Citations:Makung

English citations of Makung

• 1885 April 9, “Summary of the Week's News”, in The Nation‎^[1], volume XL, number 1032, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 295, column 1:

  The situation of the French troops is better than recent overdrawn accounts have indicated. The French fleet has bombarded the forts defending Pong-Hon and Makung, dismantling the forts and burning the village of Makung. The Chinese garrison suffered severely.

• 1887 October 5, “TAMSUI.”, in North-China Herald‎^[2], volume XXXIX, number 1053, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 372, column 3:

  All that night the weather seems to have remained quiet but in the morning the sea began to rise and the wind to freshen. This with the tide-rush made so great a surf round the vessel that the fishing boats, (which by this time had been brought off by a small official who observed the disaster from his station in Makung,) could do no more than dodge round at a distance.

• 1980 July 13, “Vietnamese refugees find new life in ROC”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎^[3], volume XXI, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1:

  The refugees, who are either flown in from Bangkok by China Airlines, or have been picked up at sea by the ROC’s naval craft and fishing boats, are sent to the Indochinese Refugee Center at Paisha in the Penghu (Pescadores) islands, near the county capital of Makung.

• 2008 November 17, Ralph Jennings, “Taiwan nearing approval for casinos - sources”, in Kim Coghill, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 09 October 2022, Breaking City News‎^[5]:

  “We don’t want to exceed three licences. We’re not going to be the same as Macau,” said Su Kun-hsiung, mayor of Penghu’s main city Makung, citing concerns about theft and prostitution. Macau, East Asia’s major gaming city, has 28 casinos.

• 2017 July 2, “Kaohsiung-Penghu ferry services suspended Monday due to tropical storm”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[6], archived from the original on 09 October 2022, Society‎^[7]:

  The Taiwan Navigation Company (TNC) announced Sunday that due to an approaching tropical storm, ferry services between Koahsiung^{[sic – meaning Kaohsiung]} and Makung in offshore Penghu County will be suspended the following day.

• 2018 March 9, David Spencer, “Top 10 alternative things to see and do on Penghu”, in Taiwan News‎^[8], archived from the original on 10 November 2018, Travel & Cuisine‎^[9]:

  The Chienyi Tang Chinese Traditional Medicine Store is located is a handsome building to the rear of the main Matsu Temple (澎湖天后宮) in Makung.

• 2019 July 4, “History”, in 法務部矯正署澎湖監獄 [Penghu Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice]‎^[10], archived from the original on 02 March 2021‎^[11]:

  Originally located on Hsinsheng Road in Makung City, the location proved to be inadequate to meet the expanding needs, and in 1986 a new setting was chosen. The new prison was finished and the transfer completed at the end of 1988.

• 2022 July 31, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: When the Dutch were twice kicked out of Penghu”, in Taipei Times‎^[12], archived from the original on 30 July 2022‎^[13]:

  In August 1624, a fleet of 200 ships and 10,000 troops surrounded Makung and cut off its supply routes.