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Complaints about a hot platform and 20-minute late-night train intervals at Kaohsiung’s airport MRT station have prompted the city to ask the operator to monitor temperatures and passenger comfort.

A poll showing Puma Shen 17 points ahead of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an faces scrutiny over its respondents’ political leanings. Its own turnout-based projections suggest a considerably closer contest.

Kaohsiung has checked pumps, detention basins and drainage channels as it prepares for possible rain from Typhoon Champi on Oct. 23–24.

Can Kaohsiung’s economic transformation give young people a reason to stay? In an exclusive KHT interview, City Councilor Lin Chih-hung discusses jobs, wages, financial services and his vision for a more international city — and why he believes investment will eventually reverse its population decline.

Cardiologist Chu Chih-sheng died Oct. 16 after a motorcycle collision with a cat in Gushan District. His hospital and former classmates paid tribute, while his family raised questions about the time before help arrived.

Megaport led an online survey of Kaohsiung events respondents wanted to continue. Residents and people from elsewhere also agreed that a fried-food carnival should receive fewer resources.

Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en stated a weekend temple rally with Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu gave her campaign a “major shot in the arm” ahead of the upcoming municipal elections.

The system collects water that flows through sand and gravel beneath the riverbed. This provides a relatively stable, naturally filtered source when surface water becomes muddy after heavy rain.

Kaohsiung’s Wild Wild outdoor festival will bring camping displays, cooking demonstrations, crafts and family activities to Weiwuying on Nov. 7 and 8.

A prepared getaway gave way to a spending spree: three Mercedes-Benz cars, new phones and a hostess-club visit. Within days of the incident on Oct. 8, police had arrested four suspects in the NT$14.5 million armored-truck theft and recovered most of the cash.