Meaning of Makung | Babel Free

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“We may remark here, that the Pescadore Group of islands forms one of the six districts which constitute Táiwán fú 臺灣府, the department of Táiwán, or Formosa. The Group is called by the Chinese, in their statistical works, Panghú ting, 澎湖廳, or the district of Panghú, and is under the immediate government of a magistrate, a subordinate of the prefect, or chífú, of Formosa. He resides at Mákung (Macon, as the place is called by foreigners), and has under his command a few hundred soldiers.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The Emperor of China sent a high mandarin to meet an official delegated for the purpose by the Mikado, and the island was transferred to the Japanese with all due formality, last month, at Makung, the chief city of the Pescadores.”

“On March 29, Courbet, with a landing force, arrived at the Pescadores and bombarded the weak forts protecting the harbours at Ponghun and Mahung, where landings were effected, and Makung was occupied on March 31.”

“The official Central News Agency said the steamer was sailing from Kaohsiung in southwest Formosa to Makung in the Pescadores Islands.”

“During the exercise Cavalier steamed to Makung in the Pescadores Islands off Taiwan to pick up units of the Chinese First Marine Division who were to be embarked for landings near Kaohsiung. Cavalier became the largest U. S. ship to call at Makung since World War II.”

“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.”

自由中國週報

“Kaohsiung is where you get the car ferry to Makung, the capital of Pescadores Island (Penghu).”

“With China’s cession of these territories at the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, Japan acquired a strategic dimension appropriate to the age of imperialism. Not only could the navy establish an important base at Makung (known to Japanese navy men as Bakō) in the Pescadores, but these new semitropical territories could now be considered as stepping stones for a nanshin (southward advance) of Japanese power, commerce, and influence into southern China, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific.”

“The Aviation Safety Council, Taiwan's air safety regulator, said rescuers began finding bodies and wreckage in the water less than three hours later about 12 miles north of Makung, the county seat of the Penghu Islands near the southern end of the Taiwan Strait.”

“Reports said that fewer tourists have come to Penghu since the Hong Kong-bound plane crashed off Makung, Penghu, May 25, killing all 206 passengers and 19 crew aboard.”

Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)

““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.”

“The Penghu were colonized by the Portuguese, who named them the Pescadores (Fishermen). Here, fringing reefs provide good shelter for ships and there is an important naval base at Makung.”

“The main city in the Penghu islands is Makung, which can be reached by plane or boat from several of Taiwan’s cities.”

“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.”

“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.”

“2019-04-17 Visits Air Defense Missile Command in Makung, Penghu County, and on behalf of the Taiwan people, shows appreciation and support to our brothers and sisters in uniform for staying on the alert and keeping us informed of China's military actions during this period.”

Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)

“In the current work, the SVM precipitation separation approach was developed and validated on a C-band polarimetric radar (RCMK) located at Makung, Taiwan (Fig. 1).[…] Strong downdrafts triggered by this storm caused an aircraft crash at the airport of Makung at 11:06 UTC.”

“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.”

Penghu Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice

“On Thursday morning, the castaways were taken to Makung, the capital of Penghu, and placed under the care of the archipelago’s mandarin.”

“This study explores the relationship between family socioeconomic status (SES) and English learning achievement of grade 7 students in Makung, Penghu County.”

Journal of University of Taipei

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

“The shape of the monuments is similar to the war memorial you can find in France too. You can observe the tombs of Dert, the purser of the French Navy, and of Lieutenant Johenne, another officer of the French Navy. Both were initially inhumed at Makung, in Penghu. They were later transferred to the cemetery of Keelung during its 1954 renovations, along the other tombs that laid in Makung.”

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