National Taitung Girls’ Senior High School this month held the Ministry of Education’s summer arts camp promoting ocean conservation and creative arts, the ministry said on Sunday.
To educate students in ocean literacy and arts creativity, the ministry commissioned the high school to organize this year’s Marine Aesthetics Summer Camp, the ministry said in a news release.
Students from arts classes and design-related departments of senior high schools or vocational schools, as well as those who are interested in art and creative work, were selected to participate in the camp, it said.
Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Education
This year, the camp revolved around the themes of “ocean competency” and “ocean issues,” and was led by the high school in collaboration with the Taitung Tangchang Cultural Area, the Coast Guard Administration’s Eastern Branch and other agencies, with 50 students from 13 senior high schools and vocational schools participating, the ministry said.
The National Taitung Girls’ Senior High School, adhering to its mission of “To Understand, Love and Get Close to the Ocean,” provided various off-campus activities during the camp for students to explore different aspects of the ocean, it said.
For example, the program collaborated with local indigenous cultural-creative studios to teach students to bake glass beads and make driftwood creations.
In another event, the students visited a fish market at Chenggong Fishing Port in Taitung County’s Chenggong Township (成功) and learned about the coast guard’s local inspection office and its intelligence work and coastal patrol duties, while coast guard dogs from Hualien County also demonstrated their daily routines, the ministry said.
The high school also arranged for students to go on a whale-watching trip in continuance of the camp’s tradition, with retired National Cheng Kung Commercial and Aquaculture Senior Vocational High School library director Tsai An-tai (蔡安泰) joining them to explain the habits of whales and dolphins living in and around Taiwan’s waters, as well as the characteristics of local sea currents, it said.
Students visited the Fisheries Research Institute’s Eastern Fishery Research Center to learn about marine ecosystems in a guided tour, it said.
In addition to first-hand experiences with different aspects of the ocean, the students also attended creative arts courses, in which they took apart and reassembled marine debris to create artistic works, it said.
EVA Air is prohibiting the use of portable chargers on board all flights starting from Saturday, while China Airlines is advising passengers not to use them, following the lead of South Korean airlines. Current regulations prohibit portable chargers and lithium batteries from check-in luggage and require them to be properly packed in carry-on baggage, EVA Air said. To improve onboard safety, portable chargers and spare lithium batteries would be prohibited from use on all fights starting on Saturday, it said. Passengers are advised to fully charge electronic devices before boarding and use the AC and USB charging outlets at their seat, it said. South
Hong Kong-based American singer-songwriter Khalil Fong (方大同) has passed away at the age of 41, Fong’s record label confirmed yesterday. “With unwavering optimism in the face of a relentless illness for five years, Khalil Fong gently and gracefully bid farewell to this world on the morning of February 21, 2025, stepping into the next realm of existence to carry forward his purpose and dreams,” Fu Music wrote on the company’s official Facebook page. “The music and graphic novels he gifted to the world remain an eternal testament to his luminous spirit, a timeless treasure for generations to come,” it said. Although Fong’s
WAR SIMULATION: The developers of the board game ‘2045’ consulted experts and analysts, and made maps based on real-life Chinese People’s Liberation Army exercises To stop invading Chinese forces seizing Taiwan, board gamer Ruth Zhong chooses the nuclear option: Dropping an atomic bomb on Taipei to secure the nation’s freedom and her victory. The Taiwanese board game 2045 is a zero-sum contest of military strategy and individual self-interest that puts players on the front lines of a simulated Chinese attack. Their battlefield game tactics would determine the theoretical future of Taiwan, which in the real world faces the constant threat of a Chinese invasion. “The most interesting part of this game is that you have to make continuous decisions based on the evolving situation,
China’s military buildup in the southern portion of the first island chain poses a serious threat to Taiwan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, a defense analyst warned. Writing in a bulletin on the National Defense and Security Research’s Web site on Thursday, Huang Tsung-ting (黃宗鼎) said that China might choke off Taiwan’s energy supply without it. Beginning last year, China entrenched its position in the southern region of the first island chain, often with Russia’s active support, he said. In May of the same year, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) force consisting of a Type 054A destroyer, Type 055 destroyer,
RSS