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unusual facts about Lotus Pond, Kaohsiung



Asbjørn Aavik

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

Blandine Lachèze

Lachèze won an individual gold medal at the 2003 Asian Open Championships in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, and a relay bronze at the 2004 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Moscow, Russia.

Chang Chun-hsiung

From 1982 to 1986 he was President of the Kaohsiung Chapter of the YMCA.

Chen Chu

Chen, who holds a master's degree from National Sun Yat-sen University, held senior appointed posts in Taipei City and Kaohsiung City governments between 1995 and 2000.

Chihchun Chi-sun Lee

Dr. Lee is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is currently on the faculty of the University of South Florida, in Tampa, USA, She received a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, two masters’ degrees from Ohio University, and a bachelor’s degree from Soochow University in Taiwan.

Ching-cheng Huang

Because the pharmacy was located in Kaohsiung (高雄), a major location in South Taiwan which was already a fairly big city, he was sent there in 1925, in order to attend Kaohsiung Senior High School.

Dolkun Isa

There were reports in Taiwan's media in July 2009 that Isa had secretly entered the country in the lead-up to the World Games which were hosted in the southern city of Kaohsiung.

En-Tzu Chang

En-Tzu Chang,a contemporary artist from Taiwan,Born in Kaohsiung City, TAIWAN, R.O.C, graduated from Department of Fine Arts, National Kaohsiung Normal University

Former British Consulate at Takao

In 1860 the Treaty of Peking forced the Qing government of Taiwan (then Formosa) to open up the ports of Takao (now known as Kaohsiung), An-Ping (Anping, Tainan), Tamsui (Tamsui, New Taipei) and Keelung to foreign trade.

Gate of Taipei

When the complex is complete, it will be the 2nd tallest building in Taipei and 3rd tallest in Taiwan after Taipei 101 and Kaohsiung's Tuntex Sky Tower.

Guo Shan

The orchestra toured in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei and Kaohsiung and has won generous praise from officials including Jia Qinglin, Ma Ying-jeou and Lien Chan who were all present at the concert.

HMS Glengyle

She was transferred to the Blue Funnel Line in October 1970 and was renamed Deucalion, but by June 1971 she had been broken up at Kaohsiung.

Houyi Station

The character 驛 (Chinese:yì, Japanese: えき, eki) means "station" in Japanese; the station name literally means "(Kaohsiung) rear station".

Kaohsiung Science Park

The Kaohsiung Science Park, also known as Luzhu Science Park, is located in Luzhu District in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

Kyoto Botanical Garden

As of 2007, it contains about 120,000 plants representing some 12,000 species, and is organized into the following major areas: Bamboo Garden; Bonsai Exhibit; Camellia Garden; Cherry Trees; European Style Garden; Flower Bed; Hydrangea Garden; Japanese Iris Garden; Japanese Native Plants; Lotus Pond; Nakaragi-no-mori Pond (trees native to the Yamashiro Basin); Peony Garden; Perennial and Useful Plants Garden; Sunken Garden; and the Uma Grove.

Lifesaving at the 2009 World Games

The life saving competition at the World Games 2009 took place from July 23 to July 25, at the Kaohsiung Swimming Pool and Sizihwan Bay in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Lin Join-sane

Lin was accompanied by Vice President of ARATS Zheng Lizong, Taiwan Mazu Fellowship honorary chairman Yen Chin-piao, Morakot Post-Disaster Reconstruction Council chief executive Chern Jenn-chuan and Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Liu Shih-fang.

In end of October 2012, Lin witnessed the reopening ceremony of the previously damaged Huoshan Bridge in Kaohsiung due to the Typhoon Morakot in August 2009.

Lin Sen

There are roads named after Lin Sen in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, and other towns and cities in Taiwan due to his role in fighting the Japanese invasion of Taiwan and as ROC president.

Linhai Industrial Park

Linhai Industrial Park (Traditional Chinese: 臨海工業區) is located in Siaogang District and Cianjhen District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Lotus Pond, Kaohsiung

Lotus Pond was the site for several water sporting events for World Games 2009, including canoe polo, water ski, and dragon boat.

Love River

Love River is the spine of Kaohsiung, playing a similar role to the River Thames of London.

Meinong

Meinong District (美濃區), a famous Hakka-concentrated district in Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan).

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.

Nita Ing

Nita Ing (殷琪; born March 17, 1955) in Taipei is the Taiwanese-born American president of Continental Engineering Corporation and the former Chairman of the Board of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, the company which built a high speed railway system from Taipei to Kaohsiung.

Pingtung City

It is located east of Kaohsiung and Fengshan, and centered between the western coast and the eastern mountain range.

Rhythm and Hues Studios

By the time Rhythm & Hues began to work on the 2012 Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, the company had become a global one with offices and artists in India (the Mumbai suburb of Malad and HITEC City which is a part of Hyderabad), Malaysia (Cyberjaya just outside of Kuala Lumpur), Canada (Vancouver), and Taiwan (Kaohsiung).

SS Ural Maru

On her last voyage, Ural Maru had departed Singapore bound for Takao in Taiwan and had called on Kuching and Miri in Japanese-occupied Sarawak, where she loaded Japanese wounded, nurses and a number of "comfort women".

Taipei Post Office

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

Taiwan International Fastener Show

It takes place biennially in the Kaohsiung Arena in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, creating a global platform for cutting-edge technologies and transactions.

Transport in Macau

It was inaugurated on December 1995 and has since established a number of regulars flights between Macau and major cities in Northeast and Southeast Asia, for example Bangkok, Beijing, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, etc.

Xiaolin

Xiaolin, Kaohsiung (小林里), village in Jiaxian District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China


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