Yunlin County Deputy Magistrate Lin Yuan-chuan said Wednesday that the operations of five chemical factories belonging to the Formosa Plastics group will be halted in two months time on safety concerns.

In order to kick-start development initiatives for the Greater Tainan municipality, the city government is actively recruiting real estate investors and potential employees nationwide, with stops in Taipei planned for May 28 and 29 at the Eslite Bookstore in the Xinyi District.

Three people died and one was in emergency care after driving a car into the sea in Tainan's Anping Harbor area late Saturday night. Family of the victims suspected the tragedy was caused by exhaustion.

A foundation in Tainan has pledged to offer free trips to the southern Taiwanese city for students from Sendai, one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake, the city announced yesterday.

President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to hold a press conference in southern Tainan City to mark the third anniversary of his inauguration as president drew different opinions from across party lines yesterday.

A truck crashed into a convenient store in southern Tainan yesterday morning, killing two college students and injuring another six.

A High Court branch in Tainan City overturned a not-guilty verdict in a sand-stealing case against city Councilor Wu Chien-pao yesterday, ruling that he must serve a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence and be relieved of his post as a councilor.

The visiting mayor of the Japanese city of Nikko called on Tainan Mayor Lai Ching-te in southern Taiwan Monday to solicit more visits to his city by Taiwanese tourists.

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), announced the recipients of the 22nd K.Y. Li Scholarship on April 26th. The 96 students who have been granted the scholarship would each receive NT$10,000 (US$346) and a certificate.

Four consumers of a Japanese restaurant in Tainan City were taken to hospital for eating balloon fish, said Tainan City Health Bureau (TCHB) yesterday.