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• Taiwan News Quick Take

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  WEATHER

  CWA forecasts warm fall

  The nation is likely to experience a warm autumn with above-average rainfall, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The Pacific Ocean is warmer in the west and cooler in the east, which could indicate that La Nina might be developing, increasing the chances of warm and wet weather, CWA Weather Forecast Center Director Chen Yi-liang (陳怡良) said on Friday. With the typhoon season in the northwestern part of the Pacific continuing through this month and next month, Taiwan could still be affected, he said. Between January and last month, temperatures averaged 24.8°C, above the 24°C average for the first half of the year since 1951, he said.

  POLITICS

  KMT begins youth program

  The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has initiated the “2024 KMT Youth Flying Program,” aimed at recruiting 12 people aged 18 to 35 to visit Singapore, with all expenses paid by the party. The program is an addition to KMT Chairman Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) efforts to attract more young people to join the party, which have included speeches, conversation workshops and training camps, the party said yesterday. From Nov. 3 to Nov. 7, participants would visit Singaporean government agencies, foundations, the National University of Singapore and famous sustainable tourism sites, it said. Applicants must be Republic of China (ROC) citizens who identify with the ROC, while undergraduate and graduate students would be prioritized.

  ENERGY

  Officials to attend wind talks

  Taiwan is to send representatives to Europe this month to discuss its local-content policy for wind farms following an EU request for dispute-settlement talks at the WTO. “The European Union is quite concerned about wind power, and Taiwan is to discuss a way with the EU that can be accepted by domestic and foreign manufacturers,” Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) told reporters on Monday, adding that Taiwan would gradually work toward an open market. The nation has been promoting wind power to meet clean-energy goals, but content rules requiring developers to source a portion of equipment and services from local manufacturers have proved contentious. Rystad Energy has estimated that the approach raises costs of some parts by as much as 70 percent. In July, the EU raised a request for dispute-settlement consultations at the WTO, saying the policy discriminated against imported goods and services.

  SPACE

  TASA to host science forum

  The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) is to hold an international space science meeting in Kaohsiung in late November, the agency said on Wednesday. The Taiwan International Assembly of Space Science, Technology and Industry (TASTI) — set to open on Nov. 30 at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center — is to feature academic paper presentations, a small satellite contest, and seminars and forums covering topics such as satellite communications and lunar exploration, TASA said. Former NASA Ames Research Center director Simon Worden and Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, would be keynote speakers during the five-day assembly, it said. As part of the assembly, an industry expo, “TASTI 2024 Expo,” would feature 35 exhibitors across 53 booths, with TASA showcasing a demonstration model of the Formosat-8 project, a series of high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites set to be launched from next year, the agency said.
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