Travel
Tips : Local Info
Business Hours
Government Weekdays 8:30~12:30 13:30~17:30
Weekends Closed
Business Weekdays 8:30/09:00~17:30
Department Stores 11:00~21:30 { Open almost daily}
Shops 10:00/11:00 ~21:00/ 22:00 {Open almost everyday except
for the Chinese Lunar New Year. }
Convenience Stores 24 hours a day{Open daily }
Restaurants Lunch 12:00~14:00
Dinner 18:00~21:00 { Most open daily}
Tipping & Tax
Tipping is not customary in most of places in Taiwan. The one
exception is tipping the bellboy when you check into a hotel.
Foreigners who work legally in Taiwan are required to file an
income tax return in May each year. The deadline is May 31. For
guidelines on how to file taxes as a foreigner, please contact
:
Taipei National Tax Administration.
Kaohsiung National Tax Administration.
Public Holidays
January 1 Foundation Day of the ROC
Chinese Lunar year Lunar New Year's Eve; 1st, 2nd, 3rd
of the 1st month by lunar calendar
February 28 Peace Memorial Day
April 5 Tomb Sweeping Day
5th of the 5th month
by the lunar calendar Dragon Boat Festival
15th of the 8th month
by the lunar calendar Moon Festival
October 10 Double Tenth National Day For more information please visit Central Personnel Administration
Electricity
Taiwan uses electric current of 110 volts at 60 cycles, appliances
from Europe, Australia or South-East Asia will need an adaptor
or transformer. Many buildings have sockets with 220 volts especially
for the use of air conditioners.
Telecommunications
Public phones in Taiwan are divided primarily into two types, coin and card.
Coin phones accept coins in denominations of NT$1, NT$5, and NT10. For local
calls, NT$1 buys one minute of phone time. Phone cards are divided into magnetic
strip stored value cards and IC stored value cards, and can be used all over
Taiwan. Magnetic strip cards sell for NT$100 each, and IC cards are available
in NT$200 and NT$300 versions. The cards are sold in railway stations, bus
stations, scenic spots, and convenience stores. When making local calls it
is not necessary to dial the area code; when making long-distance calls, however,
the area code of the party being called must be dialed in first (see explanation
on the public telephone) and then the number itself dialed. International calls
can be made from private cell phones, public IDD phones, or hotel IDD phones.
International calls are charged in units of six seconds. The procedure for
making international direct dial calls from Taiwan is as follows:
1. Dial Taiwan's international access code, 002
2. Dial the country code of the country being called (1 for the U.S., 86 for
mainland China, etc.)
3. Dial in the area code of the called party (leaving out the long-distance
recognition digit, "0"
4. Dial in the number of the called party. For operator-assisted international
calls, please dial "100." For international information, call this
free number : 0800080100.
Reduced price periods and fees for International Subscriber Dialing (ISD)
are as follows: 10:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m. daily, 12:00 noon Saturday - all day
Sunday - 8:00 a.m. Monday, and all day on national holidays.
Facsimile
24-hour facsimile service is provided at the CHT (Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.)
main office for transmission of documents or pictures within Taiwan or overseas.
International hotels and many convenience stores also provide this service.
For further information, please visite Chunhwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
Information for foreign mountaineers
Before entering into highly restricted mountain areas, foreign mountaineers
are asked to apply for entrance permit. If necessary, the ROC Mountain Association
can arrange an English guide for a group of 4 or more members. But for those
mountain areas less restricted, the local police stations are responsible for
the issue of B Class entrance permit. The applicants have to provide their
personal IDs or passports.
What's the procedure to apply for an entrance permit? The applicant has to
summit an application form with the attachment of passport or alien residence
permit, ID or any approval documents issued by competent authorities, to the
Police Affairs Department, local police stations or the police team in the
National Parks. But if the foreign visitor applies for the permit in company
with a ROC citizen for a same reason, he can follow the same procedures of
the ROC people.
Apply for a Foreigner's Mountain Pass
Where to apply : Foreign Affairs Section of your local police bureaus Application
procedure : Fill out one application form Present following materials:
1. Passport, visa, or alien resident certificate (for inspection)
2. Certification of reason for entering mountains
3. Processing fee of NT$10
Processing time: Immediate
For further details, please check with National Police Administration at Tel:2357-7377
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