Speaking at Games, Lai promises Sports Administration to be upgraded to ministry

2024-04-21

After a 12-year hiatus, the National Middle School Athletic Games is being conducted once again in the capital Taipei. The games’ opening ceremony was held Saturday night with the attendance of Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an, Premier Chen Chien-jen, and Vice President Lai Ching-te. Lai mentioned during his remarks that he’ll be pushing for an upgrade of the Sports Administration to become the Ministry of Sports and Sports Industry Development.

Singer Will Hsu sang with a joint orchestra made up of members of Jieshou and Dunhua junior high schools’ orchestras at the Taipei Arena, mesmerizing the audience.

The uniform movements of the Taipei First Girls High School marching band, as well as a dance that integrated traditional skills with modern art, were part of four sets of performances that kicked off the 2024 National Middle School Athletic Games.

After a 12-year hiatus, the most important annual sporting event for Taiwan’s middle school students is being held in Taipei once again. From April 20 to 25, teenage athletes from around the nation will gather here to compete against one another in 22 different sports. Classes are suspended for four days starting April 22 in 150 schools, so that sports facilities on campus can be used for the games and students can participate.

Chiang Wan-an
Taipei mayor
I believe that this year’s National Games in Taipei will be very exciting. And I guarantee that in this year’s games, there will be athletes who will go on to win gold medals at the Olympics and Asian Games in the future.

In addition to Mayor Chiang, education minister Pan Wen-chung, Premier Chen Chien-jen, and Vice President Lai Ching-te were all on hand at the event to cheer on the participants.

Chen Chien-jen
Premier
I’d like to use the Olympic motto to motivate everyone, and that is “Faster, higher, stronger, together.”

Lai Ching-te
Vice President
During my presidential campaign, I proposed a sports policy, and that is, we should upgrade the Sports Administration to become the Ministry of Sports and Sports Industry Development. We will continue to promote Guidance Program 2.0 for outstanding athletes.

In addition to promoting the development of the sports industry, both the central and local governments have spared no effort to cultivate Taiwan’s future athletic stars through the annual national games for youths.

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全中運開幕同台蔣萬安賴清德重提體育署升格

2024-04-21

睽違12年，全中運再度回到台北市舉辦，週六(20日)晚間在台北小巨蛋舉行113年全中運開幕典禮，包括台北市長蔣萬安、行政院長陳建仁、副總統賴清德都到場共襄盛舉，賴清德致詞時，再度提到競選的體育政見，包括推動體育署升格體育部等，全力推動體育產業發展。

歌手須弘道獻唱，搭配台北市介壽國中、敦化國中的聯合弦樂團，讓台北小巨蛋的全場觀眾，聽得如癡如醉。

動作整齊劃一的北一女樂儀旗隊，還有融合現代藝術的傳統技藝、舞蹈等，總共四章節的表演，為113年全中運揭開序幕。

睽違12年，全中運再度回到台北市舉辦，4/20到4/25，1萬6千名選手齊聚一堂、互相較勁。賽事期間，台北市共有150所學校，從4/22開始，一連四天停課，並鼓勵學生進場觀賽。

[[台北市長蔣萬安]]
“我相信今年在台北市舉辦的全中運，一定精彩可期。我也敢在這裡跟大家保證，今年的全中運的賽場上，未來一定會出，我們在奧、亞運上金牌的選手”

包括台北市長蔣萬安、教育部長潘文忠、行政院長陳建仁以及副總統賴清德都到場共襄盛舉，為所有的選手們加油打氣。

[[行政院長陳建仁]]
“我要借用國際奧會很重要的格言來勉勵大家，就是Faster higher stronger and together”

[[副總統賴清德]]
“我在競選總統的時候，曾經提出體育政見，我們要把體育暑升格為體育暨運動產業發展部，優秀選手我們會持續推動輔導計畫2.0”

中央、地方政府不遺餘力，除了透過全中運培育未來的台灣之光，更要積極推動體育產業發展。

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TSMC secures subsidies to build third fab in Arizona

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced a US$6.6 billion grant to Taiwan’s top chip manufacturer for semiconductor production in Arizona, which includes a third facility that will bring the tech giant’s investment in the U.S. state to US$65 billion. Voice of America’s White House correspondent Anita Powell reports.

A single semiconductor transistor is smaller than a grain of sand. But billions of them, packed neatly together on a chip, can connect the world, control weapons of war, and, someday, even drive your car. But U.S. production of this American-born technology has fallen off in recent decades.

Andy Wang
Northern Arizona University
As a nation, we used to produce 40% of microchips for the whole world. Now we produce less than 10%.

The Biden administration announced US$6.6 billion in funding for the world’s top chipmaker to build a third facility in the state of Arizona. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company says it will put the U.S. on track to produce 20% of the world’s leading-edge semiconductors by the end of this decade. The funding comes from the bipartisan 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, which President Joe Biden highlighted that year in a visit to TSMC’s first Arizona facility.

Joe Biden
US president
American manufacturing is back, folks. American manufacturing is back.

Engineers say the legislation addresses a key weakness in American chip manufacturing.

Todd Achilles
University of California, Berkeley
We’ve just gotten in the cycle of the last 15 to 20 years, where innovation has slowed down. It’s all about financial results, investor payouts, and stock buybacks, and we’ve lost that innovation muscle. And the CHIPS Act, pulling that together with the CHIPS Act is the perfect opportunity to restore that.

But, they say, America urgently needs talent. The White House says this new investment could create 25,000 construction and manufacturing jobs. Are there enough workers to feed this need?

Zachary Holman
Arizona State University
Our engineering college is the largest in the country, with over 33,000 enrolled students, and still we’re hearing from companies across the semiconductor industry that they’re not able to get the talent they need in time.

TSMC in 2022 broke ground on a facility that makes some of the world’s most advanced chips. With each jump, chip production can get more and more complex and expensive. Can the country that made the mighty chip keep up? Biden’s betting on it.

For Levi Stallings in Flagstaff, Arizona, Anita Powell, VOA News, Washington.

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High school baseball player opens burger shop after graduation

Lots of young people want to start a business, and 22-year-old Chan Chun-hsiang did just that. An athlete who played baseball up until graduation, Chan decided to become an entrepreneur after high school, first working in a food truck. Once he learned business basics, he set up a small burger stand outside his home in Banqiao. Now he has taken his business a step further by opening his own burger shop in east Taipei.

Chan Chun-hsiang uses both hands to beat the air out of freshly ground beef, then puts it on the griddle and fries it until the outer layer is slightly charred.

First comes lettuce, then the patty, bacon and onions, topped with a mild BBQ sauce that completes this American style burger. Toasted sugar and rich peanut butter add even more flavor that will make your mouth water.

Chan Chun-hsiang
Entrepreneur
We prepare all the ingredients ourselves, right down to grinding the beef. I’ve even tried many different kinds of sauces over time.

Chan may be just 22 years old, but he already has his own burger shop in east Taipei. Although he played baseball since he was young, he went into business because he felt uncertain about his future after graduating from high school.

Chan Chun-hsiang
Entrepreneur
I didn’t go to university, so after graduating high school I felt kind of lost. I just wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. Ever since I was young it was just sports, sports, sports. But the food industry is not that hard to get into, anyone can do it.

A friend introduced him to a food truck owner who taught him how to make burgers, purchase goods and keep basic accounts. Then he started his own small business, setting up a griddle outside his home in Banqiao.

Chan Chun-hsiang
Entrepreneur
At that time, we actually wanted to start a food truck, but didn’t have enough funds. So, I resorted to setting up a small food stand. After opening the restaurant in east Taipei, our sales shot up. Usually, our daily turnover will be over NT$10,000.

At the small stand in Banqiao, the daily turnover was around NT$3,000 at most. But after gathering a year of experience and moving to Taipei, revenue increased and customers became steadier. At such a young age, he is already a successful entrepreneur building his dreams.

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Speaking at Games, Lai promises Sports Administration to be upgraded to ministry