Taiwan Business Club Surabaya and Taipei School Surabaya held a "New Year's Day Flag Raising Ceremony in the 108th Anniversary of the Republic of China" on Taipei School Surabaya at January 1 , 9:00 am. Although it coincides with the New Year's Day holiday, guests from overseas Chinese club community, Taipei School, ICATI, Taiwan Business Club and other representative enthusiastically participated. The director General Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Surabaya, Benson Lin, also led all the
Director General TETO Surabaya Benson Lin, Deputy Director Brian Ko and Secretary Ichi Lin invited to Al Akbar Mosque 18th anniversary. After the anniversary event, TETO Surabaya organized a Magic show presented by a famous Taiwanese Magician Joshua Huang, entertaining hundreds of Al Akbar students and parents. At the end of the show Director General TETO Surabaya Benson Lin give 3 millions rupiah as scholarship to Al Akbar, boosting students learning spirit.
On 12 November 2018, Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang led officials from the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore in commemorating the 153rd birth anniversary of ROC Founding Father Dr. Sun Yat Sen at Wan Qing Yuan (also known as the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall). 40 persons, including community leaders and members of the Taiwanese community in Singapore attended the memorial service.
On 25 September 2018, Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang attended the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration organized by the United Chinese Library at the invitation of its President, Mr. Cham Seng Yin. Other invited guests included the office bearers of the Alumni of Taiwan Universities & Colleges, Deputy Representative Steven Tai and other officials from the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore.
Ms. Christina Chen, Taiwan-born artist resident in Singapore, held an exhibition entitled “Flowers in Bloom, Butterflies Cometh” on 19 September 2018. In his brief remarks, guest of honor Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang said the art exhibition reflects the growing cultural and art exchanges between Singapore and Taiwan, and expressed his hope for still more of such exchanges and creative collaborations as Taiwan continues to promote its “New Southbound Policy”.
Ms. Lynn Wu, the Mandarin Chinese teacher at the Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, called on Director-General Charles Li of TECC in Chennai on September 16th, 2018.
"Taiwan Cuisine Workshop Indonesia Tour 2018" after holding this event in Jakarta, September 10, 2018, the next workshop was held in Surabaya on September 13 and 14, which was held by the "Taiwan Indonesia Alumni Association-JATIM" (ICATI JATIM), " Taiwan Business Club Surabaya "(TBCS) in collaboration with Ottimmo master of International Gourmet Academy, in a one and a half day workshop attended by Ottimo students and members of ICATI JATIM and TBCS, with a total of more than 100 participants.
2018 Taiwan Tourism Road Show in Melbourne was successfully held at Sheraton Melbourne Hotel on 5th September, 2018. The delegation, led by Taiwan Tourism Bureau, including representatives of travel services, airlines and world title winning performance group from Taiwan, promoted the island country with the latest travel info and diverse events.
The 2018 International Tour of Taiwan Gourmet Cuisines made its first stop of Australia in Sydney on 16 and 17 August 2018 and impressed Sydneysiders with authentic Taiwanese Cuisines such as braised pork on rice, Taiwanese sausage, stewed beef….just to name a few.
Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang graced the opening ceremony of the 18th Singapore Lion City Cup International Woodball Open Championship 2018 on 4 August 2018, at the invitation of Dr Chong Tien Siong, President of the Singapore Woodball Association. Also present at the opening were office bearers from the Overseas Community Affairs Council, the Taipei Business Association in Singapore, and officials from the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore.
