A FEW WORDSIn October we have a few guys finishing their duty as Alternative Military servicemen.

Here we thank them for their great contributions to Tainan in the past year, and wish

them best of luck in the future. By the end of November, TFAC woud have in total nine

members of staff to assist you, so don’t hesitate to contact us. tainanfac@gmail.com

YOUR BIWEEKLY GUIDE TO TAINAN

NEWSLETTER TFAC

VOL.58

ENGLISH SERVICE EMBLEM

NCKU ART SEASON AND MORE

14.10.2011• MADE IN TAINAN

In order to let the foreign friends to know more about the “English

Services Emblem” project, Tainan City Government hold an event

called “English Services Emblem Trilogy.” The first episode of the

event will be on Oct. 15th and 16th. The will be two model wearing

gold and silver costumes, the gold and silver heroes, walking in

Anping historic district and the south park square near the Tainan

train station. If you take a picture with both heroes, and upload the

photo to the Facebook page, you will be entitled to join the second photo to the Facebook page, you will be entitled to join the second

episode - free brunch, at 11:00 A.M. on Oct. 26th. Food will be

provided by the vendors who receive the emblem. However, seats are

limited, there are only 100 seats available.

The project is sponsored by Executive Yuan to assist local

vendors to establish English-friendly environment. The project

includes providing English lessons and material for vendors and

helping them with making bilingual menu and signs. In recognition of

good performances on creating English-friendly environment, a gold

or silver award will be given to vendors accordingly. An emblem,

which represents qualification for English service, will also be given

to the vendors.to the vendors.

Tainan is famous for its tourist attraction and local gourmet,

yet foreigners might have difficulty enjoying them due to unfriendly

environment. Thanks to the efforts and cooperation between the City

Government and vendors, foreign friends will be able to enjoy and

experience Tainan wider and deeper. Last but not the least, the finale

of the trilogy will be the award ceremony at 2:00 P.M. on Oct. 26th,

please join us and give applause to the awarded vendors.

Please refer to the poster next page for further details.

“english services emblem” in-

ternationalizes local gour-

met of tainan

AtriumSouth Park Square

On October 7th, City Hall held the 2nd Asian Bird Fair press conference. The Tainan City mayor Lai Cing De officially announced that the “2011 Second Asian Bird Watching Exhibit” will be held on October 15th and 16th at Tainan Anping Fishing Pier Recreation Center. Bird lovers all over the world are welcome to Tainan for bird watching and for the eco-tour. Hopefully through this international event, the public and the government can work together and let Tainan’s rich bird species and its ecology to make a foot print in the international market. The mayor explains that the Asian Bird Watching Exhibit has three goals: 1: To enhance the notice of Tainan internationally. 2: To let the world know that Tainan is an important place for the conservation of ecological resources because Tainan has 3 national scenery places (Taijiang National Park, Yun Jia Southwest Coast National Scenic Area and Siraya National Scenic Area) and each place have many rare species of birds and other animals. 3: The development of Tainan tourism is one of the important objectives for Tainan City Hall. With the help of this event, Tainan’s scenic areas and Tainan’s culture history can be presented to people. Agriculture Secretary Syu Han Cing welcomes bird-watchers from other countries to experience the tour of Tainan wetlands. He hopes that through these foreigners, the same experience can be spread to the rest of the world with the help of the Asian Bird Watching Exhibition. The director of Taijiang National Park, Lyu Deng Yuan, expressed that this is the first time that Taiwan will held such a grand bird watching event; not only there are static display of birds and conservation discussion, there are also dynamic eco-tours. Administrative office of Taijiang also joined Tainan City Hall and Wild Bird Society to make the national important eco-resource “Black-faced Spoonbill” to be exposed to the international market. For more information, please visit www.bird.org.tw/2nd-abf

According to CDC case statistics, it

shows that there are 334 cases of

indigenous dengue fever distributed

in 7 counties and cities nationwide

after the beginning of summer this

year, updated on the 11th of October.

Tainan City has already had 10

indigenous dengue fever cases during

the summer and from October 9 to 11

there were 4 more cases increased.

The Health Bureau urged the public

to assist the government with

quarantine measures, and also ask

them to take initiative on clearing

breed as well as spraying chemicals to

prevent spraying the disease.

The epidemic situation now still focuses on the mid-west district of

Tainan City, and the Bureau of Public Health has already aimed on those

living surroundings which are confirmed with indigenous dengue

fever cases to start with clearing and expand vaccine within 24 hours of spraying. In order to prevent the

spread of the epidemic, the public must cooperate if they have received a

notice of emergency spraying.

The Dengue fever epidemic is closely

related with our environment, in order

to reduce the risk of spreading the

epidemic, the government asks the

public must actively clear their living

surroundings and especially for water

containers, do not breed mosquitoes. If

any public who ignores the

announcement and clears the water

container by themselves without noticing

the government, they would be fined

between 3000NTD to 15000NTD.

Therefore, it is important for public to

cooperate and take the initiative to work

with the government, and ensure

themselves and their families health.

Further information about the dengue

fever, please take a look on the website

http://www.cdc.gov.tw , or call 1922 to

ask about the infectious diseases.

After the beginning of summer year 100, Tainan City has already had 10 cases of Dengue Fever, the government urges the public to bring into force of cleaning up the breeds

台語講看嘜!

LESSON 13. CHINESE HOLIDAYS

EverydayTaiwaneseEverydayTaiwanese

Living

Have you heard about the “red envelope” or “lucky money” tradition?

During the Chinese New Year, the seniors usually give the younsters in the

family some money in a fragrant red envelope. Childrens love this tradi-

tion, and adults try to win them back in the majong game.

除夕 [ㄍㄌㄧ ㄍㄠˋ ㄇㄟˊ \ gli gou mei]: New Year’s Eve

新年 [ㄘㄟ ㄧ˙ \ tse yi]: New Year

元宵節[ㄍㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄗㄟˋ \ gwan hsiao ze] : Lantern Festival

清明節 [ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄗㄟˋ \ qingming ze] : Qingming Festival

端午節 [ㄅㄚˋ ㄗㄤˋ ㄗㄟˋ \ ba zan ze] : Duanwu Festival

中元節 [ㄉㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄢˊ ㄗㄟˋ \ diong gwan ze]：Ghost Festival

中秋節 [中秋節 [ㄉㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄨ ㄗㄟˋ \ diong qiu ze]：Mid-Autumn Festival

INTRODUCTION

How did you enjoy the Independence Day (雙十節) celebration? Well today we want to introduce you a few traditional festivals that are really important to Taiwanese, and in general also public holidays. These holidays are often of religious background, or has fairytales behind it. Facinating stories!