This Month in Taiwan, August 2018

Volume 45 No.08 August 2018

Volume 45 No.08

CONTENTS

COVER STORY 封面故事 Red&BlueColor Printing Co., Ltd

紅藍彩藝印刷 ....................... 10

FEATURES 特別報導

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Sheng-Tong Tay will bringing Taiwan to the world

戴勝通 - 要讓世界看見台灣 ....... 2 Dr.Apple

蘋果樹醫學診所 ....................12 Taichung World Flora Exposition

台中花博 .............................15 Plastic Pollution

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如何處理塑料污染問題 ........... 16 Red Room

紅屋 ...................................18

INFORMATION 實用資訊

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Taipei New Taipei Yilan Taoyuan Hsinchu Taichung Nantou Chiayi Tainan Kaohsiung Pingtung Taitung Hualien Penghu Matsu International Airlines Taipei Map Embassies, Consulates, Trade & Tourism offices

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台北 新北市 宜蘭 桃園 新竹 台中 南投 嘉義 台南 高雄 屏東 台東 花蓮 澎湖 馬祖 國際航空 台北地圖 大使館與 駐台辦事處

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Taipei City & National Palace Museum Tour 臺北市區與故宮觀光 .................................1,300 Wulai Aboriginal Village Tour 烏來高砂族部落觀光 ........................................................1,500 Taipei Night Tour 臺北夜景觀光 ......................................................................................1,500 Northern Coast Tour 基隆港、野柳、北海岸公關觀光 .................................................1,200 Folk Arts Tour (Sanxia & Yingge) 民俗藝術觀光 ( 三峽、鶯歌 ) ......................................1,300 Yangmingshan National Park & Hot-Spring Tour 陽明山國家公園及溫泉觀光 ...............1,500 Jiufen Village & Northeast Coast Tour 九份、東北角海岸觀光 ......................................1,300 Pingxi Sky Lantern Experience & Old Street Walk 平溪天燈體驗、老街漫步 ................1,500 Thousand Island Lake & Pinglin Tea Plantation 千島湖、坪林自然美景、茶飄香 .........1,500 1-Day Taroko (Marbel) Gorge Tour 花蓮太魯閣 ( 大理石 ) 峽谷觀光 ............................4,200 2-Day Sun Moon Lake, Puli & Lukang Tour (Stay at Sun Moon Lake) 2 天 1 夜 日月潭、埔里鎮、及鹿港觀光 ( 住日月潭 ) .................................................6,600 2-Day QingJing & Fruit Picking Tour 2 天 1 夜 南投清境 世外桃源採果趣 ( 住清境 ) ....6,900 3-Day Tour to Sun Moon Lake & Alishan 3 天 2 夜 日月潭、阿里山觀光 .....................12,500 3-Day Southern Taiwan Tour (Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kenting) (Taiwan High-Speed Rail – Bullet Train Ride) 3 天 2 夜 台南 ‧ 高雄 ‧ 墾丁深度之旅 ( 含台灣高鐵體驗 ) ........14,500 4-Day Central & Southern Taiwan Tour (Sun Moon Lake, Kaohsiung, Kenting) 4 天 3 夜 台灣中南部觀光 ( 日月潭、高雄、墾丁 ) ....................................................14,000 4-Day Eastern Taiwan Tour (Yilan, Hualien, Taitung)(Taiwan Railway Train Ride) 4 天 3 夜 海岸、縱谷豐富之旅 ( 宜蘭、花蓮、台東 ) ( 含臺灣鐵路體驗 ) ................15,500 5-Day Round Taiwan Island Excursion (All hotels are 5-star hotels) 5 天 4 夜 台灣環島巴士之旅 ( 全程五星旅館 ) .........................................................16,900

Add: 4/F, 190, Song Jiang Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Fax: 886-2-2563-4803 • 886-2-2531-1353 For Taxi: 台北市松江路 190 號 4 樓 ( 松江大樓 )

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The Other Side of the Story

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The Solution

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Refuse

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Noble Hotel

天母貴族商務旅館

士林區忠誠路二段 21 巷 12 號

12, Ln.21, Sec. 2, Zhongcheng Rd., Taipei Tel: (02) 2832-3388 Fax:(02)2838-2667 $1,880 - 3,380 www.noble-hotel.com.tw

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