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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
With the Summer Universiade taking place this August, the island’s television networks will join hands for the first time to provide coverage of the games, Department of Information and Tourism (TPEDOIT) announced.
Three green energy projects from Taiwan picked up honors April 24 in Singapore at the third Energy Smart Communities Initiative Best Practices Awards Ceremony overseen by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
Mr. Chang Shih-Chen, Secretary-General of Taichung City Council and his delegation visit Malaysia
