Far East University (FEU) in Tainan County outpaced all universities in Taiwan with 1078 patent certificates and is looking to set up Guinness World Records, said a local news paper.

Taiwan will kick off its second sports tournament for survivors of organ transplants at the campus of National Cheng Kung University in the southern city of Tainan, on Jan. 9.

The establishment of Taiwan's eighth national park, Taijiang National Park in Tainan, was described by Vice Premier Eric Liluan Chu at its opening yesterday as an important landmark in Taiwan's environmental conservation efforts.

The Taijiang National Park — the eighth of its kind in Taiwan — will be officially inaugurated Dec. 28, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) announced Saturday.

Government agencies will hold a coordination meeting next Thursday to launch the massive dredging operations at two major reservoirs in Tainan County to ensure adequate water supply in southern Taiwan areas.

A new railway station near completion in the Southern Taiwan Science Park is the first to be designed based on the concept of generating solar energy and will produce enough solar power to offset the electricity it uses for lighting, the Tainan County government said yesterday.

A motorcycle gang who smashed three cars and attacked three drivers in Tainan City Sunday was still on the run, according to the Apple Daily.

A debt collection-related gang is under police investigation for having allegedly applied threatening tactics by occupying seats at a restaurant in Tainan County.

A Democratic Progressive Party supporter was indicted for slandering a lawmaker of opposite party yesterday in Tainan.

A Tainan county high school teacher was sentenced to 73 years imprisonment yesterday by Tainan District Court for sexual assaults of nine female students during the past ten years.