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Mayor Visits Turin to Light Universiade FlamePhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Mayor Visits Turin to Light Universiade Flame

On June 18, Mayor Ko Wen-je embarked on a trip to Turin of Italy to ignite the flame for Summer Universiade Taipei as well as conducting exchange on city administration. The city delegation is slated to return to Taiwan on June 22.

Indonesian government seeks overseas investmentPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Indonesian government seeks overseas investment

Hsinchu County Government actively support the central government’s New Southbound policy. On June 5, the county government held the Indonesia Investment Opportunities Forum with a team from the Indonesian Economic & Trade Office to Taipei. Its deputy representative Mr. Siswadi led the heads of its trade, investment, industry and commercial divisions to detail Indonesia’s latest investment regulations, business opportunities and tourism situations. The owners of 23 enterprises from Hsinchu Count

Entrepreneurship Lecture for New Immigrants to Take Place June 27Photos - New Southbound Policy
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Entrepreneurship Lecture for New Immigrants to Take Place June 27

A lecture on how to start a new business for new immigrants will take place at Taipei City Hall’s Conference Room N209 at 2 PM on June 27. The talk, organized by the Department of Economic Development (DED), aims to provide new immigrants from Southeast Asian countries with knowledge and information regarding entrepreneurial knowhow.

Taipei unveils extensive food safety procedures for UniversiadePhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Taipei unveils extensive food safety procedures for Universiade

A comprehensive program to ensure the safety and quality of food for athletes at the 2017 Summer Universiade—the largest sporting event ever staged in Taiwan—was unveiled June 12 by Taipei City Government, with more than 150 officials tasked with carrying out inspections throughout the Aug. 19-30 event.

Taichung flora expo photo album – Nurture your exclusive 7 gardensPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Taichung flora expo photo album – Nurture your exclusive 7 gardens

2018 Taichung World Flora Exposition is scheduled to commence soft opening in September next year, in order to enhance public participation, Taichung City Government launched the “Flora expo photo album”, where invitation is extended to citizens to build their exclusive “7 gardens” and encourage them to truly embrace the flora expo in everyday life. At the flora expo volunteer meeting on May 31, Deputy Mayor Yi-ying Lin unveiled her exclusive 7 gardens, while the First Lady of Taichung Wan-ju Li

2017 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan from July 28 to August 6, Mayor Lai Invites the Entire Nation to Tainan to Support the Home TeamPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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2017 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan from July 28 to August 6, Mayor Lai Invites the Entire Nation to Tainan to Support the Home Team

After much hard work, Tainan City has won the hosting rights of the next three editions (2015, 2017, 2019) of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup. Following the successful WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in 2015, the IV WBSC U-12 Baseball World Championship will be staged once again in Tainan from July 28 to August 6, 2017. This year’s championship has a strong line-up.

Mayor Reports on Universiade Preparations, Security Policy at City CouncilPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Mayor Reports on Universiade Preparations, Security Policy at City Council

According to Ko, a total of 152 countries have completed required procedures to participate in the Universiade – the largest ever international sports event to be held in Taiwan. He noted that the City has mobilized all available resources to host the games, ranging from the planning of opening and closing ceremonies, construction of stadiums and athletes’ village, coverage of games, medical services, sponsorship, transportation, accommodation, logistics, cityscape beautification, marketing camp

Selangor Chief Minister Leads Delegation to Tainan Tainan Sees Over NT 500 Million Business Opportunities with Southeast Asian CountriesPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Selangor Chief Minister Leads Delegation to Tainan Tainan Sees Over NT 500 Million Business Opportunities with Southeast Asian Countries

The Malaysian state Selangor has been interacting with Tainan city quite frequently in recent years, including signing MOUs and jointly organizing matching events for businesses and industries from both sides. Currently, the state is actively developing green energy, optoelectronics, precision machinery, smart transportation and biotech industries.

“Arrive in Taichung and Depart from Taichung” generates tourism benefits – Vietnamese media promotes 8 most attractive tourist destinations in TaichungPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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“Arrive in Taichung and Depart from Taichung” generates tourism benefits – Vietnamese media promotes 8 most attractive tourist destinations in Taichung

Taichung City Government’s “Arrive in Taichung and Depart from Taichung” policy has generated tourism benefits, not only has the number of Asian and international flights increased in Taichung International Airport, tour operators in the city are also forging ties with foreign cities. In particular, tourism traffic between Vietnam and Taichung has increased significantly.