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The redesigned plaza uses a “splashing water drop” concept, with layered planting to increase greenery. Its central area incorporates the image of the old Yancheng Traffic Circle through a feature called the Yancheng Cool Ring (鹽埕酷環), which combines misting facilities, stepped seating, and varied terrain.
Both lots include pedestrian routes connecting to Songyi Road. Visitors parking at the rear-gate lot can walk to the Songyi-Bade South Road intersection, while those using the Maze Garden lot can cross Songyi Road near Pond No. 10 to reach Kaohsiung Green Park.
Ko’s proposal calls for venue fees to be used as an incentive to encourage real-name ticket purchasing, with the stated goal of reducing ticket scalping and protecting fans. Her campaign has also proposed linking concerts with certified “friendly lodging” programs and local travel packages.
On Chinese social platforms, fans have joked that while other countries watch their national teams play, China watches its referee hand out cards. Another popular joke imagined Ma’s luggage for the World Cup packed not with clothes, but with red and yellow cards.
By KHT Staff. AI illustration image. KAOHSIUNG — Two National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (國立高雄科技大學, NKUST) professors were sentenced on June 15 after being found guilty of selling graduate degrees and arranging ghostwriters for theses, TVBS reported. The Ciaotou District Court (橋頭地方法院) sentenced two full-time professors surnamed Wang (王) and Tang (唐), both from the university’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (工業工程與管理學系), to seven years and five years and two months in prison, respectively, under the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例). The case is Taiwan’s first known corruption conviction involving professors accused of selling academic degrees, reports said. Prosecutors…
The Transportation Bureau (高雄市交通局) said traffic controls would be introduced around major tourist sites during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday from June 19 to 21, with large crowds expected at Cijin, Sizihwan, Hamasen, Pier-2, Shoushan Zoo, Fo Guang Shan, Cishan, Meinong, and Dream Mall. During the holiday, tourists with gasoline-powered scooters will be barred from boarding the Gushan-Cijin ferry from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Cijin residents, electric scooter riders, cyclists, and people on official business are exempt from the restriction.
District 5, which covers the suburban districts of Dashe (大社區), Renwu (仁武區), Nanzih (楠梓區), and Dashu (大樹區), has five available council seats and has historically favored Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates. While formal campaign activity remains limited ahead of the local elections later this year, contenders from across the political spectrum are competing for public visibility through community gatherings and social media operations.
OAC Minister Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲) said the incident showed that international marine cooperation platforms could still be disrupted by political factors. She said the handling of Taiwan’s delegation had harmed Taiwan’s right to take part in international ocean cooperation and damaged the credibility of the conference platform, according to the council.
The United Daily News reported that Taichung’s Blue Line has not yet begun main civil construction, but its original budget of NT$161.5 billion is no longer sufficient. The Taichung Mass Rapid Transit Bureau estimates that the project may require nearly NT$100 billion more to complete the 11 underground stations.
The court found that she accessed the man’s PChome shopping account without permission and used a buy-now-pay-later service to order items including cat litter, cat supplies, shoes, and sanitary products, without paying.
