School enrollment reaches record lows

The China Post-School enrollment figures reached record lows this year, a clear indication of the country's declining fertility rate, local media reported yesterday. Full Story

Taipei lunchbox providers demand re-negotiation of school contracts

The China Post-An elementary school in Taipei was forced to change its student lunchbox menu on the first day of school after high vegetable prices in the wake of Typhoon Sepat hit lunchbox businesses, who are demanding their contract with Taipei schools be re-negotiated. Full Story

The Centers for Disease Control to make diagnosis of suspected Tainan Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease case

The China Post-The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is expected to make an announcement early next month whether a suspected case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) reported in Tainan, southern Taiwan is indeed CJD -- the human derivation of mad cow disease. Full Story

Wife murdered while filing for divorce

The China Post-A man assaulted and fatally injured his wife while the couple was filing documents for a divorce at the Miaoli Household Registration Office (MHRO), officials from the Miaoli Police Department said yesterday. Full Story

Patrol teams organized for wetland protection

The China Post-The Taichung County government will organize patrol teams in October to advise visitors against improper behavior that might jeopardize the environment of Kaomei wetlands in the county's Chingshuei township, a local official said yesterday. Full Story

Slovak National Folklore Ballet to tour the island

The China Post-Slovak National Folklore Ballet, Lucnica, will tour Taiwan through the end of September, making stops in Taichung, Yuanlin, Hsinchu and Taipei. Full Story

Kinmen group to attend Cross-Strait Travel Fair

The China Post-A delegation of more than 70 members from the outlying island of Kinmen will leave for Xiamen in China's Fujian province Sept. 4 via the "mini-three links" to take part in the 2007 Cross-Strait Travel Fair scheduled for Sept. 6-11. Full Story

Kenting urges locals to help protect land crabs

The China Post-The Kenting National Park Administration has invited people, particularly locals, to volunteer to help protect the area's land crabs, whose numbers have continued to decline due to environmental changes. Full Story

Accomplice of former councilor gets six years

The China Post-The Taipei District Court sentenced an accomplice of a former Taipei city councilor involved in extortion to six years in prison yesterday. Full Story

Piano competition open to adults, youth

The China Post-The 12th Taipei International Chopin Piano Competition will be held at the National Theater and National Concert Hall (NTCH) in Taipei on Sept. 7-21, 2008. Full Story

Chinese Taipei wins Asian Junior Baseball Champs

The China Post-Chinese Taipei successfully won the title for the second year in a row at the AAA Asian Junior Baseball Championship by defeating South Korea 1: 0 in the central city of Taichung Wednesday. Full Story

Up to 150,000 Taiwanese will take the Test of English for International Communication

The China Post - An estimated 150,000 Taiwan people this year will take the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), required by a growing number of businesses and schools to check the English proficiency of their employees and students. Full Story

Mayor Hu remembers his wife's ordeal in new book

The China Post - Taichung Mayor Jason Hu announced yesterday the publication of his new book, titled "If you don't believe in miracles, they won't happen" which retraces the ordeal of his wife, Shirley Shaw, after her near-fatal accident ten months ago. Full Story

Buddhist confab to be held in Taiwan

The China Post - The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), a self-governing organization of Buddhists from more than 20 countries, will hold its 2007 conference in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan County from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Full Story

Foreign students to start with etiquette lessons

The China Post - Ninety-eight students from 20 countries who are preparing to study in Taiwan under the sponsorship of the International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) attended a specially designed orientation program. Full Story

Nobel laureate invited to lecture at National Cheng Kung University

The China Post - Aaron Ciechanover, one of three winners of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will lecture at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) as a visiting chair professor this year, a spokesman for the Tainan-based university said yesterday. Full Story

Police probe nudist camp 'obscenity'

The China Post - Police said Wednesday they are investigating reports of obscene behavior, including public oral sex, at a nudist camp in Taitung. Full Story

Tropical Storm Fitow unlikely to hit Taiwan

The China Post - Tropical Storm Fitow, this year's ninth named storm in the western Pacific, came into being yesterday afternoon at a location about 1,500 km northeast of Guam, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said in a forecast. Full Story

Taipei rescue team to take part in Japan drill

The China Post - Seven members from the Taipei City Urban Search and Rescue Team under the Taipei City Fire Department departed for Tokyo yesterday to take part in a disaster prevention and rescue drill. Full Story

Taipei 101 Mall, Grand Hyatt have cleanest toilets

The China Post - The Taipei 101 Mall and the Grand Hyatt Taipei have the cleanest toilets among the city's department stores and restaurants, including hotels, according to the results of an evaluation of public toilets released yesterday by the Taipei city government's Bureau of Environmental Protection. Full Story

Moderate quakes strike near southern Taiwan

The China Post - Two moderate earthquakes struck off the southeastern coast of Taiwan yesterday, officials said. No damage or injuries were immediately reported. Full Story

No casinos allowed before consensus reached: official

The China Post - The government will not allow casinos to be established before a consensus is reached among the various sectors of society, Executive Yuan Secretary-General Chen Chin-Jun said yesterday. Full Story

A day trip through Siraya National Scenic Area in Tainan

The China Post - Taiwan's newest national scenic area, the Siraya National Scenic Area (西拉雅國家風景區), is a region of hills, rivers, and traditional farming villages in the southern county of Tainan. Siraya is different from Taiwan's twelve other national scenic areas in that it isn't named after a geographical feature, but for the lowland aboriginal tribe that used to inhabit the area. Full Story

Man and nature in harmony at Lion's Head Mountain

The China Post - A lofty eminence studded with old and beautiful temples and monasteries inhabited by grizzled old monks, shrouded in a picturesque misty veil for much of the year, Lion's Head Mountain (Shihtoushan, 獅頭山) is Taiwan's answer to China's sacred Buddhist mountains Emei and Jiuhua. Full Story