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According to transport authorities, seniors account for roughly 40 percent of traffic-related deaths in Kaohsiung, making them among the city’s most vulnerable road users.
By RK Shih/Staff -Image via UpMedia shows the three candidates, Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑), Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩), and Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆), currently seen as the most probable potential victors for the nomination. KAOHSIUNG — With just weeks remaining before the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) official polling, the party’s Kaohsiung mayoral primary remains effectively deadlocked, with Legislator Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆) holding a narrow and inconsistent lead over Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑) and Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩). A recent Newtalk survey found Lai slightly ahead in hypothetical matchups against Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩), though margins among the three DPP contenders fell within the…
Kaohsiung is moving to a “producer pays” system for food waste, charging businesses and institutions that haul scraps to designated sites at three city incinerators. City officials say the plan helps cover long-term treatment costs and aligns with Taiwan’s shift away from feeding kitchen waste to pigs.<
Many question if Kaohsiung’s 2026 annual cap (NT$1,200) is too low to meaningfully promote “active aging,” especially when compared with higher monthly schemes in other Taiwanese municipalities.
CHAPTER TWO – EARLY FORMOSA: Part 1 Above: A scene of what is today Tainan City, from Dr. Chen Yao-chang’s A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa, painted by Master Shen Jian-long (沈建龍). The Kaohsiung Times continues its serialization of John Ross’s Taiwan in 100 Books with the first half of Chapter Two, which examines the end of Dutch rule on Formosa. * * * But we have skipped over the story of the Dutch in Taiwan much too quickly. We should return to the early 1620s. The VOC, having failed to take Macau from the Portuguese, denied permission…
By KHT Staff Some readers may already be familiar with the Liudui Hakka, a self-organized militia that emerged as a significant force in southern Taiwan during the Qing period. Their reputation was forged in 1721, after a major uprising led by Zhu Yi-gui (朱一貴)—often remembered locally as a Kaohsiung duck farmer turned rebel. The Hakka initially allied with Zhu, but later broke with him and sided with the Qing court. Their loyalty came late, but it was not forgotten: the emperor rewarded the Liudui militia with an imperial plaque honoring their service. From the Qing era onward, Hakka communities appear…
TSMC’s expansion in Kaohsiung is reshaping where families want to live and where schools must grow.
Lin suggested that if the harbor project could attract approximately 2.3 million international tourists annually—roughly 6.5 percent of Paris’s inbound visitors—it could generate around NT$90 billion in tourism value each year.
Mayor Chen Chi-mai’s administration has highlighted this as the eighth successful land development contract secured by the Metro Engineering Bureau under his tenure, positioning the project as a key example of transit-oriented revitalization in the Sanduo and Wucyuan corridor that mixes housing, aging-friendly services, and commercial activity into a cohesive neighborhood anchor.
Opening Dec. 27, Panhua Park was redesigned from the old 三民一號公園 (Sanmin Park No. 1) beginning in June 2024, with a focus on restoring severely saline soil, reducing hard surfaces, and increasing green coverage.
