National Day babies amid low birth rate

National Day babies amid low birth rate

2024-10-10

The National Day is all the more special for parents of newborns on this day. It’s also the Year of the Dragon, which traditionally sees more newborns than any other year of the Chinese zodiac. However, this seems not to be the case earlier this year. A doctor says the government should do much more to support larger families.

The little one cries loudly. This is a newborn on National Day. In the birthing room, another’s father cuts the umbilical cord.

It’s 3:08 a.m. A woman has just given birth to her third child.

Ms. Wu
Mother of newborn
Many of my friends were like, how could you even think about having a third? But I really love kids, and I thought, this one’s a girl, so I’m definitely having her.

It’s a happy coincidence to be born on National Day. However, the number of newborns is definitely lower than in the past.

Lin Chen-li
Taipei City Hospital
I really do suggest that the government really increase the subsidies. For the third, the subsidy should really be equivalent to a full-time salary.

Although this year is the Year of the Dragon, there were only 97,733 newborns between January and September, which is not much different from recent figures. Fortunately at a closer glance, there was a slight rebound in September, at 11,792 newborns. With 149 more newborns than August, there were more September babies than any other month so far this year. Dr. Lin Chen-li says there may be more near the year’s end.

Lin Chen-li
Taipei City Hospital
Actually I’m doing many antenatal checks on expecting mothers that conceived with assisted reproductive technology, with in-vitro fertilization. So we shouldn’t be too pessimistic. It seems like by year’s end there will be another small baby boom.

Dr. Lin added that he’s happy some people are still willing to have kids. No matter when they’re born, they’re the parents’ little bundle of joy.

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第三胎是國慶寶寶! 龍年生育率預估將有一波成長

2024-10-10

帶您來看看國慶寶寶的可愛模樣，今天在台北多家醫院都有國慶寶寶誕生，有媽媽還選擇剖腹產，讓小孩跟國家同一天生日。也有媽咪是自然產下第三胎，讓醫師當場呼籲政府，應該大幅加碼補助三寶媽咪。

小小身軀，大聲哭泣著。2024年國慶寶寶出生，爸爸還親手剪臍帶。

凌晨3點08分，媽媽順利生下期待已久的第三胎。

[[國慶寶寶媽媽吳小姐]]
“我周遭朋友就是還滿多，就是說妳哪來的勇氣。我很喜歡小孩，然後就想說，這胎又是女兒，就是想要生下來”

跟國家一起生日，格外有意義，不過國慶寶寶數字明顯比過去少很多。

[[北市聯醫副總院長(婦產科) 林陳立]]
“我建議政府真的應該，應該真的要大幅大幅的加碼。如果是生了三胎，真的就應該，讓它的補助，應該相當於是一個全薪(工作)”

龍年出生率1到9月只有97733人，沒有明顯的龍年嬰兒潮。不過9月新生兒觸底反彈，來到11792人，比8月增加149人，創下2024年單月新高。

[[北市聯醫副總院長(婦產科) 林陳立]]
“其實我現在目前在產檢的，有非常的多都是透過人工協助生殖，就是做試管嬰兒。大家也不要過度悲觀啦，看起來就是在年底的時候，還是會有一小波的嬰兒潮”

婦產科醫師慶幸還有人願意生小孩，不過並非國慶寶寶才是寶，不論何時出生的寶寶，都是爸媽的心肝寶貝。

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Every year, the ROC National Day in Taiwan divides opinion, due to the nation’s complicated history and current status. And this year is no different. The topics under discussion include a recent comment from the President Lai Ching-te, who said that it was impossible for the PRC to be the motherland of the ROC. Another issue is the return of nationalistic ROC aesthetics in this year’s visuals, which mark a clear departure from the past eight years and were approved by the KMT-controlled legislature.

It’s National Day! Attendees of the celebration at the Presidential Office go through security check. The security personnel have been on duty since the early hours, to ensure safety for the big day.

At the event venue, a police officer sets off a radio jammer to keep drones out. Near the stage the seats are being repeatedly checked. It’s all set! Let’s see who’s joining.

National Flag Auntie
Local celebrity
The crowd is even bigger this year. The national flag top is NT$500 and the afro wig is NT$150. We’ve prepared 500 sets today to give out to guests for free.

Of course, it’s not every day that tourists get to experience National Day. Here’s a family of four that was gifted with the National Flag Auntie’s memorabilia.

Tourist
Good, really good. Everyone’s so friendly and in good spirits and the kids are having fun. This is my little one all dressed up. Yeah, good fun, a good morning.

Also joining in the jubilation are overseas nationals. How do they feel about the president’s comment that the PRC cannot possibly be the motherland of the ROC?

Overseas Taiwan national
That’s just the way it is. The ROC has been around for more than 100 years, they only have 70-ish years, am I right? What “motherland?” We have different mothers. Can the older one call the younger one the motherland? Impossible.

Overseas Taiwan national
Commenting on the motherland issue in such a context seems a bit abrupt to me. How I feel is I’d rather he say it at another occasion.

Another divisive issue this year was the visuals, clearly leaning more towards traditional ROC aesthetics. What do they have to say on this?

Overseas Taiwan national
Personally I prefer last year’s, because last year’s visuals had more Indigenous and local Taiwan elements, while this year’s has more of an ROC flavor. I prefer last year’s.

Overseas Taiwan national
Truly, I think that as long as we’re seeing so many flags in the air and all of us united under this banner, then we’re all very, very happy.

Once again for National Day, discussions are on about the history of the nation and how to best represent it in the modern day.

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A shipment of new furniture has arrived at Taipei Zoo. And it’s thanks to an unlikely benefactor: Typhoon Gaemi! Following the recent typhoon, the zoo got in touch with Yilan County, and asked if it could receive some logs thrown up by the storm. Yilan Forestry officials sprang into action, to collect flotsam and jetsam from the county’s beaches and riverbanks. Now the driftwood they collected can be seen at Taipei Zoo, bringing a fresh atmosphere to the enclosures of many different animals.

An otter wriggles around on a log, in constant motion. Others use a log as a bed: and they don’t feel like getting up in the morning. These logs are all driftwood, blown up onto the banks of rivers by the recent typhoon.

The driftwood is a great upgrade to the furniture of these animals at Taipei Zoo in Muzha. The white rhinos are using it to scratch and sharpen their horns. The panda here turns it into a climbing frame. Who knew a log had so many uses?

Chen Kuan-wei
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The riverbanks and beaches of Yilan were covered with flotsam and jetsam after Typhoon Gaemi passed by. Taipei Zoo got in touch with the Yilan branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency as well as the county government. The three agencies worked together to get these logs into the zoo and make the animals’ living spaces a little bit natural.

Chen Kuan-wei
Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Yilan Branch
For this project, we worked with Yilan County government, and got driftwood from Keng-fang Fishing Harbor, as well as Ta-hsi Fishing Harbor and all the way from Donggang. So far, for this first round of the project we have transported about 50 logs to the zoo.

The logs can be seen at the zoo in many different enclosures across five zones of the zoo, including the Africa Zone, the Rainforest Zone, and the Panda Pavilion.

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