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ICC Tainan
International Convention Centre Tainan (ICC Tainan; zh, t=大臺南會展中心, s=大台南会展中心, first=t, p=Dà Táinán Huìzhǎn Zhōngxīn) is a convention center in Gueiren District, Tainan, Taiwan. It hosted many major events for Tainan, including the 2023 National Games of the Republic of China, National Games and the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival. History Before 2010, Tainan City Government originally planned to build Tainan Arena in the suburbs of southern Tainan. However, due to opposition regarding issues on traffic and safety, the project was suspended. After the merger between Tainan County and Tainan City in 2010, the Tainan City government expressed interest in constructing and operating its own convention center. They evaluated that this would have a greater economic benefit to the city than the previously proposed Tainan Arena. At that time, there was only one convention center in Tainan, which was the Commercial Exhibition Center Tainan (). This conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gueiren District
Gueiren District, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural District (Taiwan), district in southern Tainan, Taiwan. It is home to the Tainan HSR station. History After the Retrocession of Taiwan, handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China in 1945, Rende was organized as a Township (Taiwan), rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Rende was upgraded to a District (Taiwan), district of the Special municipality (Taiwan), city. Administrative divisions The district consists of Nanbao, Liujia, Guiren, Houshi, Gucuo, Xucuo, Kanxi, Kantung, Lunding, Shalun, Datan, Wutung, Bajia, Qijia, Mamiao, Xipu, Damiao, Nanxing, Xincuo, Guinan and Wenhua Village. Economy The local economy is based mainly on agriculture, including sugar-apples, peanuts, carambola, starfruit and guavas. It also houses the Shalun Smart Green En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
Fort Zeelandia () was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (now Anping District of Tainan) on Formosa, the former name of central island of Taiwan, during their Taiwan under Dutch rule, 38-year rule over the western part of the island. The site had been renamed several times as Fort Orange (奧倫治城; ), Fort Anping (安平城; ), and Taiwan City (臺灣城; ); the current name of the site in Chinese is . During the seventeenth century, when Europeans from many countries sailed to Asia to develop trade, Formosa became one of East Asia's most important transit sites, and Fort Zeelandia an international business center. As trade at the time depended on "military force to control the markets", the value of Formosa to the Dutch was mainly in its strategic position. "From Formosa the Spanish commerce between Manila and China, and the Portuguese commerce between Macau and Japan could by constant attacks be mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
「2024 點亮沙崙交流晚宴」06
Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same glyph. Quotation marks have a variety of forms in different languages and in different media. History The single quotation mark is traced to Ancient Greek practice, adopted and adapted by monastic copyists. Isidore of Seville, in his seventh century encyclopedia, , described their use of the Greek ''diplé'' (a chevron): The double quotation mark derives from a marginal notation used in fifteenth-century manuscript annotations to indicate a passage of particular importance (not necessarily a quotation); the notation was placed in the outside margin of the page and was repeated alongside each line of the passage. In his edition of the works of Aristotle, which appeared in 1483 or 1484, the Milanese Renaissance humanist Francesco F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anping District
Anping District is a District (Taiwan), district of Tainan, Taiwan. In March 2012, it was named one of the ''Top 10 Small Tourist Towns'' by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan. It is home to 64,408 people according to the 2020 census. Name The older place name of Tayouan derives from the ethnonym of a nearby Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese aboriginal tribe, and was written by the Dutch and Portuguese variously as ''Taiouwang'', ''Tayowan'', etc. In his translations of Dutch records, missionary William Campbell (missionary), William Campbell used the variant ''Tayouan'' and wrote that ''Taoan'' and ''Taiwan'' also occur. As Dutch spelling varied greatly at the time (see: History of Dutch orthography), other variants may be seen. The name was also transliterated into Chinese characters variously as , , , , and . After the Dutch were ousted by Koxinga, Han immigrants renamed the area "Anping" after the Anping Bridge in Quanzhou, Fujian. Soon after Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Construction Commission
The Public Construction Commission (PCC; ) is an independent government agency of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) which is responsible for planning, reviewing, coordination, and supervision of public construction projects such as roads, bridges, highways in Taiwan. The agency follows national goals such as sustainability, high-quality, efficient, reliable and competitive national infrastructure. History The agency was established in 1995 to oversee public works in Taiwan. Administrative structure The agency is organized into the following departments. *Department of Planning *Department of Technology *Department of Technology Management *Secretariat *Personnel Office *Accounting Office *Legal Affairs Committee *Petitions and Appeals Committee *Complaint Review Board for Government Procurement *Engineering Technique Corroboration Committee *Professional Engineers Disciplinary Retrial Committee *Central Procurement Supervision Unit *Congressional Liaison Unit * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
「2022建築園冶獎」臺南市獲2座公共建築景觀獎
Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same glyph. Quotation marks have a variety of forms in different languages and in different media. History The single quotation mark is traced to Ancient Greek practice, adopted and adapted by monastic copyists. Isidore of Seville, in his seventh century encyclopedia, , described their use of the Greek ''diplé'' (a chevron): The double quotation mark derives from a marginal notation used in fifteenth-century manuscript annotations to indicate a passage of particular importance (not necessarily a quotation); the notation was placed in the outside margin of the page and was repeated alongside each line of the passage. In his edition of the works of Aristotle, which appeared in 1483 or 1484, the Milanese Renaissance humanist Francesco F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anping Tree House
The Anping Tree House () is a former warehouse in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan. The "treehouse" name refers to the living banyan roots and branches that cover the building. History Qing Dynasty After the Qing government signed the Treaty of Tientsin in June 1858, Anping was one of the harbors in Taiwan which was opened to international trade. Trading company Tait & Company constructed a merchant house in 1867 as well as a warehouse. The company was involved in the export of granulated sugar and camphor. Before those goods were loaded into transport ships, they were stored inside the warehouse. Empire of Japan After the Empire of Japan came to Taiwan in 1895, they made the trading of camphor and opium a government business and left foreign merchants out of business and had to leave Taiwan, including Tait & Company. In 1911, the merchant house and the warehouse were turned into the office and warehouse of Japan Salt Company. Once the warehouse was abandoned, the banyan tree a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EEWH
EEWH is the green building certification system in Taiwan. EEWH comprises nine indicators that fall into four categories - ecology, energy saving, waste reduction and health - hence the name EEWH. The system was launched in 1999. Since 2003, the indicators have been foliage; water soil content (infiltration and retention); energy savings (for the building envelope, lighting and HVAC); emissions reduction; construction waste reduction; water conservation; garbage and sewage improvements; biodiversity; and indoor environmental quality. EEWH has five levels: certified, bronze, silver, gold, and diamond. As of May 2008, one building ( Beitou Public Library) had been rated diamond level, and one gold. EEWH is not equivalent to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System) in the United States, CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency) in Japan, and HQE in France. See also *Sustainable architecture *Sustainabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISO 20121
ISO 20121 (full name: ISO 20121:2012, ''Event sustainability management systems –- Requirements with guidance for use'') is a voluntary international standard for sustainable event management, created by the International Organization for Standardization. The standard aims to help organizations improve sustainability throughout the entire event management cycle. Background Every event – from a village barbecue to a major sporting event like the Olympics – will have economic, social and environmental impacts. Water and energy resources are put under pressure, significant amounts of waste and carbon emissions can be generated. Sometimes events can put a strain on local communities. By 2005, practitioners within the events industry were becoming aware of the need for more sustainable practices. Specifically, the Head of Sustainability at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, David Stubbs, was looking for a way to make good on the sustainability promises made in the Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICC Tainan, Aerial View After Completion
ICC most commonly refers to: * International Criminal Court, an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands * International Cricket Council, the global governing body of cricket *ICC may also refer to: Buildings * Iloilo Convention Center, a convention center in Iloilo City * International Commerce Centre, a skyscraper in Hong Kong * International Commercial Center, a skyscraper in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia * International Convention Centre (other), any of several convention centers * Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin, Germany * Edward B. Bunn S.J. Intercultural Center, a building on the campus of Georgetown University, US * International Convention Centre, Birmingham, a conference centre in Birmingham, UK Games * Interstellar Confederation of Corporations, in the MMORPG ''Anarchy Online'' * International Cricket Captain (series), a video game series about cricket management * Internet Chess Club, a website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
