Section break ---- E*EZ NEWS MAY , 2019 ---- C*News Intro I'm Jane Lee w/ the top of the hour news ..... ---- C*
Int'l Header Starting off with a look at this hour's headline, The US is deploying (佈署) an aircraft carrier and bombers to the Middle East. But first, in local news. ---- T*
Taipei Metro's Safety Issues Taipei city council is urging Taipei Metro to improve its safety measures so as to reduce the incidents of injuries mainly caused by falling. City Councilor Wang Hao quotes data to say that between 2015 and 2018, a total of 1-thousand 562 people sustained injuries at various Taipei MRT stations, with Taipei Metro paying out compensations totaling 28 million NT. Of all those stations, Taipei Main Station saw the biggest number of injuries, at 128, followed by Zhong-xiao Fu-xing's 63 and Xi-men's 54. during the 4-year period. Taipei Metro says most of those incidents happened when passengers fell. But in 160 of the cases, passengers fell because they were pushed by someone else. The company also says that the one place that's most accident-prone (最容易發生意外) is the escalators, so it has reduced the escalators' speed and sent out security personnel to guide passengers during rush hours. Over 2.1 million passengers take Taipei Metro every day. (JL) ---- T*
Northbound Highway 3 Backed Up 4km Northbound traffic on national highway number 3 is backed up for 4 kilometers. At 7 this morning a transport trailer (貨運聯結車) overturned in New Taipei's Yingge District, blocking the two outer lanes as well as the shoulder. Luckily there were no injuries, but the accident has caused a massive traffic jam stretching back 4 kilometers. As of 9am the police were still blocking the section of road near the 52 kilometer mark to allow the trailer to be towed away. The exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined. (PB) ---- T*
Rare Megamouth Shark (巨口鯊)Caught Off Hualien Port, Sold as Seafood A rarely seen megamouth shark was caught off Hualien and then sold as seafood. The animal known for its rubbery lips, large head and gigantic (巨大的) mouth as the name implies, was caught by a Taiwanese fishing boat off Hualien Port Monday and brought to the port for scientific research before being sold. The Coast Guard says the 3.5-meter, 612-kilogram shark was already dead when it was taken from the water. The megamouth shark is a filter-feeder that swims with its enormous mouth wide open, filtering water for tiny plankton (浮游生物) and jellyfish. The species is rarely spotted by humans. Despite being seldom encountered, the megamouth shark is not protected by Taiwanese regulations, and commercial fishing of the species is allowed. ----
US and Iran Turning to world news... The US is deploying an aircraft carrier and bombers to the Middle East to send a "clear and unmistakable message" of US resolve (決心)to Iran. Kate Fisher reports from Washington. < [CLIP] Slug: > ----
UN Women's 25th Anniversary The U.N. women's agency launched a campaign (發起運動) Monday to bring a young generation of women and men into the campaign for gender equality. The UN will mark next year's 25th anniversary of the conference that adopted the only international platform to achieve women's rights and empowerment (賦予力量). UN Women announced its new Generation Equality: Realizing women's rights for an equal future'' at a news conference where it also made public events planned. They include the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women's annual meeting in March 2020 in Beijing, A high-level meeting when world leaders gather for the annual General Assembly session in September , and a "Global Gender Equality Forum'' co-hosted by France and Mexico in France bringing civil society representatives and activists of all ages together to look to the future. ---- C*
WEATHER AM ..... Looking at the weather across Taiwan ... We can expect partly cloudy skies in the south, And cloudy skies with occasional showers in all of the north, center, and east. Current Temperatures .... 19 in Taipei, 21 in Taichung 25 in Kaohsiung and 22 in Hualien ---- C*
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