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unusual facts about Houli, Taichung



1991 Little League World Series

The Hsi Nan Little League of Taichung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) defeated the San Ramon Valley Little League of Danville, California in the championship game of the 45th Little League World Series.

2013 Asia Series

The tournament was held in Taichung and Taoyuan, Taiwan, starting on 15 November with the final held on 20 November.

85C Bakery Cafe

Following the success of the two stores, a third store was opened in Goun Yi, in Taichung City, which marked the beginning of the franchising name 85℃ in November 2004.

Asbjørn Aavik

His work consisted partly in teaching at a Bible school at Kaohsiung and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Taipei and Taichung.

Bachar Houli

After consulting with a Sheikh, Houli decided to break his Ramadan fast for three days during the physical endurance tests at the AFL Draft Camp; this allowed him to record sufficient times to impress recruiters and be a viable selection in the draft.

Houli's role has been likened to that of Hazem El Masri in the Rugby League community, and he currently works one day a week as an AFL cultural ambassador.

Central Weather Bureau

While Taiwan was under Japanese rule, the government set up five weather monitoring stations on the island, located in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hengchun, and Penghu.

Cingshuei High School

Chingshuei High School is the only one high school in Chingshuei, Taichung county, Taiwan.

Dongshi District

The township is bounded by (clockwise from the north) Zhuolan Township (Miaoli County), Heping Rural Township, Xinshe Rural Township, Shigang Rural Township, Fengyuan City, Houli Rural Township, and Sanyi Rural Township (Miaoli County).

Emile D. Beaulieu

During the latter part of the 1980s, Beaulieu visited Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Germany and Taichung in Taiwan, establishing sister city relationships between these two cities and Manchester.

Golden Plaza

The Golden Plaza (神鑑大樓) is a 30-storey building located in Taichung, Taiwan.

Jason Hu

He has tried to bring a branch of the Guggenheim Museum to Taichung, but to this point, there has been no apparent success in these efforts.

MUSA's

From December 2011 to early January in 2012, Gary Chaw, with MUSA's Trio and Michael Tu, presented the Gary Chaw SENSATION x JAZZ concerts in Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung.

National Chung Hsing University

The university owns four experimental forests located in New Taipei City, Nantou County, Taichung City, and Tainan City, respectively.

National Taichung First Senior High School

The National Taichung First High School was founded by elite members of gentry in Taichung in 1915, including Lin Lie-tang (林烈堂), Lin Hsien-tang (林獻堂), Lin Hsiung-chen (林熊徵), Tsai Lien-fang (蔡蓮舫) and Koo Hsien-jung (辜顯榮).

Paul Sermon

The Installation was also performed at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung July 2- August 24, 2005, were it was part of a seven interactive installation piece.

Pazeh people

The Pazeh (or Pazih; 巴則海 or 巴宰) people, including the Kaxabu, are the descendants of the Tsouic Pazeh speaking indigenous people from the central Taiwanese areas of Taichung and Miaoli.

Peter Chen

Born in Taichung, Taiwan, Peter Chen received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1968 at the National Taiwan University, and a Ph.D. in computer science/applied mathematics at the Harvard University in 1973.

Pingpu peoples

(4) Pazeh: Originally settled in Fengyuan, Tantzu, Shengkang, and Houli, and later spread into Shihkang, Tungshih, and Hsinshe.

Qingshui

Qingshui District (清水區), once a town, a district in Taichung, Taiwan

Republic of China presidential election, 2008

On March 16, 2008, standing for DPP candidate Frank Hsieh at a rally in Taichung, Chuang Kuo-jung, a deputy secretary for the Department of Education, called Ma Ying-jeou a "chicken" and further insulted his father and family.

SRAM Corporation

A SRAM factory in Taichung, Taiwan was converted to RockShox production after the RockShox acquisition.

Taichung Bus

Taichung City Bus, the complete bus network in the city of Taichung, Taiwan

Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

It was announced on the final day of the 2006 Intercontinental Cup that the 2007 Baseball World Cup will be held in Taichung, with this stadium one of the two to be used for the tournament.

Taipei Post Office

Among these post offices are the three headquarters in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung.

Taiwanese Hokkien

In Taiwan, however, the Tâi-lâm (Tainan, southern Taiwan) speech is the prestige variant, and the other major variants are the northern speech, the central speech (near Taichung and the port town of Lugang in Changhua County), and the northern (northeastern) coastal speech (dominant in Yilan).

Tongyong Pinyin

This contrast could be seen in the two entities that now make up the municipality of TaichungTaichung County used Tongyong, while Taichung City has used Hanyu pinyin since at least 2004.

Transportation in Taichung

Whereas one might have gotten used to boarding buses via the rear door in Taipei, rear doors on Taichung buses, if any, are firmly sealed.

Wan-Ting Su

At present, she is a full-time artist who lives in Taichung.


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