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By KHT Staff KAOHSIUNG — Twenty-six hospitals across Kaohsiung will remain open during the Lunar New Year holiday, maintaining 24-hour…

Total system ridership last year reached almost 85 million passenger trips, averaging about 232,000 daily riders. The Red Line accounted for some 54 million trips, the Orange Line about 12 million, and the Circular Light Rail over 13 million.

the freeway project received approval for plan revisions last year and is expected to begin construction as early as June. The project will be split into six major construction sections, with different contractors building each section at the same time.

Beyond long-established destinations such as Cijin (旗津), Cishan Old Street (旗山老街), Sizihwan (西子灣), and the Pier-2 Art Center (駁二藝術特區), several newer attractions — including Guoling Park (果嶺公園) and the newly opened Senye Wildlife School (森野動物學校) in Neimen (內門區) — will welcome holiday crowds for the first time.

The contest for southern Taiwan’s largest city is widely seen as one of the most closely watched local races of 2026, with both camps testing whether long-standing political patterns in Kaohsiung will hold or are beginning to bend.

The store, which traces its history back to the President Department Store’s original opening in 1975, will end business on Feb. 28.

City officials attribute the increase to a six-year reform program that moved beyond basic shelter management to focus on public education, community activities, and responsible pet ownership. In 2023, the city launched the “Ban (伴)” branding initiative — a wordplay on companionship — to reposition shelters as community spaces rather than places associated with abandonment.

Foxtron Vehicle Technologies has received more than 1,000 advance orders for its Bria electric vehicle, as the company prepares to begin production at its new electric bus manufacturing plant in Kaohsiung later this year, according to company chairman Li Ping-yen (李秉彥).

From 12:00 a.m. on Feb. 13 through midnight on Feb. 22, covering 10 days from three days before Lunar New Year’s Eve through the sixth day of the holiday, taxis will continue to charge regular daytime and nighttime rates, with an additional NT$50 added to the base fare.

The proposal responds to rapid population growth in northern Kaohsiung and long-standing calls for improved mass transit access beyond the city’s existing Red and Orange Lines.