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The Central Weather Bureau could issue a sea warning for Tropical Storm
"Fanapi" today -- as it continues to move in an northwesterly direction
towards Taiwan.

The storm is currently located approximately 700-kilometers east of the
Olunpi - at the island's southern most tip.

The storm has now slowed .. and is moving at speeds averaging 3-kilometers an hour.

The bureau says it expects the storm to become stronger on Saturday.

If it continues on it current path - "Fanapi" - could make landfall on the
east coast between Yilan and Hualien sometime Sunday.

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Xinchu City has won the rights to host the Taiwan Pavilion from the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

The city government paid 458.88-million N-T dollars to win the bidding process.

Xinchu's bid was the highest of four other city's and county's also hoping to host the Pavilion.

The pavilion is valued at 700-million N-T dollars and is expected to generate
more than 6-billion N-T dollars in revenue for the city.

The pavilion will be dismantled after the Expo closes on October 31-st and
will be shipped back to Xinchu for reassembly.