A short film highlighting the various attractions and urban vitality of Taipei was released May 25 as part of an official campaign aimed at promoting the city in the lead-up to the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade—the largest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan.
Director General Charles Li presented the Business Chinese Program Certificates for the Indian employees of Lotus Footwear at Cheyyar SEZ on 19th May 2017 and taught them how to use chopsticks correctly. Ms. Zoe Tsou, Mandarin teacher from “Taiwan Education Center” of SRM university teaches the basic Business Chinese for the Indian employees. This Chinese learning program is designed especially for the Lotus Footwear Indian employees.
Representative Liang conveyed his appreciation to FASS for helping to promote the friendship bonds between Taiwan and Singapore through organizing the 2017 Singapore-Taiwan International Art Exchange Exhibition. To be held from 24 to 27 May 2017 at the MCI building, the exhibition will feature works of 15 Taiwanese artists and 20 FASS members.
A group of 11 dignitaries from Malaysia Led by Deputy Education Minister Datuk Chong Sin Woon and President of the Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Taipei James Lau Kong Chiok visited the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) on May 8. When receiving the group, OCAC Minister Wu Hsin-hsing expressed the hope that Taiwan and Malaysia can cooperate closely through talent exchange between the two countries and that the New Southbound Policy can be implemented in a way that is mutual
“The program is a wonderful platform for promoting mutual understanding, boosting relations and facilitating friendship between Taiwan and its diplomatic allies and other partner states,” MOFA Deputy Minister Wu Chih-chung said during the ceremony.
Taipei City is the 10th most popular destination in Asia-Pacific as assessed by MasterCard Inc. in its latest annual survey of 171 cities, resorts and towns in 22 countries across the region, underscoring the metropolis’s rising reputation as a world-class tourism hot spot.
Taipei, May 8 (CNA) Taipei was ranked the tenth most visited destination in the Asia Pacific by international travelers, with 7.4 million international overnight arrivals last year, according to the results of the 2017 MasterCard Asia Pacific Destinations Index released recently.
Dr. Gary Song-Huann Lin, Representative of ROC (Taiwan) to the Philippines gave a speech on 「The Current Taiwan-Philippines Bilateral Relation and the Prospect of Taiwan’s “New Southbound Policy”」at Asian Center, University of Philippines
Taiwan’s internationally awarded electronic toll collection system was praised as a feasible solution to traffic challenges faced by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies during the annual meeting of the regional economic forum’s Transportation Working Group late last month in Taipei City.
Taiwan’s Cheng Tsung-lung, artistic director of Cloud Gate 2—the development arm of the nation’s leading modern dance troupe Cloud Gate—became the first Asian choreographer to launch a new show in collaboration with Sydney Dance Company following the world premiere of “Full Moon” May 1 at Roslyn Packer Theater in the Australian city.
