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'Taiwan has been working hard on disaster risk reduction, particularly in reducing typhoon and flood risks,' said Water Resources Agency Director-General Yang Wei-fu. 'As disaster risk reduction tends to be cheaper than emergency response or post-disaster relief, the government has improved urban planning projects'...

The International Training Workshop on Natural Disaster Reduction (ITW), aimed at sharing domestic and international experience in dealing with large-scale natural disasters and new approaches to disaster management, opened Monday in Taipei, reports Focus Taiwan...

Taiwan signed up with Care France today donating 105,882 euros (US$145,044) to help finance a 15-month project in Nicaragua to help reduce the impact of natural hazards and to carry out risk assessments, according to The Central News Agency...

At a forum marking the anniversary of typhoon Morakat, which triggered widespread flooding and mudslides last August 2009, President Ma Ying-jeou stated that his administration would now concentrate on 'preparing in advance and deploying before disaster.'...

President Ma Ying-jeou called Sunday for the country to avoid challenging nature and said it is better to prevent natural disasters than to deal with their aftermath...

The Executive Yuan will present a white paper on disaster prevention to the Legislature annually as part of its efforts to minimize human casualties and the drain on national resources, Premier Wu Den-yih said Sunday...

'The disaster prevention measures this time will be used for reference in preparations against future typhoons,' said President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan'...