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Matsu: A trip of two halves

Edit Taipei Times 24 May 2016
Let’s be honest ... A 45-minute flight from Taipei’s Songshan Airport, I traveled there with a group of Taiwanese friends to Beigan (北竿) and Nangan (南竿), two of Matsu’s largest islands, both of which have small airports ... BEIGAN. Immediately on touching down at Beigan’s tiny airport, I knew I was going to like the place ... ROAMING THE ISLAND. One of the nicest things about the Beigan Island is there’s hardly any traffic ... ....

NCKU set up solar water heater at Taiwan’s northernmost school (National Cheng Kung University)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Aug 2015
(Source. National Cheng Kung University) Tainan, Taiwan, August 19, 2015. A solar water heater set up at Taiwan's northernmost school by the Energy Research Center of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) recently marked the milestone for solar thermal application in Taiwan ... Keh-Chin Chang, the director of the center ... Nangan and Beigan so far, according to Chang ... Enditem/. distributed by ... (noodl. 29506339) ....

Control Yuan urges Chinese action on garbage in Matsu

Edit Taipei Times 30 Jun 2015
Members of the Control Yuan on Monday urged the Mainland Affairs Council to talk with its Chinese counterpart about the problem of Chinese garbage accumulating on the shores of the Matsu Islands and hurting tourism. The Control Yuan first became aware of the problem when a delegation of members visited Beigan Township (北竿) in Matsu in March ... ....

Shorter ferry route between Matsu and China opens in July

Edit Taipei Times 15 May 2015
The new route between Matsu’s Beigan Township (北竿) and Fujian’s Huangqi Peninsula is expected to shorten the travel time to just 20 minutes, Liu said. Construction on a floating pier and terminal in Huangqi has been completed, while a floating pier in Beigan is still under construction, said Liu, who estimated ......

Pilot errors to blame for erroneous airport landing

Edit Taipei Times 03 May 2015
A series of human errors led an Executive Aviation Taiwan Corp aircraft to mistakenly land at the Beigan Airport in Matsu in March last year, an Aviation Safety Council investigation has found ... When the pilots saw Beigan’s runway, they thought it was the Nangan runway, which is why they chose to land there ... between the Nangan and Beigan airports....

Control Yuan opens probe into shoreline waste from China

Edit Taipei Times 09 Apr 2015
The problem is becoming more serious with each passing day, Pao said ... Wang said that the Control Yuan received a call from a representative for Beigan Township (北竿) residents in Matsu County, saying that trash on the island was piled up higher than a person, adding that it was an intolerable situation ... We hope that the matter could be discussed by the foundation and ARATS and a resolution reached, Chiang said ... ....

2014 ELECTIONS: Lienchiang’s Yang wants new term to realize lofty ideals

Edit Taipei Times 02 Nov 2014
However, Yang, who is seeking re-election in the Nov ... A referendum to build a casino on Matsu that passed in 2012 — it was approved by local residents, but is yet to be ratified by the Legislative Yuan — is to bring about great changes for the island, including the establishment of an international airport, the construction of a causeway connecting Nangan and Beigan (北竿), and the building of international tourist resorts, Yang said ... ....
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