1. Muslim Prayer Room Opens at Cijin Fish Market

To enhance the welfare and care of foreign crew members, the Fisheries Agency of the Council of Agriculture, along with the Kaohsiung Ocean Affairs Bureau, Kaohsiung District Fishermen's Association, and Kaohsiung Fish Raft Development Association, collaborated to transform the original weigh station beside the Cijin Fish Market into a Muslim prayer room. The new facility was officially handed over for use by foreign crew members on November 8^th.

2. Institute pushes high-end Taiwanese beef, pork with new livestock varieties

The Taiwan Livestock Research Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture said that it had helped breed new varieties of cattle and pigs for use in high-end Taiwanese beef and pork products.　At a news conference, the institute said it spent many years working with Taiwan's GGP Biotechnology to breed "Yuanxing" cattle, and Pin-Pu Farm Corp. to raise "Pinpu" black pigs to help boost the quality of Taiwan's pork and beef brands while strengthening the nation's competitiveness in the meat industry.