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This week's topics: Huwei holds 5,000-table banquet for ghostly visitors; curtain falls on annual Penghu fireworks festival after two months; Taipei Zoo’s panda cub named “Yuanbao"; Basketballs get second life as bags in sustainability expo;  New measures on pork packaging labels to go into effect Jan. 1; and black hogs featured in Paiwan tribe’s hog-catching race. 

This week's topics include: Start of new school year to bring new COVID-19 rules;  Ghost Month’s most exciting events scale back amid pandemic;  30 restaurants in Taiwan starred by 2020 Michelin Guide;  Puppet master and percussionist receive National Cultural Award;  After 20 years of work, a craftsman brings the erhu to Taiwan; Animals express their love on “Chinese Valentine’s Day”

This week's topics include: Rehabilitated Formosan Black Bear released into the wild;  twenty four baby sea turtles in Kenting return safely to the ocean;  Perseid meteor shower to peak Wednesday night;  competition to find best goodwill ambassadors entering final round;  beef noodle soup contest kicking off in October, and more. 

This week's topics: Pharmacists warn against fake masks sold online; over 70 Taiwan eateries make Michelin’s Bib Gourmand selection;  ammonium nitrate stored in Port of Taichung removed;  80-year-old Catholic priest gets “miraculous” birthday gift;  firefighter’s water rocket invention aims to cut costs; and so on.