
	Where results make sense

Topic: Kaohsiung metropolitan area

	List of metropolitan areas in Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This is the definition of metropolitan areas used by the Republic of China government in Taiwan.
		A metropolitan area is an economically and socially integrated area with one or more core cities.
		Two metropolitan areas are combined into one if the distance between the largest core cities is less than 25 KM or if they are bordered with each other for more than 1 KM, and if there is close connection of their commuters.
	marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Metropolitan_areas_in_ROC_(Taiwan) (310 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Taiwan
		Metropolitan Taipei is the political, economic, cultural, and transportation center of Taiwan.
		Kaohsiung is the major industrial center in the south and Taiwan’s largest commercial port.
		The principal ports are Hualien, Kaohsiung, Chilung, T’aichung, and Suao.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761577607__1/Taiwan.html (5186 words)

	[No title]
		Heavily populated urban areas have grown outside the official limits of major cities, forming large metropolitan areas, which are now home to 68.75 percent of Taiwan's total population.
		Among Taiwan's metropolitan areas, the Jhongli-Taoyuan Greater Metropolitan Area grew the fastest in 2001, with a population increase of 1.77 percent.
		The metropolitan area with the highest population remained the Taipei-Keelung Greater Metropolitan Area, with 6.55 million residents and 42.50 percent of Taiwan's urban population.
	kelly_yunya.tripod.com /pages/people.htm (2140 words)

	Kaohsiung--Dialogue
		Kaohsiung is known as one of the top centers of ocean fishing industry; therefore, besides its national status for a high quality of life, Kaohsiung also plays an important role in trading and economics.
		Kaohsiung, unlike Taipei, is affected by the Chinese palace culture to a lesser degree; we are better able to preserve the Taiwanese ocean culture.
		Since Kaohsiung was a large port and the government had no long-term arrangements, all materials were imported into Kaohsiung.
	www.dialogue-arch.com.tw /kaohsiung/index0e.htm (1817 words)

	Kaohsiung's water contaminated by toxic waste (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Kaohsiung residents get water from a truck after piped supplies were contaminated by toxic waste.
		At least 360,000 households in the greater Kaohsiung area were affected, and officials with TWSC said the water shortage could persist for several more days.
		Yeh Ching-tsai, a prosecutor at the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office investigating the illegal dumping case, said yesterday that a comprehensive investigation of central Taiwan-based waste handlers would be conducted soon.
	www.taiwanheadlines.com /20000717/20000717s4.html (566 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Image:Ddm 2004 027 Kaohsiung Harbor.jpg right290pxthumbKaohsiung Harbor, 2004 '''Kaohsiung''' (Chinese language Chinese:高雄, TongYong PinYin: GaoSyóng, Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoxióng, Taiwanese POJ: Ko-hiông; coordinates 23° 03' N, 120° 27' E) is the second largest city in Taiwan (population around 1.45m) with eleven districts.
		Kaohsiung was upgraded to a municipality (China) municipality on July 1, 1979, by the Executive Yuan, which approved this proposal on November 19, 1978.
		The Port of Kaohsiung is also Taiwan's largest container port, and is one of the largest in the world by some measurements.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Kaohsiung.html (1200 words)

	People
		Heavily populated urban areas have grown outside the official limits of major cities, forming large metropolitan areas, which are now home to 68.37 percent of Taiwan's total population.
		Among the island's metropolitan areas, the Chungli-Taoyuan Greater Metropolitan Area grew the fastest in 1999, with a population increase of 2.51 percent.
		The metropolitan area with the highest population remains the Taipei-Keelung Greater Metropolitan Area, with 6.5 million residents and 42.72 percent of the Taiwan's urban population.
	www.gio.gov.tw /taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2001/chpt02-1.htm (948 words)

	International Railway Journal: Kaohsiung Adopts Public-Private Partnership - Rapid Transit Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Kaohsiung Adopts Public-Private Partnership: Work is underway on a two-line, 42.7km metro to relieve traffic congestion and pollution in Taiwan's second city, Kaohsiung.
		Kaohsiung city government hosted a seminar on November 17 1998 to provide potential bidders with details of the concession programme for the network.
		Kaohsiung, the local government, has acquired land to transfer to the concession company for the purpose of land development.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_6_41/ai_80898107 (1296 words)

	Transportation and Telecommunications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The port's water area is approximately 12.42 square kilometers, and the inner harbor has a depth of 16 meters.
		Navigation channels for Kaohsiung Harbor are 18 kilometers long, have a tidal range of 0.75 meters, a constant wind speed averaging 2.2 meters/second, and an average temperature of 25 deg C. The harbor has 5 container terminals, 26 container wharves, 62 gantry cranes, and 293.5 hectares of container yards.
		Urban planners in all of Taiwan's metropolitan areas must cope with a similar set of challenges: a soaring number of new motorcycles and cars, a limited number of streets, and the complexities of acquiring very scarce space for improvements.
	www.roc-taiwan.org /taiwan/5-gp/yearbook/2003/chpt14.htm (6677 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Hau said in his speech that the EPA had focused on deteriorating air quality in the Kaohsiung metropolitan area, including part of Pingtung County.
		In Kaohsiung, emissions from cars, factories and coal-fired power plants are responsible for the release of pollutants into the air, resulting in bad air quality.
		The river is notorious for its pollutedness, resulting from the discharge of pig and duck excrement from adjoining farms and the secret dumping of hazardous industrial waste.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/local/archives/2001/08/29/100585/print (453 words)

	思源翻譯社 Szuyuan Translation Service
		As written records such as the household register and the title deed of landholdings in terms of the settlers and gentry were barely preserved, references as to decode the conventional history and the expansion of the Meinung settlement during the Ching period were untraceable.
		As a consequence, changes in the functions and powers of rural and urban space occurred in concert with the suppression of resistance in plains (and Taiwan) society by the Colonial government, resulting in spatial changes as Taiwan was transformed into a market and producer for the mother country.
		In the Meinung area there was a complete upgrade of tobacco drying equipment and facilities to keep pace with agricultural land rezoning, urban planning, and the flow of labor outward to the newly-constructed industrial districts.
	www.wtuc.edu.tw /SZUYUAN/chinese/portfolio_academic_1_target.htm (1067 words)

	Institute of Communications Engineering
		Kaohsiung metropolitan area will become Asia pacific operational center, many key developments such as MRT, commerce and trade park, Ru-Zhu Media Research Zone either were developed or the development will begin soon.
		The Kaohsiung and Pintung area are now facing transforming status, many traditional manufacturing industries are transforming into high-tech communication or related semi-conductor industries.
		Using current resources, the institute will be the best institution in Kaohsiung and Pintung area training advance communication personnel and will be a great help of improving balance development of different areas.
	www.ice.nsysu.edu.tw /English_version/introduce.htm (764 words)

	Article Archives
		Kaohsiung, the largest city in southern Taiwan, is a metropolitan area of about 3 million people.
		The number-one complaint from consumers in the Kaohsiung area is hard water.
		The problems encountered by Kaohsiung are common throughout the island nation and reflect the growth in population and industry.
	www.waternet.com /article.asp?IndexID=5190904 (1196 words)

	Challenge 2008 -- The Six-year National Development Plan
		The first project of the 6-year national development plan is the cultivation of talent for the e-generation, since manpower is the basis of all development.
		A similar system is being built to serve the Kaohsiung metropolitan area.
		The massive exploitation of slope land, land reclamation, and excessive logging of mountain areas have resulted in mudslides, floods, and erosion of riverbanks and seacoasts.
	www.taipei.org /press/20020521.htm (3099 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Kaohsiung
		Kaohsiung prosecutors have already looked into the riot and have interviewed suspects they claim were the ringleaders, the groups said.
		The Kaohsiung Fishermen's Association said that it is seeking help from human-rights organizations in the US through the Council of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain the release of the vessel.
		Although the sign identifies it as a Kaohsiung City bus stop, and the official address is part of Kaohsiung's Chichin district, Dongsha Island lies in the South China Sea, about 444km southwest of the city, and is part of the Pratas Islands...
	worldcities.surfwax.com /files/Kaohsiung_Taiwan.html (5572 words)

	Celebrating 93rd Double Tenth National Day - Republic of China(Taiwan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Navigation channels for Kaohsiung Harbor are 18 kilometers long, have a tidal range of 0.75 meters, a constant wind speed averaging 2.2 meters/second, and an average temperature of 25C.
		Suao Harbor 1 1h is situated on the northeast coast of Taiwan and serves as an auxiliary port for Keelung Harbor.
		The 373-kilometer-long route connects Kaohsiung in the south with both Taipei and Keelung in the north.
	www.bruneidirect.com /New_bizcentre/BR/new_clients/taiwan/trans_telecom.html (5488 words)

	The nature and development trend of the national urban system
		Meanwhile, the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area in the Southern region has sustained rapid growth, especially in the central city and major satellite cities such as Fengshan.
		An urban system is defined in terms of size, function, and service area (or area of influence), and by differences in the social, economic, and cultural activities of cities within a specific region.
		The Taichung Metropolitan Area's sphere of influence extends throughout the Central region.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/uu11ee/uu11ee0l.htm (1706 words)

	Parched south prays for rain as reservoirs dry up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		According to Yang Feng-jung, head of the agency's Southern Water Resources Bureau, agricultural areas needing water from the Tsengwen and Wushantou reservoirs for irrigation could be left fallow in July.
		Yang said that pumping stations in Kaohsiung County would transport more water from the Gaoping River to ensure demand for water in the Kaohsiung metropolitan area continued to be met.
		Officials predict that the area of agricultural land to be left fallow in July will be larger than ever.
	www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw /20040513/20040513s2.html (341 words)

	Metropolitan housing prices see 10-year low (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		According to a housing market study published on Dec. 28 by Pacific Rehouse Co., Ltd., one of the main local house brokerage chains, the average sales price of used housing units in the three metropolitan areas this year has slipped by 27% to a new low since 1989.
		In the Taichung metropolitan area, the average price registered NT$123,000 (US$3,891) per ping in 1989 and NT$134,000 (US$4,239) per ping in 1993.
		The drop in volume of new housing start-ups is expected to abate the pressure on the large volume of vacant housing units.
	www.taiwanheadlines.com /19991231/19991231b5.html (326 words)

	Urban Traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The traffic in Taipei City and the greater Taipei metropolitan area is considered the worst among Taiwan's major cities.
		These mass transit systems were initially designed to alleviate urban traffic in downtown Taipei and to induce the people to move from the metropolitan area to the outlying areas.
		Kaohsiung City is Taiwan's second-largest metropolitan area and largest port city.
	www.taiwaninfo.org /info/yb96/f_html/ch14_5.html (764 words)

	Celebrating 93rd Double Tenth National Day - Republic of China(Taiwan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Heavily populated urban areas have gro.n outside the official limits of major cities, forming large metropolitan areas, which are now home to 68.75 percent of Taiwan's total population.
		To enhance the welfare of the indigenous peoples, efforts are being made under the Challenge 2008 National Development Plan to promote their economic self dependence and encourage them to seek employment in local communities.
		On Orchid Island, for example, Tao is still widely spoken: however, native speakers are dwindling in number, and the new generations who grew up in cities are usually not as fluent in their ancestral language as they are in Mandarin or Taiwanese.
	www.bruneidirect.com /New_bizcentre/BR/new_clients/taiwan/people_language.html (4463 words)

	Szuyuan Translation Service
		The Meinung community today includes Meinung Township and part of Liukuei and Shanlin rirual areas and is one of the few areas in Taiwan where traditional Hakka society and culture have been preserved relatively completely.
		However, the area inhabited by the "Liu Tui" community also coincided with that of the indigenous Pingpu tribe's "Fengshan Pashe" (Eight Villages of Fengshan) area.
		In light of Meinung settlements, the fundamental development of inhabitances and villages was undertaken in 1730 and closed to finish in 1760.
	www.wtuc.edu.tw /szuyuan/english/portfolio_academic_1.htm (1075 words)

	Distribution of Kaohsiung Hakka
		It is perceived though Kaohsiung was not home to the Hakka ethnic group in the Ching Dynasty, the Hakka ancestors were not absent in the history of development.
		In terms of the place of origin, the Hakka ethnic group moved to Kaohsiung City respectively from Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli in the north, Tungshih in the middle and Meinung and Pingtung in the south, also known as “Northern Hakka”, “Middle Hakka” and “Southern Hakka”.
		The ancestral home of Kaohsiung former Speaker Huang, Chi-Chuan’s family is located at No. 47, Chien Hsing Rd. where the descendants visit to burn incense and revere the gods every day though nobody lives there.
	gsh.taiwanschoolnet.org /gsh2004/3260/My%20Webs/03.htm (680 words)

	The Nineteen-Sixties-Living Conditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		With a population of more than one million, Taipei formed a large metropolitan area together with neighboring cities.
		Apart from forest recreation areas and various artistic and cultural activities, mountain-climbing, skiing, and the use of man-made amusement facilities expanded people's recreation options and gave them more room for relaxation.
		---The development of scenic areas and forest recreation areas continued; many provincial and county (city) scenic areas were established.
	www.park.org /Taiwan/Government/Theme/Economic_Political/enp127x.htm (513 words)

	Tsoying Station
		The Tsoying Station Area, in addition to serving as a transportation hub for the greater Kaohsiung metropolitan area, will become an integral part of the surrounding communities.
		At the north end of the HSR Station is a connection to the new underground Kaohsiung MRT Station, currently under construction and due to open in 2006.
		Lower level platforms are simple RC structures with Y-shape steel canopies, extending 125m in length to the north side and enclosed within a SRC car park structure for a further 120m to the south side, providing a total platform length of 435m.
	imacf.macfarlane-web.com /tsoyingstnpaper.htm (712 words)

	Encyclopedia: Metropolitan areas in ROC (Taiwan)
		People who viewed "Metropolitan areas in ROC (Taiwan)" also viewed:
		Other descriptions of Metropolitan areas in ROC (Taiwan)
		This is the difinition of metropolitan areas used by the ROC government in Taiwan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Metropolitan-areas-in-ROC-%28Taiwan%29 (304 words)

	Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Adjacent to scenic Cheng Ching Lake, one of the most popular attractions in Kaohsiung, East of Kaohsiung metropolitan area, north of Kenting National Park, our school is located in southern Taiwan with mild climate, large plains and a long stretch of coastline.
		This area is surrounded by plenty of leisure industries providing water and outdoor activities.
		In addition to these excellent geographic features, our program is not only well-planned but is closely tied with local businesses, thus offering good learning opportunities for the future leaders in the related fields.
	www.csu.edu.tw /csitshow/shl/english/index_e01.htm (140 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A limit on the emission of air pollutants in the Kaohsiung metropolitan area, which has the worst air quality in Taiwan, will be set in 2003, the Environmental Protection Administration announced yesterday.
		The Kaohsiung metropolitan area was, however, responsible for 10.72 percent of these `unhealthy' days.
		EPA said at a press conference yesterday that a project to improve the air quality in Kaohsiung metropolitan area has already been mapped out.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/archives/2001/07/04/0000092652/wiki (687 words)

	Wireless Area Networks - Cellphone Portal US
		LAN stands for local area network, so a wireless LAN is simply a network linking two or more computers without wires (cables).
		… Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are the same as the traditional LAN but they have a wireless interface.
		Kaohsiung City selects Nortel Networks to provide wireless mesh networks for the construction of a public wireless local area network.
	cellphone.portal.us.com /wireless-area-networks.html (522 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)