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Taiwan: Free emergency watches for the elderly living alone to combat SARS
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Chengwu Sun Central
News Agency, May 14, 2003 As SARS is spreading in Taiwan, Taipei Mayer Yingjiu, Ma says that the city government will provide free emergency watches to 4,300 older people who are living alone by the end of this year. According to officials of Firefighting Department, the emergency watch is the user-end of a SOS radio system, which enables users to contact the Firefighting Department for emergency. (The text is in Chinese.) To read the following Chinese article, please install the Internet Explorer Chinese language pack or NJ star communicator.
台北:SARS長期戰北市秋冬前 為獨居老人裝求救手錶
孫承武 中央社,2003年5月14日 台北 - 由於專家預測SARS可能成為季節性流行病,台北市長馬英九表示,將在今年秋、冬季節來臨,也就是在年底以前,為全市其他四千三百多位獨居老人都裝設求救手錶。(chine 馬英九上午在例行記者會表明這項計畫。他表示,目前廠商手上有現貨僅四百多支的求救手錶,依台北市有近四千多位獨居老人未裝設這套求救系統,緊急調貨供應最快要七個月時間,恐怕無助眼前防疫。(chinesenewsnet.com) Copyright
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