Taipei Zoo displays red panda from Japan

Taipei Zoo’s latest red panda, Mirai (未來), a 4-year-old male on loan from Japan’s Hamamatsu Zoo, went on display to visitors from Tuesday (May 7). Upon arriving at Taipei Zoo on Dec. 29, Mirai was in ...

Worker falls at New Taipei construction site

A female construction worker suffered a work site fall in New Taipei’s Banqiao District on Yongfeng Street on Tuesday morning (May 7). New Taipei City police said a female worker, surnamed Wang (王), ...

Taipei expanding free HPV vaccine to boys

From Sept. 1, eighth-grade boys, as well as girls, are to be eligible for free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, the Taipei City Government said yesterday. The Taipei Department of Health in ...