New Taipei City Travel

In 2002, noticing the arrival of the global village era, ATOP decisively invested significant resources in a collaboration with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop the "World Time Zone Clock Movement". It also sought expertise in Switzerland to distinguish itself among numerous movement factories. After 7 years of effort, ATOP has, with its all-in-one autonomous technology, designed and developed the "ATOP World Time Zone Watch/Clock": By rotating the city disc of the watch, the hands automatically adjust the time, and the watch face also displays day and night. This invention has received patents and various design awards from different countries. In 2012, ATOP further established the ATOP Time Arts Museum with a theme centered around "time".

In ancient times, the Tamsui river was deep enough to park large vessels; when Tamsui open to business as a port, it has become a very important port area. "Douglas Lapraik & Co." is one of the top five foreign companies (Tait, Ckiangsu, Elles, Douglas Lapraik and Dent). In particular, "Douglas Lapraik" has operated the general trading business; additionally, shipping was it major business, which dominated Taiwan shipping routes up to 30 years and witnessed the prosperous development after Tamsui opened as a port. The ship "Water Dragon," that Dr. Mackay rode for travelling to Taiwan was operated by "Douglas Lapraik."