums in Albania, Romania, Belgium, Germany and Italy called the discovery “the first documented case of colonial web formation” of two species that are normally solitary. Based on its spatial distribution and dimensions, species composition and population density, in addition to the food resources, the spider colony is unique and remarkable, they said. The cave, so called because of its abundance of the chemical, completely straddles the border — its entrance is in Greece, while the deepest sections are under Albanian soil.

VATICAN CITY

Illinois gifts pope beer

Catholics believe in holy water. How about holy beer? Pope Leo on Wednesday received a special gift from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a four-pack of mild ale from a Chicago brewery. Pritzker, visiting Leo at the Vatican, handed the beers over to the pope as part of a gift exchange. He suggested that Leo, originally from Chicago and the first US pope, might enjoy a local brew. “We’ll put that in the fridge,” Leo responded, taking the beers and putting them on a table. The beer from Burning Bush Brewery on Chicago’s north side is named “Da Pope,” a play on a famous sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show about the Chicago Bears football team. The Vatican did not offer immediate comment about whether Leo, from Chicago’s south side, planned to sample the beverage.

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The government’s Gold Card was designed to ease the country’s labor shortage. But many foreign professionals discover that once they arrive, the jobs and support they were promised don’t materialize

Seven hundred job applications. One interview.

Marco Mascaro arrived in Taiwan last year with a PhD in engineering physics and years of experience at a European research center.

He thought his Gold Card would guarantee him a foothold in Taiwan’s job market.

The latest data from the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office shows the US leading with 3,596 recipients as of last month, while India ranks fourth with 1,071 cardholders, following recent promotional campaigns in the country. Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office

“It’s marketed as if Taiwan really needs you,” the 33-year-old Italian says. “The reality is that companies here don’t really need us.”

The Employment Gold Card was designed to fix Taiwan’s labor shortage by offering foreign professionals a combined resident visa and open work permit valid for three years.

But for many, like Mascaro, the welcome mat ends at the door.

Cumulative Employment Gold Card issuances have climbed from 188 in 2018 to 14,907 as of last month, underscoring Taiwan’s push to attract foreign professionals amid a looming labor shortage. Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office

A DEMAND PROBLEM

The government in 2020 set an ambitious goal of attracting 400,000 foreign professionals by 2030 to offset a projected labor shortage of up to 480,000 workers, according to the National Development Council.

That goal was revised last year to 120,000 by 2028, with 60,000 expected to come through professional talent.

title: Can Taiwan keep the talent it invites?


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Movie review: George Clooney stars in ‘Jay Kelly’, a Hollywood tale of self-discoveryDirector Noah Baumbach’s love letter to Hollywood beautifully weaves in fact with reality, warts and all

During his glittering career, George Clooney has played a casino thief, a Batman, a chain-gang convict, an assassin and a high-flying layoff artist. This fall, he’s stretching even more, playing an utterly charming and gorgeous movie star. Kidding!

Reality and fiction beautifully weave in and out in Jay Kelly, director Noah Baumbach’s love letter to Hollywood that, in other hands, could so easily have become just a love letter to Clooney.

The script by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer finds Clooney — sorry, Jay Kelly — in a sort of midlife funk. He’s 60, a universally beloved, deeply earnest movie hunk who has worked his way to the top and found, well, artifice.

“My life doesn’t really feel real,” he says at one point, an actor trained in pretending going meta playing an actor trained in pretending. In another scene he muses: “All my memories are movies.”

A chance meeting with an old acting partner — a brilliant Billy Crudup, whose character was betrayed by Kelly years ago — reveals some unpleasant truths. “Is there a person in there? Maybe you don’t actually exist,” he asks the star, sending Kelly on a journey of self-discovery that just so happens to lead to one of Clooney’s favorite places, Italy.

Kelly’s careful facade — the stories he tells about himself — soon gets chipped away. On his way the Hollywood hills, he apparently left some personal carnage behind. Jay Kelly is about those who sacrificed to get him there.

Adam Sandler and Laura Dern play Kelly’s long-suffering manager and publicist, respectively, while his resentful adult daughters are portrayed by Grace Edwards and Riley Keough. Kelly, we learn, put career first and that meant walking away from things like his daughters’ school recitals and making his staff miss things like their daughters’ school recitals. “He’s not our family or our friend,” Dern’s character screams in despair. “We’re not to him what he is to us.”

You’d expect Clooney to not have to shift out of second gear for this, but he gives a soulful performance, charming enough that his Kelly seduces a trainful of strangers in Italy with his aw-shucks charisma and yet also bristles when his oldest daughter makes him confront her abandonment issues.

“Do you know how I knew you didn’t want to spend time with me?” his daughter asks him, before answering in a line that will land like a gut punch with any parent: “Because you didn’t spend time with me.” Another killer: “I wish you were the man I thought you were.”

This being a movie about a movie star, Baumbach and Mortimer naturally surround their hero in classic film nods, from Alfred Hitchcock to Federico Fellini, whose visuals become a touchstone, like the sight of a priest licking two ice cream cones. There are jokes made about the Method school of acting and being a Dior ambassador, but this is ultimately about mortality and life choices, with one scene actually ending in a cemetery, a little too on the nose.

Kelly melts into past vignettes like watching his own long-ago breakout drama audition and his kids’ joyous household revelry. It reaches for the surreal in a mist-filled forest and finds redemption in, of course, a movie theater. A retrospective montage uses such real Clooney roles like Combat Academy and Up in the Air, further blurring the line between fact and fiction.

Clooney puts his ego on the line here, even mocking his heroic vibe when he chases a purse snatcher through a field, echoing his action roles. Even that turns out to be less than heroic. There emerges an off-putting, in-his-own-world Jay Gatsby vibe to him, alluded to by his first name and the name of one of his daughters, Daisy.


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Is Hollywood finally getting to grips with movies about artificial intelligence?As Gore Verbinski’s AI-apocalypse film hurtles towards us, it’s clear from the over-caffeinated trailer that we won’t be getting another ponderous parable about robot souls, digital enlightenment or the hubris of man

It’s easy to forget, given the current glut of robot-uprising doom flicks, that Hollywood has been doing the artificial intelligence thing for decades — long before anything resembling true AI existed in the real world. And now we live in an era in which a chatbot can write a passable sonnet, it is perhaps surprising that there hasn’t been a huge shift in how film-makers approach this particular corner of sci-fi.

Gareth Edwards’ The Creator (2023) is essentially the same story about AIs being the newly persecuted underclass as 1962’s The Creation of the Humanoids, except that the former has an US$80 million VFX budget and robot monks while the latter has community-theater production values. Moon (2009) and 1968’s 2001: A Space Odyssey are both about the anxiety of being trapped with a soft-voiced machine that knows more than you. Her (2013) is basically Electric Dreams (1984) with fewer synth-pop arpeggios.

No one is suggesting Hollywood should start making films about what AI actually does. It seems unlikely that film-goers would flood to multiplexes to catch a three-act tech farce in which a nefarious algorithm admits it can’t answer the hero’s question because it “doesn’t have access to data yet.” But we should at least be getting something that feels like it’s been inspired by recent developments, rather than expensively produced and lavishly recycled takes on stories we’ve all seen before.

From the look of its debut trailer, Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die may not be the bold reinvention of AI cinema we might want, but it is at least gesturing towards something new. This time, the AI in question doesn’t seem hugely interested in saving or destroying mankind; instead it’s acting like a chaotic, reality-bending dungeon master, running humans through a cosmic escape room for reasons that make sense only to itself. Could machines of the future have taken a note from modern day YouTubers who spend all day and night livestreaming their own digital reality? Is this all just a great big laugh at the expense of humanity by a god-like deity?

Perhaps this is more about the Deadpoolisation of modern blockbuster cinema, but the sense I get from this trailer is that Hollywood has finally run out of ways to make AI frightening, wise or soulful, and has decided to make it an endlessly glitched-out nonsense engine instead.

A jittery man from the future (Sam Rockwell) bursts into a diner to inform a random assortment of strangers that they must help him prevent the AI apocalypse. Suddenly we’re pinballing between spider-legged dollbots, neon-lit dystopian alleyways and what looks like a giant ungulate striding through suburbia, all intercut with quippy one-liners from people who seem to want to narrate their own AI apocalypse in real time. Mystical triangular glyphs are everywhere and set-pieces arrive with the panicked rhythm of a timeline that’s clearly being reloaded every 30 seconds.

There’s a definite hint of Everything Everywhere All At Once in the over-caffeinated speed-cutting chaos too, but at least we’re not being handed yet another ponderous parable about robot souls, digital enlightenment or the hubris of man. Verbinski’s film also stars Juno Temple and Haley Lu Richardson and is out in February, when we’ll presumably find out what unholy combination of prompts caused the timeline to glitch this badly in the first place.


countries: 中國 台灣 韓國 日本 澳門

title: 高市早苗「台灣有事論」引發中國全力反制  國際社會有何反應

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中國政府接連出招，試圖迫使日本首相高市早苗撤回涉及台灣防務言論。面對排山倒海的壓力，「鐵娘子」高市目前似乎仍未「退縮」。

繼發出停止赴日旅遊與留學警告、日本電影在華「被下架」後，據日本共同社報導，東京當局先後接獲北京通知，暫停進口日本水產，並停止日本牛肉對華出口磋商。

韓國當局星期四（11月20日）稱接獲北京通知，原訂即將在澳門舉行的第16次中日韓文化部長會議延期舉行。中國外交部發言人毛寧說，高市早苗言論「破壞中日韓三方合作的基礎和氛圍」，導致開會條件「暫不具備」。


countries: 韓國 台灣

title: Olive Young熱賣泥膜來台！李多慧愛用變代言　自認一敷就上癮

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▲李多慧的好肌膚讓人羨慕。（圖／翻攝自IG/le_dahye）

記者曾怡嘉／台北報導

外型亮眼、個性超親民的李多慧，不僅以甜美笑容與活力舞姿圈粉無數，近距離也毫無死角的「零毛孔水光肌」，更讓她成為眾人心目中的保養範本。但面對長時間帶妝、烈日強光與戶外高溫環境，李多慧坦言，要維持穩定透亮的膚況其實並不容易，她的保養最注重的就是深層清潔和維持肌膚穩定度。

▲李多慧從FULLY品牌愛用者變成代言人。

來台發展將近3年的她也分享：「剛到台灣時真的有點不適應，因為這裡比韓國濕熱，肌膚容易出油、有黏膩感；但長時間待在冷氣房時，又會覺得乾燥卡粉，膚況一度變27不太穩定。」，她很推薦FULLY綠番茄毛孔緊緻系列，品牌運用綠番茄中的番茄鹼，幫助溫和清潔，同時呵護毛孔。

▲李多慧最享受敷綠番茄泥膜的療癒感。

面對任何挑戰總是全力以赴的她，為了讓膚質維持在頂標狀態，對她而言「清潔」始終是肌膚維持良好狀態的第一步，並堅持結束工作回到家的第一件事，就是立刻卸妝並仔細清潔，李多慧說：「不管白天多累、多熱，卸妝和洗臉一定要做得徹底，這樣後續保養品才能真正被肌膚吸收。」她特別喜歡綠番茄卸妝油的輕盈質地，卸得乾淨又不緊繃，毛孔髒污都被瞬間溶解；每週2-3次使用綠番茄潔膚泥膜做深層清潔，特別加強T字與下巴部位，她笑說：「泥膜的質地像冰淇淋，敷起來既清爽又療癒！洗掉後臉變得超乾淨、超滑，真的會上癮！」

▲NYR尼爾氏 野玫瑰亮采萬用霜純素輕盈版，50g，1,980元。

NYR尼爾氏特別針對亞洲氣候以及肌膚保養需求，推出全新升級的「野玫瑰亮采萬用霜純素輕盈版」，以經典多效配方為基礎，結合多種天然植物成分，打造創新純素配方，輕盈質地提供肌膚溫和滋養與穩定修護，同步換上柔和淡粉色包裝，勾勒出純淨保養的溫柔感受。亞洲地區夏季悶熱潮濕，肌膚時常面臨乾燥缺水、屏障受損等挑戰，NYR尼爾氏野玫瑰亮采萬用霜純素輕盈版更加貼合膚況需求，讓肌膚在炎夏中也能自在呼吸、享受無負擔的純淨保養。


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記者蘇晟彥／台北報導

邁入創立30週年的Gamania橘子集團，把「Game × Mania」的狂熱基因全面升級，首度將玩心延伸至夜生活場景，以「不只遊戲，這橘有戲」為主題，攜手自家啤酒品牌以及全台首創DIY調酒吧BLAH BLAH Bar，推出限定體驗「GAMA 30 NIGHT OUT 今晚來一橘 BLAH！」；同時開幕夜更邀請到J.Sheon、電玩女神解婕翎等現身，與大家共同解鎖「橘式」夜生活魅力。

※ 未滿十八歲請勿飲酒，禁止酒駕，飲酒過量，有害健康。

▼J.Sheon替橘子30週年拉開序幕。（圖／ETtoday）

GAMA 30 NIGHT OUT集結時下最Lit的潮流元素，不僅可以享受限定聯名特調，還能體驗復古Y2K拍貼與AI虛擬偶像占卜等趣味互動；週末夜更由人氣歌手jocelyn9.4.0、冰球樂團及廣播界解憂雜貨店馬克信箱等輪番登台，讓夜貓族一路嗨到深夜！11月20日開幕夜，橘子特別邀請R&B派對靈魂人物J.Sheon化身「Night Out 派對玩家」，率先體驗特色展區與限定調酒，並分享遊戲啟發音樂創作的趣事。

穿越橘子30年！跨時代影像×Y2K飛炫拍貼×小橘人進化 一次玩爆回憶殺 以「Dare to Challenge」為核心精神的橘子集團，始終勇於挑戰與探索未知。此次邀請擅長跨界創作、對R&B保持狂熱的J.Sheon，以音樂與熱血呼應這份不設限的態度。活動現場，J.Sheon大方分享自己的「狂熱清單」，他笑說：「除了音樂，我也深陷過煮菜、健身、滑板和P圖的世界。我算是有點挑戰魂，雖然會先評估風險，但一旦決定就會全力以赴！」他認為渴望突破的狀態是生活最迷人的地方，也與橘子30年的挑戰基因不謀而合。談到跨界經驗，J.Sheon更是眼神發亮：「每次跨界、挑戰新風格都像遊戲破新關，那種出其不意、無法預測的感覺讓人無比上癮！」

現場橘子也將30年的狂熱與創意化為一系列跨時代的沉浸式體驗，瞄準夜行玩家的打卡清單： ● 「不只遊戲 這橘有戲」時光影像特區：以跨螢幕影像與沈浸式聲光體驗打造品牌展區，呈現橘子多元娛樂版圖的精彩演進。象徵跨時代融合的復古凸面鏡更是潮流玩家必拍的打卡點！● GAMA 飛炫拍貼機：以自帶未來科技感的鏡面拍照裝置復刻Y2K經典「拍貼機」，搭配橘子旗下經典遊戲IP的主題相框，以及客製化貼圖、繪畫與簽名功能，全面滿足粉絲收藏慾！完成指定任務還能獲得100元BLAH BLAH Bar折扣兌換券（儲值滿500元即可折抵，兌完為止）。● 小橘人派對牆：橘子品牌精神代表「小橘人」歷代造型首度大公開，一次看見橘子30年的進化。同時，橘子也於官網推出《任務啟動，立刻挑一橘！》AR濾鏡遊戲，邀玩家蒐集歷代小橘人配件、解鎖專屬AI風格照，完成挑戰還能抽GAMA BEER與多項限量好禮！

▼電競女神解婕翎也來到現場。

▼小橘人派對牆。

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橘式派對不停歇！品牌之夜音樂人、舞團、Live Podcast、DJ輪番登場 打造最潮夜生活 「GAMA 30 Night Out」將信義夜晚化作橘式創意舞台，於11/22、11/27、11/29舉辦品牌之夜，透過不同主題帶領粉絲穿越時空、盡情狂歡：● 11/22 Y2K 復古金曲時光機：跟著音樂新勢力Jocelyn9.4.0、wannasleep、阿橘Ahh G以及台灣K-pop Cover新生代舞團Zoom In，一起重溫千禧年的金曲能量與復古舞步。● 11/27 ACG 熱血狂歡派對：由馬克信箱開場，帶大家回顧學生時代的熱血遊戲記憶；接著由動漫推廣教主許君君熱唱經典神曲，搭配派對DJ醬哺少年連播動漫金曲，引爆二次元狂潮！● 11/29 聽團仔最愛野台開唱：將音樂祭搬進信義區，由冰球樂團、Who Cares胡凱兒與粗大Band聯手，以復古科技元素與搖滾現場打造專屬聽團仔的懷舊派對之夜。

【GAMA 30 NIGHT OUT 今晚來一橘 BLAH !】活動資訊

● 活動日期：2025年11月21日（五）至11月30日（日） ■ 星期日~星期四 15:00-22:00■ 星期五~星期六 14:00-23:00● 活動地點：BLAH BLAH Bar (台北市信義區松高路12號A8-B1)

title: 橘子集團30週年「用酒拉開序幕」　J.Sheon、解婕翎現身助陣

taiwan-subdivisions: 信義區 信義


countries: 英國 美國 法國 埃及 德國

title: 《美麗新世界117：羅馬治世》創歷代紀錄　破25年銷售最速

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記者蘇晟彥／綜合報導

Ubisoft 20日宣布，《美麗新世界117：羅馬治世》締造的非凡發售紀錄，成為該系列 25 年歷史上銷售速度最快的遊戲。在 Steam 全球暢銷榜上排名第二，並躋身德國、法國、英國和美國的暢銷榜前三名。

歷經 25 年和 7 部作品，《美麗新世界》系列憑藉著最新發售的《美麗新世界117：羅馬治世》，鞏固了其在策略遊戲市場中的地位。這款由 Ubisoft 美因茲工作室開發的遊戲，邀請玩家來到羅馬帝國最繁榮的時代形塑其命運。本作完美融合了策略城市建設、深度經濟模擬與 4X 元素，打造出令人身歷其境的世界，而其令人印象深刻的規模與震撼的視覺效果，更是引起了長年粉絲和新玩家的強烈共鳴。IGN 給予本作 9/10 的高分，並稱其為：「值得起立鼓掌的華麗古典城市建設遊戲。」

《美麗新世界117：羅馬治世》發售佳績． 史無前例的銷售佳績：本作成為該系列 25 年歷史上銷售速度最快的遊戲。在 Steam 全球暢銷榜上排名第二，並躋身德國、法國、英國和美國的暢銷榜前三名。． 廣獲好評：本作在 Metacritic 上的平均得分為 85 分，在 OpenCritic 上的評論家推薦率達 94%，並獲得評論界廣泛讚譽，使其成為該系列史上評分最高的《美麗新世界》作品。． 創紀錄的參與度：在發售後第一週內，《美麗新世界117：羅馬治世》的日均遊玩時間來到 3.7 小時，玩家人數更達到了史無前例的新高，使其成為該系列中玩家人口成長速度最快的作品。

《美麗新世界》執行製作人 Stéphane Jankowski 表示：「《美麗新世界117：羅馬治世》正式啟航，為我們深愛的系列和所有傾注熱情、創造力與無數時間的同仁們，寫下了嶄新篇章。我們虛心面對玩家的熱烈反應，開發團隊會繼續努力，持續聽取回饋意見，並致力於推出充滿雄心壯志的第一年內容，將我們的遊戲世界擴展至埃及行省！」


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▲桃園歷屆縣長受邀出席許信良《天命》新書發表。（圖／擷取自朱立倫臉書）

記者楊淑媛／桃園報導

國民黨前黨主席朱立倫20日於臉書Po文指出，民進黨前黨主席許信良昨日舉行《天命》新書發表暨桃園中壢事件48週年紀念，他和多位歷屆桃園縣長受邀出席，對他來說，這不只是一場新書活動，更像是回到當年桃園民主起步的現場，再一次思考台灣的未來要怎麼走。

朱立倫自曝一段和許信良鮮為人知的因緣指出，48年前，他還是建中高二的學生，許主席參選桃園縣長，他自願當他的助選員，到處替他拉票。那一段歷程，不只是一次的地方選舉，更是深深影響了我們那一代年輕人的民主啟蒙。

民主，是台灣最重要的根、最重要的力量，也是我們最珍貴的資產。民主不是某一個政黨的專利，而是大家共同守護的價值。即使意識形態不同，但民主的核心不能被改變，這是我一生堅定的信念。

朱立倫說，許主席當年對政治的反思，也給了他第二個重要啟發：政治應該以民為本。許主席對土地開發、公共政策、環境污染等問題的批評，後來都成為我擔任桃園縣長時最重要的改革方向。我們一棒接一棒、一代接一代，才有今天成長最快速、最具活力的桃園。

▲許信良《天命》新書發表，朱立倫曝曾為黨外助選受影響民主啟蒙。（圖／擷取自朱立倫臉書）

包括其在內的歷屆縣長，從吳伯雄、許信良、呂秀蓮、吳志揚到鄭文燦市長以及現在的張善政市長，桃園的發展沒有分藍綠，只有共同的目標：桃園更好，人民更好。這就是桃園民主的精神，也應該是台灣民主的方向。

台灣走到今天，不論立場如何、支持誰、屬於哪個政黨，我們都應該記得，台灣好、人民好，才是政治最重要的目的。朱立倫謝謝許信良前主席，也謝謝所有為民主努力的台灣人。讓我們繼續一棒接一棒，不分黨派，一起守護台灣、前進民主。

現年85歲的許信良是中壢區過嶺人，就讀政治大學時加入國民黨，1967年獲中山獎學金，赴英國求學，2年後返台，於1973年獲得國民黨提名參選臺灣省議員，並順利當選。1977年，許信良連續出版《風雨之聲》和《當仁不讓》兩書，進一步對國民黨的現狀提出嚴厲批評，引來黨內同志的撻伐，同年10月，許不顧國民黨多次警告，脫黨參選桃園縣長。

1977年11月19日因桃園地方政府的選務部門政府涉嫌作票，在支持許信良的民眾報警後，警方置之不理，據傳還保護疑似涉嫌作票的選務人員。中壢民眾群情激憤，爆發大規模示威，在衝突中引爆了中壢事件。桃園縣各投票所於是重新開票，許信良以22萬票對13萬票擊敗國民黨候選人歐憲瑜當選，而國民黨則開除許信良的黨籍。

taiwan-subdivisions: 中山 桃園 桃園縣 中壢

events: 參選 選舉

people: 許信良 朱立倫 吳志揚 呂秀蓮 鄭文燦

countries: 台灣 英國 臺灣

title: 許信良《天命》新書發表　朱立倫曝曾為黨外助選受影響民主啟蒙


title: 桃園鐵路地下化工程延宕　謝美英痛批：內壢痛苦指數飆高

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▲桃園市議員謝美英質詢桃園鐵路地下化工程延宕。（圖／謝美英服務處提供）

記者楊淑媛／桃園報導

桃園市議員謝美英20日於市議會市政質詢指出，桃園鐵路地下化工程延宕，臨時軌工程明年才會完工，甫啟動地下化周邊工程，內壢各連動路口、周邊道路經常動彈不得，交通拉警報，內壢地區民眾痛苦指數飆高。

謝美英說，今年五月質詢時，她要求各相關單位，針對內壢後站交通問題成立應變小組，平交道一旦有狀況，內壢站轉達即時通報，警察局馬上派員協助疏導，交通局也在各連動路口，設置警示看板，提早推播改道訊息。

內壢地區有四個平交道：自立永福路口、精忠莊敬路口、興仁路口、遠東路口，任何一個平交道一旦有狀況，所有路口馬上變成停車場。民眾反映，短短幾個月已經發生好幾次。每天要載小孩上學再去上班，結果小孩上學遲到，他上班也遲到，再不改善，他擔心自己遲到次數太多會被裁員。

謝美英說，只要內壢平交道一有狀況，車流回堵，莊敬路跟榮安一街整段像停車場，經常一塞就40分鐘，甚至1小時。不止民眾困擾，內壢所有里長也很疲勞，大家電話都接不完。整理這半年來，內壢火車站造成後站大塞車的幾個重要原因，其中，最大的原因是雨天！

雨天造成台鐵紅外線感應異常、廣播系統故障，是最大禍首；其他如車輛闖入鐵軌，造成柵欄斷裂、行人闖入等都是癱瘓道路交通的原因。

謝美英強調，綜觀以上各項，有兩項是台鐵設施問題，比例上，也是氣候造成設備異常。台鐵在設備檢修維護上是否確實？既然已決定要做鐵路地下化，疏導現有車流本來就是重要工作，沒想到，地下化工程根本還沒開始，交通噩夢卻提早。因此，呼籲市府正視問題的嚴重性，要求鐵道局提出專案協助，調派人力協助內壢後站、積極維護系統、設備，不能把所有交通問題丟給內壢站站務人員，徒增第一線人員壓力，對交通疏導完全沒幫助。


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▲「水裏去‧水里來，再憶繁華小台北」檔案月特展至月底為止。（圖／南投縣政府提供）

記者高堂堯／南投報導

11月是2025檔案月，水里地政事務所以「水裏去 水里來 再憶繁華小台北」為主題，策劃以地籍資料、地籍圖與地理位置為主軸的特展，帶領民眾穿越時光，從檔案圖籍中尋回水里鄉的歷史脈絡與人文風華。

水里地政所指出，水里鄉山明水秀、鐵道縱橫，昔日因集集支線的繁盛與木業、水利工程的興起而熱鬧非凡，街區商號林立、人聲鼎沸，見證地方經濟與人文的輝煌歲月，因此有「小台北」之稱；本次檔案月展覽即安排從「水裏去」的歷史足跡，到「水里來」的未來願景，呈現地方文化的延續與再生。

展出內容以水里永豐宮、車埕老街、水里火車站、鉅工發電廠、賴家古厝、水里地政事務所等在地景點為線索，結合珍貴的土地登記資料與地籍圖，分為「細說故里」、「簿簿相承」、「循圖覓跡」、「雲圖覓古」等主題單元，呈現地方產業發展與聚落變遷的故事。

地政所表示，透過檔案的保存與再現，可讓觀眾看見土地如何記錄人們的生活軌跡，體會每一筆地籍線條背後，皆是一段真實而動人的人文記憶，誠摯邀請民眾走進展場、讓檔案說話，一同重溫水里鄉的繁華歲月。

title: 2025檔案月到　水里地政所推特展重溫小台北繁華回憶

taiwan-subdivisions: 水里 集集 南投縣


taiwan-subdivisions: 南投 南投縣

title: 南投促進中高齡及高齡人口就業服務計畫　11／22起兩梯次開放報名中

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▲南投縣政府積極輔導計畫中年轉業或退休再就業者。（圖／南投縣政府提供，下同）

記者高堂堯／南投報導

為協助計畫中年轉業和退休後再就業者，南投縣政府規劃辦理「114年中高齡及高齡人口就業服務計畫」，正受理報名中，每梯次名額30人、額滿為止，邀請中高齡族群一起來認識新時代下的就業市場。

南投縣社會及勞動局指出，此次活動課程內容多元實用，包含「就業輔導與職業規劃」，「駕訓班參訪」、及「紓壓烘焙手作課程」等，目的在幫助學員重新盤點自我優勢，提升求職技巧，進一步能規劃自己的職業方向。

活動全程由主辦單位全額補助，並為學員投保意外險，並提供午餐及交通接送服務，報名方式也十分便利，只要掃描活動QR Code或點選連結即可線上報名，亦可電洽049-2221106分機1821賴小姐。

活動日期分為第一梯次11月22日(星期六，報名連結：https://forms.gle/yeUCuN6g4qUMw6eAA)、第二梯次11月29日(星期六，報名連結：https://forms.gle/sYzcxWe6QStQgLqU8)，地點在南投市內興里集會所暨活動中心(南投市中興路2號2樓，原南投市舊魚市場)。


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▲巧克力達人魏婉羽獲第四屆埔里職人獎。（圖／埔里鎮公所提供，下同）

記者高堂堯／南投報導

由埔里基督教醫院主辦的第四屆「埔里職人」獎得主日前揭曉，分別為天然漆工藝傳承者徐玉富、香菇產業技術革新者張朝源，以及特色巧克力創作家魏婉羽，院方將於21日舉辦頒獎典禮，為讓更多民眾看見長年隱身於生活角落、以專業與熱情默默付出的在地匠人。

埔基醫院與埔里鎮公所於今天在埔里鎮立圖書館舉行「第四屆愛的傳承—埔里職人頒獎典禮暨音樂會」記者會，三位得獎者親自分享創作歷程並展示多項代表作品，也彰顯技藝背後對家鄉深厚的情感與責任。

▲台灣天然漆產業技術關鍵保存者徐玉富。

徐玉富承襲父親於民國36年創立的天然漆工坊，自幼投入天然漆採取與製作、完整掌握傳統技術與實作能力，921地震後更親自修復龍南天然漆博物館，並推動天然漆文化教育、展示與課程，讓珍貴文化資產得以延續；其著有《臺灣天然漆百年史》，記錄產業脈絡與技術變遷，「臺灣天然漆產業技術」今年將完成文化資產登錄，徐玉富更為關鍵保存者。

▲菇類產業推進先鋒張朝源。

張朝源生於台東知本鄉，從事香菇培育超過半世紀，民國66年落腳南投後，投入香菇、秀珍菇等菇類生產，並引入「太空包」技術與改良栽培方式，使整體產量從四至五公斤提升至穩定的大量生產，並長年參與產業組織推動，是「台灣菇類發展協會」創立會員，曾獲「全國模範勞工」，除推展技術，更以大愛精神推廣知識、協助農友，為地方農業的堅定支柱。

魏婉羽為埔里「Cona’s 巧克力」主廚，長年以在地農產素材為靈感研發獨具風味的巧克力，今年以台灣紫米、刺蔥、馬告等食材創作巧克力作品，一口氣勇奪ICA世界巧克力大賽兩面銅牌，累積國際獎項已超過150面，其中有10面金牌，成功讓埔里在地文化被國際看見；他也長期推動青年返鄉、分享食農經驗，並致力地方文化共榮，是在地產業傳承的典範。

埔基院長蘇世強表示，每位職人的背後都有一段用手藝承載文化、用生命守護土地且不放棄的歷程，這項表揚活動不只代表一個獎項，而是一個讓地方被看見的平台，希望喚起社會對在地文化的重視，並從職人的精神中獲得力量；埔里鎮長廖志城說，三位職人把學到的、相信的、珍視的一切，一代代留在這塊土地上，即為最真實的「愛的傳承」，以及埔里共同的驕傲，2人也邀請各界一同參與明晚7時的頒獎典禮與音樂會。

taiwan-subdivisions: 埔里 成功 南投

countries: 臺灣 台灣

title: 第四屆埔里職人獎得主揭曉　國際金牌巧克力主廚魏婉羽等三人獲獎


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▲南投縣第3處社區心理衛生中心（埔里區）正式啟用。（圖／南投縣衛生局提供）

記者高堂堯／南投報導

繼南投區和竹山區後，南投縣埔里區社區心理衛生中心於19日正式開幕啟用，為全縣設立的第3處，南投縣衛生局指出，希望藉此提供在地化、可近性的心理健康服務。

南投縣代理秘書長簡青松、衛福部心理健康司長陳柏熹、縣府衛生局長陳南松、南投縣各醫事公會董(理)事長、醫療院所代表、社福團體、各級民意代表與學校等，昨天都出席共同為埔里區社區心理衛生中心揭牌。

陳柏熹表示，心理衛生中心是「心理的衛生所」，以社區為基礎，提供更即時且可近的心理健康服務，除提供精神疾病患者的照護與個案管理，亦將推動免費心理諮詢與諮商服務，深入社區進行心理健康衛教、危機介入及早期篩檢，期盼透過跨專業合作，補起社會安全網的漏洞、找出過去安全網沒接住的人，讓弱勢及高風險族群不再被忽略，打造更安全、健康與有韌性的社會。

簡青松說，心理健康和身體健康一樣重要，不論年齡都可能遇到壓力、低潮或需要傾聽的時候，過往可能因距離、交通、不願求助等進而錯過被幫助的機會，希望藉由該縣3處社區心理衛生中心，拉近人與人之間的距離；陳南松也指出，社區心理衛生中心專業服務團隊將秉持「耐心、用心、熱心、同理心、細心、貼心」等六心級的精神來守護民眾的心理健康，提供包括心理諮商、自殺防治、精神衛生、個案關懷追蹤、心理衛生宣導等多元服務。

衛生局提醒，若有任何心理健康需求，可洽各區社區心理衛生中心：南投區049-2202662、竹山區049-2631925、埔里區049-2911925，服務時間為週一至週五上午8時至下午5時，或撥打24小時免費安心專線1925、生命線1995，以及男性關懷專線0800-013-999；全縣13鄉鎮衛生所也都提供免費且保密的心理諮商，及與醫療單位合作推動15-45歲心理健康支持方案，民眾可至縣府衛生局網站、遠距之愛APP及LINE官方帳號線上預約諮詢。

title: 埔里區社區心理衛生中心揭牌啟用　南投縣第三處為社會安全網抓漏

taiwan-subdivisions: 埔里 南投縣 竹山


title: 陸電動車廠「零跑推全新小型休旅車A10」！11／21廣州車展首發

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圖文／7Car 小七車觀點

Leapmotor 持續擴大車款陣容，這次鎖定競爭最激烈的小型電動 SUV 市場，宣布將推出全新 A10。這款車定位低於 B10，同時還計畫由一款 A05 掀背車與之搭配。官方已釋出首批實車照片，預告將於 11 月 21 日在廣州車展進行全球首發。

從外型來看，A10 延續 Leapmotor 系列一貫的圓潤風格與流暢線條，以 wrap-around 擋風玻璃設計結合淡塑料護板，搭配 LED 燈組與深色光罩，營造出科技感與實用性的結合。現身車色有海藻綠（Seaweed Green）與橡果棕（Acorn Brown），並搭配五輻雙肋式鋁圈。雖然官方尚未正式公布車身尺碼，但預估車長約介於 4,200～4,300 毫米之間，定位於典型小型 SUV 級距。

A10 明顯搭載多項感知科技：車頂具備 LiDAR 雷達裝置，車身側面也可見多組感應器，顯示將配備完整的先進駕駛輔助系統（ADAS）。這與 Leapmotor 強調的「智慧」SUV 角色不謀而合。

室內預計將延續 Leapmotor 一貫的極簡設計思路，以寬大資訊娛樂螢幕為核心，儀表板布局乾淨俐落，乘坐人數為五人。其電動平台被官方形容為能有效利用空間的架構，且 A10 被標示為「智慧、高級、長續航」SUV。

至於動力架構，官方尚未公布細節，但外界普遍預測 A10 將採單馬達配置，續航力則會與同級小型電動車競爭。至於未來 A05 小型掀背的動力與車型走向，也備受關注。

2026 年型的 A10 以及 A05 同時將拓展至歐洲市場。這兩款車將加入 Leapmotor 在歐洲已有的陣容，包括 T03、B05、B10 和 C10。回到中國市場，Leapmotor 的產品線現有 B01、C01 轎車，以及 C11、C16、D19 等 SUV，A10 的加入進一步補齊小型純電 SUV 的空白。

在中國大陸市場銷量方面，Leapmotor 表現亮眼。今年 1 至 9 月，品牌累計交車 395,516 輛，年增率高達 129％，全球總銷量突破百萬大關。2025 年 10 月銷量更達到 70,289 輛，連續第六個月刷新單月銷售紀錄。

這次 A10 的發布，象徵 Leapmotor 對小型電動 SUV 市場依然高度野心，也顯示品牌正積極擴展技術實力與產品線。面對激戰的歐洲電動跨界車市場，A10 是否能憑著智慧配置與續航實力突圍，將是 Leapmotor 下一階段成長的重要觀察指標。


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Crypto.com 也將為 VerifiedX 提供場外交易功能

紐約2025年11月21日 /美通社/ — Crypto.com 與 VerifiedX (VFX) Network（VerifiedX.io，自助託管與 Web3 錢包基礎設施的大眾網絡與全球提供商）今天宣佈，Crypto.com 將支援 VerifiedX 為 15 億美元資產提供安全機構級託管和流動性，以及場外 (OTC) 交易功能。

透過此次合作，使用 VerifiedX 的符合資格機構可安全地使用 Crypto.com 的受監管兼機構級託管平台來儲存、管理和交易數碼貨幣。Crypto.com 的託管服務提供多用戶權限、可自訂的管治工作流程和受保障的託管解決方案，而滿足可擴展、低成本兼合規區塊鏈基礎設施的日益增長需求。

Crypto.com 總裁兼營運總監 Eric Anziani 表示：「Crypto.com Custody 是特別為機構級客戶的期望而設計。我們很高興獲 VerifiedX 選中，VerifiedX 是自助託管與數碼資產錢包領域的領袖。我們將進一步增強我們的現有託管服務，滿足全部客戶的需要。」

The VerifiedX Foundation 表示：「我們作為大眾網絡，使命清晰明確——創造無縫、安全兼全球存取的託管。我們與 Crypto.com 合作，而利用一流託管及流動性基礎設施，顯著提升此理念。該網絡透過整合 Crypto.com 的世界級兼受監管的託管與 OTC 交易能力，而加強自身向用戶與機構提供最安全兼最能擴展渠道的承諾，並與 VFX 生態系統之間的數碼資產進行互動。此合作將進一步推進具流動性與託管選擇的全球基礎設施，而支援新一代建設者與用戶在 VerifiedX 網絡上，進行支付、儲蓄、商貿和公用事業。」

這是繼 Crypto.com 與 VerifiedX 的首次合作——整合 Crypto.com Pay（Crypto.com 的支付解決方案）與入口匝道服務直接至 VerifiedX 的 Switchblade Wallets 後，而推出的最新計劃。這為日常用戶和開發者等，提供無縫、安全兼可擴展的體驗。

Crypto.com Custody 透過全面端到端兼以安全及保障為核心的解決方案，向符合資格的機構與高淨值客戶提供託管服務。對 Crypto.com 託管服務感興趣的潛在客戶，請於 crypto.com/custody 提交聯絡要求。

關於 Crypto.comCrypto.com 於 2016 年成立，深受全球數百萬用戶信賴，現已成為監管合規、安全與私隱領域的業界領袖。我們的願景很簡單：Cryptocurrency in Every Wallet™。Crypto.com 致力透過創新，加速加密貨幣的普及應用。

如欲了解更多，請瀏覽 https://crypto.com。

關於 VerifiedXVFX (VerifiedX.IO) 是大眾的網絡。VFX 是首個完全開源的去中心化網絡，除了是通用第 1 層網絡，也是比特幣專用側鏈／中繼鏈，為了達到實現數碼資產和實體資產的代幣化自助託管、鏈上儲存和點對點交易的目的。該網絡的原生代幣 (VFX) 可直接經錢包內使用，並利用 1:1 永久自助託管錨定（結合為資金的智能合約實用與完整資產回收功能）而實現經驗證比特幣代幣 (vBTC) 鑄造。

它為日常用戶提供強大錢包內和多個自助託管選項（計劃、交易、儲蓄、消費、借貸和託管比特幣、VFX 基金和數碼資產），而該等選項為 VerifiedX 理念的基石。該網絡作為首個通用第 1 層及比特幣中繼鏈，大幅降低全球普通用戶和整合商的擁有成本和阻力，並提供多層便利、安全與自主託管能力。

如欲了解更多，請瀏覽 VerifiedX.io。

聯絡方法press@crypto.com

title: VerifiedX 與 Crypto.com 攜手推出機構託管及交易解決方案


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Newton™（前身為Neurolens®）攜手香港明達眼鏡鏡片，為香港及中國市場呈獻治療性與預防性視覺解決方案

德克薩斯州達拉斯2025年11月21日 /美通社/ — 創新眼部護理技術領導者 Newton™, Inc.（前身為Neurolens®）今日宣佈，透過與香港明達眼鏡鏡片有限公司 (HKO) 建立戰略合作夥伴關係，正式進軍亞洲市場，並授予 HKO 作為香港及中國地區的獨家經銷商。Newton 國際化發展的重要里程碑，將 Neurolens 針對頭痛、頸部疼痛及暈動症的治療方案，以及 Sequel™ 鏡片預防日常數位視覺疲勞的功效，帶給全球兩大數碼化程度最高的市場中數百萬消費者。

此項合作標誌著 Newton 首次進軍亞洲市場的重大擴張。香港完善的醫療基礎設施使其成為 Newton 全系列產品的理想市場，而中國十億網路用戶規模及全球最大智慧型手機市場的地位，則為 Sequel 日常隱形眼鏡創造巨大商機。Newton 治療型與日常型隱形眼鏡解決方案的進駐，正受到兩大市場的熱切期待。

Newton 進軍香港市場獲得 HKO 策略夥伴 CMER Eye Centers 的支援，該中心已將 Neurolens N3 測量儀整合至其診所服務體系。為推動眼科護理教育發展，HKO 攜手 Newton 向亞洲頂尖視光學課程之一 —— 香港理工大學視光學院 (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Optometry) 捐贈N3儀器，使未來眼科護理專業人員得以運用這項創新技術接受培訓。

Newton 視力解決方案

神經元素治療系統：N3 診斷設備可提供客觀的眼球錯位測量結果。NeuroLens 治療鏡片採用專利 Contoured Prism™ 科技，能緩解因視覺錯位引發的頭痛、頸部疼痛、暈動症及眼睛疲勞，為高達 90% 的患者帶來舒緩效果。

Sequel Everyday Lens：專為日常配戴設計，能預防及緩解數碼眼疲勞，獨家 Convergence Boost™ 科技讓您在長時間使用螢幕時仍享有舒適視覺體驗。

Newton 首席執行官 Davis Corley 表示：「這項合作關係標誌著牛頓全球擴張的關鍵時刻。香港明達眼鏡鏡片的市場專業知識，使我們能夠為數百萬飽受頭痛、頸部疼痛、暈動症及數碼眼睛疲勞之苦的人們帶來舒緩。這只是 Newton 國際增長的開始。」

香港明達眼鏡鏡片董事總經理蘇統政補充說：「我們的傳承植根於夥伴至上的理念，透過與全球品牌緊密合作，將市場洞察轉化為現實成果。我們非常高興能與 Newton 合作，將頂尖的 Neurolens 與 Sequel 科技引入香港及中國市場。」

Newton 簡介 Newton 是透過卓越的患者體驗與療效成果，引領眼科護理革新的創新型企業。憑藉 Neurolens 系列產品中的專利曲面棱鏡技術，加上 Sequel 鏡片突破性的聚光增強技術，Newton 賦能眼科護理供應商實現可量化的症狀緩解，同時提升全業界的護理標準。

如欲了解更多資訊，請瀏覽：www.newton.tech。

香港明達眼鏡鏡片簡介50 多年來，香港明達眼鏡鏡片有限公司 (HKO) 始終站在亞洲眼鏡製造業的前線陣地。總部設於香港的 HKO，憑藉 3,000 名員工、13 座專業生產設施及 8 間國際辦事處所構成的強大整合網絡，提供從概念設計到品質保證運送的端到端製作服務。HKO 完美結合頂尖創新與精密製造，持續打造定義市場趨勢、滿足全球消費者動態需求的新世代高性能鏡片與鏡架。

countries: 中國 香港


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Education Cannot Wait 與 Save the Children 宣佈攜手合作，並與 Arup 以及 World Wildlife Fund 組成聯盟，共同為環保型臨時學習空間制定全新標準。

紐約2025年11月20日 /美通社/ — 隨著氣候變遷加劇，全球危機的規模與嚴重性有增無減，Education Cannot Wait (ECW) 宣佈向救助兒童會 (Save the Children) 提供 65 萬美元加速基金補助，並與工程顧問 Arup 以及世界自然基金會 (WWF) 組成聯盟，為危機環境中的臨時學習空間制定全新綠化標準。正當世界領袖齊聚 COP30 聯合國氣候變化大會，致力加速推動解決方案，以實現更可持續、更具韌性的未來，這項倡議彰顯出氣候行動與緊急情況下教育之間的重要關聯。

臨時學習空間，為身陷緊急狀況的兒童提供生命支援：從孟加拉國的難民營，以至南蘇丹的洪水區。然而該領域缺乏明確指引，未能說明如何以環保、韌性且包容的方式設計、建造及管理這些設施。缺乏適當標準，將導致資源浪費與環境日趨惡化，進而降低學習環境的質素。

為填補此缺口，本項補助計劃匯聚了救助兒童會於兒童權利與緊急救援領域的領導地位、 Arup 的技術專長，加上世界自然基金會深厚的環境知識，透過創新合作模式，將人道救援、工程技術與生態可持續性緊密連結起來。

救助兒童會「學習突破」全球教育總監 Marian Hodgkin 表示：「我們的臨時學習空間在危機中提供穩定與希望，而這份希望必須超越當下困境，支持長遠的穩定發展，故此我們必需將專業技術與兒童心聲相結合。當兒童參與塑造這些空間時，我們正在使學習空間變得更安全、更切合實際需求且更具包容性。透過確保這些學習空間能夠承擔環保責任與具備韌性，我們向孩子們展示：我們正為其未來作出投資。」

Arup 副總監兼 UKIMEA 教育業務負責人 Hayley Gryc 表示：「Arup 很榮幸能與救助兒童會及世界自然基金會合作，這要歸功於 Education Cannot Wait 行動的支援，為危機中的兒童打造安全、可持續且能夠適應不同氣候的環境。這項計劃是重新構思教育與氣候行動如何融合的重要一步，確保即使在世界上最具挑戰性的環境中，臨時學習空間也能同時維護人類尊嚴與環境責任。」

「臨時學習空間，是災後幫助兒童重拾日常生活的避風港。但若未將環境因素納入設計考量，我們恐將加劇社區面臨的極端災害挑戰——諸如洪水、地震與火災等災難帶來的困境。透過這項合作夥伴關係，我們正開發實用工具，讓每個處於危機中的教室更具韌性、更包容，更綠意盎然。」世界自然基金會環境和災難管理高級總監 Anita van Breda 表示。

此項計劃面向在危機地區運作的教育工作者，將為其開發、試行並分享實用且易於操作的工具。該指引涵蓋臨時學習空間整個生命週期（從設計與材料採購到維護與退役），重點在於低衝擊施工與易於融入當地社會。指引同時亦著重納入身心障礙兒童及面臨性別障礙的兒童。

我們將與本地及國際夥伴共同建立全球臨時學習空間綠化框架，並配套實用指南與成本核算工具。此框架將在不同危機環境中進行測試，確保其在緊急情況下依然適用。這些工具將透過教育、氣候及人道主義網絡公開分享，以促進廣泛採用並產生深遠影響。

此項補助金，是 ECW 對緊急情況下作出之氣候智能教育戰略承諾的一環。此計劃彰顯出集體投資教育是氣候行動關鍵支柱，形勢迫切，也呼應了第 30 屆聯合國氣候變化大會 (COP30) 的行動呼籲，並為全球貢獻改革力量——在日益加劇的氣候與人道風險中，使教育體系更具韌性、可持續性與包容性。

countries: 南蘇丹 孟加拉

title: 為危機四伏的學習空間注入綠化元素


title: Cereals Canada 發佈《2025 年全新小麥農作物報告》(2025 New Wheat Crop Report)

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報告就今年作物收成情況，向全球及國內客戶提出展望建議。

曼尼托巴省溫尼伯2025年11月20日 /美通社/ — Cereals Canada 今天向國內和全球的加拿大小麥客戶發佈了《全新小麥農作物報告》(New Wheat Crop Report)。該報告涵蓋加拿大 2025 年小麥產季的製粉性能、麵粉/粗粒麵粉品質，以及終端產品功能性等相關資訊。

行政總裁 Dean Dias 表示：「加拿大生產了另一種具有良好功能的高質量小麥作物。加拿大正在成為第三大小麥出口商，也是高品質高蛋白小麥的第一出口商。2025 至 2026 年間，預計將有 2,740 萬公噸小麥運抵全球超過八十個國際市場，其品質與蛋白質含量均符合客戶預期標準。

2025 年，加拿大農民種植了 3,660 萬公噸小麥，其中多數品質等級為一等或二等。儘管草原地區的生長條件變化多端，但盛夏時節適時的降雨使收成高於平均水準。在加拿大東部地區，冬小麥整個生長季的氣候條件良好，造就了豐碩的產量與優良的品質。小麥蛋白質含量與平均水平相當。2025 年產季的所有小麥等級均具備優良的容重，且所有西部混合樣本的千粒重均高於平均值。

今年，作為新穀物推廣計劃的一環，Cereals Canada 將與二十九個國家展開合作，這些國家在 2024 年共採購了價值 82 億美元的加拿大小麥。該機構將攜手價值鏈成員、生產者代表及加拿大穀物委員會 (Canadian Grain Commission; CGC)，於 11 月 18 日及 19 日舉辦兩場客戶網絡研討會，正式發佈 2025 年小麥作物的科技數據。

Cereals Canada 透過其收成評估計劃生成《2025 年全新小麥農作物報告》(2025 New Wheat Crop Report) 數據，該計劃傳統上僅涵蓋加拿大西部的小麥產量。今年，該機構透過與安大略省穀物農民協會 (Grain Farmers of Ontario) 的合作，首次對東部小麥品種進行了評估。

技術服務副主席 Elaine Sopiwnyk 表示：「這對 Cereals Canada 而言是具有里程碑意義的一年有機會分析來自全國各地的小麥樣本，不僅拓展了技術團隊的專業知識，更有效簡化了今年《全新小麥農作物報告》(New Wheat Crop Report) 的編製流程。」

《全新小麥農作物報告》(New Wheat Crop Report) 每年發佈一次，由 Cereals Canada 委員會 (CGC)、價值鏈成員和各省種植者委員會攜手編制並發佈。整個收穫季期間，加拿大穀物協會與出口商及安大略省穀物農會合作，從亞伯達省、薩斯喀徹溫省、曼尼托巴省及安大略省採集具代表性的樣本，涵蓋加拿大西部紅春麥 (CWRS)、加拿大西部琥珀杜蘭麥 (CWAD)、加拿大東部軟紅冬麥 (CESRW) 以及符合特定規格的小麥。

加拿大《2025 年全新小麥農作物報告》(2025 New Wheat Crop Report) 可於以下網址下載：cerealscanada.ca/2025-new-crop-report/。

Cereals Canada 簡介：Cereals Canada 是代表加拿大榖物價值鏈的全國非牟利行業協會。我們重視聯繫，並會與政府和持份者合作，供應適時且專業的技術資料，以提供最佳客戶體驗。我們致力支援加拿大榖物價值鏈，當中包括農民、出口商、開發商、加工商以及我們的全球客戶，同時關注貿易、科學和可持續發展。


title: GBS Malta 舉行具里程碑意義的首屆畢業典禮

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馬耳他聖朱利安斯2025年11月20日 /美通社/ — GEDU Global Education 旗下院校 GBS Malta 今日宣佈，隨著首屆畢業生正式投身職場，將為當地經濟注入新動力。

典禮由馬耳他總理 Robert Abela 擔任主禮嘉賓，馬耳他商界領袖及外交界高層亦有出席見證。

本屆畢業生中，修讀人數最多的為項目管理工商管理碩士 (MBA) 課程，該課程現已獲項目管理協會 (APM) 認證。GBS Malta 的課程日益受歡迎。這不僅歸功於馬耳他的優質生活，更因該國經濟強勁增長所帶來的就業機遇——除旅客量高企外，島上各地的私營機構投資亦相當龐大。

若馬耳他要維持此積極發展軌跡，優質的高等教育至關重要。

馬耳他總理 Robert Abela 在典禮上談及學生的成就時表示：

「這反映了馬耳他已蛻變成一個集優質教育與理想事業發展階梯於一身的活力樞紐。

在瞬息萬變的世界中，這些技能讓學生能把握先機。

GBS Malta 支持本地教育、就業及社會發展，展現了對我們社區的真誠承諾。」

GBS Malta 歐洲營運總監 Allen Lofaro 形容，這對學院而言是極具意義的一天。

Lofaro 先生表示：「看到學生今天畢業，我深感自豪。深信他們將在馬耳他以至全球各地發揮影響力。

現時投身馬耳他教育界令人振奮，我們亦很榮幸獲得總理的支持。馬耳他吸納及挽留年輕人才的能力日益提升——他們在這個國家看到了樂觀及長遠的未來。

這有助馬耳他發展成教育樞紐，吸引來自世界各地有抱負的學生和院校。

本島的知識型經濟蓬勃發展，GBS 將繼續發揮作用，加以鞏固。我們的課程設計迎合行業需求，特別是高科技及高增長領域。

今天的畢業生只是首批，未來將有更多學子接棒，我熱切期待他們未來的成就。」

GBS Malta 簡介：

GBS Malta 為高等教育機構，隸屬全球教育機構 Global Education (GEDU)。GEDU 為領先業界的組織，為全球 15 個國家的 80,000 名學生提供優質教育。

GBS Malta 致力提供結合實際商業經驗的學術培訓，培育學生擔任領導角色。學院課程涵蓋商業、創業、資訊科技、公共衞生及市場營銷，由行業導師及從業員任教，專為期望獲得教育投資回報、並立志在現今競爭激烈的就業市場中脫穎而出的學生而設。

GBS 位於聖朱利安斯的全新先進校園，致力營造協作學習環境。校園設計仿照現今專業職場，裝備學生所需技能及行業觸覺，助其在需求殷切的領域中盡展所長。

馬耳他是歐洲最安全的國家之一，學生可在此享受優質且學費相宜的教育，以及充滿活力的生活方式。

GBS Malta 是一所經許可的高等教育機構（MFHEA 牌照號碼：2022-010）。其牌照已獲得馬耳他進修與高等教育管理局 (MFHEA) 的批准。MFHEA是一個獨立、透明且具有國際性權威的機構。GBS 的課程同時符合馬耳他資歷框架 (Malta Qualifications Framework) 及歐洲資歷框架 (European Qualification Framework) 的標準。


title: 香港立法會選舉風聲鶴唳！3人轉貼民運人士臉書貼文 被控煽動不投票

events: 選舉 公投 反送中 香港國安法

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香港立法會即將在12月7日改選，當局20日起訴3人，指控他們轉貼「反中亂港分子」的社群媒體貼文，呼籲他人不要投票。

綜合外電與香港媒體報導，廉政公署起訴年齡介於55歲至66歲之間的2男1女，並獲裁判官簽發手令，通緝發布原始貼文、現已離港的2名男子，包括2019年「反送中」抗爭首件暴動罪被告示威者湯偉雄，以及綽號「姜牧師」的姜嘉偉。

姜嘉偉已於今年7月遭國安處懸賞20萬港幣（約80萬台幣）通緝，並於8月被列為「指明潛逃者」，涉嫌在境外籌組、成立或參與「香港議會」，鼓吹發動公投實現「自決」，觸犯「香港國安法」下的「顛覆國家政權罪」。

廉署調查顯示，已離港的34歲姜嘉偉及44歲湯偉雄，曾各自在其「臉書」專頁，發布煽惑他人在立法會選舉中不投票的貼文。55歲冷氣工程師黃建國之後在其臉書轉載姜嘉偉的貼文，66歲無業的林建栻及61歲家庭主婦馬惠鈴，則是轉載湯偉雄的貼文。

廉署14日拘捕黃、林及馬3人，指控他們在選舉期間內藉由公開活動，做出煽惑他人不投票的非法行為，違反「選舉條例」，下午在西九龍裁判法院提訊。

2025年立法會選舉提名期於10月24日展開，由當日起直至12月7日投票日，為所謂的「選舉期間」。廉署重申，在選舉期間內公開煽惑他人不投票或投無效票，將觸犯「選舉條例」第27A條，轉載相關內容亦屬違法。

北京在2021年重塑香港選舉制度，確保只有「愛國者」才能擔任公職，而12月7日的選舉將選出第2批依照新制度產生的立法會議員。不到4分之1的議席屬於直接選舉產生。


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高雄市嚴查業者非法棄置廢棄物，攜手中央明年擴大建置智慧圍籬達70處，布設國道、省道及山區主要聯外道路，也將整合警政、交通數萬支電眼，布下天羅地網全面防堵，讓不肖業者無所遁形。

高雄目前列管97處非法棄置廢棄物場址，環保局前2年移送64件，今年移送10多件法辦，攜手環境部設置10處智慧圍籬，今年查獲清除業者車輛未維持GPS正常運作等53件次，累計開罰金額31.8萬元。

環保局明年擴大監測範圍，加強馬頭山自然生態保育區、大坪頂特定區等處查緝，環保局將增設10處、環境部逐步增設50處，可發揮預警、溯源、追蹤、防堵功能。

智慧圍籬重點布設國道、省道及旗美9區主要聯外道路，透過車牌辨識技術結合GPS系統，連線比對通報三聯單，即時掌握清除車輛動向，一旦發現行駛路線異常，將會同警方線上查緝，檢警環成立連繫平台，快速打擊犯罪。

市府也將納入「智慧高雄燈塔計畫」，跨局處整合警察局、交通局等數萬支監視器、車牌辨識系統，擴大智慧圍籬網絡，搭配空拍機巡查、移動式攝影機等，提升科技執法量能。

依據《廢棄物清理法》規定，清運業者必須為車輛安裝並維持GPS系統正常運作，違者可處6千至300萬元，情節重大或涉非法棄置行為，除移送地檢署追究刑責，將扣押車輛、撤銷許可證等處分。

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 高雄市

title: 高雄防堵濫倒廢棄物增設「智慧圍籬」 整合警政交通電眼布天羅地網


countries: 台灣 英國

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北市 三峽區 松山

title: 三總院長陳元皓調任國防部軍醫局副局長 蒙恩升任國防醫大預醫所長

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陳元皓少將將榮陞國防部軍醫局副局長。（圖取自三軍總醫院官網）

〔記者方瑋立／台北報導〕奉總統賴清德核定，國防部昨（20）日發布下個月將官晉升、調任人員名單。據證實，三軍總醫院院長陳元皓少將將榮陞國防部軍醫局副局長；三總上校副院長蒙恩將接國防醫學大學預防醫學研究所（預醫所）所長，升任少將。

國軍軍醫系統這波人事是因三總院長陳元皓調任軍醫局副局長產生連動，三總院長將由三總松山分院院長蔡宜廷少將接任，而松山分院院長由國防醫學大學預醫所長許育瑞少將調任。

蒙恩將接國防醫學大學預醫所長，升任少將。（圖取自三軍總醫院官網）

而三總副院長蒙恩上校將接下預醫所長崗位，並同時晉升少將。據悉，蒙恩除國防醫學院學士學位外，亦擁有英國牛津大學藥理學博士。其現職是三總泌尿外科主治醫師兼行政副院長，同時任教於國防醫學大學醫學院醫學系教授，也是台灣尿失禁協會理事長。

國防醫學院今年8月改制為國防醫學大學，其轄屬的預醫所則成立於1972年，位於新北市三峽區，不僅坐擁全台唯一的第四級（P4）生物安全實驗室，更是我國生化防護領域的最高堡壘。

該所長年專注於高危險性病原體的偵檢與防護技術，具備因應生物恐怖攻擊的關鍵反制能力，構築了堅實的國防安全網。在面對如COVID-19等重大疫情威脅時，預醫所亦能迅速轉化科研能量，投入病毒分離、快篩試劑與治療藥物的開發，展現「平戰結合」的卓越實力。作為國家生物安全與公共衛生的雙重守護者，其戰略地位無可取代。

免費訂閱《自由體育》電子報熱門賽事、球星動態不漏接


taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 高雄市 鳳山區

title: 「毒品唾液快篩」抓毒駕抓到了 高雄查獲全國首例

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為有效打擊吸食毒品後駕車案件，警政署研議已久的「毒品唾液快篩試劑檢測」執法策略，經會同交通部增訂相關法規後，今天（20日）正式全面上路執法，今晚在高雄市鳳山區大東一路查獲全國首宗唾液毒品快篩陽性毒駕案。

據悉，高雄市警察局鳳山分局今晚7點左右在鳳山大東一路攔檢盧姓駕駛，唾液毒品快篩試劑檢測結果呈海洛因毒品陽性，當場禁止其駕駛，移置保管車輛，後續將採集尿液檢驗，待尿液檢驗報告出爐後，再行移送高雄地檢署偵辦。

警政署說，為律定實施毒品唾液快篩檢測及拒測的處置程序，已會同交通部增訂「違反道路交通管理事件統一裁罰基準及處理細則」第19條之4，相關條文已於今年11月19日正式公告施行。同時，警政署也已函頒「毒品唾液快篩執法」作業程序，並通令全國各警察機關自今日起全面上路執法。

警政署說，未來駕駛人若經唾液快篩呈陽性反應，將重罰3萬元至12萬元，並吊扣駕照1至2年；若拒絕檢測，罰鍰更將高達18萬元，並吊銷駕照，且仍會追究公共危險罪與毒品等刑責。

☆少一份毒品就多一份健康，自由時報提醒您遠離毒品☆


title: 「毒品唾液快篩」抓毒駕抓到了 高雄查獲全國首例

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 鳳山區 高雄市


events: 選舉 香港國安法 反送中 公投

title: 香港立法會選舉風聲鶴唳！3人轉貼民運人士臉書貼文 被控煽動不投票


title: 總統：Google啟用AI基礎建設研發中心　讓全球看見台灣

countries: 台灣 美國

taiwan-subdivisions: 士林 板橋 新北市

things: 資安 經濟

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總統賴清德今天出席 Google 台灣 AI （人工智慧）基礎建設研發中心開幕典禮表示，這座研發中心的啟用，讓全球看見台灣不只是全球供應鏈重要一環，更是打造安全、可信賴 AI 的關鍵樞紐。

Google 近年來擴大投資台灣，今天啟用的新辦公室落腳台北士林，將成為美國總部以外最大的 AI 基礎建設研發中心。在新辦公室開發測試的技術將部署到 Google 遍布全球的資料中心，支持數十億用戶每天使用的 Google 服務。

賴總統說，這幾年 Google 在新北市板橋陸續啟用 2 座硬體研發大樓，今天 AI 基礎建設研發中心啟用，代表 Google 一步步實現對台灣長期的投資與承諾。

賴總統指出，台灣能成為 Google 重要夥伴，有兩個因素。第一，台灣有開放的民主制度，在各種指標上例如投資環境風險、政府清廉印象等，都在亞洲前段班，因此台灣是國際企業值得信任的合作夥伴。

賴總統說，第二個原因是台灣位處印太關鍵戰略位置，台灣也有世界級半導體產業聚落、高素質研發人才、健全的智慧財產權制度，這些條件都讓台灣成為 AI 軟硬體整合的最佳基地。

賴總統表示，面對全球 AI 浪潮，政府也要持續發揮台灣優勢，並推動 AI 新 10 大建設建構台灣 AI 生態系，目標在 2040 年之前創造超過 15 兆元產值、 50 萬個 AI 就業機會，並建置 3 座國際級 AI 實驗室，讓台灣成為全球 AI 創新的關鍵節點。

賴總統強調，政府也要讓台灣成為全球前 5 大 AI 算力中心，協助百工百業導入 AI 工具，推動 AI 在各領域應用，全力推動台灣成為 AI 之島。

賴總統表示， Google 今天啟用 AI 基礎建設研發中心具有指標意義，未來這座中心會協助培養 AI 核心人才，讓台灣工程師和研究者能同步與世界創新，共同開發新一代 AI 解決方案。同時 Google 與台灣產業的合作關係也將更加緊密，能提升台灣產業的技術能力，也能鞏固台灣在全球 AI 供應鏈的領先地位。

賴總統認為，這座中心啟用後，除了能夠促進台美產業交流，為台灣經濟發展注入新動能，也能讓美國產業在全球 AI 競逐當中擁有可信賴的亞洲研發及供應基地，去強化關鍵技術與供應鏈安全韌性。

賴總統特別感謝 Google 這幾年來在台灣協助強化網路安全、防範資安威脅，並與政府共同打擊詐騙和不實資訊。未來台灣會持續與 Google 和全世界理念相近的夥伴共同合作，致力讓 AI 技術能造福全民，同時也要兼顧資安、隱私和社會信任，政府也會持續打造穩定、友善、創新的環境，推動更多元的跨域合作，讓企業能安心投資，也讓全球人才都能夠放心發揮。

賴總統強調，希望台灣不只是一個全球 AI 發展的參與者，也是創新的引領者，更要成為全球 AI 發展的關鍵基地。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


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英國「泰晤士高等教育（ＴＨＥ）」公布「二○二六ＴＨＥ跨學科排名」，亞洲大學獲全球第一四一名，也是全台第六、私大第一。校方認為，該排名是對校方推動跨領域課程和研究成果的肯定。

ＴＨＥ因應全球跨域趨勢，去年起公布「ＴＨＥ跨學科排名」，列入評比的三大指標包括資金與基礎設施、管理支持與成果推動及研究品質與聲譽，全球有九四國、一二六七所大學列入評比，九一一所大學上榜。

亞洲大學說，全台有七所大學進入全球前一五○名，亞大名列第一四一名，也是前一五○名唯一的私大，並在「研究品質與聲譽」獲最高評分。

校長蔡進發說，該校重視教學與產研，積極推動自主學習、跨領域學習，今年舉辦的「跨域探索博覽會」活動，就是要讓跨域自主學習理念深入校園。除了鼓勵學生精進所學專業，也透過各系所準備的資料，協助學生重新檢視興趣和未來發展方向。

此外，該校也推動各系開設導論課程，引入多元教學方法，幫助學生掌握專業核心觀念與技術，並洞悉產業趨勢，培養跨域的核心軟實力，成為「π型人才」。

蔡進發說，僅具備單一專業已不足以應對未來挑戰，學校鼓勵學生規畫跨域學程、輔修或雙主修，學校開設有十六個校內跨領域學程，並與中醫大合開「中亞聯大」四個跨領域學程，提供更多元的選擇。

【2025教育專題】

▪當AI成為我的室友：大學生使用習慣揭密 5學生專訪吐心聲 ▪沒有GPT畢不了業！旅法留學生笑談生成式AI：未來無法與它分離 ▪科技一定冷漠？音樂劇少女用AI詮釋舞台情感：真情無法被取代 ▪曾和AI談情說「愛」…社會學碩士生劃分界線：與人接觸才是真 ▪別讓機器變傳聲筒！ 台大中文系學生曝文組優勢：精準形容人性 ▪人工智慧還能這樣玩！她設計AI幼兒、寫歌創作 拓展跨領域應用

title: 英國「THE跨學科排名」 亞大全台第六、私大唯一入榜


title: 聯合報系百萬獎學金 嘉獎44學子

taiwan-subdivisions: 大社 中山 中正

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聯合報系文化基金會昨公布一一四年「王惕吾先生新聞獎學金」及「劉昌平先生紀念獎學金」得獎名單，今年兩項獎助計畫吸引逾六七○位學生角逐，競爭激烈，充分展現青年學子在新聞專業與學術潛能上的卓越表現，四十四位獲獎學生可獲二萬到三萬元不等獎學金，頒獎典禮十二月廿日在聯合報總部大廳舉行。

為鼓勵青年投入新聞傳播領域、堅守媒體專業精神，王惕吾先生新聞獎學金今年有三八七件申請，二一一人通過初選，初選以短文成績擇優取前百分之三十，共六三位進入複審，再依「短文百分之七十、學業成績百分之三十」加權計分，最終選出廿四名優秀學生，大學部得主每名可獲新台幣二萬元獎學金，研究所組每名三萬元，總獎金六十萬元。

大學部得獎名單：吳宗桓（政大地政系）、吳閩卉（北醫醫學系）、林珈安（國防大學新聞系）、涂宗佑（北科大車輛工程系）、柳姵竹（台大中文系）、洪宸承（台師大公民教育系）、許肇麟（台大社會系）、陳士祈（台師大教育系）、陳朝胤（陽明交大醫學系）、黃士宏（成大醫學系）、賴秉陞（中山醫大醫學系）、鮑采鈺（中原化學系）。

研究所組得獎名單：王芬瑛（中正大學高齡教育碩士班）、王謹熏（中興大學臨護所）、何芳慈（中興大學臨護所）、吳俊德（文化大學政治所）、阮氏雙（佛光佛教學系）、林欣蓉（台大社工所）、胡巧玲（陽明交大社會文化所）、張曉墨（佛光傳播碩）、陳玟君（世新新聞所）、陳柏翰（清大學習科學所）、陳苡瑄（台大中文所）、葉心嵐（陽明交大材科系）。

此外，劉昌平先生紀念獎學金今年有二八四位學生投件，初審選出一五一人，依學業成績、課外表現與未來發展潛力進行決審，最終錄取廿位大學一年級新生。每人可獲新台幣二萬元，總獎金四十萬元。

一般高中組得獎名單：王辰瀚（清華學院）、沈庭亘（台大心理系）、林曉敬（台大電機系）、高於夏（台藝大電影系）、張軒浩（台科大電子系）、張熙悅（致理會資系）、莊立棋（台大電機系）、許弼荏（台大心理系）、陳明揚（清大電機系）、陳宥潾（台大醫學系）、陳昱仁（雲科大機械系）、黃聖恩（北市大舞蹈系）、楊仕均（成大全校不分系）、蔡杰勳（陽明交大醫學系）、蔡馨慧（台科大電子系）。

非山非市組得獎名單：丁珛恩（台南大學電機系）、林育萱（北大法律系）、林虹君（中正大學經濟系）、陳士朋（北科大工設系）、陳姿婷（台大醫學系）。

聯合報系文化基金會表示，期待透過獎助機制持續鼓勵青年展現自我、關懷社會，也盼得獎學生未來在學術研究、專業實踐與公共議題中持續發光發熱。

【2025教育專題】

▪當AI成為我的室友：大學生使用習慣揭密 5學生專訪吐心聲 ▪沒有GPT畢不了業！旅法留學生笑談生成式AI：未來無法與它分離 ▪科技一定冷漠？音樂劇少女用AI詮釋舞台情感：真情無法被取代 ▪曾和AI談情說「愛」…社會學碩士生劃分界線：與人接觸才是真 ▪別讓機器變傳聲筒！ 台大中文系學生曝文組優勢：精準形容人性 ▪人工智慧還能這樣玩！她設計AI幼兒、寫歌創作 拓展跨領域應用


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在野黨兩度修正財政收支劃分法後，行政院版本昨天出爐，根據草案內容，中央對地方的補助，包含統籌分配稅款、一般性補助、計畫型補助三項，預計整體挹注地方經費將達新台幣一兆二○○二億元。行政院長卓榮泰說，這是最能取得共識的版本，若執行立法院再修正的財劃法，將是場財政土石流。

多數縣市批打迷糊仗 在野態度觀望

但多數縣市認為，中央未提出試算表，根本打迷糊仗。台北市長蔣萬安、桃園市長張善政都質疑，行政院版應提供具體數字，才有討論基礎；雲林縣長張麗善說，分配方式如未能反映各縣市財政條件，恐導致「窮者愈窮」。在野對政院版財劃法看法分歧，考驗藍白合。國民黨立委仍觀望縣市首長態度，及政院是否對立法院再修正版提出覆議，預料在今天的黨團大會討論；民眾黨立法院黨團表示，政院版背離立院修法美意，將以具體行動反制。

立院去年底修正通過現行版財劃法，要求中央釋出大幅統籌稅款給地方，行政院接著大砍地方補助款；立院上周五再修正財劃法，明定一般性補助款不得少於前一年，政院批評最新版本將額外舉債二六○○億元，超過公債法舉債額度限制。

行政院會昨通過財劃法修正草案，中央分配統籌稅款將在滿足地方政府基本財政收支差額、搭配財源保障機制後，再以財政努力、基本建設需求分配，基本建設需求也納土地面積、人口數、工業就業人口、農林漁牧就業人口及農林漁牧業產值。

水平分配公式 不再區分本島或離島

政院版水平分配公式不再區分本島或離島，直轄市及縣市按同一公式計算；鄉鎮市因人口與土地和縣重疊，因此納入縣計算；直轄市則未加重分配，政院版保障三項地方財源合計數不低於今年舊版水準。以此調整，直轄市及縣市獲配財源分別增加八二七億元和一一二二億元，分別成長百分之十五點二及百分之廿七點四。草案也調整垂直錢權分配，擴大統籌稅款至八二一三億元，較今年度增加三五三七億元；原本一般性補助款中的一○八○億元的地方自辦事項，改以統籌稅款支應，僅保留教育、社福及基本設施一四二一億元；計畫型補助維持二三六八億元，三項合計將達一兆二○○二億元。

卓榮泰昨訪韓國瑜 交換財劃法意見

行政院秘書長張惇涵說，北市統籌稅款仍是全國最高；新北市三項補助款增加數全國最高；桃園一般性補助款跟統籌款增幅是六都最高；台中市三項合計的增幅是六都最高；台南市統籌分配稅款比今年增加近一倍；高雄市三項補助總額是全國最高。行政院發言人李慧芝表示，卓榮泰昨天下午也拜訪立法院長韓國瑜，針對行政院版財劃法修正草案明年度中央政府總預算案等議題交換意見。

財劃法3版本 中央釋出財源比較 製表／政治中心

people: 蔣萬安 卓榮泰 張麗善 韓國瑜

taiwan-subdivisions: 雲林縣 桃園 新北市 高雄市

title: 政院版財劃法挹注地方1.2兆


title: 廣角鏡／毒品快篩上路 拒測重罰18萬

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圖為新聞示意圖。圖／廖炳棋翻攝毒品唾液快篩試劑執法昨上路，交通部配合修正違反道路交通管理事件，前天公告施行。

刑事局表示，駕駛經檢測有毒品反應，處三萬至十二萬元罰鍰，移置保管車輛及吊扣駕照一至二年；拒絕檢測重處十八萬元，移置保管車輛及吊銷駕照。

圖／廖炳棋翻攝


title: 少年重罪前科可塗銷？警方：延長觀察期 減少僥倖心態

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警方分析少年犯罪以詐騙居多，多是詐騙集團底層的車手，被黑幫視為「耗材」。有警官認為，視少年犯案情節延長前科塗銷觀察期，可增加犯罪成本，不讓少年有「一筆勾銷」僥倖心態，但牽涉家庭、學校、社會教育等配套，有待討論。

警政署統計今年一至八月，查獲十二到十七歲嫌疑犯一萬○五五六人，其中以涉詐欺二九四三人占兩成七最多，有一八四六人是擔任車手，其次竊盜一五○三人、一般傷害一一八○人。

台北市陳姓警官說，車手是詐欺產業鏈底層工作，詐團多與黑幫掛勾，吸收少年當耗材，少年就是黑幫利益下的砲灰，「被抓還被黑幫說成是鍛鍊，不關不會大尾！」

他認為視犯罪情延長前科塗銷觀察期，可增加犯罪成本，從近年刑案來看，黑幫確實有意讓少年執行重大案件，例如許多槍擊恐嚇案都找少年執行，就是認為保護處分或徒刑執行完畢後三年就塗銷前科，容易說服少年。


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司法院提出少年事件處理法部分條文修正草案，少年前案處分或刑執行完畢或赦免後，三年內未再受他案處分或刑的宣告，前案才能塗銷。司法院表示，不只協助少年復歸社會，也兼顧「防治少年再犯、維護社會安全」與「保障被害人權益」。

新北校園割頸案令人怵目驚心，詐騙集團利用少年當車手更層出不窮，但對少年前案是否該塗銷，各界看法並不一致。割頸案死者楊姓男學生的父親曾發聲明，指殺害兒子的少年與教唆的少女，多次的行政處遇都是保護管束，仍不知悔改，塗銷紀錄可完全抹滅之前眾多惡行，法官縱放、司法溺愛鑄成大錯。

立法院司法及法制委員會本月十二日開會時，民進黨立委莊瑞雄指一九五五年的司法行政部採「宜教不宜罰」立法原則，充滿少年保護主義，到了一九七二年被質疑是鼓勵犯罪，一九七六年增訂塗銷制度，一九九七年又全面回歸少年保護制度。他質疑現在不分事由輕重，增加三年未再犯罪才可塗銷，是否符合健全少年自我成長、避免烙印或汙名化的初衷？

有法官質疑，少事法修正草案存在邏輯問題，當一名少年先後犯兩個輕罪，例如偷腳踏車，前案紀錄不能塗銷，但若第一次犯的是殺人重罪，通常可因年紀、自首等條件獲減刑，若「乖三年」即塗銷前案紀錄，這兩種情形哪個比較嚴重？另外，以德國為例，少年有性犯罪紀錄難以塗銷。

法務部次長徐錫祥曾在司委會指少年是跨部會問題，縱使接受感化教育，回到社會後，如家庭、學校教育無法承接，又會回到犯罪集團。司法院表示，司法院及全國少年法庭，對觸法少年規劃各項輔導作業及措施，預防少年加入黑幫。

title: 少事法修正草案 法官：殺人罪可塗銷 輕罪再犯不行？


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新北市國中校園割頸案引發國人關注少年犯罪問題，少年犯重案依法仍可塗銷前科紀錄，國民黨立委吳宗憲昨質詢指黑幫利用少年犯罪當「免洗筷」，塗銷觀察期不應一致三年，須視情節而定；司法院回應，塗銷立法意旨是讓少年復歸社會，為刑事政策選擇。

楊姓男國中生前年在校內遭割頸身亡，行凶的郭姓少年與教唆的林姓少女一審被依殺人罪各判九年、八年徒刑，現上訴台灣高等法院。吳宗憲昨在立法院司法及法制委員會說，無法忘記這個案子，國家應重視未成年保護與面對未成年犯罪。

吳宗憲指出，黑幫利用少年「反正犯罪也不會怎樣」、「觀察期才三年」漏洞，把少年當免洗筷，教唆開槍殺人也沒差，政府以為在維持社會正義、保障少年，會不會反而害了孩子？司法官員不應在象牙塔講理論，尤其要檢討「成少共犯」問題。

吳宗憲說，少年無論犯輕、重罪，犯罪前科塗銷都是三年觀察期，例如入屋行竊犯五年以下竊盜罪，走少年保護途徑，若偷竊時因屋主發現而施予暴力，因構成五年以上強盜罪，走刑事程序，移送由檢察官調查，但塗銷制度都一樣。

司法院副秘書長王梅英解釋，不管是少年保護事件或刑事前科，塗銷的立法意旨是讓少年復歸。吳宗憲批司法院忽略兩者差異及社會防衛責任，新北割頸案凸顯政府對少年「保護到極致」、「保護到爆炸」，觀察期一模一樣，會讓其他學生活在恐懼中。

吳宗憲說，學生殺人竟和竊盜一樣「三年歸零」，同學、老師都不知道班上有曾犯重罪學生，如何預防？新北割頸案同班同學目睹連砍十幾刀殺人場景，如這名少年結束刑期回到社會，觀察期夠不夠？是否真的改變、確認不再犯？

王梅英表示，此為刑事政策的選擇。吳宗憲指司法院唱高空、講大道理，拿刑事政策、復歸社會遊說，但人民只在乎小孩平安回家，不會埋單。

title: 少年重罪前科可塗銷 挨批黑幫免洗筷


title: 10年撈1.3億 中鋼構集體收回扣案起訴11人

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中鋼上市子公司中鋼構工程師集體收回扣案，業務組長謝佰祿等人被控與下游包商合作，浮報工程款流入私人帳戶，並入股下包分紅，10年得手1.3億元；高雄地檢署昨依詐欺、背信等罪，起訴謝與4名工程師、4名業者、2名親友共11人，對謝求處16年以上徒刑。

檢調查出，中鋼構業務組長謝佰祿與麾下工程師張姓、林姓及兩名陳姓男子合謀，由承攬中鋼構工程的吊裝公司負責人沈姓、陳姓男子，虛報吊裝工項及噸數浮報款項，中鋼構撥款後，部分流入謝等人帳戶；謝等人指示沈等下包，多次虛報款項、工程項目請款，使中鋼構額外支出3090萬餘元。

另外，謝等人與安全網包商萬姓男子合作，由萬等人灌水工地安全網、安全通道經費，開不實發票向中鋼構請款，作為謝等人回扣；謝、張更入股下包，待下包取得中鋼構案子後，收取10%至20%分紅。

檢調粗估，2014年至今年7月被查獲，謝等人以虛報、溢領、分紅等獲利1.3億元，其中謝獲5774萬、張1858萬、林912萬、陳255萬、陳155萬元，業者利潤近3千萬元，1000多萬元不知去向。檢調分析金流，下包大筆款項進入謝等人帳戶，謝也透過張姓妻子、曾姓友人帳戶收回扣，用以買豪宅及投資，謝等人均認罪。

雄檢起訴謝等11人，批謝明知鋼構乃大型建築量體最重要安全支柱，卻毫無工程倫理意識，以偽造文書、填製不實會計憑證等，虛增浮報款項，使中鋼構及開發商蒙受嚴重損失，影響投資人評價；對謝求處16年以上徒刑，4名工程師分別3至10年。


title: 少年重罪前科可塗銷？警方：延長觀察期 減少僥倖心態


title: 少事法修正草案 法官：殺人罪可塗銷 輕罪再犯不行？


title: 10年撈1.3億 中鋼構集體收回扣案起訴11人


taiwan-subdivisions: 花蓮縣 富里 萬華 桃園 新屋 土城 中和區 新北市 松山區

countries: 中國 中華民國

events: 參選 死亡

people: 梁文傑 羅智強 涂權吉 賴清德

title: 陸委會證實「陸配參政權已死」

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政府要求陸配「放棄國籍」才能參政，引發爭議。內政部次長吳堂安昨天表示，雙重國籍就是不能擔任公職。陸委會昨天在例行記者會也間接證實，內政部的要求導致陸配參政權「已經是死亡狀態」。國民黨立院團昨天稱，會修法將「國籍法」新增「防小人條款」，讓陸配參政權不受國籍法規範。

花蓮縣富里鄉學田村長鄧萬華被內政部指仍具陸籍身分八月一日被解職，鄧萬華不服向花蓮縣政府提起訴願，花縣府訴願審議委員會十月廿九日決議撤銷原處分，內政部再度行文富里鄉公所要求依法解職。

內政部昨天舉行記者會，戶政司長陳永智說，原陸籍人士取得我國身分後，依照兩岸人民關係條例第廿一條規定，登記參選公職需設籍滿十年；而兩岸人民關係條例第一條後段明定，本條例未規定者，適用其他有關法令；因此依照國籍法，當選後就職前，必須符合第廿條禁止具雙重國籍擔任我國公職規定。

至於陸配無法取得放棄國籍證明文件，吳堂安說，這不是中華民國的問題，陸配要擔任公職，就必須依國籍法放棄母國國籍。

吳堂安說，從去年十一月廿九日後，內政部先後發文給相關地方政府，要求依照國籍法予以解職；期間各縣市政府詢問內政部或陸委會，內政部都有回覆，但地方政府和公所沒有依法辦理，應作為而不作為。

內政部補充，涉具中國籍村里長有五位，分別在花蓮縣富里鄉公所、桃園市新屋區公所、台北市松山區公所、新北市土城及中和區公所。

吳堂安說，陸配依照兩岸人民關係條例取得我國身分證，一旦參選公職就回到國籍法規範，國籍法與兩岸人民關係條例並無扞格；現有四位陸配里長未解職，內政部五月十四日已函送監察院查處區公所跟地方政府。

昨天在陸委會例行記者會上媒體提問，內政部一直主張要用《國籍法》看待陸配擔任民選公職，要求提出對岸的放棄國籍證明，但實務上這件事情不太可能做得到，是否陸配參政實際上是已經「死亡狀態」？陸委會副主委梁文傑說，「目前來講，我想很可能就是這樣的結果」。他說，「國籍法」的問題「我們尊重內政部的解釋」，「這兩邊（國籍法與兩岸條例）也許會有人認為有矛盾的地方」，則由立法院來處理。

國民黨立法院黨團昨天舉行記者會稱，賴清德總統是「賴皇帝」，拿大砲欺負「小陸配」，陸配明明不適用國籍法，卻要被惡意曲解並套用。

國民黨團書記長羅智強說，賴總統和民進黨立委沈伯洋用國籍法打壓陸配，國民黨團為保障弱勢及陸配，會在國籍法中直接修訂「防小人條款」，讓陸配參政權不受國籍法規範，「看你怎麼拗」，不讓他們亂搞。

國民黨立委涂權吉指出，桃園新屋也有陸配里長碰到同樣情況，目前含花蓮縣富里鄉學田村長鄧萬華在內共五位陸配村里長遭受如此待遇，這不是個案，而是系統性的政治操作。


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香港立法會將於下月七日，迎來實施「愛國者治港」原則後的第二次換屆選舉，為確保選舉穩定，大陸駐港國安公署昨日發文強調，對干擾破壞選舉「零容忍」，必定依法嚴懲。這是近一周內，陸駐港國安公署第二次針對第八屆香港立法會選舉發聲。

大陸駐港國安公署即大陸駐香港特別行政區維護國家安全公署，昨天發文表示，香港立法會選舉進入競選期以來，一些反中亂港分子和外部勢力邪念未消、賊心不死，仍在明裡暗裡煽惑杯葛選舉、線上線下煽動亂港活動。

陸駐港國安公署稱，這些人打着「民主」、「自由」的幌子，妖言惑眾、混淆視聽、挑撥離間、顛倒黑白，甚至公然挑釁滋事、衝擊選舉秩序。「對於干擾破壞選舉的行徑，特區（香港）執法、司法機構已依法採取有力行動、作出公正判決」。

陸駐港國安公署強調，必以「零容忍」態度捍衛選舉安全、維護選舉秩序，堅定支持特區依法嚴懲干擾破壞選舉、危害國家安全的行為和活動，堅決守護選舉順利舉行，守護香港以高品質民主推進高質量發展。

在此之前，大陸駐港國安公署已曾於十四日發文，稱香港內外有一些人對立法會選舉作出各種攻擊抹黑、造謠詆毀，煽動不投票、投「白票」，支持港府依法打擊任何干擾破壞立法會選舉的行為和活動。

香港立法會參選人報名結束及開始參選宣傳以來，香港警察就不斷拘捕破壞選舉活動者，近日更集中行動，在三宗涉選舉案件中，拘捕因不滿街站聲浪作出刑事恐嚇、破壞選舉海報六人。

events: 選舉 參選

title: 立法會改選將至 駐港國安公署：嚴懲干擾選舉


title: 參加雙城論壇 蔣萬安赴滬「開綠燈」

people: 蔣萬安 梁文傑

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陸委會主委邱垂正昨天表示，台北市長蔣萬安到上海參加雙城論壇沒有問題，「只要申請我們就會准」。另對於近日傳出陸委會撤銷上海市台辦副主任李驍東來台許可，陸委會在多日的低調後，昨天也證實李驍東有申請來台，但政府認為，因為他這一次來的目的，「所准許的這些人員過來就已經足夠了」。

今年雙城論壇原訂九月廿五日於上海舉行，但行前三天台北市政府突然宣布延期。

邱垂正昨天上午在黃暐瀚主持的「ＰＯＰ撞新聞」廣播節目上表示，蔣市長到上海參加（雙城論壇），應該是沒有問題。他並指「我們知道他要去」，（黃暐瀚詢問，時間也都知道？邱垂正說，對），「他只要申請我們就會准」。

邱垂正重申，政府支持合於規範、對等尊嚴、不預設任何政治前提的兩岸交流，並說兩岸城市交流應聚焦市政的本質，不要涉及到中央權責的事項或呼應中共統戰宣傳。

目前台北市政府尚未提出今年年底、十二月雙城論壇專案申請，「提出後我們都會依照相關規定審查」，若能早點提出，就不用那麼趕，他並強調「不會擋」。兩個ＭＯＵ（諒解備忘錄）也「都處理好了」，若申請「我們會以最快速度同意」。

對於李驍東來台案，陸委會十九日已表示，本次申請案是上海市政府及動物園，就雙城論壇及贈送小貓熊事宜，來台交換意見與赴台北市動物園考察飼養居住環境，聯審會已批准上海市台辦處長及動物園副園長等三人來台。

陸委會副主委梁文傑昨進一步回應稱，每天案件非常多，凡有申請就一定有准或不准，「我們不會對個案去講准或不准的理由」。本報追問李驍東是否有申請來台，梁文傑隨後證實，李驍東「本來是有申請的」，但從政府角度來看，因為他這一次來的目的，「我們所准許的這些人員過來就已經足夠了」。


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今年雙城論壇舉辦在即，對於陸委會主委邱垂正稱已掌握年底台北上海雙城論壇的舉辦時間，北市副市長林奕華表示，今年雙城論壇舉辦時間還在與上海討論，透露有兩個舉辦時間點，是在十二月下旬，正與上海方討論。北市府表示，目前尚未確定日期等細節。

另外，邱垂正稱今年雙城論壇預計要簽署的二項ＭＯＵ「已經處理好了。」林奕華表示，ＭＯＵ部分，其中一個職能培訓ＭＯＵ，因先前中央要求修改的幅度過大，依內政部規定應該是要重送，儘管陸委會主委今稱不用重送，但北市府還要跟內政部確認，是否要重送審查。

今年台北上海雙城論壇原本訂好九月二十五日至二十七日舉辦，因將簽署的兩項ＭＯＵ審查來不及，北市府出發前緊急宣布緩辦，延至十二月舉辦。

至於市府近期申請上海市台辦副主任李驍東等四人來台案。據了解，北市府這次向陸委會申請雙城論壇上海台辦團，是來談今年雙城論壇的相關細節，包括台北上海要互贈各一對黑腳企鵝、小貓熊。不過北市府原本申請四名上海台辦涉台官員，但陸委會僅核准上海市台辦聯絡處長徐皓一個人來。

「這算是有史以來的緊縮吧！」有藍營人士認為，北市府申請四位上海台辦，陸委會卻僅核准一人，似乎跟邱垂正稱「雙城論壇都站協助立場」、「中央會以最快的速度來同意」的對外說法頗有一段差距，直言「陸委會講是這樣講，但上海台辦要來談雙城事宜，台辦卻只准一個來」。

據了解，儘管這次減縮上海台辦來台規格，不過行程因都是市政行程陸委會沒有刪減太多，至於這次上海台辦來，除了談今年雙城論壇的舉辦相關細節，還有因台北上海要互送小貓熊、黑腳企鵝，上海方要來看一下未來小貓熊在台北市立動物園的家。

title: 雙城論壇年底舉行？ 北市：尚未確定


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中國國民黨副主席蕭旭岑拋出「回到憲法包含一國兩區的規定」後，陸委會主委邱垂正昨強調，「中華民國是主權國家，與中華人民共和國互不隸屬」，並質疑「一國兩區」恐有「超譯」。但對於前總統蔡英文在陸委會主委任內也提出「一國兩區」法理概念，陸委會昨稱，這不是法律用語，「對我們來說沒有什麼爭論的必要」。

邱垂正昨天在廣播節目就「一國兩區」說法回應指「中華民國是主權國家，與中華人民共和國互不隸屬，這是客觀事實與台海現狀」，他重申政府是依據中華民國憲法、兩岸人民關係條例及其他相關法令處理兩岸事務，也會秉持「四個堅持」、致力維護台海和平穩定繁榮現狀。

他並就「一國兩區」說法補充指，就像「九二共識」引發很多紛爭，「如果太簡化的說法，要把很多東西濃縮在這邊，會不會有超譯？」他形容「九二共識就像一個模糊包裝紙，打開之後中華民國在哪裡？」一國兩區也是類似。

不過，前總統蔡英文擔任陸委會主委時也曾提到「兩岸關係條例『一國兩區』的法理概念」。陸委會副主委梁文傑昨對此表示，陸委會任何公務文件都不會出現「一國兩區」、「九二共識」等，這些都不是法律用語，「都是政治上濃縮的或是學術上的一些看法」，這些看法「沒有什麼爭論的必要」。

本報記者追問，國民黨此際拋出「一國兩區」這一說法是否有助於兩岸降低緊張？就此梁文傑則僅重申，現在問題是中共根本就不承認中華民國，這時候跟中共談一國兩區，「這是問道於盲」。他並未具體回應陸委會官方文書如一九九四年的「台海兩岸關係說明書」、一九九六年「中華民國政府推動兩岸關係的誠意和努力」，都有提及「一國兩區」。

people: 蔡英文 梁文傑

countries: 中華民國 中華人民共和國

title: 邱垂正：一國兩區恐有「超譯」


title: 陸委會證實「陸配參政權已死」

taiwan-subdivisions: 土城 新北市 松山區 中和區 桃園 新屋 萬華 富里 花蓮縣

countries: 中華民國 中國

people: 涂權吉 賴清德 羅智強 梁文傑

events: 死亡 參選


title: 參加雙城論壇 蔣萬安赴滬「開綠燈」


title: 雙城論壇年底舉行？ 北市：尚未確定


countries: 中華人民共和國 中華民國

title: 邱垂正：一國兩區恐有「超譯」


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北市民生社區為全台第一座「美式街廓」規畫的示範社區，受限北市府1980年規定連棟建物應整體開發，都更不易，民眾陳情鬆綁，都發局調整三大方向，包含鬆綁連棟建築物的重建規模，1000平方公尺以上即可都更，北市都委會昨審議未通過，下次再審。

民生社區現住約5萬3千多人，綠色隧道更成特色，但屋齡多逾50年，部分居民想都更，卻因民生社區管制要點受限要連棟建築開發，且受附近松山機場航高限制，面臨容積率過低導致誘因不足等，都成都更阻礙。都發局考量都市計畫通盤檢討，徵求意見，在今年辦理公開展覽。

都發局修訂管制要點，調整三大方向，包含鬆綁連棟建築物重建規模，1000平方公尺以上即可都更，但剩餘基地面積仍需有500平方公尺以上，二是因應現況住商混合，放寬部分建物可有事務所進駐，三是放寬莊敬里受限機場航高的基地建蔽率從50％提高至75％。

都委會昨審議，有委員認為，民生社區未來若照現在都計規定去更新，100%沒辦法是以前的民生社區，風貌絕對會全部改變。

在地居民表示，絕對不反對都更，但反對連棟切割的都更，要是法令通過，等於是給建商一把刀來威脅住戶，若他們不接受條件就被切割，住戶變成站在不平等的地位。

都委會主席李四川表示，房子一年一年的老，地震又多，更要保持老舊房子的公共安全。都發局只能盡量將不同意見再做收斂，看如何在建物更新、保留原有風貌之間，取得雖不滿意但可接受的平衡點，下次提會再審。

議員詹為元說，建蔽率放寬，樓層面積會變大，但容積率還是卡住，建商都更意願還是不高。

都發局長簡瑟芳表示，民生社區目前沒有放寬調整容積率，仍維持200%，但未來捷運民汐線經過的地方，可以爭取TOD獎勵，容積率放寬2倍變400%。民生社區大多是5層樓房，都更後如何保持風貌，居民仍有很多不同意見，有居民不希望有太多高強度的開發，破壞氛圍。

title: 民生社區難都更 北市擬三方向放寬 都委會還要再審


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北市民生社區綠意盎然，但4、5層樓老齡建物近年頻傳漏水等，加上無電梯，里民隨著年紀增長不良於行，難以上下樓梯，有些人因此賣房搬家至大樓，人口高齡化、流失等原因使得這幾年愈來愈多人有意都更，卻受限法規而難推動。

精忠里長賴美旭表示，里內9成7都是4層樓建築，也因屋齡比較「資深」，近年常有漏水等屋況，曾間接造成鄰居反目成仇，加上里民隨著年紀增長不良於行，有時里辦開設長者活動，他們因無法上下樓梯而沒法參加；民生社區相關法規歷經50多年，確實有必要調整。

東榮里長鄭玉梅表示，東榮里8000多人，65歲以上長者占20%，今年重陽敬老金發放達1700多人。不少年長者一住就是5、60年，好幾家因建物沒電梯，他們難以上下樓，最後被迫就賣房子搬家，這幾年里內有建物陸續做1至4樓或5樓的電梯。

富錦里長李煥中說，民生社區早期建築規畫設計是5層以下公寓沒電梯，這幾年一些經濟能力較好的年輕人、中壯年世代購屋會選擇新大樓而非舊公寓，就是考量有垃圾清潔、管理員代收包裹信件等生活需要，也使社區人口慢慢流失。

不過李煥中也擔憂，未來若整體開發後，不同基地開發會有不同建商，對於開放空間的規畫、鋪面和行道樹種等想法也不同，就會破壞民生社區原有的綠色廊帶。

title: 民生社區居民嘆：長者上下樓困難、人口流失


taiwan-subdivisions: 新北 萬里 石門 金山 三芝 貢寮 金山區 雙溪

title: 新北推友善耕作 保育類物種來了

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新北農業局4年前推動重要棲地生態服務給付計畫，透過友善耕種讓動植物共榮共存，農友發現今年田裡出現黃嘴角鴞、台灣藍鵲、柴棺龜等前所未有物種，象徵土地生態品質優異，環境無汙染。農業局表示，今年參與計畫農友達110人，較第一年成長10倍，透過農友實際行動，讓生態保育成日常實踐。

農業局昨舉辦成果展，透過給予農友生態薪水，輔導改用友善農法種植作物，如不使用除草劑、毒餌、維持田區全年湛水、營造草生田埂等，達到維護生態保育棲地目標。

農業局說，合作農友人與輔導農田面積年年攀升，今年110位農友參加，輔導農田近60公頃，廣布萬里、金山、石門、三芝、雙溪、貢寮6區，農友領取的生態服務薪水共約250萬元。

在金山區種茭白筍農友陳長欽表示，他與父親在陽明山腳下經營友善耕作，不使用化學農藥，田區常吸引山豬、山羌等野生動物前來「光顧」，甚至收成前就被動物們先行享用「這些土地本來就是屬於牠們的，我們只是一起生活在這裡。」今年田區裡還出現有台灣藍鵲、柴棺龜及無霸勾蜓等多種保育類與環境指標物種。

加入計畫的農友表示，田埂草生化增加蛙類及天敵數量，也有效降低病蟲害，使田間管理更省工；水梯田復耕後的蓄水能力提升，讓土壤健康與田區韌性同步改善，在極端氣候條件下仍保持良好表現。多位農友也親眼見到柴棺龜、黑鳶、穿山甲、東方白鸛等保育物種，提升參與計畫的熱情。

農業局長諶錫輝說，新北持續推動生態服務給付政策，不僅是對生物多樣性保育的投資，更是建構綠色農業與永續發展的重要基石。


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基隆捷運經費還卡在交通部審議，「機電系統及軌道統包工程」雖已完成議價，但採「保留決標」，待中央核定工程經費後就能開工。新北捷運局指出，盼中央加速審議，拚2033年完工。交通部鐵道局表示，全力協助，盡早函報行政院工程會審議。

交通部規畫基隆捷運自台北南港起至基隆八堵，全長約15.6公里，共設13座車站。新北捷運局指出，為讓後續主體工程能順利進場，新北、基隆市府先辦理SB19站址百福公園整治作業先期工程，本月公告招標，預計12月4日決標，工程經費約1億9839萬7312元。

捷運局指出，先期工程內容為降低主體工程施工時，對百福公園及基隆市實踐路兩側的影響，包括捷運沿線植栽移植、擋土排樁、建物拆除、排水設施暨水土保持工程和景觀復舊等。

至於經費卡中央爭議，鐵道局昨表示，新北市政府原提報的基本設計工程經費審議報告書，總經費達1261.54億元，已逾行政院核定計畫總經費696.89億元，數次請市府檢視釐清經費調整原因及內容，是否有經費或期程調整必要，循序提報修正計畫。

鐵道局指出，市府11月5日提報第4次修正版報告書，鐵道局11月17日開會議協助釐清，將全力協助市府完成經費審議報告修正，盡早函報行政院工程會審議。

新北市捷運局表示，隨市場行情，以及車站比照汐東線樣式，從陽春型類似輕軌車站提升至中運量車站，並在部分站點設置跨越式天橋，價格才會增至1261億元，不過為加速審議，已經在第2次提報中央時降為綜合規劃核定的696億元內。

「不要再拖了。」新北市議員白珮茹批中央審查進度過慢，導致經費編列與物價脫節，工程成本節節上升，更可能造成包商承擔巨大風險與倒閉危機，這些經費計算都有公式，須快速審查、快速撥款。她呼籲中央正視地方需求，否則不排除再發動民眾前往中央抗議。

議員張錦豪肯定，市府願意先行發包、先動起來的態度，回應民意的重要一步，汐止居民長年忍受塞車，工程須在2033年前如期完成，中央、地方共同加速程序，讓進度不要再延宕。

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北市 新北 南港 汐止 基隆市 基隆

title: 機電軌道工程完成議價 基捷經費仍卡關


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捷運汐東線已動工，基隆捷運也差中央核定經費就可動工，但地方認為，真正關鍵在於北市端「民生線」是否串聯，才能完整打通北北基交通動脈，基隆與汐止民眾不是只要到東湖，最終還是要到大稻埕銜接環狀線，盼加速民生線綜合規畫核定。

汐止民生線在地喊了23年，一度被稱作「盲腸線」，在北北基與交通部會商後，分割成汐東線、民生線各自推動，加上中央推動的基隆捷運，3線可串接北北基一車到底。

目前民生線由台北市府委託新北市府代辦綜合規畫，新北市捷運局去年4月9日第1次提報交通部審議，今年9月26日已第3次提送，還在審議中。

新北捷運局指出，中央審查時有提出疑問，例如營運機構是誰，已回覆中央，北北基3市協調後，由新北捷運公司統一負責汐東線、基隆捷運與民生線營運，維持同系統路網一致性。

至於新增八堵機廠經費，新北捷運局表示，市府採行政院先前核定汐東線3路線共用比例辦理分攤；另外，系統選用中運量系統LRRT是配合中央推動國車國造政策，但有衍生費用，建請中央依北市捷運標準補助，而非全額中央負擔，藉此早日通過。

議員白珮茹指出，北市端的民生線線型主要採地下化，北市評估完工期程將比汐東線延後4至5年，一旦汐東線2032年完工、基隆捷運2033年通車，汐止、基隆人通勤需求將大增，若民生線未能同步串接，屆時人潮會全卡在東湖，交通瓶頸不會消失，只是向前移動，形成新的交通塞車熱點。

taiwan-subdivisions: 基隆 汐止 新北市

title: 打通北北基捷運動脈 地方：關鍵在民生線


title: 議員選舉／桃園藍氣勢旺 綠盼母雞 白尋突破

people: 涂權吉 高虹安 牛煦庭 傅淑香

taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 八德 復興 楊梅 中壢 員林 龜山 新竹市

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2026地方選舉開始熱身，桃園市長張善政近日表態爭取連任，帶動藍營議員選戰氣勢。綠營誰來挑戰張善政尚未底定，基層期待強而有力的「母雞」帶隊。民眾黨地方基礎薄弱，積極尋找突破點，力爭在桃園市取得席次。

張善政就職將滿3年，任內施政獲肯定，加上桃園市立委藍軍全壘打，更挺過大罷免一席未掉，聲勢正旺。藍營有現任議員優先慣例，仍有資深議員選擇交棒。

國民黨桃園市黨部主委蔡忠誠表示，龜山區、楊梅區因立委牛煦庭、涂權吉更上層樓，議員席次出現空缺，而且龜山因人口增加議員加1席，將徵求有意參選者；若超過名額將初選。各區提名席次因中央辦法未定，加上藍白合作是共識，現階段尚未確定。

面對藍營執政優勢，綠營期待強力「母雞」帶隊，人選尚未底定，基層坦言緊張。綠營議員席次創歷史新高，綠基層盼能守住，並增加議員席次。民進黨桃園市黨部主委黃傅淑香表示，提名作業正蒐集地方意見，後續將由執委會討論各區名額建議，再提中央中執會定案。

民眾黨在本屆議員選舉失利，但仍積極經營基層。曾任停職中新竹市長高虹安發言人的徐千晴，目前是民眾黨桃園市黨部發言人，未來可能「美女刺客」角逐桃園區；發展部副主任林昭印有意參選中壢區議員，八德區也有黨員林晏良已成立服務處。

民眾黨代理副秘書長黃成峻表示，除復興區，其餘12行政區將開放登記參選，各區最多提名1席，若黨內評估不適合就不提名，同區超過2人以上將初選；藍白合為共識，在現有資源下，爭取對彼此最有利的合作模式。