Taoyuan District

Now to Labour news.

Workers at Micron Technologies' Taoyuan Wafer Plant won the legal right to strike on Tuesday, with 1,994 union members, nearly 99% of those voting, backing a walkout in a dispute over profit sharing.

The Taiwan Micron wafer fab union said it would move to further action if the company's board fails to produce concrete proposals and planned to advise employees to take leave and rally on Ketagalan Boulevard on October 19.

The Labor Ministry said the vote reflected employees' expectations for a fair profit-sharing mechanism and urged the company to put forward a workable plan vowing to help facilitate talks alongside the Taiyuan city government and the Central Taiwan Science Park administration.

The northeast monsoon that chilled Taiwan this week will weaken on Thursday, October 8, as the National Day holiday approaches, sending temperatures higher, though northern and eastern Taiwan will still catch brief afternoon showers, according to the Central Weather Administration and weather forecasters.

The north coast, Yilan and Hualien remain on the windward side with intermittent rain, while central and southern Taiwan stay mostly clear.

Forecasters expect moisture to taper off through the long weekend, with rain concentrated north of Taoyuan on October 9th before a fresh northeast monsoon returns around October 14th.

Taipei logged its coolest morning of the season this week, but daytime highs are set to rebound as the monsoon relaxes, Now, the markets.

This is a huge milestone for Taiwan in domestically producing aircrafts.

The Taiwan Design Expo in Taoyuan kicked off on Thursday, putting Taoyuan's design and innovation on the international stage.

The city welcomed diplomats and delegations from around the world who toured the city's social housing and smart library facilities.

This year's expo is connecting five exhibition areas across the city, and Taoyuan is using design to showcase not only its industrial strength, but also its technology, culture and growing international reach.

An American delegation from Garland, Texas and a Japanese delegation from Chiba went on a tour of Taoyuan's social housing complexes and their facilities to learn more about the city's housing policy.

They also visited the Qingpu Smart Technology Branch of Taoyuan Public Library and had a go at using the smart book storage system themselves, an impressive tech innovation.

The Taiwan Design Expo in Taoyuan has kicked off, with the attendance of 15 diplomats in Taiwan and guests from 31 of Taoyuan's sister cities.

This year's edition is titled Taoyuan in Flow.