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The agency said 14,570 kindergarten children were screened under the 2025-26 preschool vision-screening pilot program. Results showed 9.5% had already been diagnosed with myopia, while 48.5% were classified as being in a pre-myopia stage. Combined, the figures mean about 58% of screened 5-year-olds were already near or inside a higher-risk category before entering elementary school.
The Cijin Kite Festival and Inflatable Water Park (旗津風箏節暨氣墊水樂園) will be held on weekends from July 25 to Aug. 2. The event will feature more than 100 colorful kites flying over Cijin (旗津), along with free water-play facilities for families.
Tourism officials say the added water recreation options should help Dapeng Bay attract more domestic and international visitors.
By KHT Staff KAOHSIUNG — Kaohsiung officials say the rebuilt Jiuru Bridge (九如橋) remains on schedule to reopen before the end of June, potentially ending more than two years of traffic disruptions for residents and commuters on both sides of the Love River. The bridge, which links Neiwei (內惟) in Gushan District (鼓山區) with Zhongdu (中都) in Sanmin District (三民區), is undergoing a full reconstruction project aimed at replacing the aging structure and improving traffic flow in the surrounding area. The project is reported to have a budget of approximately NT$568 million. Questions about the timeline emerged earlier this year…
Music festival Waterbomb, first launched in 2015 in Seoul, South Korea, is scheduled to hold a Kaohsiung edition on Sept. 12-13 at the plaza opposite Dream Mall (夢時代).
According to the indictment, Hu went to a hotel on Jianguo 3rd Road on Dec. 17, 2024, showed his police ID and told hotel staff he needed to review surveillance footage for a fraud investigation. Hu was also accused of photographing Sun arriving at Chang’s residence on Jan. 4, 2025, then making or arranging three 110 calls under false names to report that Chang was meeting a woman at home during working hours.
Prosecutors said surveillance footage showed movement near the storeroom area. The inmate told investigators he had deliberately moved part of his foot into view of the camera in the hope that someone would notice something was wrong.
The company recorded an operating loss of more than NT$44 million, plus non-operating losses of almost NT$18 million, bringing its net loss to more than NT$62.18 million. It was the company’s largest annual loss since pandemic restrictions were lifted in 2021. Accumulated losses now stand at more than NT$1.2 billion, reports said.
The Kaohsiung Chung Hwa warehouse (高雄中華店), which opened in 1997, was Costco’s first store in Taiwan. It is scheduled to close at 6 p.m. on July 2 and reopen July 3 at its new location on Jhihke Road (智科路).
Kaohsiung Eki Ichibangai (高雄駅一番街), an anime, comics, and games-themed underground shopping area at Kaohsiung Main Station, is scheduled to fully open on July 18 and 19. The shopping area, described by operators as southern Taiwan’s largest ACG-themed commercial street, began on the south side of MRT R11 Kaohsiung Main Station with more than 30 shops.
