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A cost in Taiwan for most everyday consumer items is on a par with Western countries, though a few things are noticeably cheaper. It's not easy to say just how much you should budget for your daily living expenses during your visit, but it would be pretty hard to do much traveling on NT$1000 per day. More likely, you should be prepared to spend NT$3000 per day. Hotels are usually the biggest single expense, so you could easily spend more if you require a high standard of luxury. If you decide to rent a car as opposed to using public transportation, that will also push the bill still higher.
Tipping is not really a custom in Taiwan. Even waitresses and taxi drivers do not expect tips, and you'd be  well-advised not to start a new trend. An exception is for porters (bellhops) at international hotels, who expect NT$100 minimum for moving your bags, and perhaps a little more if you've got a lot of luggage. The same could be said for the porters (skycaps) at the airport.
In some Asian countries, intense haggling over prices is the norm. In Taiwan, this is not an acceptable practice. As a general rule, in shops where items carry fixed price tags, there is little chance of negotiating a better price. There can sometimes be bargaining in night markets, but it's important to keep it brief and polite. There may also be some latitude for bargaining hotel room prices, especially on weekdays when guests are scarce, but again, politeness is imperative.
Changing money is a bit of a hassle. The private money changers so common in Southeast Asia are non-existent in Taiwan, and only a few (five-star) hotels offer a money changing service for their guests. However, it's very easy to change money at the two international airports.
There are domestic ATM machines which only work with local cards, so to use these you'll have to open an account in NT$. If you wish to do this, all you really need is your passport and some contact address in Taiwan - it is not necessary to be a legal resident. Almost every bank can issue an ATM card that will work in any ATM around the island. |
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 The policing duties are the service affairs for citizens. Citizens desire all the services from police officers; police officers need the help and cooperation from citizens as well. Therefore, we, all the police officers in Chiayi County, hope to offer you the multiple and best services with our positive vitality and ardor.
Foreign Affairs Service:
1.We have set up a single, all-in-one service center to help all applicants filling out forms and checking their applied documents. In addition, we have extended our service accepting your reservations from 5:00 pm. to 7:00 pm. on Wednesday. Our services are as follows:
1). Applying for Alien Resident Certificate.（A.R.C.）
2). Applying for Lose or theft of foreign passport report
3). Certification of foreigner’s residence
4). Authentication of English-Chinese household certificate
5). Certification of police Criminal Record
2. To show our sincerely services and establish a nice citizen-police relationship, our garrisons, criminal investigation teams and police stations of precincts have practiced tea-service to the applicants. We provide for refreshments before and after the Q&A in a lively but relaxed atmosphere.
3. To coordinate with the goal of tourism exerting of Chiayi County Government, we have appointed Shihjhuo and Sanmei Mountain Check Point to establish tourism service stations. These two mountain check points combine the functions of public security and service to offer tourists all policing services, such as mountain entry control and certificate applying, lost- tourist searching assistance, tourism information providing, tourism safety and all aid affairs.
4. We have set up some mobile police stations and service stations to accept reports and offer people variety services among the areas with complex traffic and public security problems.
5. To build a standard process on our police duties and operations, we have promoted our precincts and police stations to gain the identification of ISO quality manage system and promote our service quality.
Telephone Number List of Related Units
* Chiayi County Police Bureau : 05-3620237 or 110
* Criminal Investigation Corps: 05-3620227
* Traffic Police Corps: 05-3620229
* Juvenile Police Corps: 05-3621596~8
* Minsyong Precinct: 05-2262014
* Pozih Precinct: 05-3793584
* Shueishang Precinct: 05-2688284
* Budai Precinct: 05-3472574
* Chongpu Precinct: 05-2531013
* Jhuci Precinct: 05-2611089
Transportation Information
* Alishan National Scenic Area Administration: 05-2593900
* Alishan Forest Recreation Area Tourist Service Center: 05-2679917
* Chiayi County Public Motor Department: 05-2243140
* Chiayi Motor Transport: 05-2223194
* Guoguang Motor Transport, Chiayi Station: 05-2222491
* Chiayi Train Station: 081522301
* Alishang Train Station: 05-2679200
* Alishan Route, Beimen Station: 05-2768094
* Chiayi Airport: 05-2867886
* Uni Air, Chiayi Airport Office: 05-2860983 |
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| Hospitals |
省立朴子醫院
嘉義縣朴字市湧合理42-50號
05 - 3790600 |
省立嘉義醫院
嘉義市文化路228號
05 - 2273311 |
天主教聖馬爾定醫院
嘉義市東區短竹里大雅路2段565號
05 - 2756000 |
華濟醫院
嘉義縣太保市北港路2段601巷66號
05 - 2373823 |
嘉義榮民醫院
嘉義市拔子林路60號
05 - 2359630 |
嘉義基督教醫院
嘉義市忠孝路539號
05 - 2765041 |
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| 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. |
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| Post Service |
| The rate for domestic express letters are NT$5, and NT$12 for prompt delivery. There is also a domestic super-express mail, which is expensive, but your letter is guaranteed to be delivered anywhere in just a few hours. International express mail service is available. For further information, please check with Directorate General of Posts, or contact the Post Service Line : 0800-099246 |
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