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1997 In Taiwan
Events from the year 1997 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 86 according to the official Republic of China calendar. Incumbents * President – Lee Teng-hui * Vice President – Lien Chan * Premier – Lien Chan, Vincent Siew * Vice Premier – Hsu Li-teh, John Chiang, Liu Chao-shiuan Events March * 28 March ** The opening of Miniatures Museum of Taiwan in Zhongshan District, Taipei. ** The opening of Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Branch Line of Taipei Metro. April * 20 April – Murder of Pai Hsiao-yen in Taipei County. June * 11 June ** The establishment of FTV News. ** The first broadcast of Formosa Television. October * 19 October – The opening of Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Xinzhuang City, Taipei County. December * 13 December – The opening of Memorial Hall of Founding of Yilan Administration in Yilan City, Yilan County. Births * 26 June – Kent Tsai, actor * 19 December – Chen Su-yu Chen Su-yu (; born 19 December 1997) is a Ta ...
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Republic Of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,00 ...
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Taipei Metro
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondola. Taipei Metro was the first metro system ever built in Taiwan. The initial network was approved for construction in 1986 and work began two years later. It began operations on March 28, 1996, and by 2000, 62 stations were in service across three main lines. Over the next nine years, the number of passengers had increased by 70%. Since 2008, the network has expanded to 131 stations and the passenger count has grown by another 66%. The system has been praised by locals for its effectiveness in relieving growing traffic congestion in Taipei and its surrounding satellite towns, with over two million trips made daily. History Proposal and construction The idea of constructing the Taipei Metro was fir ...
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Chen Su-yu
Chen Su-yu (; born 19 December 1997) is a Taiwanese female badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ... player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up) ''Women's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament References External links * 1997 births Living people Taiwanese female badminton players 21st-century Taiwanese women {{Taiwan-badminton-bio-stub ...
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Kent Tsai
Kent Tsai Fan-hsi (; born Tsai Cheng-hung on 26 June 1997) is a Taiwanese actor. Life and career Tsai made his acting debut in HBO Asia's first original series in Mandarin, ''The Teenage Psychic'', in 2017. Also in the same year, he appeared in Giddens Ko's horror film ''Mon Mon Mon Monsters'' and starred in romance film ''All Because of Love ''All Because of Love'' is a 2017 Taiwanese romance film directed by Lien Yi-chi, starring Kent Tsai, Dara Hanfman, Gingle Wang and Lee Ying-hung. It was released in theaters on August 18, 2017. Premise Er-kan, a high school student who is in lov ...''. Filmography Television series Film Music video appearances Awards and nominations References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsai, Kent 1997 births Living people Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese male film actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors Male actors from Tainan Taipei City University of Science and Technology alumni ...
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Yilan County, Taiwan
Yilan County, alternately spelled I-lan, is a County (Taiwan), county in northeastern Taiwan, Republic of China. Name The name ''Yilan'' derives from the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, indigenous Kavalan people. Other former names in reference to this area in the Yilan Plain include ''Kabalan'', ''Kavalan'', ''Kavaland'', ''kap-a-lan'', ''Yiland'' and ''Gilan''. Before 2009, the county's official name was transliterated as Ilan. History Early history Since early ages, many people have traveled from far places to Yilan. Taiwanese aborigines, Indigenous tribes that have settled in Yilan are Kavalan people and Atayal people. The Kavalan people came by the sea and lived by the river at Yilan Plain since around 1,000 years ago. They mostly speak the Austronesian languages. Their settlements consisted of small villages along rivers with around 40-50 communities scattered around the area with a total population of approximately 10,000 people. The Atayal people came by crossing ...
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Yilan City
Yilan City (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yílán Shì''; Hokkien POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River. History The Yilan Plain in which the city is located has historically been referred to as Kapalan (), Kapsulan (; also 甲子蘭), Komalan (), etc. These names, as well as that of Yilan itself, were given to the sites by the Kavalan tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. Later arrivals included Han Chinese settlers during the Qing Dynasty in China (1802) and settlers from Okinawa during Taiwan's Japanese era (1895-1945). Qing Dynasty In 1810 under Qing dynasty rule, a formal administration office was established at Wuwei (五圍) and "Komalan Subprefecture" () was at the present day location of Yilan City. Construction of the city wall was completed a year later. After a few years once the basic infrastructure was ready, the city assumed the politic ...
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Memorial Hall Of Founding Of Yilan Administration
The Memorial Hall of Founding of Yilan Administration (; colloquially, ''Founding Memorial Hall'') is a memorial hall dedicated to the founding of Yilan County Government located in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan. History The memorial hall building was originally built in 1900 where it used to be the official residence of magistrates. The building was later converted into a memorial hall and was inaugurated on 13 December 1997. Architecture The total area of the memorial hall complex is 2,648 m2 and with a building space of 245 m2. It is a mix of Japanese wooden house and western classical building style. Exhibitions The memorial hall displays major historical events in Yilan County. Transportation The memorial hall is accessible within walking distance west of Yilan Station of Taiwan Railways. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the followi ...
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Xinzhuang District
Xinzhuang District () is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has an area of and a population of 413,443 people (2016). History A former name of the area is ''Pulauan'' (). On 15 January 1980, Xinzhuang was upgraded from an urban township to be a county-administered city of Taipei County. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded to New Taipei City, and Xinzhuang City was upgraded to a district. Overview The district is bordered by Wugu and Taishan to the north, Sanchong to the east, Banqiao and Shulin to the south, and Taoyuan City to the west. Government agencies * Council of Indigenous Peoples * Hakka Affairs Council * Ministry of Culture Educational institutions Colleges *Fu Jen Catholic University Senior High Schools * New Taipei Municipal DanFeng High School * New Taipei Municipal Hsinchuang Senior High School * Heng Yee Catholic High School (天主教恆毅中學) * National Xinzhuang High School (國立新莊 ...
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Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium
The Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium () is a baseball stadium in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is currently mostly used for CPBL baseball games. The stadium can hold 12,500 people and was opened in 1997. Ground rules Part of the dugouts are covered by retractable roofs. The roofs must be retracted during games, and any fly ball that hits the retracted roof and bounces back is not considered a foul ball until it lands in foul territory. Notable events * 18th National Congress of Kuomintang in October 2009 * 2001 Asian Baseball Championship * Hosted baseball events of the 2017 Summer Universiade Transportation The stadium is accessible within walking distance north west of Xinzhuang Station of Taipei Metro. See also * List of stadiums in Taiwan * Sport in Taiwan In Taiwan (Republic of China), some of the most prominent sports include badminton, baseball, basketball, football, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Martial arts such as t'ai chi ch'uan and ...
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Formosa Television
Formosa Television () is a television station based in New Taipei, Taiwan. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997. Formosa Television is also the first free-to-air television station which was established without direct relationship with any political party and department of Taiwan government. Because of the location of its headquarters, which is in an area where Taiwanese Hokkien speakers are populous, it also earned the reputation for being the first station in Taiwan to use that tongue in a majority of its programs, especially on its prime time newscasts. On May 24, 2004, FTV was among the first free-to-air channels in Taiwan to switch from terrestrial analog signal to digital television.Five major TV broadcasters begin switch to digital television
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FTV News
FTV News (, Pinyin: Mín shì xīnwén tái) is a digital television news channel operated by Formosa Television (FTV) in Taiwan, launched on 11 June 1997. See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering most political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history ... External links FTV News official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ftv News Television channels and stations established in 1996 24-hour television news channels in Taiwan Television news in Taiwan ...
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Taipei County
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, behind Kaohsiung. New Taipei City neighbours Keelung to the northeast, Yilan County to the southeast, and Taoyuan to the southwest, and completely encloses the city of Taipei. Banqiao District is its municipal seat and biggest commercial area. Before the Spanish and Dutch started arriving in Taiwan and set up small outposts in Tamsui in 1626, the area of present-day New Taipei City was mostly inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples, mainly the Ketagalan people. From the late Qing era, the port of Tamsui was opened up to foreign traders as one of the treaty ports after the Qing dynasty of China signed the Treaty of Tianjin in June 1858. By the 1890s, the port of Tamsui accounted for 63 percent of the overall trade for entire Taiwan, po ...
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