neilni
Joined 13 years ago
Joined 13 years ago
In 2002, the restriction on plastic bags that are thinner than 0.06mm was imposed to all stores, but it was not a complete ban. Stores that offer plastic bags thicker than 0.06mm need to charge customers. The idea behind thicker bag is reusability. Two types of responses from stores: Stores started providing thinner bag as long as they are bio-degradable (Link 1), or they provide thicker bag as long as customers are charged. Customer's response: Since 2002, 71.7 reduction in plastic bag use in supermarkets, and 43.4 reduction in plastic bag use in stores. (Link 2, Link 3)
And just a side note, Taipei started being more aggressive since 2000 by charging garbage bags. You have to purchase government issued garbage bags if you want to throw your garbage out of your house. (Mentioned in link 4)
Some links are in Chinese
Link 1: http://e-info.org.tw/node/202363
Link 2: http://www.epochtimes.com.tw/n176732/%E6%93%B4%E5%A4%A7%E9%9...
Link 3: Similar to link 2 with different stats https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0615/p07s02-woap.html
For your example, people end up pronounce A.P.P because not everyone knows that app comes from `application` and therefore you might run into conversations with people speaking with different pronunciations. Some people pronounce 'app' the normal way, and some people pronounce 'app' similar to (ape).
After awhile, people would explain what they're trying to say by spelling out, and eventually you'd learn to just say A.P.P instead of attempting to incorrectly pronounce the word.
Same thing goes with Facebook, which is referred as F.B, and Instagram, which is usually referred as I.G
Just to add, the original post has been around for months, and I have not yet seen the actual reference to the speech that he was giving in either video or audio, so it seems like a fake post to me. And the wordings are made to be really strong to catch attentions.
Taiwanese Occupy Legislature Over China Pact, The Diplomat http://thediplomat.com/2014/03/taiwanese-occupy-legislature-...
Taiwan Stands Behind Use of Force Against Protesters, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/world/asia/taiwan-defends-...