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    Foxtron Electric Car Gets 1,000+ Preorders as Kaohsiung Electric Bus Plant Targets 250 Units in 2026

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    Kaohsiung and Tainan Taxi Fares to Include NT$50 Lunar New Year Surcharge From Feb. 13

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    City Rejects Petition to Open Jhongjheng Underpass to Motorcycles, Scooters

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    High Court Upholds Death Sentence in Kaohsiung 2023 Double Murder Case

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    Tainan Cram School Fined After Elementary Student Forced to Swallow Magnet

    Unity in Diversity: Kaohsiung American School Launches Its First Model United Nations Conference

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    Call for Applications: Maritime GENIE Cohort 3

    The Return of the Kaohsiung Main Station Red Carp – A Local Landmark Comes Home

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    E-DA water ride briefly stalls in cave, boy flashes “540” help hand sign

    E-DA World (義大遊樂世界), a theme park in Dashu District (大樹區), Kaohsiung, said a “Super Water Battle” boat briefly became immobilized in a cave section on Jan. 26 at about 4:55 p.m. Staff entered the water and resolved the issue in roughly five minutes. No injuries were reported.

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    NT$500 “Sports Coin” opens for signup in Taiwan, with Kaohsiung gyms and pools among places to spend it

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Sports is taking online registrations from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8, 2026 for a limited batch of 600,000 digital “Sports Coin” credits worth NT$500 each. The credits can cover sports participation and event tickets in full, plus up to NT$200 for sports gear purchases.

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    Sun Star Marks 20 Years with Return to Kaohsiung for 2025 Celebrity Charity Baseball Game

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    Breathing with Kaohsiung: The Yoga Movement’s Quiet Influence in the City

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    Kaohsiung Athletes Ready for the 2025 National Games in Yunlin, Says Mayor

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    The Incredible People Who “Wrote the Textbooks” on Taiwan Sign Language (TSL)

    2018年,台灣通過《國家語言發展法》,正式將台灣手語 (Taiwan Sign Language, TSL)納入國家語言之一。臺灣聾教育,以及臺灣手語的發展,都是從日治時期開始。而在臺灣聾教育的歷史中,有一位相當重要的人士:林文勝先生。他是創立於日治時期,現今臺北市立啟聰學校的第二任校長,同時也是位聾人。究竟臺灣聾教育與這位林校長有些什麼關係呢?這次的FORMOSA FILES中文版在2025年12月時來到臺南,訪問兩位臺灣手語教育的先驅:史文漢(Wayne H. Smith)老師以及丁立芬老師,由他們來與我們一起聊聊,臺灣聾教育與這位「三個第一」的林文勝林校長。

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    Hotels themselves propose the registered maximum price when submitting pricing for record. The local authority reviews the submission for formality and compliance, but does not set or “approve” an arbitrary cap based on economic fairness. Authorities may reject filings for procedural issues, but they do not set price levels based on “market fairness.”

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