Premier Su Tseng-chang on Saturday led a delegation of 14 central government ministers and agency heads to take part in an event offering sincere thanks to Taiwan's pork industry for their hard work in helping to prevent African swine fever (ASF) from invading the country. Premier Su said that the nation's success in protecting pig farming so far is the result of the people and government joining forces and working together, and that such work should continue.
Select members of the Amis people from Hualien County’s Halawan tribal village joined a group of young Maoris from New Zealand on Wednesday at the Executive Yuan as part of the Hawaiki Project, a cultural exchange program that explores the common roots of the indigenous cultures of Taiwan, New Zealand, and the connected communities along the Austronesian migration pathway between the two.
Taipei, Aug. 5 (CNA) Over 100 dignitaries from 17 countries are in Taiwan for a three-day gathering of the Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians' Union (APPU) that opened on Monday and will discuss issues related to trade and the marine environment, among others.
Two groups of Taiwan young agricultural ambassadors will visit Thailand and India later this month as part of government efforts to forge closer ties with New Southbound Policy target countries, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aug. 2.
The “Flag Presentation Ceremony for the 2019 Young Agricultural Ambassadors” was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 2, 2019. Council of Agriculture (COA) Deputy Minister Chen Junne-jih and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hsu Szu-chien jointly presided over the event, which was also attended by Phubadi La-or-ngern, deputy executive director of the Thailand Trade and Economic Office (Taipei), and Hsiao Chen-jung, chief negotiator of Taiwan’s Office of Trade Negotiations.
At the Cabinet’s weekly meeting Thursday, Premier Su Tseng-chang received a briefing from the Executive Yuan’s Office of Science and Technology on the results of the 2019 Presidential Hackathon. The central purpose of the event is to bring people together to find innovative solutions, he said, a goal he has always encouraged government agencies to strive toward.
In order to strengthen the partnership between Taiwan and new southbound countries in the field of cosmetic analytical techniques, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) holds the “Conference on Analytical Techniques for Cosmetics” on the 25th of July 2019 at the third floor conference hall of the Chiayi Office of TFDA.
Following a presentation at Thursday's meeting of the Cabinet by the Council of Agriculture on Taiwan's efforts to resist the international epidemic of African swine fever (ASF), Premier Su Tseng-chang said that in the first half of the year, the government has received widespread praise from the public for its efforts to protect hog farmers by preventing the spread of the disease into Taiwan.
Taipei, July 21 (CNA) Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) on Sunday called on the international hacktivist community to help amplify the voice of the Taiwan people to promote the country's democratic development and policy goals.
The Executive Yuan’s Office of Science and Technology (OST) announced the results of the international portion of the 2019 Presidential Hackathon, which ran for three days beginning on July 18. After careful evaluation, two teams emerged victorious from a field of strong competitors: Malaysia’s Mentadak and CoST from Honduras.
