This years drill is scheduled for next Monday, 27th 1.30 to 2.00pm in Northern Taiwan.
Presumably this article is referring to “shelter” rather than “a shelter” or else there’s been a lot of underground construction in the last year!
For any newbies, if you’re caught out in the open just duck into the nearest 7-11, grab a coffee, sit at a window and watch the bizarre scene of empty roads in the middle of the day plus the odd old foggie thinking their green plater has somehow gained stealth technology as they try to creep along the road.
a fine of not less than NT$30,000 and not more than NT$150,000
Technically, Computex is the following day but this happens half an hour after the opening press conference wraps up - it will be interesting if police enforce any fines.
Perhaps it was deliberate, perhaps it was a complete lack of any round table planning. I’d like to think the former as a lot of press will be at the event and some may report on it, some may live-stream and demonstrate to the world that Taiwan is certainly not a part of China, some may even tie in comments about Tienanmen. I suspect it’s the latter though.
