This week, the CECC plans to lift the ban on eating and drinking in train ticketing areas, remove the cap on tour bus passengers, and reopen cultural and sports events. Starting Oct. 5, some leisure and entertainment venues such as KTV and MTV will be opened with conditions.
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The following leisure and entertainment venues will remain closed:
Karaoke parlors, dance halls, nightclubs, hostess bars, bars, and barbershops offering sexual services.
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New rules (relaxed regulations) on indoor dining are now in effect in Taipei City:
Guy
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In a Facebook post uploaded at noon on Friday, Minister without Portfolio Chang Ching-sen (張景森) wrote that he ran into Chen and asked him if it was necessary to wear a mask when hiking in the mountains. He claimed that Chen responded by saying, “Why would you need to?”
Chang said that many people including himself had believed that masks were mandatory at all times when going outside. Chen responded by saying, “There is no such requirement. When out in an open field without any people, there is no need to wear a mask.”
Chen then added, "You only need to wear one when coming close to other hikers." Chang then asked Chen if he could reveal these comments to the public and he agreed.
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The CECC head responded by stating that the center will announce adjustments to outdoor masking-wearing rules on Sunday. Chen said that he has received feedback from the Council of Agriculture and other government departments that it is “a bit unreasonable” for people plowing fields alone or hiking on their own or with family members in the mountains to have to wear face masks.
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Regarding the HSR…
Don’t do it! Even though the regs say you can eat, I’m on the HSR right now and they just announced no eating or drinking on the train. The attendants have also been suspiciously eyeing the Starbucks carry out bag sitting on my seat tray each time they walk by, as if they’re waiting to pounce on me. I don’t dare until I get to Taichung.
EDIT: I wonder now if the English is wrong in the regulation. Perhaps they mean eating is permitted in train stations, not in the trains themselves.
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That’s how I understood the regulations.
Since HSR is fast, I hope you didn’t need to eat/drink in the cramped toilets on the train like last time you posted about this. 
Guy
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What does the Chinese version say?
First post was updated according to yesterday’s announcement.
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Or eat.
Lifted since July 17 
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I don’t know that!
Thanks!
Of potential interest to university instructors in Taiwan: my uni has sent out the following message:
因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎疫情發展，自本 (110) 年11月2日起，教師於授課時得不戴口罩，惟需保持社交距離或有適當阻隔設備。
各課程實體上課學生須戴口罩，並取消梅花座及人數限制。
In view of the slowdown of the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors are allowed to teach without wearing a mask since Nov. 2nd, 2021, if social distancing can be kept or partition can be employed appropriately.
Students are still required to wear mask throughout the on-site class; checkerboard seating and limitation on enrollment are removed.
Guy
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Due to New Taipei City’s proximity to Taoyuan, Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) announced on Facebook on Friday (Jan. 7) that people must keep masks on both indoors and outdoors when unable to practice social distancing.
Effective immediately, no matter when taking photos or singing, or in places where one cannot keep a distance, citizens must wear masks indoors and outdoors!
Additionally, citizens must also make sure to register their locations for contact tracing.
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