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Danhai New Town
Danhai New Town (), previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992. The project aims to create a town using 17.56 km2 of land north of central Tamsui to relocate 300,000 people from the overcrowded Taipei metropolitan area. It currently has a population of about 40,000. Developmental History The first phase of the project has been completed, but though it was designed to house 130,000 people, only 13,000 have moved in. The second and third stage plans were drawn up in 1995, but never implemented after the Environmental Protection Administration requested that both be submitted to two environmental impact assessments. After many years of delays, in 2013, the agency submitted another development project covering more than 1,100 hectares to an environmental impact assessment under a new name, but which included zones that were designated for development under the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danhai New Town 2015
Danhai may refer to: * Danhai light rail, a light rail transit line in Tamsui District, New Taipei * Danhai New Town Danhai New Town (), previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992. The project aims to create a town using 17.56 km2 of land north ..., a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan * Danhai Williams, an East Kingston businessman {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of New Taipei
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danhai New Town Light Rail Station
Danhai New Town () is a light rail station of the Danhai light rail, which is operated by New Taipei Metro. It is located in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Station overview The station is an at-grade station with an island platform. It is located at Shalun Road Section 2 near its intersection with Xinshi 3rd Road Section 2. Station layout Around the station *Danhai New Town Danhai New Town (), previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992. The project aims to create a town using 17.56 km2 of land north ... References 2018 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations opened in 2018 Danhai light rail stations {{Taiwan-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a Franchising, franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had its previous headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in June 2018. McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries in more than 40,000 outlets as of 2021. McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, although their menus include other items like ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PX Mart
PX Mart is a supermarket chain in Taiwan. As of October 2021, PX Mart operates 1,056 stores across the island, making it the largest supermarket chain in Taiwan and the second largest retailer by revenue behind 7-Eleven. The corporate headquarters is located in Zhongshan District, Taipei. History In 1974, the Ministry of the Interior founded the ''Jūngōngjiào Fúlì Zhōngxīn'' (軍公教福利中心), a supermarket with cheaper prices and no sales tax whose access is restricted to military, civil servants, and educators. In 1989, the supermarket was reorganized to create ''Quánliánshè'' (全聯社) that catered to civil servants and educators; the military maintained its own supermarket, which still exists to this day. In 1998, several executives were found to have embezzled money. Nine people were charged, but were all eventually found not guilty. During the controversy, the company was privatized and headed by Lin Ming-Hsiung, founder of Yuanlih Construction (元 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour
Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which as of December 2021, comprises its 13,894 stores in over 30 countries. History The first Carrefour shop (not a hypermarket) opened in 1960, within suburban Annecy, near a crossroads (hence the name, ''carrefour'' means ''crossroads'' in French). The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail" Bernardo Trujillo. The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket, a large supermarket, and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris. In April 1976, Carrefour launched a private label ''Produits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranew Square
Miranew Square () is a shopping mall located in Danhai New Town of Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan that opened on 26 February 2019. With a total floor area of around , the medium-sized mall has 2 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground and it is the northernmost shopping mall in Taiwan. Main core stores of the mall include Miranew Danhai Cinemas and various themed restaurants. Public transportation The mall is located in close proximity to Kanding light rail station, which is served by the Danhai Light Rail. See also *List of tourist attractions in Taiwan *Danhai New Town Danhai New Town (), previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992. The project aims to create a town using 17.56 km2 of land north ... References External linksOfficial Website 2019 establishments in Taiwan Shopping malls in New Taipei Shopping malls established in 2019 {{Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hwa Hsia University Of Technology
Hwa Hsia University of Technology (HWH; ) is a private tertiary technical university located in Zhonghe District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The name makes reference to the Huaxia ethno-cultural group. History The institute was founded in 1966 as Hwa Hsia School of Agricultural Technology () by Dr. Frank T. Y. Chao (趙聚鈺; ). Departments Hwa Hsia has nine constituent academic departments: *Department of Electronic Engineering *Department of Electrical Engineering *Department of Mechanical Engineering *Department of Chemical Engineering *Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering *Department of Information Management *Department of Assets and Property Management (graduate institute included) *Department of Business Administration *Department of Architecture Department *Department of Digital Media Design *Department of Interior Design *Department of Applied Cosmetology *Biochemical Engineering Department *Construction Management Department See also * List of universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei University Of Marine Technology
Taipei University of Marine Technology (TUMT; ) is a private technological university located in Taiwan. History The university was originally established as China Maritime College. It was then upgraded to China Junior College of Maritime and Commerce and then to Taipei College of Maritime Technology. It was finally upgraded to Taipei University of Marine Technology. In 2020, the university had an enrollment rate of less than 60%. Campus TUMT has two campuses. One is located at Shilin District, Taipei and the other is at Tamsui District in New Taipei. Faculties * College of Shipping and Trade * College of Human Ecology * College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The China Maritime College badge In early 1967, in order to meet the anniversary, China Maritime College faculty and students to study design many different versions of the badge final win was Liu Yiqin students whose design is accepted by the teachers and students as the school badge.'' 'Badge has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
