President Tsai Ing-wen has completed a tour of Taiwan's Air Force bases ahead of the Lunar New Year, while the Navy has shown off a new amphibious warship. Efforts continue to clear the country's main east coast highway following a landslide. And there are calls for tougher regulation of the construction sector after people who bought units in a New Taipei development before it was built were left high and dry when the developer ran out of money. Also:
- Taiwan passes a slew of restrictions on smoking, applying to both tobacco products and e-cigarettes.
- More endangered leopard cats are being killed on Taiwan's roads.
- A new survey says people who win the lottery in Taiwan are more willing to have children.