Taiwan yesterday named Edward Tao (陶令文) its new ambassador to St Kitts and Nevis and tapped Peter Lan (藍夏禮) as the nation’s top envoy to Thailand.
Tao, a career diplomat whose most recent overseas posting was head of Taiwan’s representative office in Brisbane, Australia, is to head the embassy in the Caribbean ally, according to a personnel announcement made public by the Executive Yuan.
The same announcement said that Tao is to replace outgoing Ambassador Michael Lin (林昭宏), who took up the post in July 2021.
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Meanwhile, the Executive Yuan also announced that Lan, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, is to become Taiwan’s new representative to Thailand, replacing current envoy Chang Chun-fu (張俊福).
Chang’s resignation was approved by President William Lai (賴清德) on Monday.
Before being appointed head of the department in July 2023, Lan served as ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, another Caribbean ally, from 2021 to 2023.
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He was also Taiwan’s former deputy envoy to Indonesia and spokesperson for Taiwan’s representative office in Thailand, as well as head of its political division.
Lan’s vacancy in the ministry is to be filled by Lin, according to the Executive Yuan personnel announcement.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 7pm yesterday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the temblor was at sea, about 69.9km south of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 30.9km, it said. There were no immediate reports of damage resulting from the quake. The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was highest in Taitung County’s Changbin Township (長濱), where it measured 5 on Taiwan’s seven-tier intensity scale. The quake also measured an intensity of 4 in Hualien, Nantou, Chiayi, Yunlin, Changhua and Miaoli counties, as well as
Credit departments of farmers’ and fishers’ associations blocked a total of more than NT$180 million (US$6.01 million) from being lost to scams last year, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed. The Agricultural Finance Agency (AFA) said last week that staff of farmers’ and fishers’ associations’ credit departments are required to implement fraud prevention measures when they serve clients at the counter. They would ask clients about personal financial management activities whenever they suspect there might be a fraud situation, and would immediately report the incident to local authorities, which would send police officers to the site to help, it said. NPA data showed
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The Taipei MRT is to begin accepting mobile payment services in the fall, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp said on Saturday. When the company finishes the installation of new payment units at ticketing gates in October, MRT passengers can use credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, the operator said. In addition, the MRT would also provide QR payment codes — which would be compatible with Line Pay, Jkopay, iPass Money, PXPay Plus, EasyWallet, iCash Pay, Taiwan Pay and Taishin Pay — to access the railway system. Currently, passengers can access the Taipei MRT by buying a single-journey token or using EasyCard,
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